Solar panel production figures

gpuerrilla · 13 Oct 2023 at 18:38

11.2 here.

Servo · 13 Oct 2023 at 19:15

5.80 Wish it was June again

rangor gubbins · 13 Oct 2023 at 20:01

Infidelus · 13 Oct 2023 at 20:11

A flat 5 today, which is still better than I was expecting given the weather forecast

Pickers · 13 Oct 2023 at 21:29

6.85... it seems anything less than 10 is a net loss day

Welshman · 13 Oct 2023 at 22:06

3.7 here today, but got a few good days of sun coming up now

reef · 13 Oct 2023 at 22:31

This month is abysmal. Averaging about 5kWh per day so far. Had our first zero day on Weds too.

Weds: 0.0kWh (yes, really!)
Thurs: 14.5kWh
Fri: 3.1kWh

Welshman · 14 Oct 2023 at 10:10

Got some shade on my new back panels until around 10.30 due to the roofs and sun angle……

john_smith · 14 Oct 2023 at 10:19

My new system is almost ready to be turned on. Could have been today but my mates wife is unwell.

Excited from my winter production numbers.

Question for the rules on PVOutput :-)

. Do we list our system by total size of the PV or the peak generation capability of the inverter(s)?

ty.

Welshman · 14 Oct 2023 at 10:22

Mine is listed as Pv size, if it was inverter then mine would be 3.6 instead of 4.8

john_smith · 14 Oct 2023 at 11:15

I think PV size too. Reason I asked is my DNO was done on inverter(s) + battery.

Ron-ski · 14 Oct 2023 at 17:05

john_smith said:
I think PV size too. Reason I asked is my DNO was done on inverter(s) + battery.

DNO's seem clueless a lot of the time, they should be interested in the maximum amount of power you can export, but often they just seem to get it wrong, but anyway PV Output is total size of the installed PV. IIRC you enter the number of panels, and each panels rating and it calculates the total.

john_smith · 14 Oct 2023 at 18:02

I was allowed 14 total. I had 5 from my battery, 3 from the existing inverter so my new inverter had to be 6. My PV size will now be 9.55. With potential for another 2.5 next year.

Welshman · 14 Oct 2023 at 18:11

Im loving the production boost im getting, it does get shade currently morning and evening, but not between march and october, which is the main production months…

18.8 kwhs today…..

the new panels have been up and running 10 days i think and given us an extra 30kwhs of power.

john_smith · 14 Oct 2023 at 18:32

Great numbers. 15.7 for me today.

reef · 14 Oct 2023 at 19:22

Finally a good day. It was sunny for the most part, so we generated 18.8kWh. I also took the risk not charging the battery and still exported 8.3kWh so a negative cost day.

Servo · 14 Oct 2023 at 20:47

8.60 But happy

Ron-ski · 14 Oct 2023 at 22:35

john_smith said:
I was allowed 14 total. I had 5 from my battery, 3 from the existing inverter so my new inverter had to be 6. My PV size will now be 9.55. With potential for another 2.5 next year.

How's the battery connected?
You have two inverters? One 6kW and one 3kW?

john_smith · 15 Oct 2023 at 07:25

Ron-ski said:
How's the battery connected?
You have two inverters? One 6kW and one 3kW?

Sorry, not an electrician, with cables :-)

. It's a PW2. and can discharge at 5kw. Everything initially goes back into the Tesla gateway.
I've had solar since 2012. It's on a good FIT so I can't change it, add to it, upgrade it etc. It's a 4kw PV (s facing) into a 3kw inverter.
I've just had 5.55 PV put on the roof (e/w split) into the 6kw inverter. It's solar edge with optimisers on each panel so i'm excityed to see how they perform vs my OG setup.

Priapus · 15 Oct 2023 at 08:13

Interesting to see what everyone gets on average.

I average around 25kWh a day. But then we have plenty of sun out here.

Considering a solar system when we move back to the UK and buy a place. But not sure it’s worth the outlay yet.

Over here, it’s not about saving on the power bill. It’s about just saving reliable power - as we get power cuts regularly for hours at a time each day.