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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Maiden + 0.64 Os in varying cloud cover.6
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Another average day here, 2.99 Os.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)6
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Another cloudy day.Wink plus 0.34 Os.And my Sofar battery inverter seems to have stopped working. I'll have to investigate tomorrow.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.7 -
Another slow start, 5.85 O’s here today.16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.6
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Cloudy morning, some brighter spells in the afternoon 3.98 O's. Really need some rain now to clean the panels.Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22
Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing7 -
Best day ever (in my nearly one year of data!)7.43 O's for 22nd May.I have also surpassed my PVGIS prediction for May today, with 9 days to spare. Looking like another bumper month.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Benefits & tax credits, Heat pumps and Green & Ethical MoneySaving forums. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.5
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3.89 O's which is just under the needed daily average. It is nice and sunny at the moment, but will get cloudy soon. If I get my needed average today and tomorrow I should hit my PVGIS target tomorrow.5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install5
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Sunny day, with lots of clouds.
Chart looks like a cross section of the Alps!

Hawaii + 0.32 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6 -
Thanks QrizB. Much appreciatedQrizB said:There's a guide somewhere, but from memory:Odin (one-eyed god)Bond (double-0)Typhooo (the tea brand)Wink (4-0 winks, a nap)Hawaii (five-O)Maiden (like in cricket)Heaven (seventh heaven)... and there's a name for eight, but I can't remember it!3 -
This is my post from 24/03/24.
2 O's = Bond, As in 007
3 O's = TyphOOO
4 O's = Winks, 40 winks
5 O's = Hawaii, Hawaii 5 O
6 O's = Maiden, 6 balls in an over
7 O's = Heaven, in 7th Heaven
8 O's = Potato's 8 O's sounds like Potatoes!
This is what we came up with a few years back.
Oscargrouch came up with names upto Hawaii. I added Maiden, Heaven, Potato.
Live in Yorkshire. Only been here 23 years so occasionally speak with a bit of an accent.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6
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