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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,991 Forumite
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    4.17 O's today:D

    Might have made a/an Hawaii but low cloud and mist appeared around 17.30:(
    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.
  • Living_proof
    Living_proof Posts: 1,923 Forumite
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    Just missed an Hawaii again at 19.96kW and ran the dehydrator all day. I am definitely in step with using appliances whilst generating and appreciate that it will be a different matter in winter. I am away at the weekend for a week and last time I went there was terrific generation but no-one at home to use it
    Solar Suntellite 250 x16 4kW Afore 3600TL dual 2KW E 2KW W no shade, DN15 March 14
    [SIZE Givenergy 9.5 battery added July 23
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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 23 July 2014 at 9:32PM
    What can one say a mere a/an Hawaii + 0.08 O's today...far away from the best 6.08 O's that was achieved in July '13. :mad:

    I need the same as today for each day for the rest of the month to just keep up with July '13....:( coffee.gif

    Edit: Forgot to mention amidst all the gloom; 92 Litres of wine from Tesco ordered today £45.00. Bargain...All is not too bad.....Drink Aware? Too right I am when it is cheap ! smiley-laughing021.gifdrinking-red-wine.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: 4,991 Forumite
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    My Hawaii day should/could be tomorrow according to the forecast:T

    3.8 O's today:)

    8 O's in the last 8 days of July, will almost take me to July 2013's total:wall:
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,396 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Edit: Forgot to mention amidst all the gloom; 92 Litres of wine from Tesco ordered today £45.00. Bargain...All is not too bad.....Drink Aware? Too right I am when it is cheap !

    Got 'one' today - 5.1 Os. Wall to wall sun, so the heat must be killing generation. Nearly killed me, had the bad idea to lay some blocks, and pour some concrete. The fun quickly wore off, as heatstroke wore in, and my back wore out. Should have had a game of virtual bricklayer on the Xbox instead.

    Just checking, is that ~ 34p per bottle? _party_

    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.
  • theboylard
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    mac2008 wrote: »
    Nope, but will do now! Thanks also for the PM re. Correcting my errant 40W!


    Just scraped a Hawaii around 7pm this eve :)

    My Wattson says it's on 10.4 when I plug it in?

    Would either of you guys mind sharing your Wattson/Holmes settings?

    Ta :D
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    edited 23 July 2014 at 10:36PM
    5.7 O's for today, not bad when considering the sun didn't show its face until around 9am.


    Mr Grouch....do tell !!! Any wine(cheap) still going at Mr T's?


    Is this it by any chance?
    http://www.tesco.com/direct/winebuddy-chardonnay-kit-30-bottles/208-0861.prd
    Too much like hard work for me, I prefer to buy and pour...and pour...and pour..hic t0365.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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    theboylard wrote: »
    My Wattson says it's on 10.4 when I plug it in?

    Would either of you guys mind sharing your Wattson/Holmes settings?

    Ta :D

    I'm running 10.4 :D Think it's the latest version.

    I've changed the voltage settings to 246V....gives me more accurate output compared to gen meter: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.
  • mac2008
    mac2008 Posts: 266 Forumite
    theboylard wrote: »
    My Wattson says it's on 10.4 when I plug it in?

    Would either of you guys mind sharing your Wattson/Holmes settings?

    Ta :D

    I bought my Wasttson in March 2014 and it is on 10.1 apparently, which is a bit poor.

    I've now got the new 10.4 firmware and installer so shall update this evening.

    I set mine to 240V after measuring my mains voltage with a multimeter, but I should do some more measurements over a few weeks to settle on an accurate average I guess.
    My PV system: South West England, 10x 250Wp Trina Solar panels, Fronius Inverter, South facing roof, 35° pitch with no shading.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,991 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    My Hawaii day should/could be tomorrow according to the forecast:T

    3.8 O's today:)

    8 O's in the last 8 days of July, will almost take me to July 2013's total:wall:

    Hawaii + 0.57 O's today as predicted:T

    Output dipped around 17.00 but still a good day:D

    399.9kWh for July up to 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.
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