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My Solar Power Installation

Sunday, May 15th, 2011 My PV Solar Stuff 1 Comment

Here are a couple of pictures of my 1.710 kW Solar installation.

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My solar monitoring in the 1st week (or so)

Sunday, May 15th, 2011 Monitoring 14 Comments

I have an Eversolar TL1500AS inverter and a PMU.

I’ve been using a Current Cost “Classic” for over two years to monitor my house usage. I’ve been logging the data from that daily using Dale Lane’s “currentcost” software. I have a licence for the Techtoniq software but don’t use it as it really needs a PC on all the time which defeated the purpose IMHO. ( http://wotid.com/target4000/index.html )

I bought a Current Cost EnviR and Bridge for my inverter and linked it to the Current Cost dashboard and Google Power meter so I could monitor the system where ever and when ever I wanted.

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The Price I pay for electricity

Saturday, May 14th, 2011 My PV Solar Stuff 1 Comment

Unlike just about everything else I buy in bulk, the more I buy the cheaper it is per unit, my electricity supplier charges more per unit the more I use. My electricity meter is read quarterly and now the first 333kW hours are at a lower rate than any over that. (Except during off peak periods.)

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