[SGVLUG] Off-topic - solar power - city of pasadena

[Mike Morris]

The bible of the off-the-grid folks is Home Power magazine, which
comes out every other month. Check out <www.homepower.com>

This "starter article" is worth reading...
<http://www.homepower.com/files/beginner/SolarElectricBasics.pdf>

Mike

At 02:20 PM 03/09/07, you wrote:
>Yup. That's the downside of grid-intertie.
>
>But, hopefully I will be helping reduce the probability of that happening.
>
>
> >> -----Original Message----- Of Robert Leyva
> >
> >
> > In the "it always pays to read the fine print" section, I noticed a
> > brief paragraph entitled "Interconnection" that states:
> >
> >      "... National Electric Code (NEC) standards may prohibit operation
> > of the customer's system when PWP power is interrupted."
> >
> > So, I take it that if there is a power failure in the middle of a hot
> > sunny day ('cause too many A/C units are online), your solar system
> > would shut down too...
> >
> >
>
>
>--
>"Knowledge is Power" -- Francis Bacon
>
>Robert Leyva
>mrflash818 at geophile.net