Solar panels and battery - any real world reccomendations?

katie279 · 12 Dec 2022 at 21:35

dLockers said:
Thanks! What are the soil sensors too please

WH51 Wireless Soil Moisture Sensors

Just plug in batteries and it works/integrates - you making Christmas list for Santa?

dlockers · 12 Dec 2022 at 21:37

katie279 said:
WH51 Wireless Soil Moisture Sensors

Just plug in batteries and it works/integrates - you making Christmas list for Santa?

Trying to blag gifts for me are actually for her

katie279 · 12 Dec 2022 at 21:44

dLockers said:
Trying to blag gifts for me are actually for her

Sly move!

gpuerrilla · 12 Dec 2022 at 22:15

katie279 said:
Just plug in batteries and it works/integrates - you making Christmas list for Santa?

This another one of your double entendre's again?! :rolleyes:

katie279 · 12 Dec 2022 at 22:26

gpuerrilla said:
This another one of your double entendre's again?!

I need to check my responses more carefully!!

SoliD · 13 Dec 2022 at 12:50

Scottish Power finally got back to me about my SEG application - oh we can see you're registered with Octopus since 9th December. Yes because I got fed up of waiting since I emailed you on 1st July..... Utterly useless.

rodders · 13 Dec 2022 at 17:55

Quick question, am I allowed to isolate and unplug the DC strings from my inverter, on an MCS certificated installation to check the Voc of the panels?

As an engineer is coming tomorrow to look at my system (they say it's fine but it isn't) and don't want to say I've done something, if they can use that as an excuse to run off.

Ron-ski · 13 Dec 2022 at 19:43

@rodders, I suppose it could well invalidate the warranty if they think you've been tampering with it.

katie279 · 13 Dec 2022 at 19:58

14.6kw for today, you all seem to be quite quiet for some reason.....

gpuerrilla · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:00

1.8 today. One week till the solstice!

Kill_Phil · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:05

So had my Ev charger installed today. Chap also ran the cables for the inverter/battery at the same time... now just the long wait for stock of the giv kit to arrive

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:12

2.2 here today, sun was out very early on but soon clouded over and that seemed to get thicker as the day went on

Still at least my batteries are behaving now

I did mess up switching the evening charge (for saving sessions manipulation) up however so didnt charge as much as planned in that window

Ron-ski · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:16

katie279 said:
14.6kw for today, you all seem to be quite quiet for some reason.....

2.16kWh here, you do seem to be getting some cracking weather up there, will be interesting what you get on a good summers day.

gpuerrilla · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:17

Tell me about it, I had visions of Scotland being like the wall in GoT all this time...

Doobedoo · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:27

katie279 said:
14.6kw for today, you all seem to be quite quiet for some reason.....

Why are you getting such high readings out of interest?

katie279 · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:28

gpuerrilla said:
Tell me about it, I had visions of Scotland being like the wall in GoT all this time...

Heheh, it's actually a bit of the secret - it's really East to West divide in solar, not north to south.

One of the sunniest spots in the UK here, so great for solar!

Very curious through winter as it's something that always struck me about this part of the world, we have lots of these blue skied cold days in winter, so I'm curious to see how generation goes through winter

rodders · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:32

Ron-ski said:
@rodders, I suppose it could well invalidate the warranty if they think you've been tampering with it.

Yes, that's another worry.
I'll deny anything! Not that I've done anything to deny......

HungryHippos · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:35

rodders said:
Yes, that's another worry.
I'll deny anything! Not that I've done anything to deny......

What have you done?

rodders · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:39

Unplugged DC strings from the inverter, checked Voc of each string, plugged back in.

gpuerrilla · 13 Dec 2022 at 20:40

If there are no seals then I wouldn't worry about it.