16.03.16: Start of photovoltaic assembly

Well, the Energy Meter has been installed since Monday. The battery is integrated. I see initial values - which are, of course, not yet conclusive. We are currently hardly buying any electricity... just producing, selling, storing, using ourselves. Even in cloudy weather, the output is sufficient, partly from the battery, which is then still fully charged again by the evening. It then lasts until about 3:30 a.m. despite power-hungry refrigerators before grid supply is necessary. The system actually does not produce any peaks... but runs very steadily from early to late. A very nice gadget. I am clear with the tax office, I still have to register as an entrepreneur. The municipal utilities still want the BNETZ-A number... everything is on track. Thus, the project is successfully completed except for a few pieces of paper.

Very interesting, please do report now and then how it is going. :-)

I skimmed the thread roughly but didn’t find any numbers right away. How much has your "toy" cost in total so far? Maybe a bit broken down?

Regards,
Christian

What base load do you have? If the full battery only lasts until 03:30, that's not really long, or depending on how many kWh are consumed in the evening... it certainly looks a bit better in the summer.

What kind of base load do you have? If the full battery only lasts until 3:30 AM, that's not really long, or depending on how many kWh are consumed in the evening... it certainly looks a bit better in summer.

About 4-5 kWh run overnight.
The old refrigerators... ventilation...

But the battery is small: 2 kWh.

Sure: it’s better in summer – I think from October to February it's mostly "running low."

PS: Currently we consume about 12.5 - 14.5 kWh/day.

With the 2kWh you won't manage it even in summer.

Here is our result from today and the weather was really great.

The evening and the night will also ruin your plans in summer.