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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    3.26os even a good result in the cloud......
    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
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    Just 5.7 Os today, the 23rd Hawaii of the year. We've not been doing quite as well darn 'ere as those of you who are a bit nearer the Arctic Circle.

    However, on the grounds that consistently good results are better than the occasional jour de gloire, I've finally got around to a spot of data analysis on Really High Fives (RHFs) - defined (by me) as five consecutive days during which 30 Os are generated. That is the equivalent of five Maidens in a row, but smooths the graph, so to speak, and indicates a period of really good weather. Not surprisingly, these occurrences bunch up, my best being in May 2012, when over ten days there were 7 Maidens and 3 Hawaiis, which amounted to 6 RHFs in a row. In fact 2012 was the best year so far, with 13 RHFs in all. There were 10 in 2013, but only 1 in 2014 and 2 in 2015 (both in April), nothing in 2016 and one last month. Is this the panels aging, the notorious fickleness of our climate, or just a silly type of measurement? Soon I might have a look at Quite High Fives (the equivalent of five Hawaiis in a row) to see if that gives a more interesting or significant distribution. [and I might try putting an ice pack on the inverter to keep it cool...]

    Isn't it all fun!
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
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  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,313 Forumite
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    old_grouser wrote: »
    . . . I might try putting an ice pack on the inverter to keep it cool...
    Cooling the inverter would be relatively easy - just fit an aircon unit alongside it and only run it at times of high generation.

    A more important step might be to cool the panels. Unlikely that you could do that with an aircon unit - though maybe blowing cooled air underneath the panels might achieve something. Perhaps easier to spray panels with cold water (and of course collect it, chill it & recycle)
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    edited 6 May 2017 at 10:25PM
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Well, that put the mockers on it....1.32 O's; Dark & Cloudy all day...:mad:...coffee.gif

    So there we go ... 1.32 O's for me today...
    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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,311 Forumite
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    By recent standards back down to earth with a bang! Or did it fall further?

    6.66 kWh's :eek:

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

  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    Do you remember spudulike? Think there was one in Manchester, well signs are good.....
    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
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Well, that put the mockers on it....1.32 O's; Dark & Cloudy all day...:mad:...coffee.gif

    Sure did, 1.33 O's yesterday. :eek:
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    2.86 Os today, very poor year so far.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    Well I live in a little sun spot methinks, was operating at full speed until 3pm still managed a 6.76o.........270kw month to date.....
    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
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    A boring 2 Os and a nasty wind, but still no rain....(sob)
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
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