Recent content by AlaskanNoob

I'm pretty sure people are aware that disconnected solar components in a box are not a working system at the time, and are to be used post event. I seriously doubt anybody is under the impression that unplugged components are producing solar power. I think most people are thinking about a...

I wouldn't be surprised if Finland or Sweden had a solution to the transformer issue. Not at all. I would, however, be shocked if we had implemented a solution in the United States.

We've had our off grid Mitsubishi Hyper Heat installed for about a week now and are loving it. I'd like to measure and log its power consumption. I've seen some devices that you can place around the power cable and it will measure and log the data. Anybody use logging their consumption and if...

I hope you're right and I'm sure you know more about this than I do. But given the aging grid infrastructure and the frequency of rolling blackouts and grids going down during summer and winter, along with human nature and government and corporate competency and ethics (thinking of Enron as...

What was bad about his answer? Was it putting items in a metal box, or grounding that box, or both?

I have the same question. From the little I've gathered, while it may be possible, it seems unlikely. The Ben Davidson guy in the video posted earlier said it was possible but would take a much larger storm than G5. I'm not sure of his credibility though, some of the stuff he said in the...

If I'm correct in trying to digest this, it's not so much the DC voltage amount going to the transformer that is the issue, but the fact that any is going to the transformer because it causes the transformer to lose the ability to limit AC power that comes from the source which will burn it out...

Who said this was going to end humanity in a few days? In this thread?

I believe we did not have the technology to detect the Carrington Event at the time and today we still miss about a third of CMEs from what I understand. You're right that the sun has been doing this since forever, but humanity has not been this technologically dependent. Humanity today is...

I'm not a bright man, but it seems obvious to me that the sun does in fact present a serious threat to our power grid. And a solar event could have a staggering impact on humanity. As in massive death. Whether that threat has increased or not due to things beyond my comprehension rotating and...

Is it your view that our current position in the solar cycle doesn't present an actual threat to the grid (and therefore humanity if it goes down in a big way), just as you were convinced computer code pre-2000 wasn't an issue?

Space Weather Message Code: WATA99 Serial Number: 7 Issue Time: 2024 May 11 1753 UTC WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G4 or Greater Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: May 12: G5 (Extreme) May 13: G3 (Strong) May 14: G1 (Minor)

So far, seems like no big issues with this storm. From this article:

We just switched to some portable Goal Zero stations for our power while the main system was shut down. From the attempt to learn about this over the past day or so, it seems that our 650 feet of wire is not considered a long wire. We found some research paper that leads us to that conclusion...

I went to my condo in Florida, or at least tried to, turned out it had moved to a new location so I couldn't find it.