December PV starting off crappy again.
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I am liking February, so far.
PreppenWolf
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We had out first 100% sunny day in probably 5 weeks. 41.8kWh today from our 15kWh array. 10% better than last year due to our new panel positions. February would be amazing if it weren't cloudy 90% of the time.
GXMnow
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Today was my best PV Solar production of 2024 yet!
And we had a 4.6 Earthquake about 30 miles away. I was at work and the building wiggled pretty good. I was working inside our screening room which is actually isolated and floats on pads for sound deadening. The people in the regular office space felt it a lot harder.
My 4.8 KW Enphase system produced 18.9 KWH for 3.94 sun hours
MY 2 KW Victron DC system produced 7.6 KWHs for 3.8 sun hours
That is 26.5 KWHs of total production.
That is tracking pretty close. The battery ran low enough that the DC system didn't have to go into Absorb or float, but it was right there. The voltage peaked just shy at 57.48 volts reported in the Victron app, absorb is set to 57.6 volts. The Schneider app is still reporting a bit higher voltage, showing a peak of 57.77 volts before the sun dropped enough that the battery began discharging again. Most likely it is going to top out the battery tomorrow and drop to float mode. In past years, I will exceed this by another 60% in May when the sum is right in line with my panel angle.
And we had a 4.6 Earthquake about 30 miles away. I was at work and the building wiggled pretty good. I was working inside our screening room which is actually isolated and floats on pads for sound deadening. The people in the regular office space felt it a lot harder.
My 4.8 KW Enphase system produced 18.9 KWH for 3.94 sun hours
MY 2 KW Victron DC system produced 7.6 KWHs for 3.8 sun hours
That is 26.5 KWHs of total production.
That is tracking pretty close. The battery ran low enough that the DC system didn't have to go into Absorb or float, but it was right there. The voltage peaked just shy at 57.48 volts reported in the Victron app, absorb is set to 57.6 volts. The Schneider app is still reporting a bit higher voltage, showing a peak of 57.77 volts before the sun dropped enough that the battery began discharging again. Most likely it is going to top out the battery tomorrow and drop to float mode. In past years, I will exceed this by another 60% in May when the sum is right in line with my panel angle.
shadowmaker
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Got 190kWh yesterday out of my 44kWp which seems to be max at this time of year (-27C morning, -15C afternoon, snow on the ground). All time best so far has been 334kWh from start of April last year, so things should go up pretty fast from here. PVWatts predicts almost 2,8MWh this month, which seems awfully high when you are still used to 2-5kWh daily yields in December.
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Finally - with the days slowly getting longer, the sun rising higher in the sky, and some creative rearrangement of my backyard panels - even transplanting a small palm tree - as of three days ago I'm no longer needing to supplement the solar with any grid power at all. Woo-hoo! 
Brucey
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Let me throw my hat in the ring. Apologies to anyone I may outproduce 
AZ Solar Junkie
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lol - had to look at it twice - thought it read 10kWh at first
timselectric
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I've been lucky. Running autonomously since the beginning of February.
I'm back, yeah baby.
I'm back, yeah baby.
42OhmsPA
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Nearly halfway through February and I've done better than December thanks to adding 720W of panels and the Victron.
Q-Dog
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We added a couple more panels right around the solstice, so every few days I can tell my wife we just had our best solar day ever. We had a beautiful clear and cool day today so in a few minutes I'll probably be able to say it again.
Brucey
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Did you see sig solar has free shipping on 10 or more panels? When I bought my 10 Hyundai 300W they only had the $150 shipping promo. So can potentially put the savings towards some 400W bifacial talesuns at $108, very similar Voc, just more amps.
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If you're looking for a pallet and don't mind silver frames it might be worth seeing if Inxeption will quote one.
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trdstarlet
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On February 10th, I achieved my best production of 42 kW. I managed to recharge my 6 3.6 kW DeltaPros and 4 5.12 kW EG4-LL's from nearly dead! I had to rely on the grid for 5 kW to get me through the night on February 9th; a week of rain and clouds didn't help! LOL. I need to install my other 10 panels (545W each) so I can generate more power on cloudy days. I believe I was pulling in 300-600W during cloudy weather with a 5 kW array. So I can only imagine the potential with 20 panels!
Q-Dog
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I already bought a full pallet of panels. Back surgery only let me put 2 of them up so far. I have some of the materials and panel racking for a pergola that can fit up to 20 panels, but I am not yet supposed to do any serious lifting.Did you see sig solar has free shipping on 10 or more panels? When I bought my 10 Hyundai 300W they only had the $150 shipping promo. So can potentially put the savings towards some 400W bifacial talesuns at $108, very similar Voc, just more amps.
Talesun 400W Bifacial Solar Panel (Black) | Up to 500W of Bifacial Gain | TP7G54M(H)
Signature Solar provides solar panels, off-grid solar systems, grid-tie, and hybrid systems. Quality solar inverters, bifacial solar panels, complete solar kits, solar batteries. Featuring brands such as EG4 Electronics with their solar battery, LifePower4 and EG4 LLifePower4 and EG4 LL
Brucey
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Suns shining bright but temps are 27F. Thinking of putting my 24v battery in a cooler along with 150/35 thinking it can prob keep things above freezing?
Brucey
Solar Wizard
So far so good, temp seems to stay around 46F in the cooler, can't get a full seal due to the solar cable input. Maxed out at 35A at 24V tho.
Brucey
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2.34 kWh today. Limited by 35A charger limit at 24V. Took my two redodos out at lunch and brought them in at dark. Thinking of a midnite solar 3 string combiner with DC breakers as the interface where the strings enter the house. Then I can switch to a 48V bank inside and bump up my input watts.
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