Peak generation of a north facing array

SimonSays
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Re: Peak generation of a north facing array

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Stinsy wrote: Sun Apr 27, 2025 9:05 am What are your plans for installation? What size breaker is your existing inverter on? What is the cable size?
I'll install the Solis in the loft on the gable wall alongside the hybrid.
The current 3.68kW hybrid and the Eddi are fed from a mini CU that the installer put on the wall next to the meter. That in turn is fed from henley blocks.
It has a few spare ways and I think I'll just run a 2.5mm cable down from the loft to a bidirectional 10A RCBO.
This is probably short term as I plan to put six more panels on the flat roof, subject of course to approval from The Boss, when we re-roof it later this year. I'm not keen to run DC cables on the flat roof, and they'd need some shade mitigation, so I think I'll go for Hoymiles microinverters for those.
I've also measured up that gable wall and found four panels will fit there. That's a harder sell, though.
3.2kWp south facing solar array
3.6kWp north facing solar array
Growatt SPH 3600 TL BL-UP 3.6kW hybrid inverter
16.5kWh storage
2020 VW e-Golf, 35.8kWh
2022 Jaguar I-PACE, 90kWh
MyEnergi Zappi & Eddi
AGT
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Re: Peak generation of a north facing array

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You could use PV ultra or standard PV cables in conduit for extra protection from sunlight
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