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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,094 Forumite
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    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    Presumably the kVp is the estimated A/C RMS output from the inverter (or in my case combination of inverters).
    No, kWp is the rated output of the panels, not the inverter(s).
    2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,002 Forumite
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    Freezing cold + little bit of sunshine here = 0.9 O's today: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.
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,528 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Hiya ST, it's just a joke/slang/shorthand on here for kWh/kWp. The O stands for Oscars, as Oscargrouch was keen to standardise generation reports.

    Mart.


    Thank you, Mart for the explanation. I'm getting to understand this now and 1.4 O's for me today at the centre of England.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • tunnel
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    Only had chance to check my SSW and that came in at 1.75 O's helped on by a nearly full sunny day.


    So glad I didn't take the bike out this morning though, all our roads were covered in sheet ice from the overnight frost, lost count of the cars in ditches near home
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    edited 25 November 2014 at 8:59PM
    Misty & murky in the main today but still managed 0.7 O's

    I took the bike to work this morning and my commute is at 5:20am ..... it was bloomin' cold I can tell you, so cold my visor froze, it was a steady ride in on the old Honda C90 :)
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    Well, another milestone falls ....

    This month can no longer be the worst November for our system, but it's probably unlikely to be any better than second worst ...

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,002 Forumite
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    0.625 O's today...put the extra decimal point in to make me feel better;)
    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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    A measly 0.320 O's here; what can one say......t2416.gif.....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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    ... new claim for the November wooden spoon award ....


    Wait for it .... 0.05kW/kWp ....
    "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: »
    ... new claim for the November wooden spoon award ....


    Wait for it .... 0.05kW/kWp ....

    You got it Zeupater by a cats whisker...00.08 O's for me......smiley-laughing021.gif........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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