Fitting Electric Oven - How to Connect New World NW601F Built In Electric Oven

The built in electric oven in the house had broken so I bought a new one from the fantastic AO.com. Ordered on a Sunday and the new oven was delivered the next day - an amazingly good service!

The New World Newworld NW601F Built In Electric Single Oven was shown as requiring professional installation by an electrician but on delivery it appeared that the connection to the power supply was identical to the existing oven so could be connected very easily.

Replacing Electric Oven - How to Connect New World NW601F Built In Electric Oven

How to Access the Terminals on New World NW601F Built In Electric Oven?

The rear of the oven has a black plastic cover that conceals the electrical terminals, you may need to use a small screwdriver to unclip the tabs that clip into place preventing the cover opening accidentally. Once the cover is open the terminals are visible so you can connect the N, L and Earth cables to the oven with the blue, brown and green cables. Once done, refit the oven in the kitchen and screw the sides to the units.



Fitting an electric oven to existing socket

Fitting an electric oven to existing power supply

How to open electrical terminal cover on New World oven

How to open electrical terminal cover on New World oven

How to fit New World NW601F Built In Electric Oven to power supply

August 2014 Poor Solar Generation

August 2014 was a very poor month for electricity generated from our solar panels with the lowest August generation since we had the panels and worse than June or July too.

During the month our solar panels produced 319kWh of electricity compared to 405kWh in August 2013.

Hopefully August solar panel output will be surpassed in September with sunny weather forecast for at least the first week or two.



August 2014 Poor Solar Generation

2014 Best Year Ever for Solar PV Installations in UK

Latest press release from Solar Essence shows that 2014 is UK solar PV's most popular year so far

2013's solar record is eclipsed as PV capacity installed in the first 6 months of 2014 is higher than the whole of last year

2013 was a record year for solar power installations, with an estimated 1.2GW installed across the UK. This figure has been bettered in just 6 months of 2014, however, with 1.47GW capacity installed already according to analysts NPD Solarbuzz.

Solar PV has benefited from stable government incentives, leading to low prices and strong returns.

Search Renewable Installations FIT Register - View Solar Installations by Region

The government keep a record of all solar and renewable energy installations in the UK that are eligible for FIT - Feed In Tariff payments. These details are published several times a year as an Excel spreadsheet but due to the volume of data it isn't very easy to see so I looked at loading the entire data set into a database to view instead.

The first view to search the data in the UK Renewable Installations FIT Register is here

This shows the number of FIT installations per UK regional area but other searches and views can be available.

If you would like to see the data in another way or to search for your own or nearby installations then please leave a comment with suggestions



Search Renewable Installations FIT Register

June 2014 Solar Panel Output Generation

Now that the sun has set I've checked the numbers for June 2014 and it has been our second best month for our solar panels. We generated a total of 420kWh of electricity this month which is some way of the best month ever which was 484kWh in 2013.

As seems to be usual at the moment predicted rain never materialised and June was a pretty dry month which many sunny spells which helped give a good generation total for the month. Although June is the month with the longest day, it is also at a disadvantage with warmer days which reduce solar electricity generation and one less day than July or May.

June 2014 Solar Panel Output Generation

Our total since we had our panels installed in November 2011 is now 8191kWh which I think must be pretty good as British Gas didn't believe our last FIT generation reading submitted and insisted that we provide a photo of the generation meter to verify it.

Solar Panel Shading - What is the Impact on Generated Output?

How does shading affect Solar Panel Electricity Output?

The simple answer is a lot. The more detailed answer is that it depends on your inverter setup. If you had separate strings on the inverter or micro inverters then the impact of shading on panels can be mitigated and generation from the unshaded panels maintained.

For shading such as below with a telegraph pole casting a shadow over the panels in winter this would be a suitable option to optimise the output of the unshaded panels.

Solar Panel Shading - What is the Impact on Generated Output?

However with the panels in the location in the photos below I doubt there is anything that can be done to optimise output when all the panels are covered in shade. These photos were taken in mid winter when there were no leaves on the trees. In spring and summer I'd expect those panels to be shaded virtually the whole day.

New FIT Feed in Tariff Rate from April 2014

The FIT Rate (Feed in Tariff) changes in April each year and increases by the RPI inflation rate for December the previous year. So the April 2014 FIT rate is based on the 2.7% RPI inflation for December 2013.

The new FIT rate for 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 is:

48.07p per kWh plus export tariff of 3.39p per kWh with 50% deemed export

In total that means you will be paid 48.07 + (3.39/2) = 49.8p per kWh

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/85846/010214rpiadjustedtariffspv1.pdf

FIT Rate April 2014