Solar panel production figures

21.4kWh generated today with 9.6kWh exported.

We're averaging about 1.1kWh per day grid usage so are saving on over 90% now. Average export is 8kWh per day so if only we had our export MPAN we'd be in negative bill territory. 5 weeks and counting... :rolleyes:
 
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Zeeflyboy said:
All changed over to flux import and export, and just in time - today looks like a big day and we’ll be out a lot so should be a big export day!
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I have to say that I'm really enjoying the flux tariff makes perfect sense for us. I realise it might not be perfect or not for everyone, however for our usage and so on it's going to be really good tariff.
 
Freefaller said:
I have to say that I'm really enjoying the flux tariff makes perfect sense for us. I realise it might not be perfect or not for everyone, however for our usage and so on it's going to be really good tariff.
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I was talking to Hippo about it last night. Got a few minor concerns on covering myself should I switch to it.
Basic maths part, it would cost me an extra £1.25 a day to charge up vs Go, so I need roughly 5 units of export in the day, or 3.5 in peak window.
Taking account lost SEG thats really 6 or 4, give or take.

On medium to good days thats easily achievable poor days probably not.

I need to play with the settings on my system but I think I would need to go to Peak shaving mode.
Set charge from grid to yes, and set the charge from grid 1 session to 2am-5am and the second to something like 1pm-4pm so that I use 20p units for most of the day and have full batteries for 4-7pm. But this is hard to optimise.
Extra in the 1-4pm window should be exported at 20p. Then in the 4-7 window I would probably need to set only a 2 hour window, say 5-7. During that time I set export rate to 5000w so it should cover any spikes in usage, with the rest going to grid

However there is a reserved SOC% in the peak shaving settings that I think sets a minimum % SOC to export down to. If thats how it works (I am going to have to test it the peak shaving mode is fairly new and not documented it seems) than that would make life much easier.
Set that to say 40% to cover any usage between 4-7pm and export everything else generated and above that in the battery. No matter what I dont want to import between 4-7pm since the units are expensive, over double the day export rate so badly inefficient to export during the day then end up importing during 4-7pm

I think it makes sense for me to switch to this and come off go. But I am going to play with some data and ask a few questions to the octopus support. Eg should I not be able to get Go for winter again could I get Eco7. Eco7 looks a good candidate for winter months with the 7 hour usage window.
Or maybe agile, but its a bit of a pain with the constantly switching rates. Flux would certainly be bad for me in winter months.
 
Ron-ski said:
@Mercenary Keyboard Warrior I thought I was reading the Flux thread then :D

@Welshman Flowing very nicely, 5.2kW, 7.5kWh generated, and 1.6kWh exported already.

Weather forecast is for clouds this afternoon though.
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yeh its nice to see the sun.....and after a few clouds passed by and cooled the panels, i seen a quick flash of 3.5kw from the panels, highest peak i have seen.
 
Damn right. I went camping there one summer - luckily we lived near Manchester and after it rained all day we packed up and went home the next day. Bad timing as its obviously tropical at times looking at welshman's stats! :D
 
gpuerrilla said:
Damn right. I went camping there one summer - luckily we lived near Manchester and after it rained all day we packed up and went home the next day. Bad timing as its obviously tropical at times looking at welshman's stats! :D
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yeh, it doesnt rain as often as we think really. its just when it does, its biblical.....we dont just get showers, we get down pours lol
 
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