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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • ispookie666
    ispookie666 Posts: 1,194 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 21 March 2022 at 7:50PM
    3.9 and 3.3 O's.  Nice 22kw from the new system and enjoying the benefit of panels with multiple orientation. No import from 6:30am till 5pm.    
    @Coastalwatch have two Air to AirSHP but the rooms get blasted with sun in the afternoon 
    “Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu

    System 1 - 14 x 250W SunModule SW + Enphase ME215 microinverters (July 2015)
    System 2 - 9.2 KWp + Enphase IQ7+ and IQ8AC (Feb 22 & Sep 24) + Givenergy AC Coupled inverter + 2 * 8.2KWh Battery (May 2022) + Mitsubishi 7.1 KW and 2* Daikin 2.5 KW A2A Heat Pump
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,267 Forumite
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    Just a typhooo today but happy with that.
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • 4.6 for me here. 
    5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.
  • Laycity
    Laycity Posts: 1,893 Forumite
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    2.03 O’s today here
    Solar install Aug 2021, Lancashire
    4.74kW array, 4.6kW Solis inverter. SSW roof. 21° pitch. No shading. Pigeon Proofed.
    12 x 395W Jinko Tiger panels 
    Powerwall install Nov 21

    Octopus Go Faster tariff - 3 hours @ 4.5p/kW 20:30-23:30 and 15.78p/kW peak rate 

  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,267 Forumite
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    A friend mentioned dumping excess solar into a storage heater at this time of the year, is that really a feasible thing to do? Can you get freestanding ones you can activate with a smart plug? 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,267 Forumite
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    Another Typhooo +0.5 today
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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