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I don't have data logging, my panels get a lot of shade anyway, and I will be watching the eclipse rather than my meters. Anybody in the eclipse path have logging they want to share later?
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I was in the Detroit area, about 99% totality for a couple minutes, and I had 0 amps coming in for a 20 minute window. It was cool.
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Cool, you had a real eclipse, what we had was not worth going outside for.
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Good article Korishan, I have reserved my seat for the viewing of the eclipse in 2045 in heaven.Your turn will come
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I live in the path of totality, but my data logging is only daily summary -- nothing minute-by-minute, sorry.
I know there were articles saying that the Texas grid could take a hit of as much as -15% of peak production, but I have to believe that is grossly exaggerated. Totality doesn't last more than a few minutes in any given location, so even enormous solar farms wouldn't be "dark" for that long. I bet the effect wasn't much different from that of a sudden thunderstorm type of event shading the panels briefly. Also, as far as the overall grid impact goes, the eclipse was a "rolling blackout" of nature -- it isn't like all the solar farms in the state went dark at the same time.
I think it's just sensationalism from the pitiful excuse we have for media reporting anymore... I tried to chuckle about the morning show anchor who said that the eclipse was caused by climate change. It would be funny if it were a joke, but the sad truth is that some (most?) of the script readers are so stupid that they believe everything that comes across their teleprompter!!
Sorry, //end rant.
Cheers, John
I know there were articles saying that the Texas grid could take a hit of as much as -15% of peak production, but I have to believe that is grossly exaggerated. Totality doesn't last more than a few minutes in any given location, so even enormous solar farms wouldn't be "dark" for that long. I bet the effect wasn't much different from that of a sudden thunderstorm type of event shading the panels briefly. Also, as far as the overall grid impact goes, the eclipse was a "rolling blackout" of nature -- it isn't like all the solar farms in the state went dark at the same time.
I think it's just sensationalism from the pitiful excuse we have for media reporting anymore... I tried to chuckle about the morning show anchor who said that the eclipse was caused by climate change. It would be funny if it were a joke, but the sad truth is that some (most?) of the script readers are so stupid that they believe everything that comes across their teleprompter!!
Sorry, //end rant.
Cheers, John