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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #30 on: August 24, 2026, 08:59:04 PM »
Finally we are now getting paid for the energy we're exporting  ;D.  A whole 12p a kWh.  That'd be £2.70 today, still it all adds up.

Shame about the 803 kWh they got from us for free though  Banghead
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« Reply #31 on: August 25, 2026, 09:33:11 AM »
Quote from: Steve on August 24, 2026, 08:59:04 PM
Finally we are now getting paid for the energy we're exporting  ;D.  A whole 12p a kWh.  That'd be £2.70 today, still it all adds up.

Shame about the 803 kWh they got from us for free though  Banghead

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Gonna be a piss-poor month for us... Local land was cleard (fire regs) which put dust everywhere and it has been very humid and overcast for August...
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #32 on: August 25, 2026, 09:41:31 AM »
We're definitely seeing generation diminishing and with rain the next few days we might soon be into net importing.

Mrs K is also well fed up with me checking the App to see how it's working.
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2026, 09:44:01 AM »
Quote from: Steve on August 25, 2026, 09:41:31 AM
We're definitely seeing generation diminishing and with rain the next few days we might soon be into net importing.

Mrs K is also well fed up with me checking the App to see how it's working.

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« Reply #34 on: August 27, 2026, 01:19:58 PM »





Just got the latest Lektrik bill...  cloud9:
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #35 on: August 27, 2026, 01:38:44 PM »
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Just got the latest Lektrik bill...  cloud9:
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Weirdly here the credits for exporting go through on a totally separate account.
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« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2026, 01:40:23 PM »
But I’m expecting good things:



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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2026, 01:43:41 PM »
Meantime what could possibly go wrong

Plug-in solar panels are coming to a shop near you
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« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2026, 02:00:09 PM »
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2026, 02:00:53 PM »
Quote from: Steve on August 27, 2026, 01:43:41 PM
Meantime what could possibly go wrong

Plug-in solar panels are coming to a shop near you


They've been available here for some time...
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #40 on: August 27, 2026, 02:19:47 PM »
Quote from: Barman on August 27, 2026, 02:00:53 PM
Quote from: Steve on August 27, 2026, 01:43:41 PM
Meantime what could possibly go wrong

Plug-in solar panels are coming to a shop near you


They've been available here for some time...
I assume there's some sort of interlock so the plug pins can't go live unless they can see an earth connection and have detected a 230V 50Hz signal.  But if these things become popular the less scrupulous Far East knock off manufacturers will start selling counterfeit ones with less than robust safety.  And that's before we get to DIY bodgers, IMHO the whole concept of supplying 230V power through plug pins is just not good.

The Fire Brigades are already nervous:  https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/2026-news/august/brigade-issues-its-top-tips-for-londoners-using-newly-introduced-plug-in-solar-panels/
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #41 on: August 29, 2026, 05:28:00 PM »
A day of gloomy weather and so not much free electricity - poorest day so far.  Worse it's windywoos so after one mini power cut have just forked out ~£4 to import electricity so we are covered until sun comes up tomorrow - it will won't it?

The halcyon solar days are over
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« Reply #42 on: August 30, 2026, 06:28:29 AM »
Quote from: Steve on August 29, 2026, 05:28:00 PM
A day of gloomy weather and so not much free electricity - poorest day so far.  Worse it's windywoos so after one mini power cut have just forked out ~£4 to import electricity so we are covered until sun comes up tomorrow - it will won't it?

The halcyon solar days are over

August has been shit so far - really hazy and overcast (but hot!)... Just 727kWh so far but the storm yesterday has cleared the air...
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #43 on: October 01, 2026, 09:55:32 AM »
Only 638kWh in September... But the app was off-line for a couple of days...  rubschin:
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Re: The All-New PV Panels Thread
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2026, 07:24:42 AM »
Quote from: Barman on October 01, 2026, 09:55:32 AM
Only 638kWh in September... But the app was off-line for a couple of days...  rubschin:
Digs out the App:

September

770kWh received from panels
 57kWh imported from grid, 93kWh exported for munny  Thumbs:

Apparently in our absence we exported 11.7 kWh yesterday  ;D

But the trend is clearly down now
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