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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 11:36 AM Original message |
Wonder if there are any solar homes in San Diego where the lights stayed on |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "outrage" happened at about 4 pm |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, no, solar panels STORE the energy |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. TEchinically the batteries store the energy but you get the idea. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Vast majority of new systems are grid tie...no batteries |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But then you rely on the grid. In this case the grid was.... let's say it together... it was down |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Adds more than 35% of the cost and really does not have that much utility |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Unless of course the grid is down then it's got a lot of utility. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I disagree. It is better, cheaper, safer to have a small generator with a partial cutover panel |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh Generators.... Speaking of maintenance. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Key appliance is often the refrigerator/freezer |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The fridge is way easy. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Starting it requires more instanteous current than most battery/inverters can produce. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. ... |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. The well-heeled boys in their palatial palaces have state-of-the-art backup generator systems |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was on a generator...state of the art in the early 80s best I can tell |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Years ago in Riverside County... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I had friends come by to enjoy the lights, AC, BBQ and beer |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Looks weird, doesn't it, to have a totally black neighblorhood and... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I live out in the middle of nowhere, no neighbors except critters |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. Actually it was cooler to see all the flickering candlelight in the windows |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
21. We had some light! My next door neighbor's house, with solar panels, was dark. |
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