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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Just starting to write my thank you speech:eek:

    Not so fast! :D
    1.32 kWh / 0.33 O's

    Dismal, dreary day.

    "I'd like to thank...."
    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
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,980 Forumite
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    groovyf wrote: »
    Not so fast! :D
    1.32 kWh / 0.33 O's

    Dismal, dreary day.

    "I'd like to thank...."

    All hail "The Saviour":)

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you groovyf:j:beer::T:rotfl:
    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.
  • apf666
    apf666 Posts: 63 Forumite
    ok, new to all this, how do i calculate the O's, what are they?...i have a 3.78 system....2 strings....10 and 4 panels....what kind of average should i be looking at on a good day

    cheers

    af
    system install feb 2015......3.78kw
    sma sunnyboy 4000tl......14 x trina 270w mono....2 strings.........geo monitor.....location...liverpool
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    apf666 wrote: »
    ok, new to all this, how do i calculate the O's, what are they?...i have a 3.78 system....2 strings....10 and 4 panels....what kind of average should i be looking at on a good day

    cheers

    af
    How long is a piece of string?
    Just kidding...welcome. In answer to your question are you talking about a winter day, a summers day, depends which way your panels are facing.
    To give you an idea, my 3 combined systems managed just under 3kWh today(wet and windy) yet a couple of days ago managed around 15kWh
    As for O's, take a read back through the thread and look at Oscargrouch's signature(explains it all)
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • apf666
    apf666 Posts: 63 Forumite
    hi tunnel

    will have a read as you suggest...posted details on new install post

    panels near enough south...sun from 10 in morn til sunset....ish

    since about 2 today...just under half a kw in the bank

    cheers

    af
    system install feb 2015......3.78kw
    sma sunnyboy 4000tl......14 x trina 270w mono....2 strings.........geo monitor.....location...liverpool
  • Andy_WSM wrote: »
    ROOVES!

    I was taught 1 roof, 2 rooves.

    It's more dumbing down of the English language for the hoardes of bloody immigrants that can't speak the language properly. Like what I do.



    My 1925 edition of Chambers has 'roofs'. It also has 'hoard' (a stock) and 'horde' (an army) but not 'hoardes'.
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    My 1925 edition of Chambers has 'roofs'. It also has 'hoard' (a stock) and 'horde' (an army) but not 'hoardes'.
    Does it mention "loafs of bread" or "knifes" to cut them with ? Or even describe as thiefs those people who want such goods but don't want to pay for them ?

    We have some very clear (well quite clear for English :D ) rules on plural forms of words ending in 'f' ; there's no reason at all to relax them just to make life easier for common people.

    No doubt the whole concept of our little spelling session is 'mischiefous' ?
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Today from my roof, (as I only have one) I made 0.48 O's..smiley-whacky084.gif I Just wish I had more roofs for more panels.....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).
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,086 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    ROOVES!

    I was taught 1 roof, 2 rooves.
    I'm late to the party but AFAIAC you were taught incorrectly. It's roofs and I wouldn't dream of writing it any other way.
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,383 Forumite
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    groovyf wrote: »
    Not so fast! :D
    1.32 kWh / 0.33 O's

    Dismal, dreary day.

    "I'd like to thank...."

    Dear groovyf. In acknowledgement of your steadfast support of all MSE PV'ers at regular risk of a good spooning, I felt it only fair, on this occasion to 'share the load'.

    So, please be advised that the spoon is to be re-directed towards an exceptionally wet Cardiff where it will probably be used to stir some Ready Brek in the hope that the after glow will shine on the [STRIKE]roofs[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]rooves[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]roof 1,2 & 3[/STRIKE] .... PV and result in a better figure today than yesterdays 0.3 Os.

    Yours sincerely,

    Soggy Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
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