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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Lifes_Grand_Plan wrote: »
    So now I need to figure out how to maximise this to run anything possible during sunlight hours!

    Having something working for you like this http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy gives you an idea of what you have got going for free....:D
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Wow. 10kWh (2.5 Os) by mid day.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts
    Hopefully your new house is relatively new, as older panels are clearly inferior


    :rotfl::rotfl::A:rotfl::rotfl:
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • Exiled_Tyke
    Exiled_Tyke Posts: 1,380 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    1.84 O's today. After a late start waiting for the snow to clear from the panels.
    Install 28th Nov 15, 3.3kW, (11x300LG), SolarEdge, SW. W Yorks.
    Install 2: Sept 19, 600W SSE
    Solax 6.3kWh battery
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    2.46 O's today.smiley-happy057.gif
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • carbry
    carbry Posts: 228 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary
    fantastic day for me, best day so far after installation 3.29 O's with a fair amount of sun here in lincolnshire:j:j:j
    3.13 kWp system, south facing, East Coast lincolnshire. Installed dec 2015
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,061 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Nice here AM, then dull and showers = 1.675 O's today:D
    16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Weather forecast for tomorrow says sunshine from sunrise to sunset.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • matty2767
    matty2767 Posts: 442 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    4.2 Os here 16.4kwh
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    I didn't know "Os" could begin with a 4.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
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