Solar Production Thread

[MrGrumpy]

Easy to tell that the days are getting that bit longer now . Also what a difference being able to charge up on a cheap rate at night . Dont think I’ve drawn of the grid outwith that period this week !

 

[Buck]

Another savings session today 18:00-18:30

@Legs @Tenkaykev @kipster @MrGrumpy @Alex321 @cougie uk @Jenkins

 

[Jenkins]

Another savings session today 18:00-18:30

@Legs @Tenkaykev @kipster @MrGrumpy @Alex321 @cougie uk @Jenkins

I wish these would pop up on the Octopus app rather than me logging in here too late to take part.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I wish these would pop up on the Octopus app rather than me logging in here too late to take part.

There's an Octoplus WhatsApp channel / group, plus the " Octo-Aid app sends alerts to my phone.

 

[Jenkins]

There's an Octoplus WhatsApp channel / group, plus the " Octo-Aid app sends alerts to my phone.

Don't do WhatsApp or similar unfortunately

 

[MrGrumpy]

Another savings session today 18:00-18:30

@Legs @Tenkaykev @kipster @MrGrumpy @Alex321 @cougie uk @Jenkins

I did opt n but decided against exporting during this time .

 

[Legs]

It’s on.

 

[Legs]

Our panels made 15kWh today - the most they’ve made yet. The larger array is on the west-facing roof so our production is biased to the afternoon and early evening.

 

[Legs]

…and the forecast for the rest of the week is even better!

 

[kipster]

It's certainly looking better. We got 20kwh on Sunday which is the best this year. I've now stopped charging the batteries over night and letting the solar do all the work ( I was only charging to 60% anyway )

 

[Buck]

Yes, a great day. 17.8kWh for us. Hopefully we are through the dark days !

 

[Tenkaykev]

Today is the first day the panels have gone past 5pm. A 5.25 kWh array and 25kWh generated today.
I'm on the Octopus Agile tariff and always top up back to 100% overnight as the 15p export rate is more than what I pay to import.

 

[Legs]

Today is the first day the panels have gone past 5pm. A 5.25 kWh array and 25kWh generated today.
I'm on the Octopus Agile tariff and always top up back to 100% overnight as the 15p export rate is more than what I pay to import.

That’s fab 👍
We only got 11.3 kWh today - there was a big chunk of cloud in the middle of the day.

But with our main array facing west, we’re well set for sunny afternoons/evenings in the summertime…

 

[kipster]

24kwh today with a dribble still coming in.

A good bit of fog this morning that took a while to shift

I'm.on flux and the import / export rates are pretty close, any export from 4pm to 7pm is higher so charging up overnight probably wouldn't gain me much now so letting the solar charge it up by about midday doesn't lose me much export, probably a couple of pence.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I wondered why our battery was dropping a big chunk in early evening recently. Guess who set up a timed export to take advantage of the recent savings session and forgot to cancel 😮