{"id":19502,"date":"2018-01-03T19:23:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T00:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=19502"},"modified":"2018-01-03T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T00:23:49","slug":"snowy-solar-panels-2018-01-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/snowy-solar-panels-2018-01-03.html","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Solar Panels 2018-01-03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nYou might think these solar panels covered with snow weren&#8217;t generating anything:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<a title=\"Solar PV panels, Roof\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=19490\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"19492\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Solar PV panels, Roof\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1d2f5f6f09084a8e2ebdd16860ac3549.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut they are.<br \/>\nNot much, true, but they are generating:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:262px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\"><a title=\"Lower bank 128W, Inverters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=19493\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:250px\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Lower bank 128W, Inverters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/17606de0db2e493ff07f09edaba885d5.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Lower bank 128W, Inverters\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:262px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\"><a title=\"Upper bank 211W, Inverters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=19496\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:250px\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Upper bank 211W, Inverters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bad06c5eb253d0455cbae6e27298d1f1.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Upper bank 211W, Inverters\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:262px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\"><a title=\"Old panels 61W, Inverters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=19499\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:250px\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Old panels 61W, Inverters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11adda7a735ba616105b04b1cab03a4e.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>Old panels 61W, Inverters\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThere are 20 old panels on the other side of the roof, not visible in the first picture.<br \/>\nPlus the 60 newer panels, they were generating 400 Watts, 0.4 kiloWatts (KW).<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s a far cry from their maximum capacity of 15 kW, but it&#8217;s more than<br \/>\nall the lights in use in the buildings, plus probably at least one refrigerator,<br \/>\nhere at<br \/>\nOkra Paradise Farms.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo if they generate covered in snow under a cloudy sky,<br \/>\njust under a cloudy sky you can imagine they generate a lot more,<br \/>\nand still more when it&#8217;s sunny.<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might think these solar panels covered with snow weren&#8217;t generating anything: But they are. 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