Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

InVestor_2

16.3 kWh today.

shafeeq

8.80 kwh and 2.9333333333O's today

legoman62

Mostly cloudy and dull day so 2.55 O's seems about right:D

EricMears

tunnel wrote: »

she'd been out to the garage, up the ladder into the loft and checked the generation to make sure it was ok to put the dishwasher on.

Buy the lass a Wattson (or similar) for her next birthday.

Oscargrouch

EricMears wrote: »

I'd hate anyone to think I'm blaming the weather forecasters for not providing enough sun :rotfl:

Not getting involved in triviality......

tunnel wrote: »

Is your system broken Oscar? Or are you just getting lazy and can't be bothered to say if that's O's or kWh? Like to keep us guessing? That's not really fair on Shafeeq is it?:rotfl:

No, not at all, just getting lazy really, getting fed up with adding the (O's) bit. I have put my system size in my signature, what more is needed ? But I do try to please, I will do this for the last time. As a point of no interest, when I submit my FIT return I do not put kWh; I just send a meter reading, thats all they want and they know how to work it out...

shafeeq wrote: »

8.80 kwh and 2.9333333333O's today

Does that nearly qualify for a 2.94 O's?

3.32 O's today..... Last two results were all in O's.....

edwink

we generated 8.67kWh's today.....3.61'Os

Doing really well now the shading has gone!!!

Edwink

John_Pierpoint

Originally Posted by tunnel
she'd been out to the garage, up the ladder into the loft and checked the generation to make sure it was ok to put the dishwasher on.

EricMears wrote: »

Buy the lass a Wattson (or similar) for her next birthday.

I cannot get past first base: Let us fill the bl00dy thing before we turn it on.

However, that said having got permission from Wattson to turn it on, what happens when the shadow of a big black thunder cloud parks itself on the panels?

EricMears

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

However, that said having got permission from Wattson to turn it on, what happens when the shadow of a big black thunder cloud parks itself on the panels?

You still have to use a bit of 'old-fashioned' weather forecasting.

Check with meter that you have a 2kW export situation now (you probably need that for the washing machine's heater).
Check the state of the sky around the position of sun now (and where it will be in a couple of hours time).
Have a stab at guessing which way the clouds are moving.
If all well, turn on washer.

You could of course connect washer via a 'smart' plug that switches it off when generation drops.

zeupater

EricMears wrote: »

You still have to use a bit of 'old-fashioned' weather forecasting.

Check with meter that you have a 2kW export situation now (you probably need that for the washing machine's heater).
Check the state of the sky around the position of sun now (and where it will be in a couple of hours time).
Have a stab at guessing which way the clouds are moving.
If all well, turn on washer.

You could of course connect washer via a 'smart' plug that switches it off when generation drops.

Hi

Alternatively, for short-term self forecasting have a look at the 'big picture' from a satellite in close to 'real-time' ... http://www.sat24.com/en/gb ... it gives a reasonable idea of what's happening to make a decision ...

HTH
Z

zeupater

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Any one know if there is a web site that tracks the "jet stream" - the BBC showed it yesterday swooping South over the Mediterranean.

The misplaced jet stream got the blame for most of last summer for the wet weather - is this here we go again?

The BBC flashed it up over the weekend to explain that even this week the weather will not be back to average.

[What will it take for the doubters to agree that there is a man made climate change problem ? or am I displaying confirmation bias?]

Hi John

The link in the last post (http://www.sat24.com/en/gb), when viewed for Europe, or the whole globe, also gives an idea where the Jetstream currently is ....

HTH
Z