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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • jimmyboy420
    jimmyboy420 Posts: 1,004 Forumite
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    3.9 Os and still generating here in Surrey... Doing well so far this month...
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    I hope someone else had use of the sun today as we only saw it for about 5 minutes today.

    1.27 O's (5.07 kWh)

    Only 4 minutes here, hence.....0.98 O's

    groovyf will save me.:D
    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
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    3 on the nose. (11.78 kWh).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,990 Forumite
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    edited 5 March 2015 at 7:03PM
    1961Nick wrote: »
    Only 4 minutes here, hence.....0.98 O's

    groovyf will save me.:D

    If groovyf don't, I will:(

    No sun whatsoever here today = 0.87 O's: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.
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    Well, there's certainly consistency amongst the Linc's crew.... Just managed to crack an O today.
    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.
  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
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    1961Nick wrote: »
    Only 4 minutes here, hence.....0.98 O's

    groovyf will save me.:D

    Will he now... :D
    legoman62 wrote: »
    If groovyf don't, I will:(

    No sun whatsoever here today = 0.87 O's:eek:

    4.6 kWh / 1.15 O's
    The sun must've appeared properly at some point in time (if only for the blink of an eye), as my system peaked at 2301W
    Pretty certain it was mostly a blanket of cloud though. Yorkshire not fared much better really than Lincs today.
    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
  • Minrich
    Minrich Posts: 635 Forumite
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    8.28kw today .... The scaffold is still up so shading some parts of the panels and various times of the day , does this make much difference ?
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Minrich wrote: »
    does this make much difference ?

    If they are all on one string then yes. If one panel is shaded, the whole system performance degrades.

    I have a bungalow in the way this time of year - it's less of a problem as we go into March and not a problem at all by April.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    I have a bungalow in the way this time of year - it's less of a problem as we go into March and not a problem at all by April.

    What, are your panels on the ground? smiley-laughing025.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    What, are your panels on the ground? smiley-laughing025.gif

    LOL, no, I am in a Bungalow too. Had I known 4 years ago what I know now I'd have had 2 strings so the shading on the lower 12 inches of the panels wouldn't have a detrimental effect.
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