Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Alnat1

A not too bad 1.31 O's today

legoman62

legoman62 said:

1.025 O’s here today…good start to the month.

Same again here today 1.025 O’s

Merlin139

Fri 1st 0.81 O's
Sat 2nd 2.59 O's
Sun 3rd 0.004 O's

Today we had to wait for the snow to melt off the panels. Around 2 inches. That dark only 6 panels only generated for around 30 minutes producing at total of 15 Wh!

llewdiskram

Merlin139 said:

Fri 1st 0.81 O's
Sat 2nd 2.59 O's
Sun 3rd 0.004 O's

Today we had to wait for the snow to melt off the panels. Around 2 inches. That dark only 6 panels only generated for around 30 minutes producing at total of 15 Wh!

I was actually going to post to see if someone could beat my low of today and sadly you did.

Fri 1st Dec - generated 6.3kwh, which is 0.95 O's
Sat 2nd Dec - generated 1.1kwh, which is 0.16 O's
Sun 3rd Dec - generated 0.6kwh, which is 0.09 O's

This is my first winter and given the rain and snow, i'm not surprised, but it is still quite shocking. Bring on the lighter/sunnier months.

Whilst I remember, on a normal day in winter with sunshine, does everyone else get lower generation? For example, I know the sun is much lower in the sky and not as high, I don't think I have any shadowing. I usually get around 5.7kwh with full sunshine, but at the moment it is around 3.2kwh. Is this normal for this time of year given the position of the sun?

I was wondering if I might need to clean them or if anyone cleans them regularly and how often?

Thanks!

Netexporter

Whilst I remember, on a normal day in winter with sunshine, does everyone else get lower generation?

You generally get better output on sunny winter days because the lower temperature improves the efficiency of the panels. Even better if your roof pitch is 40 or 45 degrees. On the debit side, you don't get the peak for so long.

Coastalwatch

Pretty grim here as well, 0.05 O's. Thankfully no snow!

pete-20-11

Merlin139 said:

Fri 1st 0.81 O's
Sat 2nd 2.59 O's
Sun 3rd 0.004 O's

Today we had to wait for the snow to melt off the panels. Around 2 inches. That dark only 6 panels only generated for around 30 minutes producing at total of 15 Wh!

Blimey, 3 decimal places 🤣

0.06 here today. A little bit of snow which hopefully has cleared. Not sure it's been very sunny, been out most of the day. 

Alnat1

My Lux only reports to 1 decimal place, so 0.2kWh, that's 0.038 O's

Recently added more loft insulation and noticed that the snow had melted off the roofs of almost all the other houses along our road but our roof was still covered. Great it's keeping the house warmer but might have kept the snow on the panels longer, a little heat from below could have helped shift it.

legoman62

0.075 O’s here today🤬😡

llewdiskram

I've generated NOTHING today lol