Solar panel production figures

Welshman · 12 Jan 2023 at 13:07

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Think mine is going to suck today unless it brightens up considerably!

same here....

Siliconslave · 12 Jan 2023 at 14:27

would be laughing (or impaled) if i had a wind turbine, but no sun today

Ron-ski · 12 Jan 2023 at 15:59

0.765kWh today, tomorrow hopefully looks better.

Axeboy · 12 Jan 2023 at 16:36

Exactly 1kwh today,

HungryHippos · 12 Jan 2023 at 16:43

0.4 kwh today it's been truly miserable all day long.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 12 Jan 2023 at 16:43

1.18

Really going to have to go some now to get close to Jan target of 117.5, seeing as I haven't breached 30 yet
14 day out forecast just seems more of the same, basically cloud with sprinkles of sun or rain

Rroff · 12 Jan 2023 at 16:45

Siliconslave said:
would be laughing (or impaled) if i had a wind turbine, but no sun today

We've got a bit of a wind alley down the back of our house - almost never not enough air movement to not be generating - but nowhere really to mount a turbine decently.

katie279 · 12 Jan 2023 at 17:57

smallstool said:
1KWh off my shed roof yesterday, 6 340w panels (3E + 3W) was getting 12/13KWh in the summer. Cost £1,500 all in to install (diy).

Great work! How did you do this? (Ie setup, I'm pondering the same)

4kwh+ today, had a brief sunny spot at lunch

gpuerrilla · 12 Jan 2023 at 18:40

2 kWh

redfist · 12 Jan 2023 at 19:24

1.4kWh so nothing to right home about. Really can’t wait for spring now

HungryHippos · 12 Jan 2023 at 19:44

katie279 said:
Great work! How did you do this? (Ie setup, I'm pondering the same)

4kwh+ today, had a brief sunny spot at lunch

This is how I imagine Katie gets sunshine when she needs it.

katie279 · 12 Jan 2023 at 20:33

HungryHippos said:
This is how I imagine Katie gets sunshine when she needs it.

It was kinda like that actually, absolutely pouring all day, then suddenly clouds cleared and inverter was up to 4kw on app, then by 2pm it was pouring down again!

HungryHippos · 12 Jan 2023 at 20:36

katie279 said:
It was kinda like that actually, absolutely pouring all day, then suddenly clouds cleared and inverter was up to 4kw on app, then by 2pm it was pouring down again!

Need you to temporarily move down south a bit bring that sunshine with ye!

smallstool · 12 Jan 2023 at 21:54

katie279 said:
Great work! How did you do this? (Ie setup, I'm pondering the same)

4kwh+ today, had a brief sunny spot at lunch

Mounted 3 panels each side of my log cabin (shed) https://imgur.com/yL29hOq
Mounted inverter to cement board on back of cabin https://imgur.com/m8m0olM
Attached inverter - details: https://imgur.com/Ajx0zC6
And connected inverter output to consumer unit spare mcb and it just works!

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 13 Jan 2023 at 08:29

Did you inform the grid of that?

smallstool · 13 Jan 2023 at 08:37

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Did you inform the grid of that?

Yes - filled out a form (G98 Form B) sent to Western Power Distribution and received the ok.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 13 Jan 2023 at 08:40

smallstool said:
Yes - filled out a form (G98 Form B) sent to Western Power Distribution and received the ok.

Nice.
Did you connect into CU yourself or get a sparky to do it, I think technically that's notifiable isn't it? (adding a circuit, especially one thats outside)
Not that its not easy to uninstall yourself as well of course, just wondering

Welshman · 13 Jan 2023 at 09:07

Already started exporting for today, could be a good day

smallstool · 13 Jan 2023 at 09:13

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Nice.
Did you connect into CU yourself or get a sparky to do it, I think technically that's notifiable isn't it? (adding a circuit, especially one thats outside)
Not that its not easy to uninstall yourself as well of course, just wondering

DIY - I'm fairly competent.

Siliconslave · 13 Jan 2023 at 10:26

Welshman said:
Already started exporting for today, could be a good day

already exceeded yesterday, and its very cloudy here