Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

KevinG

Pretty good month, 11.4% above PVGIS and one of my best Octobers.

Alnat1

3.3kWh 0.63 O's

October started well and I was ahead of PVGIS, but a poor last 10 days has meant I ended the month at 95%

Merlin139

A poor end to the month. Similar result to yesterday. 2.66 kWh or 0.669 O's 

2.5 hrs lost at the start of the day to Error 25

Total generation for October 304.82 kWh or 76.68 O's 127.9 % of PVGIS

Diverted 98.4 kWh to I-Boost.

For the month I have to pay for 116 kWh of Gas and 132 kWh of Electricity.

In the last year I have been billed for 6015.67 kWh of Gas and 1594.8 kWh Electricity. 

Gas usage has dropped by 29.7% and Electricity by 19.83% on the previous 12 months

50 kWh ahead of my Oct Average.
301 kWh ahead of 10 month Average.
51 kWh ahead of year 12 month average after 10 months.

Alnat1

What is this Error 25?

ggmf

Was doing well until mid-day then it all went very dark 2.0 & 0.5 O's - Oct PVGIS total 102.5%

EcoScruples

1.75 O's today, just in time for the dishwasher and 2 loads of washing to go in.
Peak time avoided yet again.

legoman62

0.9 O's here today....looks like a good October🤔

Merlin139

Alnat1 said:

What is this Error 25?

The book says. PV solar array is not properly isolated from ground earth. I believe its because water is getting into some part of the system. 

Certainly needs 1 of the panels being taken off and all the connections checked. May require some cable being replaced. Looking at where we have identified the problem it may have been caused by Squirrels. We have had a few Drey's over the years under 1 of the panels. 

Trying to find someone who can investigate and solve the problem for me. 

We had 3 days in February with no production and the problem went away. Came back this month. Easy to see on the chart as the chart shows it as a line on zero.

Lots of rain last night, but the system is producing power now. 

Magnitio

1.75 O's for yesterday. October's generation was 129% of PVGIS at 425kWh. I'm sure that will be the last month of the year where we generate more than consume.

Alnat1

Thanks for explaining Merlin, hope you can get it sorted soon.