Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤
Sean HeberMe everyday now that I have solar panels:
Marina Epelman
🇺🇦🇪🇺 cweickhmann@bigzaphod That's also 80% of remaining Facebook users 😅
Parttimesailor@bigzaphod where did they get my picture? Mine have produced more power than we use, since the fall of 2023.😃
The ol' tealeg 🐡@bigzaphod ha, exactly! I hate those winter weeks when we can’t run entirely off the sun!
Euripides Phartz@bigzaphod Also me after buying ANY astronomy gear.
Arnd Layer
Alex Hoffmann
Plausible Human Being@bigzaphod This is the reason why I'm eyeing those little wind turbines with lust. Things are almost as bad where I live as they are in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Edit: Hmm. Worse than Seattle?
The Penguin of Evil@LovingFalloutLondon1954 @bigzaphod Trouble with turbines is that they are enormously dependent upon having a big enough swept area and smooth airflow to generate power. So if you can see your neighbour without a telescope you probably don't have room 8(
dasgrueneblatt@bigzaphod yes, exactly
derlemue
Jamie@bigzaphod Tell me about it! This large tree reduces my output on every sunny day during the winter, just when I need it most. The tree is mine, but to fell a mature Ash tree in pursuit of a "green" lifestyle would be absurd.
Andy FletcherYou might consider optimisers on the panels to keep the system working under shading.
Alternatively split the array into short strings to limit the impact of a couple of shaded panels.
@X31Andy @bigzaphod Thanks Andy. I went with the second option. I was negotiating with my DNO for 3 years. So had been monitoring the shading where the proposed shed was to be. There are 54 400W panels, split into 6 strings of 9. 4 strings on the roof, 2 on the front. Split to mitigate a crossing shadow. Shed was built for PV, south facing, 20 degree roof for summer, vertical panels for winter. Just added a post about it :-
https://mas.to/deck/@ArborealTechie/116351070071408084
https://mas.to/deck/@ArborealTechie/116351070071408084
Jamie (@[email protected])
Attached: 3 images We fitted solar thermal (hot water) panels when re-roofing in 2006. They've been great and very cost effective. Added solar PV around them in 2011. In 2023, using over 10 years import/export data I calculated the optimum extra PV/batteries needed to satisfy most of our power needs and covered a shed in PV. The shed is south facing with a 20 degree roof. The vertical panels help in winter.
Vive Levant
TinheadNed@bigzaphod Mine are ordered and I will absolutely be doing this. But the battery will stop me telling my wife to run the washing machine overnight!
Disco3000@bigzaphod in December/January I yell at mountains that switch of production half past 2 🫤 here in Bavaria. Luckily the sun gets over that mountain pretty quick again after winter solstice.
Robin Barton@bigzaphod I thought this was a reference to Trump
Paco Hope@bigzaphod I have been able to power my old man rage using organic, artisanally sourced curmudeonness. Solar panels just made my yelling at clouds more environmentally friendly.
Ronnie@bigzaphod @Heliograph Move here… no clouds.
@bigzaphod @Heliograph 84% of possible sunshine hours have sunshine with over 3,800 hours per year of sunshine. Also I don’t have solar which I should.
Larry Anderson 🕊️@larand @bigzaphod @Heliograph They’d probably also like it if I was putting electricity back into their grid to help out with the peak times although, knock on wood, we’ve never had issues like that. Apparently our electrical grid is very robust. The alternative to not having power is a lot of deaths so I guess they make it work.
Matt Pollari
Martin Owens 
Incident Creator ❎@bigzaphod
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Thomas ArendI hate nights. Nights cost me a lot of money.