The October PV "cliff"
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:56 pm
I can certainly tell that October is here. PV generation has done it's usual October "falling off a cliff" trick. Rather than the 40 or more kWh per day we were getting a few weeks ago today we hit the giddy heights of 6.57kWh/ Just about enough to stop us pulling power from the grid all day, but the batteries are down to 52% now, so will end up charging during the off-peak period tonight. First time the battery SoC has dropped low enough to resort to charging from grid power since early April.
Still, no need for heating yet, the thermostat in the hall is sat at 22.8°C, so unless we get several cold days in a row I don't think we'll need the heating for a while yet. Might well be November before the heating is needed, with a bit of luck, and we're usually finished with heating by mid-March, so not too long to have to draw energy from the grid to stay comfortable.
Just hope tomorrow turns out to be a bit better than today, as the car could do with a top up. Not helped that we've had a couple of guys here every day for the past fortnight building a stone wall. That's meant more energy being used for making mugs of coffee plus the power needed to run their cement mixer for long periods every day. The older guy can't get over the fact that their mixer is running off batteries. . .
Still, no need for heating yet, the thermostat in the hall is sat at 22.8°C, so unless we get several cold days in a row I don't think we'll need the heating for a while yet. Might well be November before the heating is needed, with a bit of luck, and we're usually finished with heating by mid-March, so not too long to have to draw energy from the grid to stay comfortable.
Just hope tomorrow turns out to be a bit better than today, as the car could do with a top up. Not helped that we've had a couple of guys here every day for the past fortnight building a stone wall. That's meant more energy being used for making mugs of coffee plus the power needed to run their cement mixer for long periods every day. The older guy can't get over the fact that their mixer is running off batteries. . .