Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    With a SE facing system that's never going to happen if it's foggy until lunchtime! The Sun had about passed over by the time it burnt the fog off today. :(
    I know the feeling, I get the same every day with a SSW facing system. Today however, inverter maxed at 1.778 kW; well down on the summer max. Managed to do 3.72 O's ........Guess 'every dog has its day' where is that bleeding bone....Cos I wont get the spoon...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).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,572 Forumite
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    Another "best" day today = 2.15 O's:)

    Looking at some of the posts I might be spooning:eek:
    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
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    Red pygmy export bulb well tested today. A thrilling day for a relative newcomer. System switched on at 07:15 and off at 17:15.


    11,900 Wh / 3,780 Wp = 3.15 Os. Just 3,300 Wh diverted to immersion so household usage is looking good. Mrs Sterling was out with the horses and missed all of the action.
    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".
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Looking at some of the posts I might be spooning:eek:

    Nope, it sits with me at the moment - Martyn is my only hope :D

    Come on Martyn, collect your spoon!

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  • Waywardmike
    Waywardmike Posts: 201 Forumite
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    15.984 kWh today. Pretty spectacular!!! Just shy of 4 O's, 3.996... Best day since October! Yay!!!

    :)
    4 Kwp System, South Facing, 35 Degree Pitch, 16 x 250W Solarworld Panels, SMA Sunnyboy 3600 Inverter, Installed 02/09/14 in Sunny South Bedford - £5600
    Growatt AC Coupled SPA3000tl and 6.5kWh battery Installed Apr 2022
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,086 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Another "best" day today = 2.15 O's:)

    Looking at some of the posts I might be spooning:eek:

    Looks like I've saved you......2.05 O's
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    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
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    Hi there, All
    14.95 kW/h today, which comes out at 4.5 Os on the sunny south coast.
    I wonder if there's a silver spoon available for the first Hawaii of the year.
    Just a thought....
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • Ferdy147
    Ferdy147 Posts: 130 Forumite
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    Ferdy147 wrote: »
    Forgot to post a couple of weeks ago with figures for the 2nd year on both my 3.92kw systems.

    System 1 - 3600 KWH (was 3300 in Year 1)
    System 2 - 3300 KWH (was 3100 in Year 1)

    Really happy with that! Still not yet worked out why 1 does so much more than the other but happy with those figures. By the end June I think I'll recovered the the cost of 1 of the systems. Not a bad return for 2 years and 5 months!

    Both systems should have paid for themselves within 5 years!

    It's now exactly 3 years since I had my 2 * 3.92kw systems installed on mine and sisters house next door.

    System 1 - 10527.96kw (Avg. 3510kw/yr)
    System 2 - 9637.56kw (Avg. 3210kw/yr)

    Really happy with the performance of the systems. Still not sure why there's a difference between them as theirs virtually no difference (location/shading etc).

    Still on target for both systems to be paid for within 5 yrs or so!

    Great return on £7k/system investment.
  • tunnel
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    In the interests of fairness i'll post my SSW at 3.45 O's, ESE did 2.1 O's and WNW did....damn can't remember now, guess i'll have to stick with those 2. Oh look, no spoon for me today...lolsmiley-laughing011.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • groovyf
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    5 kWh / 1.25 O's... Spoon's mine today! Was doing really well until about 2pm when a large bank of cloud appeared from the west and smothered the sun til sundown.
    4kWp system (Feb 2014) : 1.5 SW, 2.5 NE (16x Bisol BMO/250, Aurora Power-One UNO PVI-3.6 Inverter : pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=29935
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