Solar quotes for our house

[BruceS]

Yes there would be the odd day that it might be a problem but by watching the weather forecast & regulating your activities it's surprising how much you can 'time shift' if you really want to.
A week or so ago we had 2 or 3 real sunny clear sky days & we got 3 big loads of washing done, vacuumed real good, ran the dish washer and still 'equalised' the big Sonnenschein battery bank.
Yesterday & today I wouldn't even try running the electric shaver!!! (joking)

[T1 Terry]

I guess this is why we get so many enquiries regarding going off grid where people already have had solar installed.

I heard of people going completely off grid but must be hard to cater for all weather conditions
We have had our 6.5kw system since mid 2017 ( I have kept daily records of power generated - sad, I know), during months of November to February (in Perth) typically daily 30 to 44 Kw but a cloudy day will reduce to 18kw, during Perth winter typical max of 28kw easily drop to 10kw with a bit of rain etc. What prompted this post was we had a couple weeks of bad weather (cloudy & rain) and one day a lowest ever daily output of 1.59Kw
I guess if your off grid would have heaps more panels but must be a delicate balancing exercise

Usually they have a generator for the really bad periods, wired up so quite times are observed, but those on lithium batteries say they very rarely need to run it. A system we installed near Bodalla NSW a bit over 4 yrs back has only 2.8kW of solar I think, yet runs his 7kw ceiling cassette air con reverse cycle for the early autumn nights rather than lighting the wood fire. When he had the lead acid batteries he would run the Christies 12v generator every afternoon and only powered lights and the fridge from the system. Eventually they were running near full time on the generator because the battery pack had past on.
With the Rocky Point install (near Purnong SA) the system is huge, 10kW of solar and 31kW of lithium battery, but they also run 2 x 5kva inverters 24/7 and are city people who are conditioned to turning stuff on and forgetting to turn it off again with no idea about being power conservative or even conscious of how many high draw appliances they turn on at the same time. The only time the battery pack shut down was went to youngest son took some mates up there, turned the swampy on flat out and went to bed. The sun wasn't quite up early enough to catch it. People don't realise just how much power a swampy uses when on full loud, heaps more than a split system ceiling cassette system because it is always running at full load, never gets the place down to temperature and then cycles off a bit.

T1 Terry

[Newcastle George]

At last; 6.6kw of solar panels installed and working.

George

[BruceS]

That's such terrible news George!!
I watched a couple of retired persons actions after they had their installation activated.
One chap used to sit on a stool and watch the meter.
He had a book that he used to record the weather/clouds/rain/sunshine as well as watts generated at that time and also record daily figures.
Took about 6 months before he 'lost interest" in watching it!!
In the summer his wife had trouble getting him to come inside for the evening meal!!
So ........... can you only see what you sold or can you see total generated for the day?
OK, how much so far today?

[2foot6]

Great news George,finally done,time for a beer and it's your shout........Peter

[Newcastle George]

Peter, I've already had the one beer that I had in the fridge.

George

[Newcastle George]

Bruce, 4kWh since 2:30 pm. 3.55kWh to the grid
EDIT: I have 3.6kW facing east, 3kW facing west.

George

[BruceS]

huh! You think you're doing all right?
I'm in for $110mil tomorrow!!
Who's shout now? lol

[Newcastle George]

At 1pm our solar has produced 11.62kWh today with the east facing panels (3.6kW) showing an output of 17.64kW while those facing west (3.0kW) showing 16.17kW.

Bruce, are you sharing the $110mil?

George

[Mrcoolabah1au]

No he buying a bigger boat