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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Hazy sun from around 10am helped me up to 22kWh(3.38 O's) today, hopefully more of the same tomorrow b0708.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,991 Forumite
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    jimmyboy420 wrote: »
    Do you have the details of how to make this?

    PM me, and I'll send details and pics:D
    3.97 O's today.:T
    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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    shavy65 wrote: »
    Hi all. Just curious, anyone got their gas hot water switched off yet?my dad tried it and got away with it for about 4/5 days until my mum decided to have a late night bath....after my dad had showered. The hot water is now back on haha.
    I'm thinking the days are not quite long/sunny enough yet? This'll be my first summer with the pv installed, interested to see when the hot water can be switched off.

    I can never switch my Gas Boiler off, no immersion heater in the house. During summer, I switch to manual, and can get away with every other day, for 1/2 hour of gas usage; as it is a small gas boiler (Not Combi).

    Yesterday managed 2.56 O's....:)

    Today...........WOW...... a HAWAII + 1.04 O's...what a result...:j:j:beer: 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).
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,697 Forumite
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    March is now a record month for us. 320kWh so far and 2 more days to go! Looks like we may be about 5% up on 2012 which was an excellent month and will be double 2013.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Only 17.5kWh (2.69 's) today, did i really say "only" with that amount in March...........crazy b0703.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Dodo0808
    Dodo0808 Posts: 130 Forumite
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    A steady 12.4kwh today :)
    4kw (16X250w Sharp). Samil Solar River 3680 TL inverter.
    E.mids/SSE. 35 degree roof pitch, no shading.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2014 at 8:50PM
    tunnel wrote: »
    Only 17.5kWh (2.69 's) today, did i really say "only" with that amount in March...........crazy b0703.gif
    Yes you did say, say (writ, in case Investor comes along) '2.69 's' today...:D I managed 3.2 O's...:mad:

    On the bright side, I see a 49.2 kWp system in West Sussex only manages an average of 3.32 O's per day; and they have every optimization system they can find, to increase generation. So on the whole, our little contribution to the environment (our Bank Account) fairs quite well in comparison.....smiley-laughing021.gif

    Below is how the Hawaii (Oscar +) was documented for yesterday.........:rotfl: coffee.gif..


    2emdg8g.jpg

    Thank you OptiPlug, one can see when you kicked in as I was away all day... 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).
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2014 at 9:20PM
    Hi All

    Well, quite an interesting point .... today we passed the threshold where one month's (March's) generation exceeds that of the previous 3 months combined .... :cool:

    ... it's a first for us - wonder if it'll ever happen again ... ;)

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    zeupater wrote: »
    Hi All

    Well, quite an interesting point .... today we passed the threshold where one month's (March's) generation exceeds that of the previous 3 months combined .... :cool:

    ... it's a first for us - wonder if it'll ever happen again ... ;)

    HTH
    Z

    My last 3 months was 14.04 O's greater than March's todate, interesting though......smiley-think005.gifcoffee.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).
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,697 Forumite
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    zeupater wrote: »
    Hi All

    Well, quite an interesting point .... today we passed the threshold where one month's (March's) generation exceeds that of the previous 3 months combined .... :cool:

    ... it's a first for us - wonder if it'll ever happen again ... ;)

    HTH
    Z

    I just checked ours and we're nowhere near. Did you have some bad months over winter?

    Last 3 months for us were 417kWh (Dec 103,Jan 121,Feb 193) and March was 328kWh

    http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/solar-panel-generation-months-compared.php
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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