I reckon the oul' vertical axis wind turbines would have been grand
Wow. Even I did better on a smaller system in kerry.
0.9
😂
It would be zero. All turbines behind me were off
poor day yesterday also, then the power went at 9pm. Need to get the backjup connected and the battery charged for such scenarios.
A lofty 0.8 here in Donegal, grey skies and torrential rain all day.
On the plus side this is what my usual daytime purchase rate looks like currently.
I've one of the few Givenergy installs on the forums. Heard a bit of negative comments about Givenergy before getting it, but have to say been pretty happy with it. Telemetry is great, solid website (which they are upgrading to a new interface with even better charting) and there's an API which you can manipulate and write your own automation. Only thing I'd like to see improved is a more granular sampling. I totally understand why they do it at 5 minute intervals, but would love 1 min data - but I guess I could do that myself and setup a database myself and do something. Not sure I have the motivation though. 5 mins ain't bad.
I've mine set currently to charge to 100%, but do have a longer term project to interface with Met Eireann's api and then decide what to charge it based on the forecast. It's also easier for me. My consumption is pretty high at 30+ units/day, so it's easier for me to work out a strategy.
What system do you have that you can do it via the web? That's very handy.
Brutal day here in galway with storm only really hitting with force now hoping to see panels still there tomorrow!
2.2 total generation all day so thankfully have cheap charged nighttime batteries to see through. Just need the power not to cut before they charge up again tonight 😀
Sunshine after the rain! Only 1.5kwh here! V dark all day
Would love to see a "Storm Barra Wind Turbine Production" thread
For me being in a red storm warning area just outside Cork City I had a pretty decent days production. (6.1kWp) Also all my panels are still on my roof....
Thanks 6.
Ready the manual and looking online the settings seem right, Solis inverter.
I have self use mode selected, times of use set and allow to charge from grid selected. I think I have just missed something so will double check this evening.
You might want to think a little about that - charging the battery at night rate that is. Sure on days like today you want to do it, but with days like yesterday, you want that battery (mostly) empty when the solar production kicks in. Probably charge it at 7am at night rate up to 40%, which will hopefully last from 8am -> 10am until your panels start to take up the slack.
Hard one to call as it depends on weather forecast a little. I like toying with it myself, but in reality you'll only save a few euros a month......if that. Still, it's a nice game to play. Easier for me than others as I can change the charging parameters via the web, so I'm not having to go to the physical inverter, which for many people is in the attic and not readily accessible to muck about with things.
I think you can set the inverter to charge using both night rate and solar. Not an either or.
The lads here will tell you exactly how to do that once they know your inverter type.
😁 Thanks bullit_dodger.
If I can reach the 11pm on battery I'll be happy.
Not so nice here today but still 1.6kWh generated so far.
Need to look at getting the battery charged at night rate on these days as I thought I had everything set correctly, missed something somewhere so need to check settings again.
Battery took us to about 11pm.
Perfect! Just when night rate kicked in. Exactly what you want! Nice production too. I managed only a measly 1.3Kwhr off a 5.3Kwp system (east/west) in Dublin yesterday. Those southward facing panels really kick ass in the winter. My day will come in summertime :0) !
You've a very sweet system there ALM
First full day of production yesterday.
8.16kw SSW
9.7kwh produced
About 4kw to battery and 2.7kw to Eddi
If it's the value from string details that is just for information and it's whatever the installer enters during commissioning.
It doesn't have any impact on the operation of the system.
My own shows two 3.8kw strings, 7.6kw is the right total but they are actually split as 4.56kw and 3.04kw.
Only producing 300w right now as it's dull wet day with heavy drizzle.
Could be, although panels have a rating which is based on a specific temperature. For example, they might say 350W @ 25 Celsius. You'd think that a sunny day would produce the most power, but usually the hotter it is, the less efficient the cells are ironically. That's not to confuse power with efficiency. You'll get more power on a sunny day, but the panels themselves wouldn't be the most efficient - if you follow me.
Or another way in explaining it, is more energy will fall on a square meter on a sunny day, but it might only convert 18% of that energy as opposed to 20% on a cooler day.
Thanks mate. That is exactly what I am looking at. It will hopefully be installed today or tomorrow.
