With some basic testing underway I wanted to share some early data with you so you can see the expected data read out and the software we are using

UPDATED : See the bottom of this post for an update and prototype pics So back in THIS POST i was continuing to get stressed that it seemed amazing to me that there isn’t a device out there that will measure and log the energy generated on a small solar panel so i could do a solar survey without having to pay

As the house plans are taking shape (see post on latest ideas) we are wanting to again do some solar surveys and this is turning into a bad case of Déjà vu and we aren’t getting anywhere, so here is my plea. What I’m looking for is a solar panel the size of an A4 piece of paper (21cm x

So now the euphoria of finally finding my solar power maths / research has finally died down (I slept on it) , I’m starting to question if it will ever “really” be worth it at all and here is why: With a quoted sun index of 3.5 hours (seems low from our experience) Burgundy using the Sharp panels as quoted

I’m spending far to much time getting hung up on solar energy by the looks of it and 9 times out of 10 I end up being beaten back with the stick about its expense and time to recover investment and all your energy and motivation gets just sucked out of you HOWEVER there comes a little bit of information

Thanks to the post here and the helpful guys over at TreeHugger.com (forum post), I’m pretty sure I’ve now got a good idea on how to price and size my solar install. I even know that I know want a “Grid-Tied” some system and not a total off the grid solution with solar contribution a % to our energy needs

There is an update to this post HERE This is was somewhat of a shout for help ! We are lucky enough to have a south facing roof @ 45-degrees to the sun on the “Grange” ( see below ) , and we need to do some sort of survey to see how much power we can generate and I’m