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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,056 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    It's time you nice folk down below me had some more snow, last time the south had snow my readings went through the roof....i'd like more of the same please:D

    Anyone see the RPI this time out for December, we're expecting a nice 2.7% rise come April...that's better than the BoE base rate though.

    0.8 O's yesterday(SSW only), high hopes for today as it's a bit brighter(between the thunder and hailstones:rotfl:)

    We've got snow on the ground now:eek:
    0.9 O's today 27.4kWh to date....66kWh = worst January:mad:
    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: 7,308 Forumite
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    Better day yesterday with some Sun!

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

  • 0.83 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.
  • DaddyR
    DaddyR Posts: 7 Forumite
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    This is the first time I've looked at this thread, my panels were installed in late December and I only got a view of my panels' power production yesterday after the supplier enabled the website for me (although I could look at the units installed, the webapp makes things a lot easier to understand).

    So, in light of all that, forgive me for asking, but what are some of the things that forumites describe? What is Hawaii, what is Maiden and what is measured in "Os"?

    Today is sunnier than yesterday (10.6kWh produced so far) and there is still an hour and 10 minutes until sunset!
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    DaddyR wrote: »

    So, in light of all that, forgive me for asking, but what are some of the things that forumites describe? What is Hawaii, what is Maiden and what is measured in "Os"?

    An "O" is worked out from dividing the kWh produced in a day by the size of your system. So 10 kWh generated in a day on a 4kW system would be 2.5 O's.

    An Hawaii is 5 O's and a Maiden is 6 O's. See Oscar's sig for full details.
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    0.42 O's today.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,056 Forumite
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    1.125 O's here today on the E coast: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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,308 Forumite
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    Good day here and we had snow overnight! Did not stay for long!

    10.79 kWh's 2.714 O's here :j

    1st time I have had 8 hours of production this year and in over 2 months. :j

    Would be great if we could get the same the morrow!

    Just have to divert the predicted snow! :rotfl::D:rotfl:
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Markj1110 wrote: »
    0.21 O's yesterday! Unless the sun comes out, this will probably turn out to be my worst month ever since install!!:eek:

    Well 18 days into the month and only reached a 1/3 of PVGIS so like you this is on course to be my worst month ever unless there is a substantial upturn in the weather which doesn't look like there's any chance of that!
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    0.37 O's yesterday! Still only at 25% PVGIS for month!. :eek:
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
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