Munroast Joined 17 Aug 2010 Messages 4,625 Reaction score 1,797 Country 20 Dec 2025 #1 20th December and knocking out 5kW
bernardgreen Joined 3 Nov 2006 Messages 28,638 Reaction score 3,500 Location Bedfordshire Country 20 Dec 2025 #2 location ? Australia ?
motorbiking Joined 31 May 2016 Messages 25,237 Reaction score 5,558 Country 20 Dec 2025 #3 Need a bigger battery
johnny2007 Joined 11 Jan 2012 Messages 8,970 Reaction score 2,512 Location London Country 20 Dec 2025 #4 Sahara desert...
motorbiking Joined 31 May 2016 Messages 25,237 Reaction score 5,558 Country 20 Dec 2025 #5 You can get some amazing solar days in the winter because there is less of a temperature inversion.
Munroast Joined 17 Aug 2010 Messages 4,625 Reaction score 1,797 Country 20 Dec 2025 #6 bernardgreen said: location ? Australia ? Click to expand... Scotland
B blup Joined 5 Nov 2007 Messages 12,558 Reaction score 2,495 Country 20 Dec 2025 #7 Australia with its dry regions must be ideal for solar power generation
Doug99 Joined 14 Jan 2005 Messages 2,091 Reaction score 359 Location Glamorgan Country 21 Dec 2025 #8 motorbiking said: You can get some amazing solar days in the winter because there is less of a temperature inversion. Click to expand... The sun is so low in the sky now that even on a sunny day my system will be lucky to generate 50% of what I do in mid summer.
motorbiking said: You can get some amazing solar days in the winter because there is less of a temperature inversion. Click to expand... The sun is so low in the sky now that even on a sunny day my system will be lucky to generate 50% of what I do in mid summer.
noseall Joined 2 Feb 2006 Messages 66,220 Reaction score 6,648 Location Staffordshire Country 21 Dec 2025 #9 Doug99 said: The sun is so low in the sky now that even on a sunny day my system will be lucky to generate 50% of what I do in mid summer. Click to expand... Especially today. You can look forward to longer hours of daylight after today.
Doug99 said: The sun is so low in the sky now that even on a sunny day my system will be lucky to generate 50% of what I do in mid summer. Click to expand... Especially today. You can look forward to longer hours of daylight after today.
Munroast Joined 17 Aug 2010 Messages 4,625 Reaction score 1,797 Country 21 Dec 2025 #10 I was just surprised yesterday how much it can generate when the skies are clear, even at this time of year , managed just over 20kWh of course it is well and truly balanced out today when its produced bollux all, peaked at 280w about 10am looking at this months figures, (last 3 weeks) it has produced 112kWh which is about half of what we use, so probably better than I had anticipated
I was just surprised yesterday how much it can generate when the skies are clear, even at this time of year , managed just over 20kWh of course it is well and truly balanced out today when its produced bollux all, peaked at 280w about 10am looking at this months figures, (last 3 weeks) it has produced 112kWh which is about half of what we use, so probably better than I had anticipated