Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

[bwana]

This time of year its not a problem, your battery is probably full already?

Yeah - it was full by 10:30.

I'm getting some hefty consumption spikes of over 4kW which I assume is the geyser kicking in so I think some sort of monitor/switch is next.

 

[denmendez65]

For those with Instagram. Check out this page. The guy is warming his pool water by running pipes under his solar panel. Idea is to cool the house also.

SA based couple. Won’t be surprised it’s someone on MBB lol

 

[wingnut771]

For those with Instagram. Check out this page. The guy is warming his pool water by running pipes under his solar panel. Idea is to cool the house also.

SA based couple. Won’t be surprised it’s someone on MBB lol

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Probably warms it up fokkal. Long story short, all that work for fokkal.

 

[biena]

Probably warms it up fokkal. Long story short, all that work for fokkal.

now that the pipes is there anyway, put some sprayers that cool the solar panels from the underside. take the runoff back to the pool.

 

[biena]

Yeah - it was full by 10:30.

I'm getting some hefty consumption spikes of over 4kW which I assume is the geyser kicking in so I think some sort of monitor/switch is next.

So spill, how was the first restfull night without power concerns ? Did batteries last the night

 

[wingnut771]

now that the pipes is there anyway, put some sprayers that cool the solar panels from the underside. take the runoff back to the pool.

i wonder how long it will take before the pool is empty.

 

[bwana]

So spill, how was the first restfull night without power concerns ? Did batteries last the night

Tonight will be our third but yeah, it's been great

Woke up to 70% yesterday and 60% today SoC but the overnight spikes make me wish we had a geyser switch.

I've set it to stay on battery until 40% so we have something in reserve if there's a power failure. I might increase that to 50% until the weather improves.

 

[cavedog]

Very up and down today due to clouds but also nice cloud edge boosts.

 

[Next Thing]

It was a good month last month
Summer is allways nice with an excess of solar

 

[adam_g]

Same here first time generating 1,000 kWh in pv

 

[wingnut771]

It was a good month last month
Summer is allways nice with an excess of solar

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Same here first time generating 1,000 kWh in pv View attachment 1950611