My first full month done now. A very good 1185kwh was generated in August. Delighted with that. If September could just continue on as it started, I'd be hoping for a good return this month too.
33.5kwh today and yesterday to finish Aug on a high, over 200 ahead of forecast. Was a funny month, 16 days with 30+kWh yet 8 days with less than 10kwh. Still the best month of the year, with almost 300kwh exported
Mentally preparing myself for the inevitable drop off in production as Sept progresses.
Go on the 900 😁
I think estimated for August was around 650kwh give or take. Which was spot on for last year's
August is ending with a bang, 32kWh yesterday and on course for similar today.
Will be north of 750kWh for the month, estimate was just 668kWh.
Pretty low day, just 7.5kWh. Battery got charged up but it was late enough. Eddi took about 1.8kWh so not enough to heat the tank and had to use some gas. Could be better but could be worse. It is what it is. :)
Nope, she burnt them... 😢
Doesn't matter too much in the long run. I would have enough juice to get to the morning but the forecast tomorrow is muck so I'll charge a little over the next few nights.
Barely made it this morning, battery was down to 25% (20% dod) by the time generation started covering the load. Would be similar tomorrow but with sod all generation over the next few days I'd still run out.
And the wife has decided to bake buns in the electric oven so I doubt if I'll make it through to morning on the battery. Its at 55% now.
@DrPhilG I completely subscribe to the sentiment. I also worry that we take this too far sometimes. At least you can enjoy the buns!
Can't have your cake and eat it :)
Less than 14kWh here in Donegal. And the wife has decided to bake buns in the electric oven so I doubt if I'll make it through to morning on the battery. Its at 55% now.
18 so far here in East Cork from 3.2 kwp SE and .8 NW
24kwh here in Sligo so far today !
Yup, I'm at 5.1Kwhr at the moment. The forecast for today improved a little by 6am this morning over the estimate yesterday. It increased from 4.4Kwhr yesterday to 4.9Kwhr today at 6am. I'll probably get 6-7Kwhr by the end of day I reckon as it's supposed to clear a little after 4pm in Dublin.
On the bright side tomorrow it's reporting ~20Kwhr for me - I'll take that!
Yup 8kwh so far, worst day of the month so far.
Wow - the forecast for tomorrow looks right muck for Dublin! 4.4kwhr forecasted
March was exceptional this year. But yeah once October arrives it really starts to tail off.
Broke the forecast for August this morning, a respectable 32kWh in today, even though lots of clouds. 10.5kwh exported.
Still in contract with EI until early October but have started whittling down the various suppliers plans to see which one will suit , but looks like I'll need to stay a bit longer until the deemed export credit comes through.
Need to double check tomorrow but I think that calculated payment (back dated to Feb 15th) will be less than actually exported.
Around 1220kwh exported since Feb 15th, going by their calcs, they'll pay on around 930kwh to date. I'm expecting decent production and export for another 4 weeks or so★, though depending on when exactly they pay out, the reducing exports vs more days calcs, as we head into winter may balance that a bit better.
★ it really ramped up around the March equinox so expecting a similar tail off in September
They'll probably cite some sort of fair use.
I was thinking that there be a limit per month. Haven't found anymore details online yet.
Yes I could see that it be more suited for a couple.
Depends if this is as garbage as the bord gais one that says you have a limit of 100kwh per month on the free days (which is 20-25kwh per "free day") which is useless once you have a big battery and and EV as you can easily go over that.
We have successfully moved our washing habits to night Rate. If i ask to chnage this to weekend only i would be an ex-husband for sho. Might work for a couple. But add a few kids and school tracksuits and its no-goer.
Slightly off topic. Would those on PV solar panels and have storage battery benefit from the following package?
On a Saturday or Sunday do the clothes washing and drying; charge the EV; charge the batteries etc.
Yeah it picked up shortly after, sitting at 17kwh and going.
For house only maybe, but not if you want to charge an EV as well though.
Interesting, so you went down the route of smaller PV and larger battery. A less common approach on this forum, but gives you the power you need
Strange, you're not that far away. North Co. Dublin is rockin' this morning!
Only 3.9kWp. This can easily feed a 10kWh battery for most of the year. So you don't need these 6kWp type systems !!!
That should keep you going alright. What size PV do you have now to feed in 10kWh from 50% to full whilst keeping the house etc supplied?
I've just gone to 20kWh of batteries. So if I just ensure my batteries are 50% full by 08:00 daily, I have enough to get me to midnight on a bad day, and enough space to take all production on a cracker of a day
I use this also when I want to get an idea (non scientifically) as to how the clouds are doing.
Ireland Visible - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service
Looks like when you play the loop that it might clear up in 2-3 hrs. I've faith in the forecast today, but right now I'm at 1.3Kw on both systems (house & shed) combined.
I think today's forecast of 10kwh might be correct, currently struggling at 0.8kw and total cloud cover 😓
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