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Solos Solar Array production stats - December 2025

With a good amount of snow coming around last month we lost solar on the days I did not remove the snow. Only array C did I clear off the panels, as it was truly off grid and needed to recover power during the day. The other array I just left covered until it melted on its own. So we indeed lost a few days of productivity by that. Even with the snow removed from array-C it only barely made more than the A+B so I think it was just a pretty cloudy month in general.

In the month of December we produced 1401.8 kWh (1.40 Mwh) on the farm.

It has also been mostly cloudy, only with a few days of full sun. Many times I find myself charging my electric vehicle during that time instead of mining. But I think during the summer I should have more power produced, and the battery powered machines are more efficient during the summer as warmer temperatures make the batteries run better.

Using excess solar power the farm mined 0.00021086 Bitcoin valued at $18.77 based on the current Bitcoin price of $89,937

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Array A production stats:

Load: 1996.7 kWh PV: 234.7 kWh Grid Import: 1882.8 kWh Battery Charge: 117.6 kWh Battery Discharge: 100.6 kWh

Array A build:

System Size = 5.5 kWp DC Panels = Sungoldpower Monocryalline 60 cell (12 Panels, 450 Watts each) Mounting System = Brightmount EG4 screwed into 6x6 timbers Wiring: 1x 8 AWG 19 strand PV direct bury wire pair Inverters = 2x Sol-Ark 15k all-in-ones (240V)

Battery Backup = 48 3.2v EVE LF280 LiFePO4 280AH batteries Battery Management system = Daly Smart BMS 16S 48V 500A Battery Capacity = 45.696 kWh (840AH)

Propane Generator = Briggs and Stratton Power Protect 26kw

Array B production stats:

Load: 1234.6 kWh PV: 561.1 kWh Grid Import: 777.6 kWh Battery Charge: 302.6 kWh Battery Discharge: 256.2 kWh

Array B build:

System Size = 9 kWp DC Panels = Sungoldpower Monocrystalline 60 cell (20 Panels, 450 Watts each) Mounting System = Brightmount EG4 screwed into 6x6 timbers Wiring: 2x 8 AWG 19 strand PV direct bury wire pair Inverters = Sol-Ark 15k all-in-one (240V)

Battery Backup = 48 3.2v LiFePO4 290AH batteries (unknown brand) Battery Management system = Daly Smart BMS 16S 48V 250A Battery Capacity = 47.328 kWh (870AH)

Propane Generator = Briggs and Stratton Power Protect 22kw

Array C production stats:

Load: 500.3 kWh PV: 606 kWh Grid Import: 0 kWh Battery Charge: 243.8 kWh Battery Discharge: 218.4 kWh

Array C build:

System Size = 9 kWp DC Panels = Eco-worthy Bifacial 190W (2 strings of 48 panels running at 275v each) Mounting System = 12 Eco-worthy Multi-panels mount holds four panels each. Wiring: 2x 8 AWG 19 strand PV direct bury wire pair Inverters = Sol-Ark 15k all-in-one (240V)

Battery Backup = 3x Pytes V5 batteries Battery Management system = Built in Pytes BMS Battery Capacity = 15 kWh (272AH)

Totals combined for all arrays (A+B+C):

1401.8 kWh (1.40 Mwh) produced for the month of December

Previous solar stats:

Comments · 15

@marjuanm(60)· 259d
very interesting!

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@adyiron(73)· 274d
Snow and overcast weather severely limited power generation, but the off-grid Array C performed relatively well thanks to prompt snow removal.
@mysteriousroad(73)· 275d
Raining and snow days are always challenging for solar …

Happy new year 😀😀
@nicklewis(70)· 275d
That’s very impressive. Weirdly this post showed up as being posted but @steevc using the Ecency app but suspect it’s actually published by @solominer
@stresskiller(73)· 275d
Congratulations !! You have been manual curated and upvoted by @ecency
@reachdreams(73)· 275d
Snow and clouds are the worst enemies of solar panels. But it's still cool to see the system still working and being utilized.
@ponpase(72)· 275d
I think I should follow your example in the future, but I don't know where I will put those tools, I don't know where in the forest, which is far from the reach of investigations, haha
@steemflow(81)· 275d
May the Sun bright up the bitcoin holding 😎, surely this time it get tough to generate much power, but soon when the weather gets better there are better outcome in every aspect.
@latinowinner(58)· 275d
keep up the good work
@seattlea(78)· 276d
When I had solar power on my lake stevens house it had microinverters as your big inverters. The advantage was that every panel has its own inverter so the system is more efficient particularly on cloudy days and especially in partial shade or snow obstruction scenarios.

I also noticed that on cloudy days my solar produced almost as much electricity as on sunny days...
@steevc(81)· 276d
You can't expect too much solar at this time of year, but as long as the sun can reach the panels you get something.

I plan to do a roundup for 2025 with my solar as it's the first full calendar year. I rely on the inverter app and my energy supplier for the stats.

Happy new year!
@bozz(83)· 276d
Not horrible, but if the price of BTC goes up it will be even better. With the other stuff you are running off the array what timeline do you think your ROI will be?
@zekepickleman(79)· 276d
I bet you would generate much up here this month with the sun setting at 5pm, the constant cloud cover from lake effect snow, and having to remove all the damn snow we are getting.

How much of a job is it to remove the snow from the arrays? I bet it would be easy to look at the excess energy you would gain in the value of bitcoin mined and easily decide it is not worth the effort.

I do love seeing the amount you are slowly amassing and enjoy seeing the difference from month to month.
@urrirru(65)· 276d
Perhaps Hive is now generating more income than a solar farm?