I’ve been waiting to show you this. Today’s the day. Here are two pictures of the sky I took a few minutes ago – a little after 4 PM.
It’s not an ideal time for solar. It’s late in the day and the overcast is pretty heavy. Our meter is still running backwards – slowly, but backwards. I found that pretty surprising.
I took a movie, but so far I haven’t been able to upload it. I’ll work on it and amend this post if I can figure out how to do it. My Word Press sorry-you-can’t-do-that feature says it’s too big, but it’s only a minute or so long.
Marilynne
Later. I think Word Press just doesn’t like Quick Time movies. Here’s another picture. This one is on our electrical meter and warns people that just turning off electricity coming into the house by line does not turn off electricity coming from the solar. There’s another off switch for that.
Marilynne
Even later: you can see the meter running backwards at
http://mysterywriterlady.blogspot.com/ Running Backwards
That is really cool that it is running backwards on a cloudy day!
You could send some of that excess power up here!
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comment by Kat — September 14, 2009 @ 9:54 am
I suppose, in a way, you are getting some of it because there’s more electricity to give. However, in practical terms, it won’t work.
Love, Mom
comment by Marilyyne — September 14, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
I like the way you think Kat, that would be great! Mom gets solar and across the country family members get free electricity! Vouchers or something… haha!
I didn’t expect you to get a lot of power on a cloudy day. Cool!
Love, Cindy
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comment by Cinders — September 16, 2009 @ 7:11 pm