Carrington scale solar event in a couple days by known geophysicist?

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softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
in Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vyxVOJcKnk

What to do?
First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
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    Delay the next NASA launch for sure. 
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  • Graham Parkinson
    Graham Parkinson Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭✭
    #3
    Thanks for this informative video.  Lots of good info, along with a few bits of entertaining speculation!!

    Offgrid in cloudy PNW

    Full Schneider system with 18 REC 420W panels, 100A-600V controller, XWPro, Insight Home, six Discover AES Rackmount 5kW batteries, Slimline enclosure, Lynk II, AGS, H650,  H2200, H3000 (Propane conversion on Victron AutoTrans with Gen Line 2 wire AGS on AC1), Kubota 4500, Onan 7500 (on second AGS and AC2).

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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
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    Think he gave it a 10-20% chance of being a big deal. 
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    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
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    No updates in past 20 hours.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnDlasfHjrs
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJt9eSRw7dA
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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
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    Dodged another bullet apparently. If we find that a Cat 5 solar storm is coming it may help to turn off the charge controller and inverter? That is my understanding. But civilians have almost no way of knowing. Cat 5 solar storm is a Carrington scale event. We have no idea how often they occur. 
    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • SumPower
    SumPower Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭
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    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 conductors that we call the grid.
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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭
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    ^^ So grid tied systems could easily get cooked. One less thing for me to worry about.
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  • JRHill
    JRHill Registered Users Posts: 492 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 7 #11
    I thought the whole thing about a *well* grounded faraday cage was to completely shield something as the Carrington scale event or an EMP would kill it just from the field encompassing the whole area? Of course all this stuff is subject to intensity and distance from the event itself.

    I do have spares for the VFXR and FM so have thought about this - at least for a moment or two. But then what about the panels and now the LFP04 Simplify blocks with their BMS? What is gonna be left to operate with the safely stored replacements? The complexities just keep adding up and there probably will never be and opportunity to gain from 'lessons learned' for the future anyway. So when it happens, may it happen directly over me.

    I'm more concerned that the tree in the forest that nobody hears falling will land on me.
    Off Grid. Two systems: 1) 2925w panels, OB VFXR3648, FM80, FNDC, Victron BMV-712, Mate3s, 240 xformer, four SimpliPHI 3.8; 2) 780w, Morningstar 30a, Grundfos switch, controller and AC/DC pump, 8 T105. Honda EU7000is w/AGS. Champion 3100. HF 4550, Miller Bobcat.
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