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Steve Booth
13th March 2017, 19:02
With our large family we use a pile of hydro per day with all electric appliances, We use more then most and are almost completely off grid. I was pretty impressed with the power I am making in noertheastern Ontario Canada 48th lat. Here is a shot of the total today. 33kwh 629AH

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j441/243deerhunter/DSC_0291_zpsivxvf4ha.jpg (http://s1086.photobucket.com/user/243deerhunter/media/DSC_0291_zpsivxvf4ha.jpg.html)
http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j441/243deerhunter/DSC_0290_zpsgk0qwdme.jpg (http://s1086.photobucket.com/user/243deerhunter/media/DSC_0290_zpsgk0qwdme.jpg.html)

How much does your system make at this time of year and what do you need to get by?, Cheers
Rob Beckers
14th March 2017, 06:34
That's a lot for an off-grid... I bet you'll not be making as much today or tomorrow though! :confused:

What do you have in PV and wind making power Steve? Thing is that the charge controllers probably throttled back when going into absorb, so actual potential to harvest energy must have been even more. Gotta love these very cold and very sunny days!

-RoB-
Steve Booth
14th March 2017, 20:12
Made 30.8kwh today and 28.3 KWH the day before yesterday loving march..Its all about glass people you want power use lots of glass..
Rob Beckers
15th March 2017, 06:13
Guess you were outside the path of the storm Steve. We haven't seen the sun for a while now.

-RoB-
Steve Booth
15th March 2017, 07:30
Yes we were lucky Rob , I guess ol man winter only gives up when the time is right. Another clear day today and a few more in the forecast loving the sun in Dec and Jan there was only a Cpl days of sun we made very lil. I had a problem with my sw4048 it quit working so after some phone calls Schneider electric not only caome good for the sw4048 they upgraded me to a xw5548 what a difference. Great customer satisfaction they also let keep my old ac/dc breaker boxes and sent me a new PDP to hook to the xw inverter. All they wanted back was the inverter. Cant say enough good things about Schneider. Cheers
Steve Booth
15th March 2017, 17:25
living in god's country is good
http://www.greenpowertalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1285&stc=1&d=1489616698
Cheers