Solar Production Thread

[Deleted member 26715]

Our battery didn't get above 35% today so logically it's going to be a few months before it does. Trying to work out if it'd be better with Octopus economy 7 7p extra during the day but 16p cheaper over night. We could put 5.5Kw in overnight costing 40p, which theoretically would save us 50p but if we import more than 8kWh's then we'd be equal. Although we could do the washing overnight.

 

[jowwy]

Had the smart meters fitted yesterday - the new IHD now tells me what im exporting back to the grid

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Had the smart meters fitted yesterday - the new IHD now tells me what im exporting back to the grid

Where is that, I couldn't find it?

 

[jowwy]

Where is that, I couldn't find it?

its the main display - when it exports the electric dial changes to an arrow and points at a pylon. So mine us currently displaying an export of 2.1kwh

 

[Deleted member 26715]

its the main display - when it exports the electric dial changes to an arrow and points at a pylon. So mine us currently displaying an export of 2.1kwh

Ah, I was looking for a display which gave me a daily number,

 

[jowwy]

Ah, I was looking for a display which gave me a daily number,

i wish there was lol.....no, sadly its just current export at a point in time........its a good sunny day today and we have done 3kwh already, im hoping to break our 6.9kwh record

 

[Deleted member 26715]

i wish there was lol.....no, sadly its just current export at a point in time........its a good sunny day today and we have done 3kwh already, im hoping to break our 6.9kwh record

We've just snuck over 1 so it's not looking good

 

[jowwy]

We've just snuck over 1 so it's not looking good

we are at 3.9kwh now....but some clouds have started to show up in the sky, its been pretty clear the last 2hrs

 

[Alex321]

I wish the SolarEdge app actually showed Generation today, rather than (or as well as) "Production", where it doesn't count anything going into the battery as production, but counts anything drawn from it as "production".

Our production today is shown as 1.7kWh so far, but the battery has gone from 5% to 19%, so about another 2.4kWh gone into that.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Do you have the option to add additional CT clamps? The 2nd one fitted on our system the other day now isolates the PV generation, if you can add a CT clamp the correct way round would monitor going into the battery.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

we are at 3.9kwh now....but some clouds have started to show up in the sky, its been pretty clear the last 2hrs

The SW wind has finally pushed the clouds away, I'm saying it quietly so as to not scare the sun away, we've just jumped to 1.61kW generation

 

[jowwy]

The SW wind has finally pushed the clouds away, I'm saying it quietly so as to not scare the sun away, we've just jumped to 1.61kW generation

its pushed the clouds our way lol......we have stalled at 4.2kwh

 

[Deleted member 26715]

its pushed the clouds our way lol......we have stalled at 4.2kwh

No, you've got my clouds which I will get once it goes dark, I'm East of you, well North East of you, we're motoring above 3.3kW currently but I don't expect it to last long

 

[jowwy]

No, you've got my clouds which I will get once it goes dark, I'm East of you, well North East of you, we're motoring above 3.3kW currently but I don't expect it to last long

how big is you system again??

 

[Deleted member 26715]

how big is you system again??

4.8kWh 12x panels, it's actually 12x415W (4980kW theoretically) assuming what they say they have put on the roof as what they say they are, not been up to look TBH