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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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A miserable 1.92 Os for me today.
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-2022.0 -
A very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60watts at about 4.30 pm. 2.9 Os today which is just 95% of daily PVGIS. Now at 86% of monthly target so 45 kWh in hand which might be needed to get us through the next 6 days.Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.0
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4.075 O's here today...and no rain as of yet:D16 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
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Lucky Man...:cool:..2.56 O's here...:(...4.075 O's here today...and no rain as of yet:D
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
A very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60kw at about 4.30 pm.
I suspect I've infected you now with my hard-of-thinking - 60kW's and you're complaining?
Gen here was pitiful, about 1.5 O's, with lots of grey, and in the afternoon I had to close all the recently opened windows and Velux' and pop the HP back on.Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.
For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.0 -
A middling 3.68 O's
Not quite enough to get the Duracells through to sunrise, but pretty close.4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sunsynk Ecco Inverter & Pylontech 5x US2000, 3x US3000, 3x US5000 Batteries - 37kWh0 -
Martyn1981 wrote: »I suspect I've infected you now with my hard-of-thinking - 60kW's and you're complaining?
No, I’m just losing it.
Overcast here, today, with the sunshine occasionally breaking through between the clouds giving me a surprise 3.79kw flash at 8.30 before disappearing, probably for the rest of the day.Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.0 -
HiA very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60watts at about 4.30 pm. 2.9 Os today which is just 95% of daily PVGIS. Now at 86% of monthly target so 45 kWh in hand which might be needed to get us through the next 6 days.
60W? ... luxury, our inverter actually got bored & went to sleep a couple of times yesterday afternoon ...
HTH
Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle0 -
A mere 1.5 O yesterday, it was thick cloud all day until an hour or so before sunset.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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At least these heavy downpours will wash all that Sahara dust off our panels....:cool:4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sunsynk Ecco Inverter & Pylontech 5x US2000, 3x US3000, 3x US5000 Batteries - 37kWh0
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