Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

pete-20-11

4.97 Os. So close!

Netexporter

Just scraped 3 0s although I switched off for a couple of hours in the middle of the day to make best use of incoming paid-to-use leccy on Agile. It would probably have been about 4.5 Os

Coastalwatch

3.9 O's today, best of the month to date, if still a couple of kWh's under pvgis daily average.

According to forecast next 5 days all look to beat it! 🤫

Alnat1

Happy with 4.34 O's and next couple of days look decent too.

NedS

Hawaii, 5.59 O's today. Tomorrow looks like it may be decent too.

Merlin139

Hawaii + 0.11 O's Same as my score on the 2nd!

Considering all the gaps, a good score.

Martyn1981

Surprise Wink for me. 4.13 O's against a middling forecast. May have done better, but I think I got some clipping when the battery was full too soon, and gen was still exceeding 3.68kW AC limit. Been force exporting since 7am today ….. fool me once! 😄

Alnat1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81951739#Comment_81951739

My Lux has a "charge last" setting that I didn't understand for the first couple of years we had the system, so had never used. Found out when messing around that, when activated, it only fills the battery when generation is over 3.68. Maybe your system has a similar option?

Martyn1981

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81951787#Comment_81951787

My problem, and I stress this is a first world problem, is that I have so much PV running through the inverter. 6.75kW through a 3.68kW model. It can take upto 200%, so that's fine, but if I haven't cleared enough 'room' from the battery, then it will still fill up and start clipping.

For instance today I've had it exporting at 3.68kW since 7am, went down to 59%, but already up to 70%, and gen hasn't peaked yet, it's at 5.2kW and will probably reach low 6kW. So it could still fill the ~6kWh left, and clip again before gen drops below 3.68kW. Fool me twice!

I'm trying to be too clever, as I want it near full when gen drops below 3.68kW, so that it doesn't suck up excess/export from my separate 2kW WNW system. As that will knock my FiT down, due to the charging losses going through the bi-directional FiT meter. It sees the house export, and grabs it, which would be ideal in most situations.

Probably makes no sense, but not a real problem, just one of those trying to maximise situations. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to prevent AC charging, when the house is exporting (and batt not full), other than force exporting. Hardly the worst thing in the world, right now.

QrizB

I'm trying to be too clever,

Can you move your current clamp so the FIT-qualifying system doesn't "see" the generation from your WNW system? That would stop it trying to slurp up that export.

You can move the clamp back when winter comes around again, if you think that's beneficial.