uhhh no
it's february and our consumption from the grid, for example yesterday is 11.8 / 0.3 going to be for yesterday 1/39th of what it would have been without the panels
do the maths
difficult to swallow I know, and that's how it is
rough calculations...
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units are fine I just lazily didn't have the h on the end
all good the panels are amazing
WTFH is spot on with the calculations
yesterday the inverter produced 45kwh
the house used 11.80kwh
batteries were topped up with 6.8kwh
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milanbenes replied to Recruitment for Security Cleared posts is a scandal - let's see if we can change thatin Generalreminds me of how the n h s is getting skanked by p s l's
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milanbenes replied to Recruitment for Security Cleared posts is a scandal - let's see if we can change thatin Generalre-arrange these four words to make a popular phrase or saying
chance hell's in cat
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Dunno about you lot
but these
which is good
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that's an awesome result
congratulations
living the dream
what's not to like
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since the end of january our daily consumption from the grid is averaging 1/5 of daily home consumption
not bad for the time of year I guess
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they've been operational since the end of January
24 panels 11.8kw total capacity
evening on cloudy days, because they are in one line 50metres with no obstruction, south facing, on cloudy days they are filling the batteries
a tiny bit of clear sky between the...
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before the lecky car though, we will get a 300l electric boiler installed
that'll use some of the over capacity and reduce the gas bill
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well, if your neighbours have panels then ask what performance they are getting
our panels are in the garden, and facing south with no obstructions and the performance from them is first class, we are sending 15 to 30kw to the grid each day because we don't have enough storage capacity...
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lol you lot are soooo funny
make mine a pint of what he's drinking please Barman
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of our daily kw consumption, these days even with snowy weather, only 20% of that is from the grid
the last few days had small periods of brightness and got the grid usage to 10% of our daily consumption
does that help or shall I draw a picture and invite for a Teams call ?...
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apparently the same conversations happened with the introduction of the printing press and the weaving machine
what's different this time
the world will not end
people will find different roles
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that is so funny
it's the middle of winter and cloudy and snowing, and the panels are reducing our grid consumption to 20% of the daily electricity usage, for the last few days panels and batteries have reduced the grid consumption to between zero and 10% of the daily household electricity...
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agree 100%
if you are not going to study something that can get you a job, a trade, or in white collar words, a profession, then you are wasting your time and manneeeee going to higher education
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they're in
and even on a foggy day they are producing and even on a foggy day we're getting 60% of our consumption from the panels
which is a result
very pleased
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