[chbot] Would this talk be appropriate for the next meeting?

[Richard Jones]

Jasper,

You can see how much power was generated by my 3kW solar pv system
over the winter here: http://jones-solar.no-ip.biz/ Click on Charts,
Last Year to get a histogram of daily generation.
Through the winter we used more power in the house than was generated
by solar. On the groups of days we generated no significant power at
all, a system twice the size would not have made much difference. It
may be cost effective to charge on night rate through the winter and
solar pv spring, summer and autumn.

I've not figured out how to use solar pv to charge a car if you use it
to commute to work during the daytime.

Richard

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Jasper Mackenzie
<jasper.mackenzie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Peter for the offer,
>   From my perspective and I am sure many of those in The Group, the most
> valuable information you could impart to us from your experience as a
> professional installer would be Industry Best Practices, or better, the
> Industry Best Practices that matter. Tips and tricks; The Do's and Dont's
> you have gleaned from many installs, successes and failures.
>
> Another reality of solar is that we mostly buy whole panels and in most
> cases it is cheapest to buy whole controllers from the likes of Aliexpress
> etc. So a sales pitch may not be out of the question. Bearing in mind that
> we are all DIY'ers, I think the value to us as a group is
> as-close-to-wholesale prices on panels etc.
>  (and or) Your experience importing and the pitfalls etc could also be an
> interesting topic for the group.
>
> I am looking forward to the day I can afford to put 6kW+ on my roof so I can
> charge my eV in winter! (6kW is what I need according to solarview)
>
>
>> There is a conflict of interests here in that I run a business importing
>> solar equipment and I would like to invite ~10 customers to attend. The talk
>> would be on the practical aspects of installation and include pictures from
>> my system. It is not intended to be a sales pitch.
>>
>> Pros:
>> This topic has been of interest to members of the group and may prove
>> useful to some.
>> The talk would attract some new faces to the meeting.
>>
>> Cons:
>> I could be seen to be hijacking the meeting for commercial purposes.
>>
>> Please let me know your thoughts both for and against. Feel free to
>> contact me directly if you prefer confidentiality.
>
>
> On a related note, I think it would be _Very_ interesting to all of us to
> hear from the physicists in the materials group who were (maybe still are)
> working on triband solar, which _will_ be the next big thing. I am sure we
> can convince Roger Reeves (???) to come and talk, unless all this is
> sensitive now.
>
> Just my $5
>
> Jasper
>
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