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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,145 Forumite
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    edited 26 August 2018 at 10:12PM
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Thought you said your system was not up to scratch? You beat me, so it must be...:D...shaking-head-sad-smiley-emoticon.gif..coffee.gif

    Mart has said it’s fine so that’s good enough for me. He is an East Wester though as well and we like the overcast days. You South types always come on strong when the sun gets out. :cool2:

    I note Coastalwatch has been very quiet today.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • Oscargrouch
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    JKenH wrote: »
    I note Coastalwatch has been very quiet today.
    So has Countryman...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).
  • KevinG
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    edited 27 August 2018 at 2:48PM
    Less than an O yesterday. Barely worth getting up for!
    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.
  • Coastalwatch
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    JKenH wrote: »
    Mart has said it’s fine so that’s good enough for me. He is an East Wester though as well and we like the overcast days. You South types always come on strong when the sun gets out. :cool2:

    I note Coastalwatch has been very quiet today.
    Just back from a weekend away, didn't know anyone cared. ;) Just the 1.2 O's for yesterday, perhaps the panels missed me as well!:o
    On a brighter note we passed the average pvgis figure for August a few minutes ago.:)
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
  • Kernel_Sanders
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Thought I was finished at 16.00 when it started to rain:mad:
    In Notts we get transparent rain, so our panels continue to generate :)
  • Merlin139
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    Another poor day.

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

  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 27 August 2018 at 9:05PM
    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Another poor day. 2.79 O's
    Similar here with 6.8 kWhs...Woops sorry guys didn't do the conversion...2.72 O's....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).
  • legoman62
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    2.1 O's here yesterday: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.
  • KevinG
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    A pathetic 1.66 Os for me yesterday.
    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.
  • JKenH
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    edited 28 August 2018 at 6:01PM
    I do not have an accurate figure for generation yesterday as I left at 9am for a few days away so don’t have access to my TGM. My Moixa Dashboard tells me however that Solar provided 7.9 kWh of the 11.8 kWh (!) I allegedly used yesterday and it also put about 2kwh into the battery and I can see it did send some to the grid so I think I must have made at least 1.5 Os. Not too unhappy with that considering.

    The bad news is I won’t be reporting any solar PV for the next few days as the system tripped out at about 7am this morning. It has now tripped out on 7 occasions including 3 out of the last 4 days, coincidentally just as the solar gets going. It was ok on Sunday as it was a dull day and it just seems to happen when the solar picks up quickly. For the first month or so it had worked fine but something is upsetting it. It is the RCD which trips. It resets and works fine until the next morning. Moixa have suggested they could fit a higher rated RCD (a bit of tin foil used to do the job on the old style fuses I recall). Any ideas on what might be happening?

    I have had quite a few technical issues with my Moixa battery installation but have kept silent until now as they have made all the right noises about getting them resolved, although to be honest not much has happened. However, having to go on holiday with no data to watch remotely has pushed me over the edge and I am on the verge of having a good rant.

    I hope I can perhaps also get away with one last question under this thread as it arose from checking my generation. A couple of days ago when I was in the loft trying to catch peak solar readings on the inverters, I noticed the one on my east bank had gone back to zero and was just again slowly building up. Again any ideas what might cause this? As I only go up in the loft very occasionally I am now thinking could this be happening regularly.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
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