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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    ASavvyBuyer wrote: »
    WOW, that's good, producing over 40kWh in a day; we hope you were able to use a lot of that and didn't need to import much?

    For here, we had our 1st Hawaii of the year at 5.64 O's :j

    Yay 41.35 kws yesterday washing machine, scarifier, tumble dryer, dishwasher, heated floor in bathroom and not one flicker of the red light.........

    Not sure how much I used, going to investigate further a cheap way of measuring consumption vs pv production
    6.72kw Pv Ja Solar 280w * 24 panels, Solar Edge inverter, South facing no shading.
    South Lake District, delightful view of Morecambe Bay. Not Saving up for a battery too expensive:j:mad::hello:

    July Solar target 769kw
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    rugbyleaguesmate wrote: »
    Not sure how much I used, going to investigate further a cheap way of measuring consumption vs pv production
    Take a look at Energy Hive; Wattson was better but no longer around... http://www.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy.....:)...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).
  • gefnew
    gefnew Posts: 933 Forumite
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    Hi rugbyleaguesmate
    I use two owl moniters one clamped to solar feed and other to import feed in meter cupboard seems to work ok.
    Hope this helps.
    regards
    gefnew
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    3.68 O's yesterday. :)
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    rugbyleaguesmate wrote: »

    Not sure how much I used, going to investigate further a cheap way of measuring consumption vs pv production

    I'd be very interested to learn more about this...
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • Dave_Fowler
    Dave_Fowler Posts: 626 Forumite
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    gefnew wrote: »
    Hi rugbyleaguesmate
    I use two owl moniters one clamped to solar feed and other to import feed in meter cupboard seems to work ok.
    Hope this helps.
    regards
    gefnew

    The two Owl monitor system works ok provided you can find a point where you are measuring import only. Many electrical installations have the solar input fed into the consumer unit - don't have their own separate feed unit - and so the output lead from the consumer unit to the meter is import or export depending on how much energy is being produced and used. The simple Owl unit does not know which direction the current is going and so sums together import and export.

    I've developed a simple circuit which detects the current direction and sends the current clamp output to one of two Owl monitors - one import, the other export. Two further Owl monitors measure the output from my two solar panel systems.

    Dave F
    Solar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
    Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
    EV car, PodPoint charger
    Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
    Location: Bedfordshire
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Take a look at Energy Hive; Wattson was better but no longer around... http://www.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy.....:)...coffee.gif

    197% over budget for the month:eek:

    What are you doing....supplying all your neighbours:rotfl:

    Here's mine:cool:

    http://www.energyhive.com/dashboard/legomans
    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: 7,259 Forumite
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    Forgot to post yesterday.

    All the trees
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Take a look at Energy Hive; Wattson was better but no longer around... http://www.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy.....:)...coffee.gif

    Really like the look of this....do I get the Solar pv hub? Already have a sender for my Geo so presume this would be OK for the hub?

    Ian
    6.72kw Pv Ja Solar 280w * 24 panels, Solar Edge inverter, South facing no shading.
    South Lake District, delightful view of Morecambe Bay. Not Saving up for a battery too expensive:j:mad::hello:

    July Solar target 769kw
  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    6.74 Os today 45.27kw Hrs
    it be sunny in the Norf!
    6.72kw Pv Ja Solar 280w * 24 panels, Solar Edge inverter, South facing no shading.
    South Lake District, delightful view of Morecambe Bay. Not Saving up for a battery too expensive:j:mad::hello:

    July Solar target 769kw
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