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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Could today be a double "O";)


    If your day was like mine then no....1.1 O's for me today, tomorrow looks promising but then it always does
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    If your day was like mine then no....1.1 O's for me today, tomorrow looks promising but then it always does

    Weather man said "sunny all day" should have said "sunny in the morning"...so no double "O" today, but still 1.37 O's:D
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 18 February 2014 at 11:17PM
    tunnel wrote: »
    If your day was like mine then no....1.1 O's for me today, tomorrow looks promising but then it always does
    I will hold you totally responsible for that statement...crying.gif
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Weather man said "sunny all day" should have said "sunny in the morning"

    Same MO 1.12 O's...:rotfl:
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    tomorrow looks promising but then it always does


    1.27 O's today, it was more promising.....just
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Oscargrouch
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    tunnel wrote: »
    1.27 O's today, it was more promising.....just
    crying.gif Yea right......smiley-laughing021.gif

    1.56 O's for today....coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    1.07 O's today. Just passed 100kWh for Feb:)
    59% PVGIS up to today. Should be 67%;)
    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.
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    £5.52 yesterday (11.4 kWh)

    165.6 kWh so far for the month (83% PVGIS) :)

    Not as good as 2012, but beating 2013.
  • weasel117
    weasel117 Posts: 1 Newbie
    Hi,everyone...just fitted system...one question though?
    does anyone have an E-On Ecometer fitted before solar panels for a general guide to consumption?
    On the electric part it seems to show very high usage/red light at times when no appliances are on anywhere in the house,are the solar panels affecting the ecometer?It cannot record or show import/export but when it lights up am I really using more than I am producing???or just a gremlin with the ecometer?
  • Martyn1981
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    weasel117 wrote: »
    Hi,everyone...just fitted system...one question though?
    does anyone have an E-On Ecometer fitted before solar panels for a general guide to consumption?
    On the electric part it seems to show very high usage/red light at times when no appliances are on anywhere in the house,are the solar panels affecting the ecometer?It cannot record or show import/export but when it lights up am I really using more than I am producing???or just a gremlin with the ecometer?

    Hiya weasel. Can the Ecometer differentiate between import and export? Is there any chance that it's seeing the export when PV is producing, but demand is low (so being exported) and reporting this as consumption?

    I might be sending you on a wild goose chase, but one simple test. Wait till the sun is good, and you're not using much leccy, then see if the reading (export?) goes down when you switch something on, as this will reduce export.

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • mickyduck
    mickyduck Posts: 334 Forumite
    Mine just measured current flow so Martin is correct when the sun is shining turn on your kettle and watch the number go down..... then throw the meter away LOL
    3.995kWP SSW facing. Commissioned 7 July 2011. 24 degree pitch + Solar Immersion installed May 2013, after two Solar Immersion lasting just over the guarantee period replaced with Solic 200... no problems since
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