Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I can recommend a really good final salary pension scheme :j Though of course you would have had to start planning for that 40 years ago :mad:

    If I start tomorrow, I still have no chance....:D
    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).
  • tunnel
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    0.275 O's, this month is going downhill...very fast(no spoon at least, that's winging its way to countrymansmiley-laughing014.gif)
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Martyn1981
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    Phew! I'm safe! 1.37 Osez (5.38kWh)

    Another good day for the SW then, as I got most of an O (0.9857).

    The WNW did well, it was boosted by poor morning (so more reflection) then sunny afternoon to hit it's high so far in 2015 of 2.5kWh or 1.25 Os.

    Some Sun on Sunday (quite fitting) but 2 grey days to get through first.

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW). Two A2A units for cleaner heating.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • Andy_WSM
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    edited 13 February 2015 at 8:19AM
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Inverter did not stick did it??:rotfl:..:D

    It's never done that. Fronius seem to have got their logging and reporting spot on :p

    Rain washing down the PV at the moment. Doesn't bode well for generation, but my rainwater tanks were just about empty, so double edged sword :D
  • 1961Nick
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    groovyf wrote: »
    I see GEO have the new Solo PV II out which can report in realtime to online site (I have original Solo PV which doesn't), is their service a bit flaky?

    I suspect they have a server issue at the moment.

    I've had the Chorus II for 20 months & to be fair there's just one 48 hour hole in the data. It's also virtually 100% accurate for generation & import which I like. The only real downside is a software glitch that means it records solar use as export at low generation levels. There's little chance of them resolving that issue as the Chorus has now been replaced with the Solo III. That does look like a nice piece of kit. It's very expensive & because it's inline with the meter tails, it needs an electrician for installation.

    GEO have offered me full value of the Chorus against the Solo III but I'm not sure I'll really benefit that much.
    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
  • Merlin139
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    My neighbour was asking me about my Solar Panels this morning and I said that somedays I did not get much sun on them. So he says why don't you move them to the front of the house, you might get more sun from that direction! smiley-laughing025.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Andy_WSM
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    I'm calling it now as it's so dark I just aswell!

    0.87 O's (3.4 kWh)

    On a positive note my rain water tanks are about half full now (1500L collected today) and it's still falling. Liquid gold :)
  • 1961Nick
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    0.56 O's today.

    As long as Groovyf submits a reading I should be safe from the spoon.:)

    (I work in Halifax & it's been pitch black all day.....he'll be lucky to have generated a Watt let alone an O):rotfl:
    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
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
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    Bit of an improvement today at 0.69 of an O. Good riddance to the spoon anyway :)
    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.
  • Sterlingtimes
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    I could be line for my first spoon. I may have a few Watt hours to collect, but so far 0.45 Os. Even this has been achieved mainly between 15:00 to 16:00.
    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".
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