The Windy Roost

"How do these figures look"

 

Your PV production is very good for your location.  I don't know about 'up there', but our weather has been dreary down here all year.

3 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

"How do these figures look"

 

Your PV production is very good for your location.  I don't know about 'up there', but our weather has been dreary down here all year.

The estimate was around 3600kWh so we had a good return. This year's weather was definitely not as warm as last year, but from spring onwards we have had lots of clear skies, and prolonged dry spells. That's all changing now though,just hope it's not as long and wet as last year

Those are impressive figures, the usage is commendably low.

 

One of the reasons for my DIY solar PV diverter was the unusual meter position and PV generation remote again from the meter.

 

I hard wired my current clamps using twisted pair armoured telephone cable between the meter box and the house, about 25 meters, then 2 pairs of a CAT5 cable from the entry to the house to the plant room where the diverter is, probably another 10 metres.  All seems to work well.  I have exported just over 400kW in about 5 years.

 

Definitely very much colder from today for at least the next week.

10 hours ago, ProDave said:

Those are impressive figures, the usage is commendably low.

 

One of the reasons for my DIY solar PV diverter was the unusual meter position and PV generation remote again from the meter.

 

I hard wired my current clamps using twisted pair armoured telephone cable between the meter box and the house, about 25 meters, then 2 pairs of a CAT5 cable from the entry to the house to the plant room where the diverter is, probably another 10 metres.  All seems to work well.  I have exported just over 400kW in about 5 years.

 

Definitely very much colder from today for at least the next week.

I have considered hardwiring, but logistically it's a pain. My meter / Cabinet is on the other side of our drive / track and around 50M away. Also we have now  concreted around the front of the barn and side of the house.  There is an option to get a cable into the ducting that feeds the house, but would require burying the cables under a portion of the track, so this is going to be my back up plan if my very limited ESP programming skills fail implementing my wireless plan. This is a job for the colder winter months so I can look like I'm doing something in the warmth of the house 😂.

Today is markedly colder ❄️