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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Cracker of a day today. Hampered by the heat, but hey ho. Already up on June last year by 0.8 O's despite a few iffy days early on. Today a great A/an
++ 2.16 O's 
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).5 -
2nd best day of the month, so far; 6.2 O's for yesterday.Rest of the week looks good too
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Hi - quick question. Had my solar PV system since 2010 and pretty pleased so far.Has anyone known of an inverter to fail? Touch wood, mine seems fine (SMA transformerless) but I wonder if anyone else has had to invest in a replacement.1
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Equaliser12345 said:Hi - quick question. Had my solar PV system since 2010 and pretty pleased so far.Has anyone known of an inverter to fail? Touch wood, mine seems fine (SMA transformerless) but I wonder if anyone else has had to invest in a replacement.My Mastervolt "Sunmaster" failed February 2019. System installed June 2011. I replaced it with a Solax inverter.Dave FSolar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
EV car, Evec charger
Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
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Yes, as per my signature. I originally had a rather grotty Mastervolt Sunmaster XS2000, installed June 2011, replaced with superior SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF in September 2017, which I got off eBay for £200, installed for £100. Probably nearly paid for itself in increased generation.Equaliser12345 said:Hi - quick question. Had my solar PV system since 2010 and pretty pleased so far.Has anyone known of an inverter to fail? Touch wood, mine seems fine (SMA transformerless) but I wonder if anyone else has had to invest in a replacement.
P.S. That's two of us with failed Sunmasters.
P.P.S. A rather nice 6.3 Os 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-2022.5 -
6.29 O's today.
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Not quite as good as yesterday, but an acceptable
+ 1.84 O's.... 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).6 -
More ☁️ here today, 2.2 O's.
Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go5 -
Plenty here to, but after sunset so 6.45 O's today. East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kWp SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kWp WSW vertical. Carport 3° pitch 6.16kWp. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x A2A HP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H. Graig Fatha 1.56 kW's, Kirk Hill 0.88 kW's, CoCharger Host & Interest in Abundance.4
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6.35 O's here today. Exported over 15 kWh to the grid...and we were in all day! 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.5
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