Daily pv production

graememk

AnswerIs42 wrote: »

Just an FYI for those with ginlong/solis inverters.

I noticed the screenshots are all using their older app. They have a new one called "SolisCloud". It seems to be updated every few weeks where as the old app "Solis Home" has been updated since mid 2020.

It's not a perfect app by any shout but some people might prefer it.

Google Play Store Link

Solarman app also works too, they all have the same login!

I have both Sofar And Solis inverters on the one account.

DeclanD54

AnswerIs42 wrote: »

Just an FYI for those with ginlong/solis inverters.

I noticed the screenshots are all using their older app. They have a new one called "SolisCloud". It seems to be updated every few weeks where as the old app "Solis Home" has been updated since mid 2020.

It's not a perfect app by any shout but some people might prefer it.

Google Play Store Link

That's cool. Il give it a go now

DeclanD54

AnswerIs42 wrote: »

Just an FYI for those with ginlong/solis inverters.

I noticed the screenshots are all using their older app. They have a new one called "SolisCloud". It seems to be updated every few weeks where as the old app "Solis Home" has been updated since mid 2020.

It's not a perfect app by any shout but some people might prefer it.

Google Play Store Link

Wow ye very nice look to it. Thanks for the heads up

irishchris

AnswerIs42 wrote: »

Just an FYI for those with ginlong/solis inverters.

I noticed the screenshots are all using their older app. They have a new one called "SolisCloud". It seems to be updated every few weeks where as the old app "Solis Home" hasn't been updated since mid 2020.

It's not a perfect app by any shout but some people might prefer it.

Google Play Store Link

Cheers, prefer the look of this and at last a bit of colour to their icons :-)

DrPhilG

Finished the day on 34.5 despite hail storms most of the morning.

Tomorrow has a better forecast, could be a record breaker.

SD_DRACULA

Finally I can chip in here, got exactly 35kw today and record 38kws the other day but only running for 5 days so far

deravarra

SD_DRACULA wrote: »

Finally I can chip in here, got exactly 35kw today and record 38kws the other day but only running for 5 days so far

And what did you do with it all? ðŸ˜

SD_DRACULA

Mostly to the grid since the battery is not yet installed, car was charged, all the washing done etc
Time to start mining I think

deravarra

SD_DRACULA wrote: »

Mostly to the grid since the battery is not yet installed, car was charged, all the washing done etc
Time to start mining I think

What battery capacity will you be going for?

I know I won't be doing anything for about a year or so, but I get excited for anyone who has PV installed in their house already
I think the excitement scale will be broken many times when it comes to my turn

SD_DRACULA

A Puredrive 5kw but given my evening/night usage two of them would cover me, one will help maximize usage during the day, in between clouds

deravarra

SD_DRACULA wrote: »

A Puredrive 5kw but given my evening/night usage two of them would cover me, one will help maximize usage during the day, in between clouds

I am thinking I might go for a rack system for pylontech batteries, and then add another one or two on if needed at a later stage.

SD_DRACULA

I was debating the same but the pylontechs don't give you a 1C discharge like the puredrives, you get maybe 1.2kw on the 2.4kw and 1.8kw on the 3.6kw and they only give you 6000 cycles warranty vs 10000

deravarra

SD_DRACULA wrote: »

I was debating the same but the pylontechs don't give you a 1C discharge like the puredrives, you get maybe 1.2kw on the 2.4kw and 1.8kw on the 3.6kw and they only give you 6000 cycles warranty vs 10000

well now, i didn't know that. Let me check the puredrives so

championc

Ah jayses, go the DIY Powerwall route

DrPhilG

New record today. Not a record in terms of generation, but a record in terms of use.

32.8kWh generated (3kWh short of my best) but exported a grand total of 0.1kWh. And I'm annoyed at the 0.1!

