Solar Production Thread

[jowwy]

5.9kwh for us today

 

[Alex321]

14.7kWh for us today. Battery only got up to 72%, now at 28%. That should last us the night, but we'll need a little more sun tomorrow to be sure of having enough for tomorrow night I think.

 

[Hebe]

Not too shabby considering the weather.
I've emailed Octopus to ask about signing up for their export only. There's no point in switching our supply side as we've got another year of an unexpectedly welltimed two year fix to run. I think we'll be switching to them when it's up though as then we can top up the battery and car on cheaper overnight rates.

 

[kipster]

I got 11.1kWh today. It all started off great and ended well, but there was a few hours in the middle of the day which was wet and dark.

I've been chasing Octopus on when I will see a credit on my export as I was expecting one with the recent electricity bill, but apparently it won't be until the 22nd November.

 

[jowwy]

A very poor 1.7kwh today, weather was atrocious

 

[Alex321]

Well ours is showing 12.58kWh today, but that is because we have been drawing from the battery - 8.66kWh is consumption from battery, so only about 4kWh generated.

As you say, very poor generation today. Battery is now down to 5%, so we are going to be drawing from the grid until it starts generating tomorrow.

 

[jowwy]

Well ours is showing 12.58kWh today, but that is because we have been drawing from the battery - 8.66kWh is consumption from battery, so only about 4kWh generated.

As you say, very poor generation today. Battery is now down to 5%, so we are going to be drawing from the grid until it starts generating tomorrow.

Weather is looking better for the morning for us south walians

 

[Alex321]

Weather is looking better for the morning for us south walians

But turning bad again in the afternoon, with 90 - 100% chance of rain depending on which forecast I Iook at. And probably windier than today, which doesn't matter for the solar, but does for my commute.

EDIT - Actually, looking at the BBC and Met Office forecasts, the wind doesn't look as bad, and the cloud cover even in the afternoon not quite as bad as today either. For the above, I was looking at two different forecasts on my phone.

 

[jowwy]

I got 11.1kWh today. It all started off great and ended well, but there was a few hours in the middle of the day which was wet and dark.

I've been chasing Octopus on when I will see a credit on my export as I was expecting one with the recent electricity bill, but apparently it won't be until the 22nd November.

will the credit go on your bill or just be added to the account instead???

 

[kipster]

The money gets credited to the account balance. From what I've read elsewhere I'll get all the info regarding days, amounts exports and the price etc.. on a bill.

I've not received one yet so I'm not 100% sure.

 

[jowwy]

The money gets credited to the account balance. From what I've read elsewhere I'll get all the info regarding days, amounts exports and the price etc.. on a bill.

I've not received one yet so I'm not 100% sure.

glad its going on the account balance, it can build up ready for next winter then and go towards both leccy and gas if we export enough

 

[jowwy]

Just the 2.7kwh for us today and octopus has been and fitted my new smart meters too.

 

[kipster]

8.2 today, started off sunny but got progressively greyer and wetter as the day went on. It covered all our daily usage including washing machine and dishwasher as well as me working from home and charged the batteries to 50%

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Just scraped over the 4kWh today, seems to be a but better now it has the correct information, the installer didn't return with the changeover/isolation switch & more importantly the DNO letter

 

[Hebe]

Beautiful morning, overcast afternoon. Battery fully charged and a wash done by early afternoon. Hoping to get some charge in the car tomorrow, once the battery is charged.