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Solar now seems much less efficient

organum · 2016-06-06 08:54:30

With the recent sunny days I thought the solar system would work rather better, but found that especially the rear panels are now giving out less that 1kW when last year they gave out a lot more, enough to heat the hot water anyway. I tried to contact the supplier TP solar but they seem to have gone out of business. I then…

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EricMears Posts: 3,317 Forumite

17 June 2016 at 10:12AM

ASavvyBuyer wrote: »

The highest peak recorded since the system was installed. Maybe the hailstones gave the panels a good clean or it was the cooling effect ?

Very likely a bit of both together with fact that rain will have washed out any suspended dust in the atmosphere that would have been causing last week's 'haze'.

NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
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