Not straightforward mind you, I used the granny cable this morning to ensure that the car charged rather than the house battery. Then switched to the Zappi but at a reduced speed (3.8) once the sun picked up. The aim was to keep the house battery empty so that when I went to collect the wife at half 4, I wouldn't end up exporting loads.

Worked fine, but I do look forward to having the battery to not need to do it lol.

SD_DRACULA

37.6kws, used 11.6 and 20 went to Greta

garo

28.4 Highest for the year so far. Exported 3.4 of it because battery was cold this morning and didn't charge at full rate before I plugged in the car. Got 12.77kWh into the car today. Battery still at 44% so will almost make it to midnight.

PS: This time last year I had already had 3 30+ days in May.

championc

garo wrote: »

28.4 Highest for the year so far. Exported 3.4 of it because battery was cold this morning and didn't charge at full rate before I plugged in the car. Got 12.77kWh into the car today. Battery still at 44% so will almost make it to midnight.

PS: This time last year I had already had 3 30+ days in May.

Last May was pretty incredible, with several totally blue sky days

reni10

Only have my solar system in 1 week but today was my best day with 31.1kwh generated.

Sent about 4kwh to the grid but the rest went into the EVs and the house and still have about 40% battery left so hopefully make it to midnight and the night rate so it is working really well for me...

slave1

I'm pretty sure every piece of clothing and bed clothes are shaking this last week or so, as EV's full and water full around 1PM so everything being done to limit exporting, getting savage run of 30kW+ days the last week or so

DrPhilG

Shyte.

Feckin power outage in the area. ESB app says estimate of 3pm to get it back on.

Sitting on an average of 26kWh for the month thus far, that'll soon bring me back down.

Not a great day mind you but still. That'll cost me about 15kWh of generation I'd say.

mp3guy

DrPhilG wrote: »

Shyte.

Feckin power outage in the area. ESB app says estimate of 3pm to get it back on.

Sitting on an average of 26kWh for the month thus far, that'll soon bring me back down.

Not a great day mind you but still. That'll cost me about 15kWh of generation I'd say.

Sort out your EPS supply! Even the principle of solar not working without grid power is ridiculous. Imagine rain water barrels that only worked when the mains supply was on?

DrPhilG

Yay, back up already. Pleasantly surprised.

deravarra

mp3guy wrote: »

Sort out your EPS supply! Even the principle of solar not working without grid power is ridiculous. Imagine rain water barrels that only worked when the mains supply was on?

Well I am surprised with this! Any power outage means no harvesting solar power? Could there not be any way to tie in the battery (assuming you have one) to power the solis (or any inverter) in such a situation?

slave1

deravarra wrote: »

Well I am surprised with this! Any power outage means no harvesting solar power?

Grid tied dude so when the grid goes down the PV goes down.
If ESB were turning off power in the area to carry out works they don't want 6kW from our panels going through the power lines

deravarra

slave1 wrote: »

Grid tied dude so when the grid goes down the PV goes down.
If ESB were turning off power in the area to carry out works they don't want 6kW from our panels going through the power lines

Ah ok - but what about an isolation or cut off switch that would prevent export, and only top up battery when depleted? Is that possible?

mp3guy

deravarra wrote: »

Ah ok - but what about an isolation or cut off switch that would prevent export, and only top up battery when depleted? Is that possible?

Yes, a lot of inverters have a separate AC output specifically for this. You can either wire in a 4-gang to it or put it ahead of a changeover switch before your consumer unit.

Boscoirl

Jealous of all your great days, havent broke the 20kWh yet

deravarra

mp3guy wrote: »

Yes, a lot of inverters have a separate AC output specifically for this. You can either wire in a 4-gang to it or put it ahead of a changeover switch before your consumer unit.

Must note that and mention it as a must have for my install when it happens!
Thanks for sharing

DrPhilG

Boscoirl wrote: »

Jealous of all your great days, havent broke the 20kWh yet

I won't be getting that today either. Been a fairly crap day, only 12kWh so far. Power was only out about an hour altogether but sod's law that was the sunniest time I've had.