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SE looks the place of magical proportions the data shows!
Solar panel production figures
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12:30 and already at 10.6 and battery up to 94% 
Also regarding Octopus how often does their data lag behind, still got no info for yesterdays export, I assumed it would be up to date if they take 30m readings.
Also regarding Octopus how often does their data lag behind, still got no info for yesterdays export, I assumed it would be up to date if they take 30m readings.
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nope - can take 24hrs....to update12:30 and already at 10.6 and battery up to 94%
Also regarding Octopus how often does their data lag behind, still got no info for yesterdays export, I assumed it would be up to date if they take 30m readings.
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12:30 and already at 10.6 and battery up to 94%
Also regarding Octopus how often does their data lag behind, still got no info for yesterdays export, I assumed it would be up to date if they take 30m readings.
They're about a day behind seems kind of random when it appears.
I don't tend to worry too much it usually shows up before the end of the day for the previous one.
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Was promising till just after 10am here, then back to usual rubbish blocking the sun.
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Generation 23.4
Export 9.4
Before 4pm 7.5
After 4pm 1.9
Pretty much stop exporting at 6pm as sun is behind roof so generation is lower than house load, going to look into something for next year, something that I can manually tilt upwards and to the left/right mwuahahahahahahaha
Export 9.4
Before 4pm 7.5
After 4pm 1.9
Pretty much stop exporting at 6pm as sun is behind roof so generation is lower than house load, going to look into something for next year, something that I can manually tilt upwards and to the left/right mwuahahahahahahaha
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Great figures that!
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Just the 8.3kwhs here today…….one day there will be sun
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Not great, it was cloudy for most of the day.
15.5kWh generated and 3.3kWh exported.
15.5kWh generated and 3.3kWh exported.
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We've got an air source heat pump. Installed at about the same time as the solar in late 2018. It's been great. It replaced an old gas boiler running off LPG.
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Our house needed a full refurb and that's when we put in the solar and ASHP.
With the renewable heat incentive the cost of the heat pump was fully covered by gov grant over 7 years. I think the RHI is closed now but I thought there was still a good gov grant for replacing a gas boiler with heat pump. Something like £5k, which should cover most of the install cost.
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I can confirm ASHP work really well, but you're right, the house needs to be well insulated and drafts minimised (but still maintain air flow). Underfloor heating with large bore (+20mm) work well, especially in screed with tiled floors but also works on other floor types (with some caveats). We have UFH throughout including wooden floors and carpet floor.
ASHPs can burn through a large amount of electricity in certain conditions, e.g. very cold but damp or foggy weather because it keeps cycling it's defrost mode. Usually during the winter the ASHP uses 15-20 kwh per day but it can rise to 30kwh when the weather is unfavorable.
(edited after checking ASHP electric usage)
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23.8 kwh from our solar today.
7 dumped into the hot water tank.
7 dumped into the hot water tank.
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