shadowmaker
Solar Wizard
Don't really have that option yet. Hopefully later. Certainly not too cold just below 0C.Backfeed power for optimum melt action or too damn cold?
Don't really have that option yet. Hopefully later. Certainly not too cold just below 0C.Backfeed power for optimum melt action or too damn cold?
Just some snow, nothing else. High winds, but didn't notice any fallen trees etc so pretty easy for us this time. How about you?How was the storm over there? Not too much damage I hope.
How about you?
If those are your's make firewood, if not BURN 'EM...About 0.5kWh per day here... I don't have an open field, so yeah, the trees surrounding my place completely block any sun there may be.
Wish I was that wise...Even birds know better.
Can you do some timelapse videos from this view?Got some frost over my verticals this morning.
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Don't know how long my Gopro's battery will last with these temperatures. But you are right. It would be nice to see...Can you do some timelapse videos from this view?
Now it's time for sauna and swim, maybe taste of vodka on the side.
Way cool Bro! What is so elegant about your use of these new big bifacial panels in your geographic location is under favorable circumstances (north-south property or livestock paddock boundaries) they can serve as fences that make energy! As far north as you are installing this you could also install these vertically along east west property lines. In winter you would get no output from the north facing side, but in summer the sun is shining on both sides. As Robert Frost wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors," so neighbors might consider sharing the cost, benefits, and maintenance of such boundary fences!New to the forum, new to the solar energy.
Have 63 Bluesun bifacial 700W N-type shingled panels, 22 old electric poles, shit load of underground cable, 51 x 6m 40x40x3mm marine grade aluminium, 2 Bluesun 15kW on-grid inverters, 2 Deye 15/12kW hybrid inverters, 30kW lead acid battery and 4 x 5kW LiFePo4 batteries. Have also 2kW wind turbine for the fun of it. Almost everything is around 50% off compared to shop prices around here and one of the main objectives is trying to keep costs down.
Maybe a set like this is nothing new to the forum, but I doubt no one has installed panels this way (and maybe never will...). Main focus will be avoiding any shadows on either side of the panel - on contrary to my nickname "shadowmaker".
Got first set of three panels ready for glueing tomorrow. Now I only need to build 20 sets more of these...
Have been working 85-110 hours/week since last late February, so this isn't going to be ready within next week. Actually, after 8 hours playing with first set, I need to go to work now.
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Well... My closest neighbor's wife got pretty mad when I put those post upright on my field as she was certain my array will block their view to village "center" although they have pretty thick forest between my panels and them. I told her that I can build a barn there if I want as it is my land. Right after that I promised they can use my well for free to wash their car and water their lawn if they want and that seemed to calm her down. I really didn't need to do that, but they have been easy neighbors this far and I don't want enemies for no reason. Now after two years she is quite ok with my array. Funny thing is that I actually benefit when they use my water as my natural well is way too big for me only as it used to provide water for 5 households and ~100 animals before municipal water supply and drainage reached us.Way cool Bro! What is so elegant about your use of these new big bifacial panels in your geographic location is under favorable circumstances (north-south property or livestock paddock boundaries) they can serve as fences that make energy! As far north as you are installing this you could also install these vertically along east west property lines. In winter you would get no output from the north facing side, but in summer the sun is shining on both sides. As Robert Frost wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors," so neighbors might consider sharing the cost, benefits, and maintenance of such boundary fences!
Too bad there's prob no pressing need for water delivery services in your area. Excuse to buy a tanker truck, let it fill from bountiful well with excess solar production...profit?Well... My closest neighbor's wife got pretty mad when I put those post upright on my field as she was certain my array will block their view to village "center" although they have pretty thick forest between my panels and them. I told her that I can build a barn there if I want as it is my land. Right after that I promised they can use my well for free to wash their car and water their lawn if they want and that seemed to calm her down. I really didn't need to do that, but they have been easy neighbors this far and I don't want enemies for no reason. Now after two years she is quite ok with my array. Funny thing is that I actually benefit when they use my water as my natural well is way too big for me only as it used to provide water for 5 households and ~100 animals before municipal water supply and drainage reached us.