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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    1.16 O's today, but sure as eggs are O's Hawaii's are on their way.......champagne-2.gifcoffee.gif

    I am so sure, got it ready........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht3Al9H3iUM

    Well i've had a couple of Hawaii's so far this year,

    Had one today in fact, here's my latest:beer:

    WNW 4.2kWh(1.68 O's)
    ESE 3.3kWh(1.68 O's)
    SSW 5.22kWh(2.55 O's)

    Combined 5.91 O's :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Not bad to say it persisted it down this morning:D
    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: »
    Well i've had a couple of Hawaii's so far this year,

    Had one today in fact, here's my latest:beer:

    WNW 4.2kWh(1.68 O's)
    ESE 3.3kWh(1.68 O's)
    SSW 5.22kWh(2.55 O's)

    Combined 5.91 O's :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Not bad to say it persisted it down this morning:D

    tunnel. Is your "O" total correct? You made 12.72kWh ÷ by 6.5 = 1.9 O's:think:

    I made 3.2 O's today (12.8kWh) best day for months:beer:
    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
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 7 March 2014 at 9:52PM
    tunnel wrote: »
    Well i've had a couple of Hawaii's so far this year,

    Had one today in fact, here's my latest:beer:

    WNW 4.2kWh(1.68 O's)
    ESE 3.3kWh(1.68 O's)
    SSW 5.22kWh(2.55 O's)

    Combined 5.91 O's :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Not bad to say it persisted it down this morning:D

    Bummer, I was hoping for the first; barman.gif Well done, have this on me:bdaycake: Just for the cheek of your calculation...smiley-says-lol.gif

    A sad 3.92 O's but the true Hawaii for me; is soon to appear....relaxing-outside-smiley-emoticon.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).
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Oops, I blame my mate carling smiley-eatdrink005.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Martyn1981
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    tunnel wrote: »

    WNW 4.2kWh(1.68 O's)
    ESE 3.3kWh(1.68 O's)
    SSW 5.22kWh(2.55 O's)

    Combined 5.91 O's :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    You Sir, are a cad! A dirty down rotten scoundrel, and what's more, you're an O thief. Yes, I said it, you are an Onapper. I bet you're behind all the missing bitcoins too!

    Is there nothing virtual, that isn't virtually vulnerable to such virtual vulgarity?

    Any more of this nonsense and you'll have to answer to [STRIKE]lord Voldermort[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]Lord Vader[/STRIKE] Lord Vestor! :eek:

    Ok, I may have lost it. Back to virtual reality, or as close as I'll ever manage. Got 2 Os today, and closed week 1 with month estimating 101%, so ok so far.

    Weather forecast for next seven days is wall to wall sunshine, and they're never wrong ...... I may have lost it again. Must go back to Carling, meths just isn't working.

    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Just the one O today(or thereabouts), thought I'd better not try cheating today as tomorrow looks like it may be Hawaii day(at least on one of my systems anyway)


    Back to reality, bottoms up Oscar smiley-eatdrink048.gif
    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: »

    Back to reality, bottoms up Oscar smiley-eatdrink048.gif

    You can keep your preferences to yourself.pulling-a-wedgie-smiley-emoticon.gif

    3.36 0's today; Tunnel will be correct, a Hawaii the morrow....for me anyway.....happy-feet-penguin-smiley-emoticon.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).
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    You Sir, are a cad! A dirty down rotten scoundrel, and what's more, you're an O thief. Yes, I said it, you are an Onapper. I bet you're behind all the missing bitcoins too!

    Is there nothing virtual, that isn't virtually vulnerable to such virtual vulgarity?

    Any more of this nonsense and you'll have to answer to [STRIKE]lord Voldermort[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]Lord Vader[/STRIKE] Lord Vestor! :eek:

    Ok, I may have lost it. Back to virtual reality, or as close as I'll ever manage. Got 2 Os today, and closed week 1 with month estimating 101%, so ok so far.

    Weather forecast for next seven days is wall to wall sunshine, and they're never wrong ...... I may have lost it again. Must go back to Carling, meths just isn't working.

    Mart.

    So, one of the main promoters of the 'O' are calling me Lord Vestor for just pointing out just how meaningless the 'O' is.

    Ignoring they themselves can't even seem to get the simple maths of it right! :T (Not just you now oscargrouch who can't do simple maths ;) )

    Yet, they continue to promote it to people new here (or don't know better) that it is somehow meaningful in comparing different systems on here.

    It seems I'll just continue doing the (Really Evil) thing of pointing out it is a meaningless way of comparing different systems (especially on a daily basis).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    1.5 O's yesterday:D
    Today could be the :beer::T:rotfl: day:cool:
    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.
  • Dave_Fowler
    Dave_Fowler Posts: 626 Forumite
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    InVestor wrote: »
    So, one of the main promoters of the 'O' are calling me Lord Vestor for just pointing out just how meaningless the 'O' is.

    Ignoring they themselves can't even seem to get the simple maths of it right! :T (Not just you now oscargrouch who can't do simple maths ;) )

    Yet, they continue to promote it to people new here (or don't know better) that it is somehow meaningful in comparing different systems on here.

    It seems I'll just continue doing the (Really Evil) thing of pointing out it is a meaningless way of comparing different systems (especially on a daily basis).
    I've two near identical kWp systems. One is using a single MPP inverter (2 x 8 panel strings in parallel) and the other, with 12 panels, is using Solar Edge technology.

    Whilst the money I get from FITs is of great interest to me, the fact that one system generated £1.40 and the other £4.86 would not be a good way of comparing the systems as far as how well they are working.

    To me the efficiency of the two systems is also very important; it shows the relative performance of the two systems. Hence I tend to compare the Os of the two systems rather than how much money they have generated.

    From the efficiency figures I am able to recommend (or not) the two quite different generation systems.

    Dave F
    Solar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
    Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
    EV car, PodPoint charger
    Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
    Location: Bedfordshire
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