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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,993 Forumite
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    3.05 O's today:D

    Just over a week to my next Fits reading. Could hit 1500 kWh for the quarter: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.
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
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    Noob question here but what are O's?
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • asturdy2
    asturdy2 Posts: 138 Forumite
    nigelpm wrote: »
    That's odd. You might want to check that.

    Today wasn't particularly hot.


    my system is 3.64 but only got upto 3.2kw's just think it was hazy cloud aroung peak time that stopped it reaching near peak.
    3.64KW system, aurora power one inverter, South west facing with no shading in Lancashire.
  • lstar337
    lstar337 Posts: 3,443 Forumite
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    JimLad wrote: »
    Noob question here but what are O's?
    Check out Oscargrouch's signature in his post. All explained there.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,993 Forumite
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    Some sunshine with a heavy downpour around 16.00:)

    4.32 O's or 17.3 kWh today:D

    Managed to use over 60% of this: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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    And today yet a/an other Hawaii + 1.2 O's.....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).
  • nigelpm
    nigelpm Posts: 433 Forumite
    asturdy2 wrote: »
    my system is 3.64 but only got upto 3.2kw's just think it was hazy cloud aroung peak time that stopped it reaching near peak.

    Oh, so you were only just over 10% off your peak.

    Your "nowhere near" comment made me think you were talking 30-40% off it.
  • tunnel
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    4 O's yesterday followed by 3.79 O's today, next few days or so doesn't look too promising although the weather clairvoyants have been known to be wrong before.....many times smiley-laughing025.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: 4,993 Forumite
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    4.12 O's today:D

    Think my Hawaiian season is finished for this year:question:

    ....Like to be proved wrong tho;)
    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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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Think my Hawaiian season is finished for this year:question:

    ....Like to be proved wrong tho;)

    Mine ain't; a/an Hawaii + 0.2 O's 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).
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