Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage

[nowty]

What's the efficiency on them Nowty?

22.5 %

[Joeboy]

What's the efficiency on them Nowty?

22.5 %

That's pretty decent,,best of fortune with them.

[Stinsy]

Do you fancy a re jig of your oldest panels Nowty?

It seems that you can now faff with FiT installs without informing them so long as you keep the power the same. Surely that it your lowest-hanging fruit for additional capacity?

[nowty]

Do you fancy a re jig of your oldest panels Nowty?

It seems that you can now faff with FiT installs without informing them so long as you keep the power the same. Surely that it your lowest-hanging fruit for additional capacity?

I already have done that on the second FIT install as I added an extra 1.2kW by replacing the panels on the shed roof and I took off 1.2kW by moving the front porch panels to a non FIT inverter.

The oldest on the first FIT install could be done but requires scaffolding and some help. The new panel sizes are also quite awkward to fit on the existing rails.

[nowty]

The main reason for the upgrade a couple of days ago was to remove a voltage mismatch on one of the Victron charge controllers which was losing me daily yield.

I actually removed 4 x 325W Panasonic panels and replaced with just 2 x 450W DMEGC panels, so that was a net 400W loss of panels but the better voltage matching has increased the yield after yesterdays run in even hotter conditions.




Today a 23m reel of SWA was delivered to me, methinks there is a reuse case for the removed 325W panels.



Whilst SWMBO is away the renewable shenanigans continue.

[Moxi]

I thought you had to remove the winter panels by this time in the year to allow for the sun loungers to be run out ?

Moxi

[nowty]

My SMA Sunny Portal is telling me records could fall tomorrow, I'm going to give the 150kWh+ export record attempt a go in a single day.
My current PB on daily export is 145kWh.



And the race is on to get a third Victron charge controller connected, yet another SWA going under the lawn, that's the 4th one and the last one, honest.

[Moxi]

hows that garden makeover going ?

Moxi

[nowty]

hows that garden makeover going ?

Moxi

Slow, I've done my back in.

Clearing out two old raised beds and removing the weeds and old stone compacted with soil, sift and wash it, and relay.

[nowty]

My backs improving, so some progress,






The Octopus family are bemused with what I need a composite fence post for.