At Baldocks mill (bourne Lincolnshire) I fitted a solar grid inverter to the PM generator to feed power into the grid, you've probably seen the videos, cheers@@bootsowen
@@bootsowen 800w @ low flow for 7MW per year ain't half bad! Their system desperately needs battery storage; Put the kettle on and you're still paying for half the electricity usage. Perhaps in that instance you need a slower kettle.
After reading Andy's book I had an uncharacteristic blast of rampant consumerism and bought a modestly priced travel kettle. these usually have a low wattage. I think I got 1000w. It's a balancing act, and doing anything is better than nothing, as you show on your channel
Yes, what components are actually drawing the power when in the non charge state ? At that level of draw from the grid, is it even worth shunting to 1 inverter, or disconnect ? Depending on your 'average' mean loss p/d
@@bootsowen what's involved in that putting 2 into 1 ? If it's to be done every winter it needs to be handy ? & Never forgotten when summer rolls in so 1 inverter isn't over worked as Master Andy advised.
Hi, can I add a second question in addition to @tommyhanlon8012? If you put the two strings in series, does the voltage exceed the inverter rating even though power generation is dismal?
I didn't check the total voltage to see if it would be ok on one input. I put the 5 panel string into the inverter on the left, the ABB, today. No issue. The inverter is able to take all 14 panels, but I'm not sure if they should be split in two. 9 panels ~250v dc and 5 panels ~150v DC. so maybe 400v in series, but given that there are 2 aspects it should never go high on the watts. As for remembering, well, we will see!
Well done Owen, and I have 7 inverters and I figure that at dusk they each draw 20w,, cheers
It’s a big number but you’ve got big batteries. Kris harbour has put up an interesting series about an overshot water generator at 1.5kw
At Baldocks mill (bourne Lincolnshire) I fitted a solar grid inverter to the PM generator to feed power into the grid, you've probably seen the videos, cheers@@bootsowen
@@bootsowen 800w @ low flow for 7MW per year ain't half bad! Their system desperately needs battery storage; Put the kettle on and you're still paying for half the electricity usage. Perhaps in that instance you need a slower kettle.
After reading Andy's book I had an uncharacteristic blast of rampant consumerism and bought a modestly priced travel kettle. these usually have a low wattage. I think I got 1000w. It's a balancing act, and doing anything is better than nothing, as you show on your channel
Right on, apathy will see the extinction of the species, cheers @@bootsowen
i have an old soladin 600 on one of my systems . it toal shuts down other two dont sunnyboy and power one
I have a sunnyboy that I haven't connected up, Might need more experiments!
Yes, what components are actually drawing the power when in the non charge state ? At that level of draw from the grid, is it even worth shunting to 1 inverter, or disconnect ? Depending on your 'average' mean loss p/d
It's probably just the wee green light on the front! 20w bulb? I have put two into one today to see out the rest of winter.
@@bootsowen what's involved in that putting 2 into 1 ? If it's to be done every winter it needs to be handy ? & Never forgotten when summer rolls in so 1 inverter isn't over worked as Master Andy advised.
Hi, can I add a second question in addition to @tommyhanlon8012? If you put the two strings in series, does the voltage exceed the inverter rating even though power generation is dismal?
I didn't check the total voltage to see if it would be ok on one input. I put the 5 panel string into the inverter on the left, the ABB, today. No issue. The inverter is able to take all 14 panels, but I'm not sure if they should be split in two. 9 panels ~250v dc and 5 panels ~150v DC. so maybe 400v in series, but given that there are 2 aspects it should never go high on the watts. As for remembering, well, we will see!
This interesting but ultimately no energy in the scheme of things.