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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,313 Forumite
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    Thick fog all day. 1.39 kW generated.

    Fails the ISA test (though still in credit on the month).

    Weather forecasts were vague enough for me not to need to complain. Hopefully their hints of rain to come tonight & tomorrow will prove correct : we've actually had a three week 'drought' here and a further three weeks might see me paying to flush WCs (or pumping back from the garden water storage).
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    0.84 kWH/kWp :mad:
    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
    KevinG Posts: 2,110 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    0.84 kWH/kWp :mad:
    You beat me - 1.39 kWh or 0.695 kWh/kWp.
    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Managed 3.2kWh or 0.8 "o's" today,quite surprised considering the weather.
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,037 Forumite
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    And I thought my 5kWh was poor until I compared outputs: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
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    And I thought my 5kWh was poor until I compared outputs:D

    At least now with some; the true output/power is more easily identified..... smiley-laughing021.gif As opposed to Apples to Pears..:D Does that give you 1.25 O's then.....well done so far today....:rotfl:
    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).
  • EricMears
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    Another foggy day today - though slightly brighter than yesterday.

    3.65 kWh (or 0.91 'O' )

    I've just joined the 'Optiplug club'. It arrived today - all I want now is a day that's sunny enough to have a spare 750w so that I can calibrate my site transformer & immersion heater circuit !
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • k66
    k66 Posts: 354 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    Another foggy day today - though slightly brighter than yesterday.

    3.65 kWh (or 0.91 'O' )

    I've just joined the 'Optiplug club'. It arrived today - all I want now is a day that's sunny enough to have a spare 750w so that I can calibrate my site transformer & immersion heater circuit !

    Please keep us informed, I've bought a cheap monitor - Eco Eye Elite for £18.99 inc pp (new on Ebay) to sit alongside our Sunnybeam so that I can compare what's being used and what's being produced. It's a cheap fix as still unsure of which system to go for.
    Generated exactly 4 kWh today.
    :hello:
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,452 Forumite
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    0.25'O's - wish I had some hydro!

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    2.9 apples today

    no oranges :(
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