Solar Output - what does yours put out?

[DJVoorhees]

Hi All - This is just a curiosity thread, finally got my system turned on and was wondering what other folks daily output was. I didnt see a thread on it.

Mine -

Central Jersey, 16.32 system, Clear sunny June day = 104kwh for the day, max of about 13.2kwh peak output.
Cloudy Day = 50-80kwh for the day.


What are others seeing? Also interesting what others in my area are seeing during other seasons.

 

[spsheridan]

Not sure what you’re going for here since the responses to your question will be quite variable depending on how many tiles people have installed. Maybe you could modify your question with that additional piece of information so you can normalize the power levels you and other people are getting to better compare them.

 

[Southpasfan]

104 is a good day. In SoCal my 16.32 hits over 110 on pure sunny days, high so far was 121. But 35 of my panels are on an unshaded south array - I wish all 48 were but 13 are north facing

 

[jjrandorin]

Not sure why you downvoted the person who said that there is a lot of variables at play here, because there obviously are. This is similar to asking "I want to see what everyone pays for their car insurance, please post", with the added variable that not everyone is driving the same vehicle.

 

[skepticcyclist]

I get up to 40 kWh a day and peak at 4.5 kw with 19 panels. End up sending about 15-20 kWh back to the grid, about 6 kWh to my PW, and using the rest for my home. On good days I will only use about 500 watts from the grid, the rest of my house is supplied by solar and battery

 

[h2ofun]

I make about 180kwh per day

 

[scubastevo80]

Hi All - This is just a curiosity thread, finally got my system turned on and was wondering what other folks daily output was. I didnt see a thread on it.

Mine -

Central Jersey, 16.32 system, Clear sunny June day = 104kwh for the day, max of about 13.2kwh peak output.
Cloudy Day = 50-80kwh for the day.


What are others seeing? Also interesting what others in my area are seeing during other seasons.

Central/North NJ - 12.2kW system (most panels on southern facing front roof, then equal panels on E/W roof, and 3 panels on the north facing portion). On a clear June day with full sun, max output was 80kw on 6/17. Our peak was limited (its typically 11kW after rain cleans the panels) but stays closer to 10kW when dusty. Cloudy days we could see anywhere from 25kW to 50kW. Ours was just installed in March, so I can't tell you what my winter looks like.

 

[Silicon Desert]

Not sure why you downvoted the person who said that there is a lot of variables at play here, because there obviously are. This is similar to asking "I want to see what everyone pays for their car insurance, please post", with the added variable that not everyone is driving the same vehicle.

yes sir, I was wondering the same thing. I'm missing the point of this thread.

 

[DJVoorhees]

Not sure why you downvoted the person who said that there is a lot of variables at play here, because there obviously are. This is similar to asking "I want to see what everyone pays for their car insurance, please post", with the added variable that not everyone is driving the same vehicle.

I'm not "going for" anything. The post is simple and genuine, certainly not hard to understand. Just curious what others are seeing, no ulterior motives and I certainly understand the variables. Tesla uses Tshirt sizing now so it wil be easy to compare.

Thought it could be interesting to see what people are getting.

 

[DJVoorhees]

yes sir, I was wondering the same thing. I'm missing the point of this thread.

Really? Whats hard to understand, just a thread discussing output of similar panel sizing. I'm sure if I was curious there would be others.

 

[jjrandorin]

Tesla uses Tshirt sizing now so it wil be easy to compare.

Thats the thing, no, it actually wont, because a system size of 8.1 on your home and one in the next neighborhood over wont perform the same, let alone one in the next town, city, state.

 

[DJVoorhees]

Thats the thing, no, it actually wont, because a system size of 8.1 on your home and one in the next neighborhood over wont perform the same, let alone one in the next town, city, state.

Holy mackerel - looks like the intent was completely lost to you, just a light hearted info sharing thread, nothing to serious. If you don't want to partake due to the possibility of variables ruining the scientific value, don't participate. Like I said - it was just meant for sharing experiences.

 

[Silicon Desert]

Really? Whats hard to understand, just a thread discussing output of similar panel sizing. I'm sure if I was curious there would be others.

well yes, really. I think Spsheridan said it best, but seems you did not like that reply. I'm thinking that even if other people have similar system sizing, a comparison doesn't mean anything because of other variables like roof pitch, module orientation, module temperature in heat, module shading, efficiency, and probably some other things not coming to mind at the moment. Pretty much all the things that you didn't mention for comparison. However, I hope you get the information you are looking for

 

[h2ofun]

Central/North NJ - 12.2kW system (most panels on southern facing front roof, then equal panels on E/W roof, and 3 panels on the north facing portion). On a clear June day with full sun, max output was 80kw on 6/17. Our peak was limited (its typically 11kW after rain cleans the panels) but stays closer to 10kW when dusty. Cloudy days we could see anywhere from 25kW to 50kW. Ours was just installed in March, so I can't tell you what my winter looks like.

confused, are some of your number kwh's, no kw's?

 

[DJVoorhees]

confused, are some of your number kwh's, no kw's?

Day total = kWh, peak output in kW

 

[h2ofun]

Day total = kWh, peak output in kW

I know that, but he reported all his info, both day totals, and peak output, in KW's.

 

[jjrandorin]

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[Cshama]

18.36kw system in New York, Westchester. Good production on a June day would be 130kwh.
On a cloudy day 35-60 or so. 54 panels all SW facing

 

[roblab]

66 panels, half very old and small, but putting out 11 kW.

 

[scubastevo80]

confused, are some of your number kwh's, no kw's?

Sorry - I just did kw for everything, instead of accurately posting kilowatts vs kilowatt hours.