Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

jimjames

jackieblack wrote: »

16kWh generated here yesterday (7.207 kWh/kWp) :j

16kWh is the most I've ever generated in a single day, and last happened 26/5/12. All other occurrences have also taken place during the month of May in both 2012 and 2011, so this was the best generation of any April day since installation

That's an excellent result.

Has anyone managed to beat an O of 7.2 kWh/kWp? Interested to know what the maximum possible is in the UK. Yesterday was our best ever but we only managed 7.1 O's.

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k66 wrote: »

Hi all back from a 4 week holiday in sunny NZ where they have very few PV installations.
I am very pleased with yesterday's output of over 28kWh.
Now I am ready to purchase a system such as the Wattson Solar Plus but is there anything better available? We have Economy 7 for storage heaters and an immersion heater for water - we are all electric. The immersion has been switched on only during the day time when producing over 3 kWh.
Options are to buy a Wattson S+, change the immersion heater to say 1.5 kw, wire it to a plug and use an Wattson Optiplug, another Optiplug could also be used to boost the storage heater during the daytime when excess electricity is being produced and heat is required later in the day. Has any one come across any other products? Advice welcome.
I have just spotted this on Ebay 200917308680.

This is what I've installed and so far is superb

http://solarimmersion.co.uk/

k66

BirnamBear wrote: »

The company who fitted our panels are offering this in their quarterly newsletter.

"currently you are paid to produce electricity on your roof,you are then able to use that electricity for free.It is then assumed you are sending 50% back to the National Grid and you are paid for that also.If you do not use that electricity it goes back to the National Grid,and the benefit is lost.By installing an EMS,it will monitor any electricity flowing back to the National Grid and divert it either a heating element,or immerser circuit for you,therefore giving you further savings on your heating bill"

Installation £550.....av. payback 3-4 years.

Worth it or not ?

Thanks for your reply, What warranty do they give?
I would like to choose and change where I divert the excess power to, first priority would be to heat the water and then kitchen appliances, on cooler days I would top up the storage heaters, for these reasons I am favouring the Wattson Optiplugs.
Here is another system which I am considering http://www.sgwooldridge.co.uk/cms/solarpvswitch

tunnel

I'd say back to earth with a bang today but still managed just under 4 O's. Did manage to cook my sunday roast with the bright sunshine this morning:drool:, luckily before it clouded over somewhat this afternoon

EricMears

EricMears wrote: »

All three forecasters are telling me tomorrow will be less sunny - but seriously, what are the chances of them getting two days right in a row ?

I guess they did a little better than I expected but I've just looked again at their forecasts from first thing this morning and I think it turned out rather sunnier than they'd led me to expect.

15.99 kWh for the day. Maybe disappointing after a 25+ day but still higher than the pvgis forecasts for an average April day.

shafeeq

8.24 kwh or 3.7466666667 O's today

KevinG

An unexpectedly high 12.06 kWh today (6.03 O), among my best. Now, do I believe the forecast on my mobile phone which says it will be sunny for the next three days or the BBC, which says it will be cloudy?

KevinG

shafeeq wrote: »

8.24 kwh or 3.7466666667 O's today

Do you do that decimal places thing just to annoy us? It works!

legoman62

3.8 O's today.
Same again tomorrow will see me hit April PVGIS:D

shafeeq

KevinG wrote: »

Do you do that decimal places thing just to annoy us? It works!

Yes :j

its so if any chance I might beat Oscargrouch by a decimal point