Users Online Now:
1,850
(
Who's On?
)
Visitors Today:
653,858
Pageviews Today:
1,396,638
Threads Today:
716
Posts Today:
14,924
09:53 PM
Directory
Adv. Search
Topics
Forum
Back to Forum
Back to Thread
REPLY TO THREAD
Subject
will solar panels survive solar flare or EMP????
User Name
Font color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Indigo
Violet
Black
Font:
Default
Verdana
Tahoma
Ms Sans Serif
In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.
[quote:Anonymous Coward 354026:MV8xMDk1NzE1XzMwMzE5Njg2Xzk5MzI1Q0FE] The Electomagnetic destruction from a solar eruption only affects long wires (ie powerlines)... so little or no effect on an "off grid" solar setup. The EMP from a nuclear pumped EMP weapon basically can affect a city or other large installation, but probably not the whole country, although transients may be induced in long powerlines , once again, the "off grid" solar setup is ok unless you are say within 100 miles of "ground zero" The answer is build only an "off grid" solar system and use the best lightning arrestors you can afford. Damage from nearby or direct lightning strike is by far the most likely cause of damage. A solar event can cause a nationwide power outage, perhaps overwhelming the capacity of the system to repair itself. When this happens, you will be glad you have some off grid power. if you have an "on grid" system (the kind that is hooked up all the time and pumps power back to the grid) this system will be destroyed by solar CME and that kind of system usually doesn't even work when the power is out! [/quote]
Original Message
Just looking into back up plans and got to wondering?
Pictures (click to insert)
General
Politics
Bananas
People
Potentially Offensive
Emotions
Big Round Smilies
Aliens and Space
Friendship & Love
Textual
Doom
Misc Small Smilies
Religion
Love
Random
View All Categories
|
Next Page >>