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kind of funny how an eclipse affects the grid so significantly, albeit infrequently.
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kind of funny how an eclipse affects the grid so significantly, albeit infrequently.
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cell phone photos..
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We had clouds and intermittent rain all day, but our solar production was about the same as the day before ... terrible.
As for the eclipse, I was in Arkansas and got to see the whole thing.
As for the eclipse, I was in Arkansas and got to see the whole thing.
Q-Dog
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I decided to look at our production for the day. Production was down overall by a lot, but we had a mid day dip due to clouds and the eclipse. Both chargers looked the same.
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99.2% totality at my house.
Production went down to 15w, and recovered shortly after.
Battery lost 1%, during the eclipse.
I was a two hours drive away. Watching it in full totality.
It's a one million percent difference between 99% and 100% eclipse totality.
It was definitely worth the drive.
Production went down to 15w, and recovered shortly after.
Battery lost 1%, during the eclipse.
I was a two hours drive away. Watching it in full totality.
It's a one million percent difference between 99% and 100% eclipse totality.
It was definitely worth the drive.
Q-Dog
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I had my camera but didn't bring the big lens or tripod. Finally looked at the photos, and got one almost decent one.
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Nice
Just shy of 4 minutes totality, this time.
And I drove to the center to see it all.
Q-Dog
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I like to travel with my DSLR in case I stumble across something interesting, but I had no intention of taking photos of the eclipse, so I didn't take the tripod or big lenses. Then, after a couple of minutes sitting in the dark I just instinctively reached into the bag, pulled out the camera and snapped a few.
That’s a lunar eclipse, not solar…
Nobodybusiness
Collecting the leftovers of the Great Sky Reactor.
Hardly noticed it here because of all the clouds.
Nobodybusiness
Collecting the leftovers of the Great Sky Reactor.
That’s a great picture…
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Drove to the Dayton, Ohio area to see it. Got about 2 minutes worth. I was gone 10 hours total and drove about 340 miles but it was worth it. Here in NE KY we were at about 95% totality. It definitely made an impact on my panel output. See pics and graph.
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drove 2500 miles to see two and a half minutes of totality. 100% worth it. CA to ME in five days lol
Mass. family among Tesla owners who waited hours to charge car after total solar eclipse
The rush to get home from Vermont was made worse for electric vehicle owners who were searching for charging stations, only to find them with lines dozens of cars deep.
www.wcvb.com
These stories seem to write themselves.
People I know have shared 7-12hr drives back home, even if they didn’t need to wait for charging. Northern New England isn’t built for this kind of traffic.
I witnessed it from the cell tower hill 3/4 of a mile behind our house, the two year old was more interested in puddles and playing in the remaining snow. We were I think in the 95% range and it got a decent dusk and it looked like a “(“ ,well worth the hour outside with the kid and a walk back to the house.
