Conor Posted April 30 Posted April 30 Been tracking my generation. We've produced more this April than any other month in 2024. And by the end of today, it will be the third best month overall in the last four years. Good to see but the lack of rain is a tad worrying.
JohnMo Posted April 30 Posted April 30 Our April is our best month since recording - about 20% better than any month last year. But no rain, any rain we have had has been a short shower.
ProDave Posted April 30 Posted April 30 For us April and early May is best. The leaves on the trees now are filling in and the shading then caps our generation for the rest of the summer. Off to my boast shortly hopefully for another lovely day on the water.
BotusBuild Posted April 30 Posted April 30 Looks like the water meter bills will be lower as well after they impose hosepipe bans 🙂
SteamyTea Posted April 30 Posted April 30 7 hours ago, BotusBuild said: Looks like the water meter bills will be lower as well after they impose hosepipe bans 🙂 For real, we have had quite a lot of rain. In fact, when I went to Bodmin Moor to pick up some MVHR pipework on Easter Friday, it was torrential.
Conor Posted April 30 Author Posted April 30 45 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: For real, we have had quite a lot of rain. In fact, when I went to Bodmin Moor to pick up some MVHR pipework on Easter Friday, it was torrential. Most of the UK is running a lot drier than average. We should have had 310mm of rain by now, it's just 220mm so far. Still, a long way off drought conditions fortunately.
Gone West Posted May 1 Posted May 1 16 hours ago, SteamyTea said: For real, we have had quite a lot of rain. In March we had only 10mm total, and in April we made up for it and had 122mm, although most of that fell between the 15th and 19th. Our total for the year so far is 358mm, don't know how that compares to the average for North Cornwall.
dave1967 Posted May 19 Posted May 19 My panels need a good wash but i think i will wait for rain rather than get on the roof.
Conor Posted May 25 Author Posted May 25 I noticed a dropoff with the dust. About 10% loss. No way of cleaning ours. We did a fair bit of landscaping and gravel work so that didn't help with the dust levels. Anyway, as of right now, May has been the most productive PV month ever (4 years) here at 691kWh. Just pipped June 2023 record. Another few days still to go so should get to 750kWh unless it's really dull.
SteamyTea Posted May 25 Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Conor said: Another few days still to go so should get to 750kWh unless it's really dull. About a quarter of my annual usages, thanks for sharing your energy, keep up the good work.
dave1967 Posted Thursday at 20:39 Posted Thursday at 20:39 Ive have just put my readings in 600kw april may june.. Should be around £500 on 2011 tariff. 2.5kw system.
ProDave Posted Friday at 10:04 Posted Friday at 10:04 This last week has been the first time my ASHP has fired up for nearly 2 months, to consume 9kWh of electricity to heat some hot water. For 6 weeks before that, the excess solar PV has done it all.
jack Posted Friday at 10:31 Posted Friday at 10:31 22 minutes ago, ProDave said: This last week has been the first time my ASHP has fired up for nearly 2 months, to consume 9kWh of electricity to heat some hot water. For 6 weeks before that, the excess solar PV has done it all. Half your luck. I discovered on the weekend that the switch for the immersion element that should have been driven by our immersion diverter was switched off at some point, possibly by the handle of a vacuum cleaner leaning on it. Based on the diverter logs, it happened... sometime last year, since we've had zero diversion this calendar year! *sigh*
ProDave Posted Friday at 10:52 Posted Friday at 10:52 19 minutes ago, jack said: I discovered on the weekend that the switch for the immersion element that should have been driven by our immersion diverter was switched off at some point, possibly by the handle of a vacuum cleaner leaning on it. Based on the diverter logs, it happened... sometime last year, since we've had zero diversion this calendar year! Logging the readings from all my meters * and logging them weekly on a spreadsheet is not a complete waste of time * normal suppliers import meter, separate metering of energy used by ASHP for space heating and DHW heating, solar PV generation and my own export meter (to measure how much has escaped the self usage measures and gone "astray")
SteamyTea Posted Friday at 15:07 Posted Friday at 15:07 4 hours ago, ProDave said: Logging the readings from all my meters * and logging them weekly on a spreadsheet is not a complete waste of time Keeping an eye on my readings showed that my consumption had risen significantly, was the fridge packing up. New fridge (cheap ones seem to last a decade) and back down to around 4 kWh/day from 8 or 9 kWh/day.
Dillsue Posted yesterday at 08:15 Posted yesterday at 08:15 21 hours ago, jack said: Based on the diverter logs, it happened... sometime last year, since we've had zero diversion this calendar year! Ouch. Through all that sunny weather too!
jack Posted yesterday at 10:26 Posted yesterday at 10:26 2 hours ago, Dillsue said: Ouch. Through all that sunny weather too! Worse, after weeks of blue skies, it turned cloudy and rained for several days as soon as I switched the immersion back on.
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