Dave & Carol
Newbie RV’er
2020 Durango 283 RLT Half Ton 5th Wh, 2007 GMC 2500 HD, Duramax/Allison Crew Cab 4WD
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Post by Dave & Carol on Nov 9, 2020 23:01:18 GMT -5
And now another question about the winterizing process. Reading elsewhere on another RV Forum and saw something about covering collectors or "turning them off" if a battery is not connected. Seems to this "solar rookie" they would continue to produce power even if "turned off". So, what is the correct procedure? Can they be "turned off"? Covering them would do that. But, is it necessary to cover them?
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Post by laknox on Nov 10, 2020 10:22:33 GMT -5
And now another question about the winterizing process. Reading elsewhere on another RV Forum and saw something about covering collectors or "turning them off" if a battery is not connected. Seems to this "solar rookie" they would continue to produce power even if "turned off". So, what is the correct procedure? Can they be "turned off"? Covering them would do that. But, is it necessary to cover them? If a PV panel is disconnected, it will still produce power, just won't go anywhere...unless you close the circuit. I know that fire departments have had to undergo extensive training to deal with all the solar here in the SW. Yeah, you can trip the main breaker to cut off the grid, but if you've got 5-10k watts of solar on the roof, the house is still "hot" as long as it's daylight out. Even if the wiring gets burned through, it's still capable of starting/restarting a fire if it shorts out. Can kill a firefighter, too. I've heard that some depts use a foam to spray on PV panels to coat them and block sunlight. After thinking about this for a couple minutes, I believe that I've read that a panel should not be used if not connected to a battery, but this was for small panels, like 15-25w. Don't know about 100w, and up, though. Lyle |
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