Recent content by hmcgregoraz

You either need to convert to the mobile offering, or do a change of address (which is only possible if the new location is not saturated). You can generally move to mobile/roaming, and then convert to the new address once/if capacity becomes available. --- I am going to make the argument...

TLS/HTTPS everywhere basically makes a caching proxy almost useless for modern content. I have used them for decades, but unless you are willing to MiTM the traffic, and even then you really should not be caching it, it becomes very very little bandwidth savings. -Harry

Actually what would be nifty, but may not be worth while, is a small flash (ssd) based Content Delivery Network node in the aircraft. The problem is there are too many CDNs... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network Starting with Google Cache or Akami would probably avoid...

The problem is the fine is so small (though good it happened), that it is far cheaper to pay the fine vs trying to get a space craft to boost it to the grave yard or to pick it up. At some point I expect StarShip will be used to pickup dead Geo sats and dispose of them, but that is a long ways...

We had similar issues on our old house, we could not go past certain fire set backs, even though we had the whole other side of the roof that was not getting panels and would have the same access. We maxed out what we could, which covers about 90% of the usage. -Harry

We did not go through Tesla (they refused to work with our roof type, which happens to be the most common or second most common roof in Tucson, a built up roof), so I don't know the process to ask for more panels. If your design came via Email, I would reply and ask if you can add more panels...

I agree with the more panels, I always recommend adding more vs the vendor/installer recommendation. They are trying to hit a price point that will make you jump, but the additional cost of a few panels today is far less than in a year (if you can even get Tesla to add them). We went with 3x...

7.7 and 7.0, I could see it not being worth it to move panels around. I still don't see that amount of clipping causing any issues for a properly built, not defective, Inverter. Of course I have also been involved in electronic devices that were 10x over rated and still hit a fault condition...

IMHO that could/should be re-balanced so that both inverters are better optimized, assuming that both are 7.6KW Again, it's entirely possible that the multiple hours of full load is putting more stress on marginal components and helping them fail. That is not how the inverter was designed...

Clipping is 100% safe. Inverters are NOT designed to only do max output for a short period of time. Inverters have to pass dealing with max output for many hours at a time, I would be surprised if they were not tested for the almost impossible 24/7 max output for weeks on end. Plus everything...

Agreed, but the latency of LEO based laser interconnect is theoretically lower than the latency of fiber. Some financial customers will pay significantly for lower latency. These are the types of Cloud customers Amazon dearly wants to win. There is a microwave network between NYC and Chicago...

The supposed benefit is for interconnecting their datacenter/hosting/cloud business. For example, Google owns about 10,000 route miles of undersea fiber optics. Facebook/meta is also involved in a fair amount of undersea fiber. Amazon, and Microsoft also own a fair amount of undersea fiber...

Also if you are on NEM 2.0 changes to the system could push you into NEM 3.0... A bit of clipping during April/May/June also means that you are getting more out of your inverter and system the rest of the year. 1.66:1 is a bit on the high side, we did 23.5:20 or 1.175:1 -Harry

You will most likely need optomizers (which are a lot more basic than micro inverters), as they also generally double as quick shutdown devices. The solar installer we worked with used to use a lot of LG panels, but they exited the market, and now most of their systems use sunpower panels that...

I know there are a lot of fans of MicroInverters, personally I don't like having the electronics on my very HOT roof (Arizona summer), vs having the inverters in my less hot garage. My roof is hitting 120-130F, and my garage right now is maxing at 107F and has no direct sunlight. Less extreme...