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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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onomatopoeia99 wrote: »After another grey start, the sun came out this afternoon and resulted in 3.94 O today2.5 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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Overcast start and patchy late afternoon spoiled an otherwise good day. 3.47 Os made up of 2.3 Os east roof and 4.5 Os west roof.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)0
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4.3 ish O's today:D
Nearly 3 of them went to the grid:eek: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.0 -
A day of 5 fifths, 1 fifth before midday and 4 fifths in the afternoon.
Todays peak. 3.971 kW at 13:30
4.85 O's
Bloody cold wind as well.
2 lots of washing and 2 hours of ironing in afternoon.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0 -
Best day of the year at 5.64 O's taking us up to 87% compared to pvgis forecast so far this 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.0
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Morning was nothing much to write home about, but from noon onwards it was super bright. Ended with 4.2 O (129% of PVGIS daily) and maxed out at 3.68 for long periods between 12:30 and 14:30.17 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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Best day since last August, 4.8 O's for yesterday.
Managed to use nearly 85% of that, with EV recharged, fully heated hot water & ASHP running.
Today looking good too. Baking day today?0 -
4.7 Os yesterday with some nice high peaks2kWp 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-2022.0
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Apologies for the nooby question, I've looked back some pages, but theres over 1100 pages.
What is o's
Yesterday I had 47kwh's
I have 2 x 3.6 kw inverters and 10.6kw of panels.
I'm assuming the O's is to do with kw/panel or kw/ kw of panels?West central Scotland
4kw sse since 2014 and 6.6kw wsw / ene split since 2019
24kwh leaf, 75Kwh Tesla and Lux 3600 with 60Kwh storage0 -
Solarchaser wrote: »Apologies for the nooby question, I've looked back some pages, but theres over 1100 pages.
What is o's
Yesterday I had 47kwh's
I have 2 x 3.6 kw inverters and 10.6kw of panels.
I'm assuming the O's is to do with kw/panel or kw/ kw of panels?
47 / 10.6kW = 4.43 O's4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh0
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