Wednesday 2 July 2014

June - Mid Winter is Upon Us

Well we are again in the low part of the cycle for the photovoltaic output and the core temperature.

This last month was a typical June with only 115kWhr's being produced for the month. The highest run for a day was only 7.53kWhr's on the first day of the month and nine days gave us less than 2kWhr's.


The graph below shows the comparison in monthly photovoltaic power runs for the last three years up to the end of June. Note the system started in February 2012.

The temperature in the core reserve from the DSHH system is now down to 22 degrees and this is the baseline setting for the internally heating system. This means we won't use any more heat from the core and hence we have to start back filling with electric heating, but already we are noticing through the power accounts that we are using significantly less to top up compared with the previous years. The winter sun still increases the core and keeps the floor slab within a comfortable range of 19 - 22 degrees.