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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    rodee13 wrote: »
    3 O's - Typhoon

    That'll be Typhoo, as in the old advert, "You only get an ooooh with Typhoo"
    Typhoon is used on the Turbines board, refers to hardly a flutter of the blades


    :cool:
    Crowmann wrote: »
    5 O's today or 20.1Kw

    A/An Hawaii, in February :eek:

    Global warning gone mad :beer:
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,312 Forumite
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    edited 16 February 2016 at 9:01PM
    Crowmann wrote: »
    5 O's today or 20.1Kw


    21.2 kWh would make 5 O's but your system is 4.24 Kw so only 4.74 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • teecee90
    teecee90 Posts: 109 Forumite
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    3.99 Os here. So close to a wink, but no cigar. ;)
    4kW 8.33 Eternity (2.5kW SSE 1.5kW WSW). Glinton, Cambridgeshire.
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    In spite of a fair amount of fluffy cloud and a ragged graph, my bit of the South Downs gave me 4.7 Os today - the best this year, and evidence that we're more than half way to the vernal equinox. Silver spoons at the ready....
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    rodee13 wrote: »
    hopefully my new'ish panels will generate more than 8 O's come April - May ...would be interesting to know whats the max anyone has generated in a single day over the years!
    We shall certainly see; don't think anyone has hit F!!GG!!G 8 O's..:D
    Merlin139 wrote: »
    21.2 kWh would make 5 O's but your system is 4.24 Kw so only 4.74 O's
    Well spotted Magician, 3.76 O's for us, happy with that; normal service is resumed..smiley-laughing021.gif...coffee.gif
    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
    best day so far at 4.5 Os.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • EricMears
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    theboylard wrote: »
    If you use PVOutput.org (great site for sad gets like me), then they call O's/ho's, Efficiency.
    They might call it efficiency but I'm afraid a proper definition of efficiency requires both quantities to be expressed in exactly the same units not just somewhat similar sounding ones.


    And of course efficiency of solar panels has another definition in watts of power generated expressed as a percentage of watts of sunlight falling on the panel.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,486 Forumite
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    I got within spitting distance of Bond yesterday (not a sensible thing to do I suspect) with 1.97 Os.

    Prediction for today ......... very, very clean panels, and a soggy doggy if I risk a walk.

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,038 Forumite
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    4.26 O's yesterday. Spoilt a bit by some cloud between 12 and 2 but can't complain as it has put me back on track for PVGIS Feb.
    16 Panel (250W JASolar) 4kWp, facing 170 degrees, 40 degree slope, Solis Inverter. Installed 29/9/2015 - £4700 (Norfolk Solar Together Scheme); 9.6kWh US2000C Pylontech batteries + Solis Inverter installed 12/4/2022 Year target (PVGIS-CMSAF) = 3880kWh - Installer estimate 3452 kWh:Average over 6 years = 4400 :j
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Don't believe it...0.28 O's...:mad:....bash-head.gif..coffee.gif
    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).
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