Sun broke through a bit this afternoon, but not much although every little helps.
Solar panel production figures
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Finished the day at 13.05kWh, sun sort got brighter around 2pm which helped a lot.
I did, I sucked the sun from the rest of the UK
Highest peak recorded was 3.4kW. Half my generation was after 2pm.
@Werewolf The panels are cold, then the sun comes out bright and you get a nice big spike until they warm up. Last week I was getting peaks of over 8kW, array is 8.74kW. On Monday when it was really nice and sunny, it didn't get anywhere near that, but I generated 40kWh.
Pretty miserable day today, looks like the whole country is under a cloud.
Not even Katie has escaped the poor weather today, she's currently in fourth place for total production, probably actually third as The Gaffs figured are slightly inflated.
Katie's stats upload at quarter pass the hour.
12.72kWh for the day, and for the month
@HungryHippos how much did you pull from the grid?
Weather looking much better here as well from tomorrow onwards.
Been working on my Node Red solar prediction, now have a bar graph with all systems combined.
Been working on my Node Red solar prediction, now have a bar graph with all systems combined.
7.68kWh for me, prediction was 5.4kWh
Charged the battery to 75% last night, currently at 30%
21.4 predicted for tomorrow, so not going to charge the battery.
Charged the battery to 75% last night, currently at 30%
21.4 predicted for tomorrow, so not going to charge the battery.
@reef Yes, but I doubt you see those peaks for very long, usually the sun is behind clouds, which allows the panels to cool down, then the sun comes out and you get a high peak, but it won't last as the panels soon warm up.
35.6kWh today, apart from Thursday the rest of the week looks good.
I didn't charge mine again last night, battery was down to 18% when the solar kicked in this morning, back to 48% and dishwasher on doing yesterdays greasy roast dishes by the looks of it.
I look at the solar forecast and weather forecast, but once Flux exports kick in I'll just charge battery every night, and discharge in the peak.
I look at the solar forecast and weather forecast, but once Flux exports kick in I'll just charge battery every night, and discharge in the peak.
Battery full by 12:05, 25kWh generated so far, and 8 exported, been generating 6kW since 11:43.
Noticed that the combined system chart on PV Output doesn't show the correct power, generation is correct.
Noticed that the combined system chart on PV Output doesn't show the correct power, generation is correct.
Presumably you're still on 50% deemed export, so paid regardless, so 7kWh at 6p.
My next batch of cells is due end of April, I've no excuse not to be ready for them, although the busbars are due in May, but I could use the supplier ones.
Just pushed past 40kWh and still generating at 3kW, new record day 
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43.58kWh, new record, I could potentially reach into the mid 50's 
Circa 22kWh exported, wish Octopus would hurry up with my export, that's £6 I've given away today.
Circa 22kWh exported, wish Octopus would hurry up with my export, that's £6 I've given away today.
Currently it's a case of if I can't use, and I can't get paid for it, I might as well give it away, wouldn't want to restrict my daily production would I
Hopefully this week Octopus will get my export MPAN.
Perfect solar day at the moment, generating 5kW currently. Could be another record breaking day, but there are a few clouds around.