My solar set a new record yesterday

[orezok]

I have a ground mount 7.53 kW system that I installed. Yesterday it produced 56 kW with a peak of 7.1 kW at about noon. That’s a 94% efficiency. I set the panels at 25 degree so May and November produce my greatest outputs.

So far this month I produced more power than I used every day.

Gotta love that desert sun!

 

[ponytug]

Congratulations! Who is the local utility?

 

[orezok]

Congratulations! Who is the local utility?

SCE

 

[5030]

So tell us what they are paying you for the overage? Bet it's not the billed KWH rate.

 

[orezok]

So tell us what they are paying you for the overage? Bet it's not the billed KWH rate.

No, but it’s enough that last year my total usage bill was $165 and this year tracking about the same. 2460 SF all electric house except for the propane standby generator.

 

[5030]

What works for you don't necessarily work for everyone. Up here we have more overcast days than sunny ones.

Curious as the what your system cost complete with storage batteries and controllers?

 

[jyoutz]

What works for you don't necessarily work for everyone. Up here we have more overcast days than sunny ones.

Curious as the what your system cost complete with storage batteries and controllers?

Where I live many people have home solar systems, but few are off grid with storage batteries. Most do net metering connected to a power company. When the system is producing power, it goes into the grid and the meter spins backwards. When the house demand is greater than the system is producing, the meter spins forward. The bill is adjusted accordingly. My neighbor gets a check from the electric company every six months because his system produces more than he uses.

 

[5030]

Where I live many people have home solar systems, but few are off grid with storage batteries. Most do net metering connected to a power company. When the system is producing power, it goes into the grid and the meter spins backwards. When the house demand is greater than the system is producing, the meter spins forward. The bill is adjusted accordingly. My neighbor gets a check from the electric company every six months because his system produces more than he uses.

It is sunny and dry in NM, much more so than here.

 

[Molalla1]

It is sunny and dry in NM, much more so than here.

Right . . . ask how the water is there . . .

 

[jyoutz]

It is sunny and dry in NM, much more so than here.

They still generate excess power during the rainy season. Cloudy weather still generates power. Only darkness shuts down the power generation. The systems are of course less effective during cloudy days. But that’s when some is purchased from the power company. Better to buy power sometimes than everyday. We get more cloudy and wintry days than I think most people realize.