Solar panel production figures

We've been stuck under some very dull weather the past couple of days. 2.1 kWh yesterday, 1.9 kWh today. The warmer temperatures means we haven't been running out of battery though because the heat pump is drawing so much less.

Still 8 kWh behind December so far, but we're about on track for the Jan target I think.
 
Very nice day, another negative day, wasn't far off exporting what we imported.

SolarEdge: 8.5 kWh
Garage: 3.15 kWh
North west roof: 2.33 kWh
House rear wall: 4.23 kWh
Peak power was 3.83 kW at 11:36

Total generated today: 18.21 kWh
Total exported today: 25.67 kWh
Total imported today: 30.328 kWh
 
What are you running in your house to have that level of consumption and what is your usage profile (e.g. do you have an EV that you charge at night)?

Bear in mind it is the middle of winter where solar production is the lowest.

The people that have the lowest costs combine solar, batteries and time of use tariffs.

Edit for example, so far today I’ve consumed 26kwh, none of that has touched the peak rate, it is all at 7p.
 
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b0rn2sk8 said:
What are you running in your house to have that level of consumption and what is your usage profile (e.g. do you have an EV that you charge at night)?

Bear in mind it is the middle of winter where solar production is the lowest.

The people that have the lowest costs combine solar, batteries and time of use tariffs.

Edit for example, so far today I’ve consumed 26kwh, none of that has touched the peak rate, it is all at 7p.
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Just normal usage. A couple of desktop computers, some lights (most all LEDs), bigger spend seems to come when the tumbledryer/washing machine/dishwasher are on. We have a couple of EVs that cost about £13 to charge, but that's only twice a month. Even on the non charging days we seem to be using 60-80kW. On Octopus Tracker.

I've just been playing around with some analytics using the data downloaded directly from Octopus. Excluding the car charging days (night times where >4kW/hr usage) the chart looks like this:

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I have no explanation for what's changed post October but clearly our average usage has gone up.

Looking at my smart meter mini tablet thing they've given me, my current baseline usage with no major appliance running (e.g. dishwasher) is ~1.5kW so around £0.35 per hour. That would be fine as it would be £8.40 a day. Spend a few quid on appliance usage and call it £12-13 a day and I'm fine. But then I look back and in reality it says I'm spending £20-30 a day, sometimes more on nights I charge one of the cars.

Lump winter gas in, and the bills are really soaring.
 
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