Panels don’t seem to produce much

[littleharbor2]

Lead acid batteries have.

 

[SamDeleted]

Lead acid batteries have.

They have here too , not sure why though as lead hasn't gone up, possibly a symptom of the move to lithium

Keep in mind that 26 kwh has only 13 kwh of daily usable capacity

Rated for 900 cycles to 100%dod according to the manufacturer



Anyway I think we are going off topic ?

 

[Tiagoo]

Thanks everyone for the replies! There’s no more obstructions and I’ve cleaned the panels so let’s see what happens tomorrow..
Our generator keeps tripping on 12v so might have to get a 240 battery charger. Because our engine also can’t charge them.. (oil leak on our last trip seized the engine ?)

Have a good Monday everyone!

 

[Michael's Turtles]

Now this is demoralising! Why are governments investing so much money on solar then? Unless we get a solar farm on the Sahara desert, I don’t see how solar can be useful in the winter..

Not everyone lives in a sunless place? Not every day is sunless even in places with less sun. Even if you do live in a place with very limited sun during the winter, that's one season out of four, while the other three might be producing plenty of good energy from the sun, which in many places reduces the localized air pollution (or would if there were more homes on solar).

 

[42OhmsPA]

Would tilting the panels make that huge a difference? I can build the stands and tilt them but if it’s to increase 10 or 20% doesn’t seem ideal.

Yes. It makes a drastic difference.

1Mwh SRNE ASF48100U200-H 10kw. ?? ??

Fedex came in today ? Will open a thread to not derail yours... when everything gets here... Thanks to your review... i got mine ... ? Woo-Hoo!! Congrats! Keep us posted on your progress!

diysolarforum.com

Rain and clouds will cripple production. On a sunny day I see ~40kwh from my arrays in the summer, ~30kwh in the winter. On a rainy cloudy day I'm lucky to produce 3kwh...

 

[Tiagoo]

Hello everyone.

For some reason the mppt isn’t showing me today’s production. Has anyone had that problem before?
It clearly produced something, I’m just curious how much. Apparently peak production was about 60w, which I still find weird on almost 700w array.