The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has a map showing the number of solar hours for each state. And while it might seem that you could just call a solar installer and tell him or her the square footage of your home and its location to get a quote, house size is almost irrelevant.
His clients fill out a form regarding the kinds of appliances they use and how many hours per day and per week they use them. All this is run from 18 watt panels total of watts or 5. The other thing to consider are your habits. The Wolfords are conservative in their electrical usage and have had to change their habits only slightly to make solar work for them.
They also decided to forego a coffee maker and prepare coffee on the stove. He specializes in off-grid systems but also does grid-tied or hybrid systems. For residential use, standard solar panels are about 39x65 inches and have 60 solar cells; commercial panels are the same width but about 77 inches tall and have 72 cells. Building codes will dictate how far from the house, the road and a body of water the system can be. Panels also could be mounted on a pole installed near the house.
Not all utilities are fighting solar. Some are seeing it as a new investment opportunity, and I think those forward-looking companies are going to be better off long-term. Solar power is here to stay The solar industry isn't going anywhere; it's too economically competitive with the grid at this point. That scares utilities, and they have a choice of fighting or joining the industry's growth.
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It's beginning to look like a lot like Christmas. Except, it's not — not the sort of Christmas you'd see in movies, anyway. It's not snowing. There's not a caroler in sight. Will it be safe for us from solar flares? I am sorry, but this article is misleading somehow. The bad news is that faraday cages will not protect your technology from solar flares. The reason is that solar flares will change earth magnetic field. Changing magnetic fields will induce electric currents in circuits and foremost in coils.
But it is almost impossible to shield against magnetic fields and therefore these currents will be induced, no matter what you are doing. This is completely different to electromagnetic radiation which can easily be shielded unless it is gamma radiation.
There is only one way to protect electric circuits. You can shield them with a very special metal alloy. You have to use mu-metal which is really pretty expensive. But it will help. They also use it to shield rooms against spying bugs. Older harddisks or speakers also contain a yellow looking metal to shield magnetic fields from the surroundings.
If you are on a budget, you can collect this metal from trash to build a patchwork shield against magnetic threads from solar storms. And beware of massive solar storms anytime. I believe if I understand correctly a metal garbage can will protect your smaller electronics. Well Then I would assume a house with a metal roof or better yet a steel building would protect everything in it from Solar Flares or even EMP?
Would this work? I need to be ready for bad times and keep my family safe during and after a solar storm jerry. I think a lot of you are not really grasping what this could mean. All methods of transport would be stopped. Rioting and looting on a massive scale.
Oh and those nuclear power stations that someone mentioned. Forget the diesel pumps, all the control circuits will be in flames and most likely they will all explode.
Then there is the effect to the earth magnetic field that could create massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. A massive enough solar storm which WILL happen, its just a matter of time and probability. If you want to protect your family, forget about solar panels and a safe room wrapped in tin foil. Buys some horses and learn as much wood craft and survival skills as you can.
A minor event like what hit the east coast of Canada and the US is just that, minor. A major event would effect the entire world. What I describe above would be the effects of a major event larger even than occurred in the s. I have a gastric pacer that runs on a battery in me. I also am a diabetic and wear a insulin pump that runs on a aaa battery.
Will they be affected by the solar storm. If so how do I protect from being affected by it? Do I wrap my body with the aluminum foil? What would work? I put them in a safe place where burglars will unlikely look for. Solar panels tied to the grid can be used after a solar storm if you have a way to switch them off the grid when you are warned of a CME event. Simply do not connect back to the grid until you are told you can.
No need to fry someone when the system goes back online. Unless the cells themselves are disrupted, it would not be useless. Some people indicate that everything will catch on fire, house wiring, solar panels included.
What scientific evidence is there of this? Yes, I know we do not all have one. However, there are apartments partially or completely underground.
That is a big gamble to take, simply for the lack of knowledge. There is not enough room here to properly discuss a cme or emp, except to say, most people would be gone very soon after. Silly Jerry A.
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