Daily pv production

HotSwap · 06-06-2023 12:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120681709#Comment_120681709

Yeah. I’ve been generating 40-50 daily since the 22nd May. Exported 210 kWh in the last 5 days alone. We will all be crying when it goes back to normal next week :)

Second month with 0 bill; and we now have 154 euros credit on the electric Ireland account. And it’s only the start of June. System was switched on in mid Feb.

ECO_Mental · 06-06-2023 2:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120681709#Comment_120681709

Places like Australia, California etc are living the PV dream and have months of this weather... but they have other issues to contend with.

Still it would be great to live there and have a 8+ kWp system & a big battery you would be self sufficient no probs for most of the year.

DC999 · 06-06-2023 3:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120682461#Comment_120682461

I'm not so sure they use any less electricity in some parts. Just theirs is for cooling, not heating. I saw eye watering energy usage on aircon on the DIY Solar Power Forum (diysolarforum.com). Am sure some of this is a throwback to cheaper energy and they are used to having temps as X degrees inside, and maybe they would be fine with it less cold. I'd be in the 'waste not, want not' camp like you :)

Deffo makes sense to have solar and large batteries in those hot places.

silver_sky · 06-06-2023 3:13pm

Started off looking OK here but clouds have put a stop to that. Ticking along at about 1kW for the past few hours. Unless it picks up in the evening it'll be a sub 20kWh day but probably closer to 15kWh...

sligopaul · 06-06-2023 3:18pm

29kwh generated already in NW

SD_DRACULA · 06-06-2023 4:25pm

The 🤬 it is Met, Dublin clouds most day...

super_dad · 06-06-2023 9:43pm

30.4 kWh in Donegal today. Just little short of my best of 30.9 at end of May. 12th day after new install and 332 kWh generated in total. System is 4.1 kWp south facing and roof mounted

bullit_dodger · 06-06-2023 10:00pm

Graph of the last 4 days (including today in Red). I was out of the country and came back to see this. Nice! New personal record of 56Kwhr for main & shed combined.

Nearly identical production for the 3 days previous to today. (yeah there are three lines in there other than the red one!). Never seen such consistency since I got the panels installed 18 months ago. We'll be talking about June '23 in the same hushed tones as March '22.

Looking ok tomorrow for Dublin too .... then it falls back a little on Thur (but still decent by all accounts)

SD_DRACULA · 07-06-2023 11:23am

Another dog 💩 day in Dublin, estimate 50, be lucky to pull half of that

SD_DRACULA · 08-06-2023 8:40am

We had a good run 🤣

sligopaul · 08-06-2023 11:19am

Drac , still banging over in the west this morning :😉

graememk · 08-06-2023 7:03pm

Belting out the power in the north west too.

Although we had cloud for the first week!

John mac · 08-06-2023 9:00pm

41.6 today from a 7.4 system east west , Mayo

PV1 (east)v PV2 (west)

irishchris · 08-06-2023 10:12pm

Another great day in Galway. 55kwh with 486 kwh in the first 8 days of this month already. If only every month was as good

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DC999 · 09-06-2023 9:53am

Ah, spotted another reason I have higher daily output this month compared to the past (bar the obvious blue-sky blitz!)

It’s 945am and the E sun is so high in the sky it’s even hitting our W panels that the E sun normally can’t see. OK, production is still small but it’s something unexpected.

Heading for longest day of the year of course - so makes sense it’s higher in the sky. But I never noticed that before.

Pirx · 09-06-2023 5:30pm

Hi is it normal productuion (blue graph) from 4.4 Kwh system 11 panels?

Red graph - consumption ..

Looks like cutting at 3Kwh ...

con747 · 09-06-2023 5:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120695544#Comment_120695544

What size inverter?

Pirx · 09-06-2023 5:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120695572#Comment_120695572

Sofar 5kW Hybrid Inverter

con747 · 09-06-2023 5:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120695596#Comment_120695596

It's not the inverter clipping so. Maybe post on the trouble shooting thread for better input.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058101518/solar-pv-hints-tips-troubleshooting#latest

Pirx · 09-06-2023 6:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120695616#Comment_120695616

Inverter have two string inputs 3kwh each - and system is made on ONE string - it could be the reason for 3kw limit?

con747 · 09-06-2023 6:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120695679#Comment_120695679

Post on the trouble shooting thread, that's were the tech lads can help.

ELM327 · 12-06-2023 4:18pm

So today has been awful. Struggling to hit 10kwh!

super_dad · 12-06-2023 9:11pm

Same here in Donegal . 11.5 kWh off a 4.1kWp system south facing. Thick cloud cover most of day. Was getting nearly triple this on good days over past fortnight 😢