Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

@denmendez65 now you'll see if you can handle no grid power, dark cloudy forboding morning. Haven't seen this since February 2025, which was waaaay more grid usage than I would've liked.
 
Very dark morning. Only getting like 100w.

Grid is back on. Explosion was at pta north primary sub so it tripped the 132kV feeder. They isolated pta sub and switched the feeder back on at least.

I might dip into grid a bit more today.
 
cavedog said:
Very dark morning. Only getting like 100w.

Grid is back on. Explosion was at pta north primary sub so it tripped the 132kV feeder. They isolated pta sub and switched the feeder back on at least.

I might dip into grid a bit more today.
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Ours came back after 23 hours, then tripped again at 3am, luckily seems to be back again, though surrounding areas still off.
 
isie said:
lucky as we got a nice rainstorm now, im getting 0 pv
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Getting about 445w right now, which is 200w lower than base load :-( not even sure what is running for the 200w over but anyway.
 
Wat a morning generating 220W.
It seems it is going be a long weekend. First the heat last nights rain. This morning still heavy overcast ☁️.
 
HowTo said:
Wat a morning generating 220W.
It seems it is going be a long weekend. First the heat last nights rain. This morning still heavy overcast ☁️.
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Fluctuating between 400 to 1500 :-(
 
Despite the weather I still managed 33kWh so not too bad.

Gen ran for about an hour in total in 20 minute bursts and then the sun took over., so no nice boob for me just an ugly ass cactus.
 
Lupus said:
Hmmm, now wonder where those detractors were who said cleaning panels can't get that much
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Also I think GP is a prime example location for performance loss due to dust build up (in our case, in winter) aside from maybe a place like the NC. A lot of the coastal areas won't suffer the same sort of dust build up in their dry seasons. In my first winter (Aug/Sep) with solar I remember thinking wtf am I getting 65 odd percent efficiency on a sunny day at midday.
 
Flanders said:
Also I think GP is a prime example location for performance loss due to dust build up (in our case, in winter) aside from maybe a place like the NC. A lot of the coastal areas won't suffer the same sort of dust build up in their dry seasons. In my first winter (Aug/Sep) with solar I remember thinking wtf am I getting 65 odd percent efficiency on a sunny day at midday.
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You lose 35%? Yeah, I'll risk breaking an arm for 35%. Imagine how much the shopping malls lose then.
 
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