Snow, part 2

January 28, 2005 by
Filed under: Solar Energy 

Yesterday was the first day since the big snow last weekend where the inverters ever woke up.  The snow melted off the panels on Wednesday when the temperature finally climbed over 32F, and on Thursday we got some power.

Interestingly, the inverter with the smaller number of panels had the bigger day, due to the fact that some panels on the other inverter were still partially snow-covered.

It was still 1/2 of what we should have gotten on a similar day with no snow on the panels, but at least we got something.  Tomorrow, the temps are supposed to go above freezing again and the last snow should melt.  (Today’s low was 4F!)

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