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RE: Hardening against EMP

Posted By Robert Mellon 12-20-2023 12:12 PM
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Seems like most folks in the solar crowd these days either don't understand how serious of a threat this is or they just don't want to talk about it. There's a documentary film titled "Grid Down-Power Up" that covers this topic very well. Thank you Joe for the advice on safeguarding our systems ...

RE: Solar in modular building construction

Posted By Robert Mellon 11-02-2023 09:49 AM
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Kat, Here in western Pennsylvania we have three great resources for you. The first one is a modular construction company called Module and they are doing some amazing work with modular construction and solar etc. Contact Brian Gaudio at 412-368-3412. Or info@modulehousing.com. You won't be disappointed. ...

Hourly Electric Grid Monitor

Posted By Robert Mellon 05-30-2023 08:07 AM
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This link has probably been posted on one of the forums before, but I recently came across this website that has an hourly electric grid monitor and thought it might be of interest to others. The site has charts showing generation by source, US electricity demand by region, demand forecast, net generation ...

RE: "Grid Down Power Up" documentary

Posted By Robert Mellon 04-24-2023 05:21 AM
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I have been watching Scott Hunts YouTube videos installing the Sol Ark 12 and 15K and it looks like a very nice system with lots of good reviews. Looks like the emp hardened version will be popular as well. I think Joe Utasi has also installed a Sol Ark and liked it as well. Of course it is pricey which ...

RE: "Grid Down Power Up" documentary

Posted By Robert Mellon 04-19-2023 09:07 AM
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Thank you William, I especially appreciate the links you provided and the information you shared from the blog post is very informative. It seems like not many folks are taking these threats to the grid serious. I think the Amish are better prepared to deal with it than the rest of the world. It's interesting ...

"Grid Down Power Up" documentary

Posted By Robert Mellon 04-18-2023 12:43 PM
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The link to the documentary I mentioned in my post yesterday is listed below. If anyone has seen this program I'd be curious to know what your thoughts are GRID DOWN, POWER UP Grid Down, Power Up remove preview GRID DOWN, POWER UP Grid Down, Power Up investigates and follows the ...

Has anyone on this forum seen the documentary titled “Grid Down - Power Up”? It’s a program that discusses the vulnerability of our power grid to electromagnetic pulse strikes or possible solar flares as well as terrorism and high altitude nuclear explosions. I would be interested to know what your thoughts are if you have seen the documentary.

Posted By Robert Mellon 04-17-2023 11:51 AM
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RE: Tracking Ground-Mount Solar experience

Posted By Robert Mellon 10-14-2022 04:50 AM
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Mark, I am located in western Pennsylvania and we have a 5640 watt roof mounted array that was installed in 2012. In 2020 my wife and I bought a pole mounted solar time tracker kit that is 4800 watts. The wife and I assembled and installed the pole mount system in late 2020 and our local electrician ...

RE: ASES Solar Tour

Posted By Robert Mellon 10-07-2021 09:50 AM
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This was our first year having our place on the National Solar Tour. We were only open on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM but we had a total of 6 people. One visitor mentioned that he will likely be building an off grid system due to the fact that the local utility wants over $25,000.00 To extend power ...

RE: Sol-Ark compared to SMA

Posted By Robert Mellon 08-03-2021 10:30 AM
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I would talk to Scott Hunt at Practical Preppers. He has a lot of experience with Sol Ark and from what I have seen they made some nice technical advancements over the last few years. I currently have a grid tied PV array that uses micro inverters but I think I would probably seriously consider using ...

RE: Costs Not Widely Discussed

Posted By Robert Mellon 02-22-2021 11:56 AM
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I just wanted to mention that in our area of western Pennsylvania I don't think most of the realtors understand the value added that air sealing, extra insulation and heat recovery ventilation can add to a property. Hopefully with the growth of the net zero building movement in general more folks in ...

RE: Issues with Solar PV installation?

Posted By Robert Mellon 02-22-2021 11:37 AM
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The company that installed my original solar PV system in 2012 decided to no longer do business in my state about 2 years after they installed my system. Since that time I have had 3 micro inverters fail and one solar panel fail. The micro inverters and the solar panel were covered under warranty but ...