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Old 04-07-18, 10:05 AM   #671
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My 4.4kW array
March 2018 = 606kWh (a very dry month, and my yard shows it)
March 2017 = 549kWh
March 2016 = 495kWh
March 2015 = 562kWh
March 2014 = 554kWh

Highest daily for March 2018 = 23.5kWhs (same as my best March day last year)

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Old 04-11-18, 03:04 PM   #672
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Yesterday I had one microinverter go to 0 power output a couple times that day. Today it is producing 0 power out.
I went into admin on the Envoy and tried to reboot it and clear-gfi.
That did not help.
I went to enphase website
https://service.enphaseenergy.com/users/sign_in
I filled a support ticket. A couple hours later I got an email from support they are sending me a new microinverter. It will ship out this Friday 13. Wow that was great service.
The old one I can just dispose of or send it prepaid back to them my choice.

I have a spare microinverter here I will just put that one in and keep the one they send me as the spare.

4/12 the spare is installed and tomorrow it should start making power.
This is one of our best solar months so I want the array ruining on all microinverters.
Happy to say my Array is back up running 100% new spare microinverter is producing power.

Enphase has shipped out the replacement microinverter as they stated they would.
I am very pleased with the quick simple warrenty experience.
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Old 04-18-18, 11:35 AM   #673
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It sure is nice to see spring we made 84.5 kWh yesterday. We have made over a 1 MWh power so far this month.
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Old 05-02-18, 04:36 PM   #674
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12.5 kW array we generated 1,788 kWh April 2018

We used a lot of power this month.
April 2017= 1,628 kWh
April 2016= 2,021 kWh
April 2015= 1,585 kWh
April 2014= 1,827 kWh

We made all the power we used and banked 133 KWh

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Old 05-03-18, 04:49 PM   #675
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For our 16.695 kW array, we generated 2.54MWh for April.
We had a blizzard that reduced output for about 4 days, so production only slightly outpaced March's output (2.47 MWh).

We had an excess 637 kWh over what we consumed, which resulted in a $25.14 credit which helped reduce our natural gas bill which is provided by the same company on a bundled billing.

So far my production is slightly better than I had estimated with PV Watts.
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My 6.38 kW system generated 1.01 MWh in April 2018. My house consumed 782.2 kWh in April. My utility resets my net metering account every March bill (about March 27th), so now as of April 30th I have 349 kWh banked in my net metering account.

For March my system generated 941 kWh and we consumed 853 kWh. We were able to get our net metering account down to about 100 kWh before the account was reset (they don't pay anything for excess power, they just keep it.)
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4.4kW array:
April 2018 = 587.67 kWh
April 2017 = 590.72 kWh
April 2016 = 619.33 kWh
April 2015 = 560.48 kWh
April 2014 = 674.43 kWh

Highest daily for April 2017 = 23.9kWhs
Highest daily for April 2018 = 24.4kWhs
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I have a solar android app that tells me how much solar I have made for the day the max peek for that day.
It gives lost of good stuff like This Month’s energy Adv Day…
The most rewarding feature it shows how much money we have made once the array was paid off.
We are up to $927 and every day it inches higher. Very rewarding seeing it go up.



5/27/2018 We have now saved $1,000 over our paid off investment.
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Old 06-04-18, 08:58 AM   #679
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12.5 kW array we generated 1,808 kWh May 2018
We used a lot of power this month.
May 2017= 1,820 kWh
May 2016= 1,922 kWh
May 2015= 2,144 kWh
May 2014= 2,076 kWh
We have 926 KWH banked for the winter.



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My 4.4kW array
May 2018 = 455kWh (a very wet month, and my production shows it)
May 2017 = 649kWh
May 2016 = 588kWh
May 2015 = 632kWh
May 2014 = 632kWh

My production for May 2018 may have been low, but I've got a fix for that in the works. ABF freight delivered another 5.6kW (Canadian Solar) and Enphase microinverters the other day. Now I need to update my 3-line diagrams, design a ground mount system, and jump through the permitting hurdles to collect more sunshine.

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