To: Blueflag
We are getting an off grid system. Grid ties will get fried along with everything else.
26 posted on
08/02/2012 9:59:55 AM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
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To: Georgia Girl 2
“We are getting an off grid system. Grid ties will get fried along with everything else.”
There might still be trouble even on an isolated system. The wires leading from the panels (and perhaps the panels themselves) may act as antennas to harvest the EMP pulse, frying the charge controllers and inverters.
30 posted on
08/02/2012 1:48:57 PM PDT by
TexasRepublic
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To: Georgia Girl 2
We are getting an off grid system. Grid ties will get fried along with everything else.
There is one major vulnerability and that is your grounding if you are still grid tied for power and solar for backup. This goes back to the NEC requirement that all grounding be common. I have gone with welding connectors to disconnect my inverters. It may still not be enough.
40 posted on
08/02/2012 8:36:33 PM PDT by
PA Engineer
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