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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
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    Bitterly cold with little sunshine = 0.7 O's here today: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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Bitterly cold with little sunshine = 0.7 O's here today:D
    Cr*p day 0.6 O's..:mad:..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).
  • Zarch
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    0.9 here..... bits and pieces of sunshine..... have only reached 1.0 O once in the last 19 days now. :eek:
    17 x 300W panels (5.1kW) on a 3.68kW SolarEdge system in Sunny Sheffield.
    12kW Pylontech battery storage system with Lux AC controller
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  • JKenH
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    Panels have only just woken up - my latest ever start.
    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)
  • Coastalwatch
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    JKenH wrote: »
    Panels have only just woken up - my latest ever start.
    Pretty grim here too, although one or two panels awoke around 9 am. At 11.40 just 141Wh's to show!
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    A meagre 0.12 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).
  • Living_proof
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Apologies, I should have mentioned cost, and islanding inverters and batts are expensive, and as you say not economical for most people. Personally, I wouldn't consider either just for power cuts, as that's a sledgehammer to crack a nut problem for most. But of course for some, an uninterrupted supply might be very important.

    I was just waffling about what is out there. Fun times.

    Just as well then I have a lifetime's supply of scented candles, nightlights, wooly pullies, etc. I will buy a hot water bottle in an effort to have plan B, albeit not very hi-tech. Solar serves me very well 99% of the time and I don't regret having it installed for a moment.
    Solar Suntellite 250 x16 4kW Afore 3600TL dual 2KW E 2KW W no shade, DN15 March 14
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  • JKenH
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    edited 5 December 2018 at 8:24PM
    0.50 kwh say the inverters but the TGM says only 0.33 kwh so that is a miserable 0.042 Os. Second worst day of my short solar life.
    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)
  • Coastalwatch
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    Coastalwatch wrote: »
    Pretty grim here too, although one or two panels awoke around 9 am. At 11.40 just 141Wh's to show!
    It didn't improve much either, even though the sun did peer through the clouds briefly. Just 0.102 O's today.

    Remarkably, still on par for the month! :)
    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.
  • legoman62
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    0.25 O's or next to nothing here today: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.
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