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Re: Suggestion For Solar Forecasting Apps
I suppose this strongly depends on where you live in our wonderful land. When I lived in the flatlands I could walk outside and see the the weather coming half a day away. Here in the rain shadow of …1 · -
Re: Carrington scale solar event in a couple days by known geophysicist?
People are very bad about evaluating risks... From a poster 27 years ago: https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/82800#Comment_82800 Humans are wired to be irrational about evaluating ri…2 · -
Re: Carrington scale solar event in a couple days by known geophysicist?
In Theory, the Faraday cage works because the metal "screen" intercepts the electromagnetic waves and converts them into current--inside of the screen itself. And that current is "coun…1 · -
Re: Carrington scale solar event in a couple days by known geophysicist?
My understanding of solar flare magnetic coupling damage is that you have to have a long conductor coupled with the magnetic pulse to create any damage. So just don't connect to those long condu…1 · -
Re: Off Grid Generac
That model is not meant to backfeed a panel directly. There is no jumper you can add. It needs a proper transfer switch or an inverter setup to connect safely. If it starts but does not power the pa…1 · -
Snow vs. panel orientation
When I joined this board there was frequent mention of dealing with snow covered panels. Much of the reason that I settled on ~45 degrees. It worked - any snow is almost always shed by 11am. During t…1 · -
Re: I need help diagnosing my solar system as my inverter does not recognize my solar array
Thank you all for your support, direction and advice. I have managed to get my inverter to take a charge from my solar array. I left my solar array as I wired it; two strings of 5 in series. Thank yo…2 · -
Re: Decision fatigue, feeling a little overhwelmed
Several comments... Shade--That is a solar panel killer (very harsh for solar electric where one or a couple small branches worth of shade can easily kill 50% or more of a solar electric array's…1 · -
Re: Is anyone currently living with a solar plus battery storage system, and what has your experience be
Essentially, if you design the system correctly (capacity/efficiency vs loads etc.) and buy good gear you can get what you pay for! So the short answer is, yes - batteries can just work. For example,…1 · -
Re: It's going to be close to cost effective! or Off grid at 26 cents a KWh!
In general, use of battery clamps is not a good idea--Even for a "quick test". It is not unusual for such a setup to barely power up an unloaded AC Inverter. Add a bit of a load, and you mi…1 ·
