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South facing. At nighttime after we go to bed, the battery draw is for the fridge and freezer. And whenever the house fan comes on to blow the cold air from the AC (which is still on grid power). Right now I can only see the effects of light clouds during the day and Thick clouds in the morning (that burn off by mid morning). I have no clue about thick clouds as we rarely have them except for when its going to be a heavy rain.So can you help translate this a little? Looks like some baseline even at night, but I assume that is just noise. How much do light, medium and heavy clouds affect power generation by your panels? Are your panels facing south?
Yes. Kind of hard to tell though. Its a matter of thick clouds and a bad sun angle.So I'm guessing the normal pattern would be like a teardrop on both sides, whereas in this case in the morning the teardrop seems to have a bite taken out of it until just after 9:00 am...where you are maybe generating 30-40% of normal power? Am I reading that right?
Batteries are what makes it worthwhile. I highly recommend it.Well we have out consultation scheduled next week. We'll see how it goes. The state has so many incentives it almost makes the panel install free, but the batteries are where it costly.
Batteries are what makes it worthwhile. I highly recommend it.
I've been drying my laundry outdoors for almost 20 years. But then there are no HOA's to stop me.I use solar power almost exclusively.
For drying laundry.
Note that in many areas of the US there are local laws and restrictions against hanging your laundry out to dry. In California you can poop in the street but you can't hang out your laundry to dry on your own property. I recall reading back when CA ran into a power shortage, a reporter asked one HOA chairman if they would change their rules and allow laundry to be hung on clotheslines. She replied, "No, doing that tends to attract undesirables. Instead we will be turning off some of our security lights at night."
Turning off security lights does not attract undesirables but hanging out your laundry does? If politicians were really interested in reducing the environmental impact of producing power they would pass a law canceling all of those "no clothesline" rules.
I think it has more to do with aesthetics (property values) and is a holdover from the post war suburban migration.I've been drying my laundry outdoors for almost 20 years. But then there are no HOA's to stop me.
This sounds like something one of the "green" state law makers to get behind.
HOAs and deed restrictions. If I remember, there was an effort in New Hampshire to void both types of restriction on clothelines by legislation.HOAs are notorious for their restrictive regulations. It's not necessarily a California thing.
One of my professors in college pointed out that that the Moon is actually much more useful than the Sun, because it gives you light at night, and that is when you need it.