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Daily pv production

DeclanD54

So i thought ide start a thread on what people are getting from there pv.

Today has been my best day 08/08/20 made 22kwh
Only up and running since start of July.

I have a 4.4kw system.:P facing south east

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Gumbo

garo wrote: »

What inverter do you have? Do the 3kW go on the same string? You don't want to put panels facing different directions on the same string.

Trannergy PGL3400.

tom4321

Daily Production: 6.8kWh today. Less than half of yesterday | Location: Meath |

DrPhilG

Turd of a day today. 8.5kWh, almost exactly half of yesterday's total.

And the forecast yesterday was crap, and today supposed to be good!

Far from it. Its been like this since about 3pm.

tom4321

Daily Production: 14.5kWh from yesterday | Location: Meath |

garo

Thanks made room.

DrPhilG

@garo your pm inbox is full.

DrPhilG

DrPhilG wrote: »

til we get home and plug in the car.

In the nick of time...

DrPhilG

She's back on track today. Just phoned me to warn me that the battery was almost full and generation was high.

I had already run the dryer earlier and the washing machine was on a timer, so I turned on the dishwasher via app. That'll eat up some power til we get home and plug in the car.

garo

DrPhilG wrote: »

Worst day of the month yesterday, only 7.9kWh.

Caught the wife putting on a white wash too, flippin 3 hour cycle, at 5pm!

She's got so used to washing/drying during the day it has become habit. But mostly back to running these things overnight.

Daily import from the grid has been 7.4kWh for the last 2 days. Average was about 4-5kWh through August apart from days when I charged the car overnight.

:P It's a fine balance between getting the Mrs. to be more solar aware and being threatened with divorce.

DrPhilG

Worst day of the month yesterday, only 7.9kWh.

Caught the wife putting on a white wash too, flippin 3 hour cycle, at 5pm!

She's got so used to washing/drying during the day it has become habit. But mostly back to running these things overnight.

Daily import from the grid has been 7.4kWh for the last 2 days. Average was about 4-5kWh through August apart from days when I charged the car overnight.

DeclanD54

The Seai grant is going soon so start the ball rolling.

DeclanD54

I have up untill 04/11.
All works and paperwork must be in and completed

irishchris

DeclanD54 wrote: »

I was checking portal daily, but it just kept saying "once your contractor has uploaded all the correct documents your payment will be issued".
The contractor said ide get and email and didnt, so we rang. 5 weeks wasted.
Hope this is it now.

Is there a certain time after install that it expires?

DeclanD54

I was checking portal daily, but it just kept saying "once your contractor has uploaded all the correct documents your payment will be issued".
The contractor said ide get and email and didnt, so we rang. 5 weeks wasted.
Hope this is it now.

garo

I had to follow up twice myself. Look at the portal and call them. I'd encourage anyone waiting on the grant for more than 6-8 weeks to ring SEAI and find out what the story is.

DeclanD54

davpower wrote: »

yeah he was out about 4 weeks ago. Glad to have the money alright!

So turns out the Seai sent an email on 28th of July to the contractor and myself, that neither of us received.
Just a few things on the paperwork that weren't filled out correctly!
Bit pissed off with contractor as he never thought to check up on the portal to see all was well, and the fact they didnt fill out correctly in the first place.
Was a good job we got onto the Seai to see what the gig was, as the grant offer runs out in about 7 weeks. Hopefully get sorted now soon. It would be a shame to loose the grant ide be rightly peeeeed off.

garo

It's an excellent site and a great use of your tax Euros

Winterman1234

unkel wrote: »

My next consideration too. Waiting for panels to become a bit cheaper again. North facing in Ireland at a typical roof angle generates about 50% of south facing as has been demonstrated on this forum before, so certainly worth while.

You do need an inverter with two string input for that though. Yours might have that already or it's not a huge deal to replace it if it doesn't. Easy DIY job and you can sell your old one. You are good at that sort of thing

Yes something I am thinking as well in the future. This site is interesting to get an idea of typically output for the various postions. https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html#PVP

DrPhilG

A beautiful sunny day today in the hills of Donegal. Or not...

2kWh so far at 1pm.

unkel

Gumbo wrote: »

I’m Seriously Considering adding some panels to the north facing (rear) roof.
From sitting out the back I notice I get direct sun on the rear in the late afternoon and evening and I ample space for 4-6 panels below the Velux windows.

I have 3kw on the front roof so is it as simple as adding them or do I need to consider the invertor now?

My next consideration too. Waiting for panels to become a bit cheaper again. North facing in Ireland at a typical roof angle generates about 50% of south facing as has been demonstrated on this forum before, so certainly worth while.

You do need an inverter with two string input for that though. Yours might have that already or it's not a huge deal to replace it if it doesn't. Easy DIY job and you can sell your old one. You are good at that sort of thing

garo

Gumbo wrote: »

I’m Seriously Considering adding some panels to the north facing (rear) roof.
From sitting out the back I notice I get direct sun on the rear in the late afternoon and evening and I ample space for 4-6 panels below the Velux windows.

I have 3kw on the front roof so is it as simple as adding them or do I need to consider the invertor now?

What inverter do you have? Do the 3kW go on the same string? You don't want to put panels facing different directions on the same string.

garo

DrPhilG wrote: »

My predictions for August were about 19 average. Managed just over 18.

Prediction for September is 14, sitting around that at the minute.

Donegal had a much better August than Dublin! But tbf looking at my September predicted it looks like August will still be better. The best days are behind us.

DrPhilG

rx8 wrote: »

Managed 11.7 yesterday on a pretty showery afternoon. The production graph is up and down like you'd see on casualty when the patient is in d-fib!

Likewise

Gumbo

I’m Seriously Considering adding some panels to the north facing (rear) roof.
From sitting out the back I notice I get direct sun on the rear in the late afternoon and evening and I ample space for 4-6 panels below the Velux windows.

I have 3kw on the front roof so is it as simple as adding them or do I need to consider the invertor now?

rx8

Managed 11.7 yesterday on a pretty showery afternoon. The production graph is up and down like you'd see on casualty when the patient is in d-fib!

DrPhilG

garo wrote: »

15.4 for me. September is usually a good month. I expect that despite the shorter days we will get more from this month than the miserable August.

My predictions for August were about 19 average. Managed just over 18.

Prediction for September is 14, sitting around that at the minute.

garo

15.4 for me. September is usually a good month. I expect that despite the shorter days we will get more from this month than the miserable August.

davpower

13.5kwh today

Winterman1234

DrPhilG wrote: »

17kWh today.

Bang on 7kWh (2.4kW system)

DrPhilG

17kWh today.