Solar panel production figures

alphaomega16 · 14 Aug 2023 at 15:31

Welshman said:
So from January 1st to August 13th, solar has saved me £544....thats in power used instead of import and export costs to the grid.

Not bad for a 3.2kw system that cost 5.2k

Nice, had mine installed on 19th of last month but so far Solax yield is 408.80 and givenergy portal says 377.5 generated and 60 exported. Weather been super rough since I got it installed compared to last year lol

Sun gone again behind clouds and we are pretty much just breaking event on generation/consumption.

On another note for those with IHD's are they able to run off a power bank at all, can't seem to track down info on the connector on the back of my "IHD3-PPMID-AAA"

Edit
Battery only got up to 91% today

Sun gone and now consumption is higher than generation.

200sols · 14 Aug 2023 at 15:57

Well got my notification back from DNO so signed up for octopus outgoing, account says this 'We're setting you up to join Octopus Outgoing Fixed. We need to book your smart meter exchange next.' hope thats just rubbish wording while they connect as the meter is brand new :cry:

alphaomega16 · 14 Aug 2023 at 18:01

Probably a miscommunication, I got signed up over phone (which prevents you from using referral codes even after account created I got told today ><) and after logging in I done my meter reading and I got an E-Mail couple days later saying switchover was done but they still waiting for my meter reading lol

They told me they have started process for export mpan when I signed up so waiting on that and I can switch over to flux now but am hesitant due to weather as I don't want to be caught out during expensive period and the guys that were supposed to come out and connect my solar stuff via LAN didn't turn up so still cannot communicate reliably with the inverter.

HungryHippos · 14 Aug 2023 at 18:24

alphaomega16 said:
Probably a miscommunication, I got signed up over phone (which prevents you from using referral codes even after account created I got told today ><) and after logging in I done my meter reading and I got an E-Mail couple days later saying switchover was done but they still waiting for my meter reading lol

They told me they have started process for export mpan when I signed up so waiting on that and I can switch over to flux now but am hesitant due to weather as I don't want to be caught out during expensive period and the guys that were supposed to come out and connect my solar stuff via LAN didn't turn up so still cannot communicate reliably with the inverter.

I don't know if it changed, but I also originally signed up over phone.

Once I got into online account I was able to retrospectively add referral code near the bottom of the account homepage.

Ron-ski · 14 Aug 2023 at 19:42

200sols said:
Well got my notification back from DNO so signed up for octopus outgoing, account says this 'We're setting you up to join Octopus Outgoing Fixed. We need to book your smart meter exchange next.' hope thats just rubbish wording while they connect as the meter is brand new

Seems to be pretty standard, I think they just like to confuse people.

rah^ · 14 Aug 2023 at 19:54

Welshman said:
So from January 1st to August 13th, solar has saved me £544....thats in power used instead of import and export costs to the grid.

Not bad for a 3.2kw system that cost 5.2k

I need to update mine with the last couple of months of data

I feel I've had a decent saving probably not £500 though (thankfully my setup only cost me £1000)

reef · 14 Aug 2023 at 20:03

A rather poor 6.6kWh today.

Almost halfway through the month and only averaging 15.6kWh. That's worse than April and July.

Pickers · 14 Aug 2023 at 22:11

We had it good down here. 29 kWh today! In the last month the highest was 37 so still could be better!

alphaomega16 · 15 Aug 2023 at 01:14

HungryHippos said:
I don't know if it changed, but I also originally signed up over phone.

Once I got into online account I was able to retrospectively add referral code near the bottom of the account homepage.

weird, I was told that it wasn't possible by their twitter, ill give them call tomorrow. When I tried clicking to add referral code it just goes to a blank purple page, tried over two days.

Edit
Took a punt going to old dashboard in new tab and the box came up that time

Edit 2
weird, all explore energy use data seems to have gone and it says they aint had no readings for past few days but I was looking at weekend and yesterday yesterday lol.

SoliD · 15 Aug 2023 at 09:29

lovely clear blue skies, hopefully back to 30+ days for the coming week.

gpuerrilla · 15 Aug 2023 at 12:05

Grey skies here. Back to February we go.

alphaomega16 · 15 Aug 2023 at 12:33

12 on the nose as of checking just now and 13.5 battery gone from 44% lowest this morning to 90%. Should get to 100% ez, inverter at 52c though atm.

Edit
Bloke not showing up yesterday to sort my lan connection out to solar gear was my fault, I didn't remember seeing the 21st august after Monday as I stopped to reply I had a vets appointment on the monday lol. I just assumed after nearly a month they would schedule something for a shorter duration than 2 weeks lol.

Edit 2
Now exporting at 3kw 12:54.

200sols · 15 Aug 2023 at 14:27

Ron-ski said:
Seems to be pretty standard, I think they just like to confuse people.

Yes, today it says they've applied for my export mpan and it can take several weeks. Everyone must apply for these numbers, would seem easier if they just issued one when they process a g99/98.

Welshman · 15 Aug 2023 at 14:29

200sols said:
Yes, today it says they've applied for my export mpan and it can take several weeks. Everyone must apply for these numbers, would seem easier if they just issued one when they process a g99/98.

mine took less than two weeks - octopus did it all for me

200sols · 15 Aug 2023 at 14:38

Welshman said:
mine took less than two weeks - octopus did it all for me

Which tariff did you choose? Wondering how flux will work for us in winter if we go onto that.

Welshman · 15 Aug 2023 at 14:39

200sols said:
Which tariff did you choose? Wondering how flux will work for us in winter if we go onto that.

im on flux...will stay on that through winter as we arent big power users

alphaomega16 · 15 Aug 2023 at 15:03

hot damn, I am up to 20 and its only 3pm

Export is only 4.5 though as im scared to charge battery overnight incase I cant turn it off, assuming I can even get the command to go through to turn it on.

Ron-ski · 15 Aug 2023 at 15:50

200sols said:
Yes, today it says they've applied for my export mpan and it can take several weeks. Everyone must apply for these numbers, would seem easier if they just issued one when they process a g99/98.

I believe they do, they sent me one, but I received it a week or so after octopus said they'll apply for one.

rah^ · 15 Aug 2023 at 17:23

12kwh so far

Sun has sprung out so sat around 2.2kw generation right now

Quick turn stuff on!!!!

alphaomega16 · 15 Aug 2023 at 18:26

Ron-ski said:
I believe they do, they sent me one, but I received it a week or so after octopus said they'll apply for one.

I was told the process was started when I signed up with them and inputted my solar info and whatnot which was a great relief, hopefully it is as short of a wait for me as it was for you.