Solar Production Thread

[Deleted member 26715]

4.7 & I'm surprised at that, it's been bleak here today

 

[kipster]

I got 7.8kWh today, batteries no where near charged.

 

[cougie uk]

We have a SolarEdge system comprising 14 x 395Wp panels on a south facing roof, a 9.7kwh battery, and a combined inverter/EV charger. Quote was for £14.5k for slightly lower rated panels and no ev charger but the supply chain dictated either changes or a much longer wait. Quote included scaffolding. We have the battery and inverter on the side of the house so there's a bit less space on the drive, and cabling on the wall too. The panels went up in a day, the electrics took a bit longer but it was surprisingly low stress compared to all the delays with supply.

Batteries on the outside of the house? I'd prefer that option as that wouldn't clog up my garage.

 

[Hebe]

Batteries on the outside of the house? I'd prefer that option as that wouldn't clog up my garage.

Yes, on the outside near the smart meters.

 

[Alex321]

Batteries on the outside of the house? I'd prefer that option as that wouldn't clog up my garage.

Yes, ours is on the outside too. Underneath the inverter.

 

[Alex321]

Not a great day today, although there was a sunny period in the middle - battery only ever got up to 79%, after a low point of 28% just after 8AM.

 

[jowwy]

I have today applied for my Octopus outgoing fixed at 15p......just sent the MCS cert and DNO letters. So hope to get it all sorted soon

 

[jowwy]

This may be a stupid question, but how will i know how much im exporting back to the grid???

I am having a new Smets2 smart meter being fitted on wednesday

 

[Alex321]

This may be a stupid question, but how will i know how much im exporting back to the grid???

I am having a new Smets2 smart meter being fitted on wednesday

Whatever app you are using to monitor your production & usage should also show export.

You should also be able to cycle through options on the meter display to show export values.

 

[jowwy]

Whatever app you are using to monitor your production & usage should also show export.

You should also be able to cycle through options on the meter display to show export values.

theres no export being show on my app - only production

 

[Alex321]

I don't know that app, but I'm surprised at that.
The solar edge one does, and posts I have seen from people with other systems appear to have done. The graph bit doesn't actually show export, but the bars above it do, and if currently exporting there would be an arrow from the house to the pylon.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It is a Growatt that you have?

Do you not have something like

But you need CT clamps for the inverter to understand whats being sent where, but like all these things Octopus I suspect will only pay what the meter tells them. Just to add the reason mine shows nothing coming from the PV panels is I'm missing a CT clamp on that feed

 

[jowwy]

It is a Growatt that you have?

Do you not have something like

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But you need CT clamps for the inverter to understand whats being sent where, but like all these things Octopus I suspect will only pay what the meter tells them. Just to add the reason mine shows nothing coming from the PV panels is I'm missing a CT clamp on that feed

yeh i dont have any ct clamps on my system at all

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That was from the Mac but the Android shows the same

 

[Deleted member 26715]

yeh i dont have any ct clamps on my system at all

Speak to your installer pretty sure you should have one on at least the inbound feed, you may not need one on your PV generation as that goes straight into your Inverter, mine doesn't as I have a separate inverter for the PV to the batteries.