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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Not a very good day, only a misery 3.1 kWh
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
John_Pierpoint wrote: »Anyway here on the Essex Riviera it was 7.8 kWh including a drop out, possibly caused by the mains voltage exceeding 254 volts.
How did you know what today would bring at 05:02? I get the feeling you are perhaps a 'Mystic Meg'! :rotfl: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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Oscargrouch wrote: »Not a very good day, only a misery 3.1 kWh
Was that 3.1Kwh Oscar? did not have my glasses on;)
Ed
*3.36 kWp solar panel system,10 x Ultima & 4 x Panasonic solar panels, Solaredge Inverter *Biomass boiler stove for cooking, hot water & heating *2000ltr Rainwater harvesting system for loo flushing *Hybrid Toyota Auris car *RIP Pingu, Hoppy, Ginger & Biscuit *Hens & Ducks* chat thread. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=52822090 -
3.8kWh for me today:D16 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.0
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Looked at that, nearly fell back off the chair, should have beem kWh; just been to 'Specsavers', try it......:rotfl:Was that 3.1Kwh Oscar? did not have my glasses on;)
Ed
For information:-
(A physicist might throw their arms up in disgust at how we've over-simplified one of the fundamentals of the universe. But fortunately we're not writing this for physicists...)
The kilowatt hour (kWh) is a unit of energy... The Calorie is a unit of energy... And the joule (J) is a unit of energy... And these aren't the only units of energy - there's the BTU, the watt hour (Wh), the therm, and plenty of obscure units that you're unlikely to have heard of.
It's a bit like how you can measure distance in units of feet, metres, miles, km and so on. The distance between New York and London is fixed, but you can express that distance as 3,459 miles, or 5,567 km, or 18,265,315 feet etc. Similarly, you can express a measure of energy in joules, or Calories, or kWh, or BTU etc.
When people talk about a particular biscuit containing 172 Calories, they're talking about the amount of energy contained within that biscuit. 172 Calories is equivalent to around 0.2 kWh.
Energy can change form. We could eat the biscuit to provide us with energy. Or we could burn the biscuit and turn it into heat energy. Given the right equipment we could turn the heat energy from the burning biscuit into electrical energy to run lights and fans and so on. Some energy would be wasted in the conversion process, but it should be possible to get that burning biscuit to run a light bulb for at least a few seconds.
Probably the best option would be to eat the biscuit, but hopefully you get the general idea - the biscuit contains energy that can be converted into different forms...:eek: :rotfl: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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
1.11kWh. Bleurgh.2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.0
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Oscargrouch wrote: »How did you know what today would bring at 05:02? I get the feeling you are perhaps a 'Mystic Meg'! :rotfl:
You know what I meant - just for the record today's output between 07:00 and 16:30 was a massive 1.72 kWh so the Indian Summer is definitely over for now.0 -
4.07kWh today....0
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2.2kWh for me today
Making a total for the year of 3507.1kWh:D16 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.0 -
2.2kWh for me today
Making a total for the year of 3507.1kWh:D
Congrats. That's approx an average household's annual leccy consumption, so 'doing your bit' springs to mind.
Got 3.4 today - reasonable(ish).
Mart.Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.0
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