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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,060 Forumite
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    Yet another dull and miserable day here:(

    0.225 O's for us:mad:

    Away for a hol. Will try and post through Wattson:j
    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.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Smashing day here yesterday - 2 O`s.....well 1.96.
    Forecast looking good up here for next few days.
    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:
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Some advise please - I like the idea of being able to remotely monitor generation and usage.....Wattson seems to be sold out everywhere, is EnergyHive just about as good? The dashboard looks snazzy enough.
    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:
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,311 Forumite
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    5th Poor day in a row.

    0.215 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    Some advise please - I like the idea of being able to remotely monitor generation and usage.....Wattson seems to be sold out everywhere, is EnergyHive just about as good? The dashboard looks snazzy enough.
    Hi

    What about having a look at anything which will allow you to automatically load to PVOutput and use that to remotely monitor as well as for comparison.

    If you're a little 'techie' what about a RaspberryPi connected to the Samil inverter via RS485 port (/bluetooth?) and use various scripting solutions which are already available in various forms on the web ... could check this out with no (/little) expenditure by setting up on a VM on your existing hardware then porting across to the RasPi when (/if) you're happy with what you see ....

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,060 Forumite
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    Best guesstimate for today is 0.025 O's:(

    200 miles away from my panels and the Sun is shining.....now: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.
  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,037 Forumite
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    1.4 O's today
    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
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Another 1.9 O`s up North yesterday, 3.9 O`s in the last 2 days!.....sorry if it seems like I`m gloating. I am. Feels like I never get the chance to!
    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:
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    0.09 O's yesterday. Rubbish, dull and wet all day......again!!annoyedsmiley.gif
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,037 Forumite
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    3.2 O's. Best day since 25/10/2016.

    All day sun gave me the chance to look closely at my generation and noticed some shading between 11.30 and 2.30 from a tree I couldn't be bothered to trim last year. Needless to say I will be out giving it large with my chainsaw tomorrow. As its not in leaf I only probably lost a quarter to half an O but that's enough to ensure the tree gets a sound beating :D
    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
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