Solar system generation check

[D14]

I can’t find the previous thread on this but what’s everybody’s system done over the autumn as ours isn’t great and wondering if somethings wrong with it.
70kw system
4078 kwh
19/10/19 - 14/01/20

 

[upnortheast]

Ours , 18/10 - 10/01 is 1691.. 30kw system So 56kwh / 1 installed Kw

Yours works out at 58 so very similar. You don`t say where you are . We are 55 degrees North

Very little high pressure this winter, so lack of sunny days is the problem

 

[D14]

Ours , 18/10 - 10/01 is 1691.. 30kw system So 56kwh / 1 installed Kw

Yours works out at 58 so very similar. You don`t say where you are . We are 55 degrees North

Very little high pressure this winter, so lack of sunny days is the problem

No idea of what degrees position we are. Is there an online checker?

 

[upnortheast]

No idea of what degrees position we are. Is there an online checker?

A map ?

 

[Exfarmer]

This Autumn / winter has been miserable so far.
I have no comparable figures as we have had some serious issues due to a lightning strike compounded by a power surge on New Years eve which has taken equipment out for some time

 

[EslingtonAndrew]

Poor generation for the back end of this year all over, increased cloud cover all over.

Can anybody tell me why the like of OPUS etc read the export/import meter for your generation per month but the FiT reading (quarterly) are taken directly from the panels? surely they should be the same?

 

[Exfarmer]

Poor generation for the back end of this year all over, increased cloud cover all over.

Can anybody tell me why the like of OPUS etc read the export/import meter for your generation per month but the FiT reading (quarterly) are taken directly from the panels? surely they should be the same?

Be careful some panel monitoring systems are not that accurate. You must MUST keep a check on your FIT meter!
all meters with a sim card can be read remotely and accurately, however they all are subject to occasional manusl reading by anindependentreader

 

[e3120]

Poor generation for the back end of this year all over, increased cloud cover all over.

Can anybody tell me why the like of OPUS etc read the export/import meter for your generation per month but the FiT reading (quarterly) are taken directly from the panels? surely they should be the same?

Opus etc will read the export meter monthly (or perhaps half-hourly) to determine what has been exported in order to pay accordingly. Fits are paid quarterly on actual generation, which will be greater if any is used on site.

 

[EslingtonAndrew]

Cheers guys,

I am just trying to get my head round a strange situation where are import/export meter is showing a lots more exported than the generation meter and I’m trying to work out why. We don’t use any of the generated power so I am a bit stuck with the numbers.

 

[Exfarmer]

Cheers guys,

I am just trying to get my head round a strange situation where are import/export meter is showing a lots more exported than the generation meter and I’m trying to work out why. We don’t use any of the generated power so I am a bit stuck with the numbers.

Firstly , I would start by reading both meters daily to see what is going on. my guess is your export meter has an issue but it may be your FIT meter needs replacing urgently