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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Oscargrouch wrote: »Don't know what causes that; if it responds as mine does, you will find it runs at 40 W as soon as the inverter wakes, and then the same for around 30 minutes before it totally switches off. from what I can glean, it cannot read less than around 40w from the inverter so shows it at 40 until it zero's fully. Hopefully this will be the case, as long as you do not have it working with a hot water diverter on the wiring.....
Spot on! Thanks
It's now at 0 and the inverter has gone to sleep for the day now, so what you say makes sense. I have a Geo Solo PV monitor too (which is pulse-based from the gen meter) and that reports 0.02kWh for a while after the inverter reports 0kWh. It, too, eventually show 0 generation.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=299350 -
Steady but sure here,
SSW 3.8 O's
ESE 2.8 O's
WNW 0.65 O's
Combined at 2.3 O's for all the moaners
2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
Spot on! Thanks
It's now at 0 and the inverter has gone to sleep for the day now, so what you say makes sense. I have a Geo Solo PV monitor too (which is pulse-based from the gen meter) and that reports 0.02kWh for a while after the inverter reports 0kWh. It, too, eventually show 0 generation.
Just had a look at your graph for today from 16:36 when you got it all set up. In fact yours does better than mine; it does reduce before total shut off before O generation; mine goes from 60W - 10W then 0W very quickly. At the point of impact, I look at it this way; for what they cost, they aren't a 'smart meter'. Over time they give a good indication and in real time, they give you an even better one. I'm sure you will enjoy the up to the minute info, even if it does not compete with a GM for accuracy, but for the price, it does....Steady but sure here,
SSW 3.8 O's
ESE 2.8 O's
WNW 0.65 O's
Combined at 2.3 O's for all the moaners
Tell me, has Mrs T changed her hair colour ?..
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Yeah, absolutely, and can give me the peace of mind the system is actually working! This was kick-started by last week's failure of the inverter.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=299350
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Yeah, absolutely, and can give me the peace of mind the system is actually working! This was kick-started by last week's failure of the inverter.
Looking at your graph thought you had gone to bed for the night!..:rotfl: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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Anyone seen the Sun?!0
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I did at work, been glorious from mid morning, shame it hadn't been out to play at home. A quick check and I'm around half an O. No doubt costa del driffield will have been sunny...lolAnyone seen the Sun?!2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
Oh dear...
0.64 O's (2.51 kWh)0 -
Dear oh dear.....0.33 of an O today4kw 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.0
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