One further question.
My understanding was that my output would be 2.72kWh but when I check the inverter it is telling me 2.80kWh. Would that mean that I have 8 x 350w panels instead of 8 x 340w?
I had 0.7 kWh production yesterday (5.7kWp) ! Worst day for me since install in May.
On the flip side I had 7.14kWh production today!
I passed last year's November total today with a day to spare. Couple of good days last week and I'm now 1.5kWh above the 2020 total. Not expecting much tomorrow but can't complain.
I know there is worse coming in December, but today has been the worst day for production since I installed the thing 6 weeks ago. (5.3Kwp split East/West)
Total production: 0.9Kwhr
I also have a huawei system.
Once they add the power sensor it will tell you how much the house is using from the grid.
You'll then have the monthly summaries of how much was consumed vs imported in the statisitics.
There is also a website for fusionsolar https://eu5.fusionsolar.huawei.com
It's just the same data in slightly different format.
This is my app, I have battery storage as well, but you'll see it has values for grid and house load.
Only a paltry 1.4 KwHr myself here in Dublin. Disadvantage of an East/West split in the winter time is that with the sun mostly to the south, you get very little production. I do get much better than now in the summer though from very early am to late pm - but yeah, now is terrible for me
On the bright side for you 3.5Kwhr isn't bad for this time of year. That's 70 cents or so in electricity you generated today to spend on a pack of Tayto's :-)
I only recently moved across from Energia to Electric Ireland as the unit rate for dual fuel worked out cheaper so I am not sure if I would be able to switch.
On a positive note we got a bit of sun this afternoon and the reading did increase up to 1.699kW. So far today it has generated 3.5kw.
Ha! Grew up across the road from you in Highfield - small world.
Well you came to the right place in terms of advice. However, the sad reality is that from late Oct -> early March, unless you have a big array facing directly due south, you are not going to generate enough power to really matter much with what you do with the washing machine, dish washer during the day.
In fact, the smartest thing you can do if you haven't done it already it try and get yourself onto a day/night tariff with your electricity provider. This is key with solar installations. For obvious reasons the solar panels work during the day, so for 7-8 months a year you've got your day time usage covered, so you want to pay as cheap as you can for nighttime. And of course if you are on a night rate, you will run your washing machine etc at 11pm onwards at cheap rate.
Thanks for update Bullit. I am actually in Clareview myself so not too far from the Ennis Road. Best way to describe the orientation would be that in the middle of summer the sun arrives in the back garden around 10am and we have full sun in the back garden all day long until it sets in the evening.
The panels are on the rear elevation.
Yesterday was probably the worst day we have had in Limerick since last winter. Just our luck :)
I just wanted to shout out here for some advice as I am still coming to terms with how they function. We are both at home all day so trying to get the best out of the system in terms of using appliances like washing machine, dryer, dishwasher etc.
Welcome LimerickCity. Know it well, grew up on the Ennis road myself!
So it's hard to say if your production is right or not as it depends on a number of factors, such as orientation of your panels to the sun, how bright a day it is in Lmk etc. In general though, you typically only get about 10% if it's a cloudy day. Right now in Dublin it's overcast here and I'm seeing.
Current production of a whopping 39 watts. This is on a system which is nearly twice as large as your (5.3Kwp) Really, this time of the year with the sun very low on the southern horizon anything which isn't due south facing really struggles to generate much power.
Its setting up to break my previous worst day of 1.2Kwhr generated. 😓
Hi folks,
New to the forum and solar PV. We have had 8 x 340 w panels installed to the rear elevation which was connected up on Monday afternoon. We have a Huaewi Sun2000 3KLT inverter and the electrician set us up on a FusionSolar app which I had to download from the Huawei website. They have to come back and install some Huawei smart power sensor which I am told will provide better monitoring but at the moment the system is up and running. It is a 2.800 kWp system as we are limited to 8 panels due to roof size.
It was Monday evening by the time they got the system up and running but in the past two days we have generated a total of 2.9kWh.
Screenshot attached taken at 10am this morning. Does this look right to you? So far after monitoring yesterday and again today I have not seen the PV kW monitor go above 0.300.
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