Solar panel production figures
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Bright start, cloudier afternoon.
22.4 generated.
22.4 generated.
Associate
14.8 and 10.2 exported.
Soldato
29.8
Associate
14.50 generated and 11 exported today.
@Peteronthesouthcoast your PV Outputs stopped uploading on 21 September.
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Associate
15.8 generated and 15.8 exported.
It's gone dark and cloudy, so I'm calling it early. Prediction was only 10kWh, so not bad at all.
It's gone dark and cloudy, so I'm calling it early. Prediction was only 10kWh, so not bad at all.
Associate
7.30 kWh and 0.50 kWh exported 
Permabanned
going into winter there... my winter gen, is crapola, compared to summer.
figures:
recent winter lows (full sunny day) ~25kWhours. (overcast yeh could be 8-13 ish worst case)
most recent 'spring' day full sun ~ (the highest) 75.1kWhours
a gloomy overcast day with rain. solar gen is less than half of a full sunny day. a full range of light to dark conditions of course in between.
latitude 27.5 degrees south of the equator here.
btw, optimal gradient for fixed pv panels is supposedly the same as your latitude. (for all year round averages)
the ideal i guess would be panels that tracked the sun.
here it is north facing. there it is south facing obviously. some sneaky panels on the east and west too.
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i have no north facing roof available due to shading. so i have panels on southern roof as well. due to my location they actually produce very well in summer as the relative sun angles are favourable. in winter though i miss out on the favourable winter aspect/and lower sun angles. :-/ that is the problemo. desigining the system for Worst Case (winter) means i have not enough/barely adequate (gen.) in winter and way too much in summer.
but hey. exports support the grid. at least in the daytime...
my nominal panel ratings aggregate is 15.9kW East-West-South (should be north) orientation. 415W panels east west and 440W panels south. all bifacial type. ching chong china branded "Eging" and "Seraphim". two inverters, both 3-phase, 1X10kW and 1X5kW. 3 strings.
...and to fully cover my winter gen 'needs' i would need even more panels XD , plus batteries. winter is the problem. heating (in winter) draws are much larger than my summer power draw. and that is when insolation is the worst. <3 So, that is that, I will continue to be reliant on remote generation. in winter especially.
figures:
recent winter lows (full sunny day) ~25kWhours. (overcast yeh could be 8-13 ish worst case)
most recent 'spring' day full sun ~ (the highest) 75.1kWhours
a gloomy overcast day with rain. solar gen is less than half of a full sunny day. a full range of light to dark conditions of course in between.
latitude 27.5 degrees south of the equator here.
btw, optimal gradient for fixed pv panels is supposedly the same as your latitude. (for all year round averages)
the ideal i guess would be panels that tracked the sun.
here it is north facing. there it is south facing obviously. some sneaky panels on the east and west too.
==
i have no north facing roof available due to shading. so i have panels on southern roof as well. due to my location they actually produce very well in summer as the relative sun angles are favourable. in winter though i miss out on the favourable winter aspect/and lower sun angles. :-/ that is the problemo. desigining the system for Worst Case (winter) means i have not enough/barely adequate (gen.) in winter and way too much in summer.
but hey. exports support the grid. at least in the daytime...
my nominal panel ratings aggregate is 15.9kW East-West-South (should be north) orientation. 415W panels east west and 440W panels south. all bifacial type. ching chong china branded "Eging" and "Seraphim". two inverters, both 3-phase, 1X10kW and 1X5kW. 3 strings.
...and to fully cover my winter gen 'needs' i would need even more panels XD , plus batteries. winter is the problem. heating (in winter) draws are much larger than my summer power draw. and that is when insolation is the worst. <3 So, that is that, I will continue to be reliant on remote generation. in winter especially.
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Soldato
2.2 here…..
Man of Honour
Anybody here in the Stoke area want to throw some figures at me on a 10 panel system please?
Is it worth the outlay?
Is it worth the outlay?
A bit of a poor day here, compared to the last three.
SolarEdge: 6.4 kWh
Garage: 6.29 kWh
North west roof: 4.59 kWh
House rear wall: 1.9 kWh
Peak power was 10.38 kW at 13:00
Total generated today: 19.18 kWh
Total exported today: 19.288 kWh
Total imported today: 24.962kWh
SolarEdge: 6.4 kWh
Garage: 6.29 kWh
North west roof: 4.59 kWh
House rear wall: 1.9 kWh
Peak power was 10.38 kW at 13:00
Total generated today: 19.18 kWh
Total exported today: 19.288 kWh
Total imported today: 24.962kWh
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Associate
About an hour of light tea time gave a wee bit but a low 4.80Kwh on the house zero export
Workshop made 1.50 zero export
House System is split East West
down in not so sunny Devon.
East 8 x 420w panels 45 deg pitch
West 10 x 420w panels 45 deg pitch
Givenergy Gen3 5kwh hybrid
2 x 9.5 battery's
Workshop system is South/East
2440w of panels two 720w strings
one 1000w string
Hybrid inverter with 4x 12v 100Amp
Battery's
Plus grid tie inverter as well
Workshop made 1.50 zero export
House System is split East West
down in not so sunny Devon.
East 8 x 420w panels 45 deg pitch
West 10 x 420w panels 45 deg pitch
Givenergy Gen3 5kwh hybrid
2 x 9.5 battery's
Workshop system is South/East
2440w of panels two 720w strings
one 1000w string
Hybrid inverter with 4x 12v 100Amp
Battery's
Plus grid tie inverter as well
Associate
I generated 6.6kWh today, used most and exported 2.3kWh for free to Octopus.
I moved my import to Tomato, so my flux export is no more. Left my gas with Octopus.
I imported 37kWh in the last 7 days at a grand cost of £2.02 plus £2.85 standing charge.
I should withdraw from the collective now I guess, though I should be back in the spring once the sun is back with us.
I moved my import to Tomato, so my flux export is no more. Left my gas with Octopus.
I imported 37kWh in the last 7 days at a grand cost of £2.02 plus £2.85 standing charge.
I should withdraw from the collective now I guess, though I should be back in the spring once the sun is back with us.