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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,024 Forumite
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    edited 16 June 2016 at 12:31PM
    Just nudged over 5 O's yesterday.

    233/452 PVGIS
    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
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,170 Forumite
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    At mid-month 3Os down on pvgis - probably looking at 2nd month this year below target given the forecast.
    I think....
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,030 Forumite
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    4.05 O's here today:D

    Anybody there?:eek:
    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.
  • Exiled_Tyke
    Exiled_Tyke Posts: 1,358 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    4.05 O's here today:D

    Anybody there?:eek:


    Far too tragic events today than a few O's
    Install 28th Nov 15, 3.3kW, (11x300LG), SolarEdge, SW. W Yorks.
    Install 2: Sept 19, 600W SSE
    Solax 6.3kWh battery
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    4.05 O's here today:D

    Anybody there?:eek:

    Better than my result....3.84 O's....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
    3.29 Os here.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    After 7.5 O`s 4 days ago, I`ve barely scraped 4 O`s in the last 3 days.

    After all the problems my Dad`s sytem had last year it`s refused to wake up again the last two days, whenever there is any substantial amount of rain it fails due to "PV Isolation Fault".
    He had found out this was due to water in the connections between panels, had this fixed and was OK for a short while but the problem returned.
    The installation company said it must be the inverter.....it wasn`t, but he agreed to let them replace the inverter for free anyway :p
    Now the problem is back and he`s awaiting response from them.

    This might help someone else :)
    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:
  • matty2767
    matty2767 Posts: 442 Forumite
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    A shade over 200kwh for the month on day 16 and now 50kwh behind target. Forecast is dull until July. At this rate I am going to struggle to match March let alone April and definelty not May
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,313 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    After all the problems my Dad`s sytem had last year it`s refused to wake up again the last two days, whenever there is any substantial amount of rain it fails due to "PV Isolation Fault".
    He had found out this was due to water in the connections between panels, had this fixed and was OK for a short while but the problem returned.
    The installation company said it must be the inverter.....it wasn`t, but he agreed to let them replace the inverter for free anyway :p
    Now the problem is back and he`s awaiting response from them.
    Pretty obvious that the 'problem returned' (i.e. exact same fault) would probably have the same cause. Did it work (however briefly) with the new inverter ?

    I'd be checking ALL the cable joints and would expect to find that either the same one already 'fixed' had failed again or more likely that one or more of the others had the same sort of fault.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,278 Forumite
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    2.35 O's Here yesterday.

    Could not post yesterday because the system was not talking to SolarEdge and after walking into the garage to fix the problem still did not talk. To lazy to go back out and use the reading from the garage so waited till this morning to read it from SolarEdge. The 25 ft from the study to the garage is just too far! :rotfl:

    We were celebrating our 1,010,016.000 second Anniversary yesterday. :cool:
    My head hurts! ;)

    Will fall behind estimate today unless 3 O's pops out! :D
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

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