Solar panel production figures

[Ron-ski]

@smallstool 56.4 kWh and "not a good day" just don't go together, that's not far off my highest daily figure last year, which was 57.17 kWh on 27 May.

I wonder what you will generate on a perfect cloudless day.

 

[Ron-ski]

Not long to go, in my experience the best month is May.

 

[Ron-ski]

Finally broke through the 40 barrier today for this year, 40.17 kWh, and 39.86 exported.

Last year I was hitting well over 40 in April pretty often, even 39.66 at the tail end of March 2023, much worse this year, but then they are saying its the wettest April on record for some places, and we still have 12 days to go.

 

[Ron-ski]

Surprisingly for the first 18 days of last April the total was 552, so far this month 532, so only 20 kWh down.

Last April's total was 966, this April is looking like 886 for the month.

 

[Ron-ski]

Not great weather today, the Victron forecast seems to be very accurate these days. 28 generated and 27.2 exported.

 

[Ron-ski]

Adding a battery makes it so much easier, especially if you have a reasonable size inverter.

 

[Ron-ski]

We are breaking records today sponges…..

I think we are too, pretty sure this is the highest peak I've had. In the Victron graphs it shows 8578w when zoomed into 1 minute intervals.

 

[Ron-ski]

It was very brief, this is the standard graph zoomed in to show 1 minute intervals, its showing 9 minutes worth of data.

 

[Ron-ski]

That 1 minute allowed you to just push past me in the table……

I've seen you ahead of me most the day, I've been in the garden with mirror's

 

[Ron-ski]

I've just moved into second place (ignoring The gaff), but we also have a big grey cloud blocking the sun.

 

[Ron-ski]

Lottawatts and I are quite close, probably keep swapping places, currently I'm a couple hundred watts ahead

Nice result on the efficiency, it's usually @Oldman2 in the lead there, guess that shows the weathers not ideal down here.

 

[Ron-ski]

Production numbers are just noise, efficency is a better stat when comparing.

Ah, but as @katie279 would say, generation is what really matters

I do agree efficiency is a better comparison, but it's still very much depends on the weather.

 

[Ron-ski]

To what extent can you DIY a system?

Take a look in my signature, although I did use an electrician for the AC side.

 

[Ron-ski]

A new record for this year, 43.15 with 37.8 exported.

 

[Ron-ski]

40.84 generated and 39.1 exported, not looking quite so good for the rest of the week though.

 

[Ron-ski]

Been a pretty poor day down here, forecast was for 31, actual is 21.38 with 22.15 exported.

 

[Ron-ski]

30.6 generated and 28.22 exported.

 

[Ron-ski]

New record.

 

[Ron-ski]

Grey? Is there anything else?

 

[Ron-ski]

A very grey day down here with the odd bit of sun breaking through, 22.91 generated and 22.45 exported, and another highest peak today.