Winter storm 1/2025

[Sky-HHI]

Snow on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Only 1 or 2 inches but ice under the snow, the island has no snow removal equipment so we will wait for sunny days to melt the snow off the streets and my panels. JJJJ stop by a few weeks ago to talk solar and look at my system. What a difference a few weeks make.

 

[ksmithaz1]

This was Sunday evening.
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This was this morning. I normally use 10KWh roundtrip, I was still a few miles from work when I took the photo...
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(sorry for the blur, may have been in motion while snapping).

High rolling resistance just kills an electric motor. Electric motor is so much more efficient, the 20-50% loss kills you. With a 30% efficiency to start with on an ICE the same loss is 5-10%.

 

[houseofancients]

It's all relative to what you are used to.
Many years ago I traveled to Texas in February.
It was 5°f when I left here, and 45°f when I arrived in Texas.
I was wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and sandals. The locals were dressed like Eskimo's.

lol same deal for me when i visit friends and family in southern FLA....
i'd be in my t-shirt and shorts, and local wearing coats , hoodies and acting like they are freezing

 

[42OhmsPA]

I was so happy about the clear sky's that I cleared the roof arrays in sub 0F wind chill after work today; tomorrow it will be worth it.

It was worth it (Inverter 1 MPPT1 is the roofs).

MPPT 1 inverter 2 is 5180W of panels.

I did a crappy job of clearing the roofs and the shallow angle is hindering melting when it's around 20F...

 

[teal95]

Down in central Florida on the Gulf Coast several years ago, between Christmas and New Year. We'd been out swimming all day and the locals showed up in the evening to watch the sunset ALL IN HEAVY COATS, while we're still in the water.

 

[SunDave]

Had a similar experience hiking in New Mexico with my brother. A complete stranger asked if my brother was ok, then if he had any other clothes. Took us a while to figure out what they were talking about.

Once we did figure out what they were talking about, we just told them we lived WAY north of there, then it all made sense to everyone. It was about 60 degrees F in the early morning. So we had t-shirts on obviously. They were bundled up.

 

[Fred220]

Before cleaning after cleaning some of my panels to get solar today

 

[JJJJ]

JJJJ stop by a few weeks ago to talk solar and look at my system. What a difference a few weeks make.

Wow what a change. And if memory serves me correctly you had temperatures in the 50s last week.

 

[Sky-HHI]

Yes, last week in the mid 50s and last night sleet and snow with a low of 29 at my house

 

[Fred220]

It got to 34 here today I broke my bush pole cleaning the panels today

 

[BarracudaBob]

It was in storage. Had bring it out.

 

[Supervstech]

Well...
Last night around 6pm here in charlotte nc, we got a puff of snow.
Looks to be about 1/2" at most.
Temps in the mid 20s during the day, and mid teens at night mean it will stick to the roads unless the sky clears and lets some sun through.

 

[Supervstech]

Heh... can i sing or what?

 

[DPC]

Heh... can i sing or what?

You were singing.
I though there was something wrong with your car....

 

[JJJJ]

We have power, we have heat, we have water, we have cell service. Internet is down in our region. You would think it was the end of the world, sigh…

 

[Brucey]

We have power, we have heat, we have water, we have cell service. Internet is down in our region. You would think it was the end of the world, sigh…

I guess relatively easy fix with starlink if it's going to be extended outage and you have clear view of the sky.

 

[Brucey]

Or just Hotspot your phone.

 

[DPC]

Or just Hotspot your phone.

I've been debating that myself for the cottage.

I could buy a cell booster and yagi directional antenna and hot spot my PC and automation from a phone.

But I am wondering if I would be more amp miserly by using as Huaway dongle the Yagi and then run a small lower power brick PC.
Then run everything off the WiFi in the PC directly

But if the Starlink thing comes down to a competitive price I could skip the LTE
But would that use more power?

 

[wpns]

I've been debating that myself for the cottage.

I could buy a cell booster and yagi directional antenna and hot spot my PC and automation from a phone.

But I am wondering if I would be more amp miserly by using as Huaway dongle the Yagi and then run a small lower power brick PC.
Then run everything off the WiFi in the PC directly

But if the Starlink thing comes down to a competitive price I could skip the LTE
But would that use more power?

Starlink would be a much better experience, but it does draw a lot of power when it is melting the snow off the dish with its built in heaters.

 

[JJJJ]

All great ideas. However some of my wife’s favorite businesses are down with the outage.

 

[Zwy]

All great ideas. However some of my wife’s favorite businesses are down with the outage.

That is a good thing, you are saving money this way.

 

[DPC]

This is where this belongs lol

Boy it’s nice outside
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We got an 8 snowfall last day
But it’s real nice powder
Too bad I don’t ski or sled.

I had a break down after the third driveway
All this sitting around and I have accumulated a little moisture in last falls gasoline
So I pulled the carb apart, pulled the ignition apart bought a plug and did a tune up

But like I said that sun was nice
I was working in a t shirt!
If you had solar panels working it sure would have been a good day

 

[Q-Dog]

I managed to get up on the roof and cleared the upper panels yesterday. I'll may have to go back up today as the snow won't slide off the roof and the lower panels are still mostly covered.

 

[Sky-HHI]

What a difference 2 days make, still snow on the ground but melted off the panels.

 

[Danke]

I love my ocean, that thing is rock solid. It has treated me very well. It also has a 113kwh battery and V2L capabilities.

Those Fiskers are cheap compared to their original price might have to look into this,