Balcony solar PV

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Fintray wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:16 am
Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 7:27 am i think i'll go with black on black for the timbers & brackets. try and keep it all so the eye slides away rather than getting hooked up on one detail. Lofty dreams! :lol:

I need to find somewhere I can get an 8" kingpost in the round about 10' long.. :xx: Telegraph pole or similar if anyone in Aberdeenshire knows a source?
There's an ex electricity pole sitting in a field near me.
Would it be available 🤔
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Re: Balcony solar PV

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Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:50 am
Fintray wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:16 am
Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 7:27 am i think i'll go with black on black for the timbers & brackets. try and keep it all so the eye slides away rather than getting hooked up on one detail. Lofty dreams! :lol:

I need to find somewhere I can get an 8" kingpost in the round about 10' long.. :xx: Telegraph pole or similar if anyone in Aberdeenshire knows a source?
There's an ex electricity pole sitting in a field near me.
Would it be available 🤔
It would be. :D
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Re: Balcony solar PV

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Fintray wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:56 am
Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:50 am
Fintray wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:16 am

There's an ex electricity pole sitting in a field near me.
Would it be available 🤔
It would be. :D
Excellent, could it be today? (He chanced)?
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Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 10:31 am
Fintray wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:56 am
Joeboy wrote: Thu May 09, 2024 9:50 am

Would it be available 🤔
It would be. :D
Excellent, could it be today? (He chanced)?
No worries if not, busy tomorrow! 😉
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Re: Balcony solar PV

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Nice to see No1's place outputting over 600W with a 700W peak.

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That roof looks ripe for some panels
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Not wishing to hijack this thread and unsure wether to post here or the "every little counts thread" but ................
tonights success ........
Have always been unhappy with heatpump outside unprotected -even though they are designed to be outside . Covers are usually cheap painted steel exposed to all the elements.
So have put a cover on mine.
Love these micro inverters , - temporary electrical connection ,but my dedicated solar circuit (so i can monitor) is only approx 5m away.....
Evening (and morning shade tho) .
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ecogeorge wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 8:14 pm Not wishing to hijack this thread and unsure wether to post here or the "every little counts thread" but ................
tonights success ........
Have always been unhappy with heatpump outside unprotected -even though they are designed to be outside . Covers are usually cheap painted steel exposed to all the elements.
So have put a cover on mine.
Love these micro inverters , - temporary electrical connection ,but my dedicated solar circuit (so i can monitor) is only approx 5m away.....
Evening (and morning shade tho) .
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Interested in theoretical generation off that bonny roof and load drawn.on these Summer evenings by the HP? Are you close to balance? 🤞

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Nice eco George, can you advise what microinvertwe
You are using?
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Use these ......... but they are getting more pricey ........
Panel is 200w 33v OC.
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1600w Vertical PV micro inverters
2000w almost horizontal/south
Aarrow Becton 7 Woodburner
Dream 3kw ASHP only connected to summer Pool.
Allotment heavy clay.
1.784kw Kirk Hill
0.875kw Derril Water
0.2kwWhitelaw Brae
1kw Harlow Hydro.
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