So sad to see the days getting shorter...

[Lt.Dan]

When you can see a gradual decline in solar irradiation...




This graph doesn't show all of my loads. The loads shown are just my sub-panel, which is only a portion of my usage. I'm not giving that much back to the grid!

 

[ianganderton]

I’m in a different hemisphere and therefore a different point in the seasons. Loving the days getting longer

 

[MurphyGuy]

I know its happening in Michigan, but when I graph it out, the cloudy fall days give a false impression that it's worse than it is.

We're on day 4 of a total solar gray out. Thick heavy clouds, cold rain, lots of wind. Utterly miserable outside. Supposed to go up into the high 60's for the weekend with lots of sun.

 

[BradCagle]

Me too. Just going to force me to put up more panels that are currently stacked on the ground.

 

[Supervstech]

When you can see a gradual decline in solar irradiation...

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This graph doesn't show all of my loads. The loads shown are just my sub-panel, which is only a portion of my usage. I'm not giving that much back to the grid!

I'm in NC in a condo, and the only place for a panel is fully shaded 90% of the day...
In fall the leaves go away, and I get a 10 fold increase in solar...

 

[Lt.Dan]

Sunny Cali keeps me at full output almost all day. Very little clouds lately, no overcast days. But its still warm here, with today still being 90*F.

Its a trade off.

 

[cinergi]

I can't wait to drive the RV from CT to FL!

 

[Lt.Dan]

I can't wait to drive the RV from CT to FL!

Hows that thing been treating you? Mines been getting neglected since I moved into a home... lol

 

[ANT415]

Yeah, man, I'm worried about that too.

 

[Bluedog225]

“Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

dt

 

[time2roll]

Production is down some.... balanced with lower draw from the air conditioners.

 

[Lt.Dan]

Production is down some.... balanced with lower draw from the air conditioners.

100% true. I went from 10-11 hrs of AC usage per day just 30-40 days ago, down to an average of 1hr or less some days!

 

[BentleyJ]

Well it was 95 degrees today, I'm looking forward to a break from the heat. Its been a miserable hot and unusually humid summer in So. Cal.

 

[Supervstech]

Oof...
High of 49 today, with a low of 37. First frost of the season this morning...

 

[Tecnodave]

Stuck in Fogtober here......Cant locate the sun in the sky most days.....When San Jose and Silicon Valley start to cook they suck in the sea breeze complete with fog.....

Fresno, 60 miles east...90 to 100 deg F....here 52 degrees and fog

Today was the first day in many where we saw the sun...got to 85 deg not far from the Pacific Ocean

 

[robby]

Production is down some.... balanced with lower draw from the air conditioners.

Yes, that is the one big benefit. I am seeing my AC consumption dropping rapidly and my batteries actually lasting longer.

 

[timselectric]

I'm in NC in a condo, and the only place for a panel is fully shaded 90% of the day...
In fall the leaves go away, and I get a 10 fold increase in solar...

Same here. Can't wait for the leaves to fall.

 

[Northernchateau]

Me too. Just going to force me to put up more panels that are currently stacked on the ground.

I pulled 2 out of storage and changed my configuration from 3S2P to 2S4P.
I will mount the 2 on the lower left this weekend but that are hooked up and running.
Now I am out of space.

 

[Nobodybusiness]

Oof...
High of 49 today, with a low of 37. First frost of the season this morning...

Frost here on Tuesday. Got down to 27 according to weather stations.

Never ever in my life know it to get this cold this fast in NC or maybe I’m just getting old.

 

[Supervstech]

Frost here on Tuesday. Got down to 27 according to weather stations.

Never ever in my life know it to get this cold this fast in NC or maybe I’m just getting old.

Oh, in 2018, it blasted down to 16F from 90 the previous day… was crazy. I had slews of heat out, and broken water lines all over Charlotte…