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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,030 Forumite
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    Hawaii + 0.175 O's here today:T

    Can I have more of the same for the rest of the [STRIKE]month[/STRIKE] year please?:think::drool:
    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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,278 Forumite
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    4.78 O's

    Sun turned up but stayed behind the clouds most of the day!

    alf an O behind!
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Oscargrouch
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    I`d be lying if I said Oscar. I remember when I first got the installer to visit that the consumer box was the old style (fuse wire) and they were renewing that as part of their work scope, I think they put in an MCB. Do you have some thoughts?
    Cheers

    Okay, I am no electrician, (or Magician) a modern board, I think, has two sections; one side is connected via an RCD the other an MCB. When your faulty system trips on the CU, does it take anything else out with it? ie. things like 13 amp wall socket connected appliances? Or does it just trip a single trip switch on the new board?

    Score on the door today....4.2 O's Honest..:rotfl:...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).
  • shavy65
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    When your faulty system trips on the CU, does it take anything else out with it? ie. things like 13 amp wall socket connected appliances? Or does it just trip a single trip switch on the new boardcoffee.gif

    It doesn`t actually trip out, it remains powered, it just states on the "Events" menu "PV1 Isolation Fault" with a time stamp....the time is always about 5 to 6am when the panels detect some light and the inverter tries to kick off but fails. It works perfectly fine at the moment when there hasn`t been heavy rain.
    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:
  • Oscargrouch
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    It doesn`t actually trip out, it remains powered, it just states on the "Events" menu "PV1 Isolation Fault" with a time stamp....the time is always about 5 to 6am when the panels detect some light and the inverter tries to kick off but fails. It works perfectly fine at the moment when there hasn`t been heavy rain.
    Sorry, can't help then. My Aurora Inverter shows on the menu a Riso and Ileak reading. these vary with rain. I had my Inverter moved off an RCD connection on to the MCB side; as any earth leak would trip out all 13 amp sockets in the house 3-4 times a year.....:(
    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).
  • defaultdriver
    defaultdriver Posts: 140 Forumite
    A poor 3.11 O's yesterday. Today is going to be even worse.
    Only at 58% for the month.
    3.99KW SunEdison (14 * 285W), Solis inverter, iBoost, Herts, roughly SW facing
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,170 Forumite
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    Gave up on passing May a few weeks ago - now wondering if I will pass April :(
    I think....
  • Merlin139
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    4.48 O's


    Now 0.2 O's infront!
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,030 Forumite
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    3.875 O's here on a hot...but not so sunny day: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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Only 2.52 O's today..:mad: Lets hope it becomes Independence day the Morrow...:D...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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