Solar generation in rain/cloudy conditions

denmendez65 said:
Solar installs will keep going up I think. Solar and inverter warehouse sells panels for good prices and when you watch the stock they have, in a week it goes from 1500 panels to some 300. People or businesses are buying like crazy.
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They are one of the guys that doesnt ship to dbn.
 
HowTo said:
Today we have Sun again.
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Yeah. I will be having 3 extra people in the house later today and this weekend. My solar will be working overtime but it looks like today and the weekend will be fine. Probably have to set the geyser to run off the inverter for an hour or 1.5 hours now (3 women with my wife so maybe more lol).
 
denmendez65 said:
Yeah. I will be having 3 extra people in the house later today and this weekend. My solar will be working overtime but it looks like today and the weekend will be fine. Probably have to set the geyser to run off the inverter for an hour or 1.5 hours now (3 women with my wife so maybe more lol).
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So you'll have to run two DSTv decoders? Your base load is going to be HUGE!
 
denmendez65 said:
Yeah. I will be having 3 extra people in the house later today and this weekend. My solar will be working overtime but it looks like today and the weekend will be fine. Probably have to set the geyser to run off the inverter for an hour or 1.5 hours now (3 women with my wife so maybe more lol).
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How hot is the 2000l?
 
wingnut771 said:
How hot is the 2000l?
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Still testing out my waterproofing on the element and connections. Used 1200 degree celcius silicone for the element housing. After a week I will check it to see its holding up then will place it in the tank. Otherwise my earth leakage will be tripping all the time if I dont test it.
 
First bit off the morning cloudy now Sun every ware.
Geyser timer switched on. On my command. :)
 
denmendez65 said:
Still testing out my waterproofing on the element and connections. Used 1200 degree celcius silicone for the element housing. After a week I will check it to see its holding up then will place it in the tank. Otherwise my earth leakage will be tripping all the time if I dont test it.
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Sun is going to destroy the silicon over time.
 
HowTo said:
First bit off the morning cloudy now Sun every ware.
Geyser timer switched on. On my command. :)
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I couldn't check my history as I've lost everything after Oct 27 :( cause of solar assistant but it did look like the generation was much higher this morning
 
Lupus said:
I couldn't check my history as I've lost everything after Oct 27 :( cause of solar assistant but it did look like the generation was much higher this morning
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Yip lots of sun and a cool morning so doing well. Mine should be full by 11 even though I have guests over.
 
B-1 said:
Yip lots of sun and a cool morning so doing well. Mine should be full by 11 even though I have guests over.
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Mine already is, but it is just me at home
 
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_Jakes_ said:
Half of Edenvale without power due to Eskom maintenance on Substation. Batteries are fully loaded, load of dishes done, and now running the pool pump. Oh and I've got about 15 people coming over today. Not regretting my PV investment today.:)
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I feel the same, the power in our area was off from Sunday afternoon until Thursday last week. A friend of mine couldn't get any work out so I had him over in my workshop doing all his welding, drilling etc.

The quality of life difference alone is worth every cent.
 
And like that thanks to clouds 8kw generation drops to 165w in seconds and remains there for sometime.
 
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