{"id":2208,"date":"2012-09-05T20:23:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2012-09-10T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T02:56:24","slug":"solar-powered-ham-shack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/equipment\/solar-powered-ham-shack\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Powered Ham Shack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2222\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120824-IMG_4917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2222\" title=\"PV-Installation adding the panels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120824-IMG_4917-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adding the panels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally everything fell in place&#8230; my shack is running on solar power only. An idea\/project I have been pursuing for years but the circumstances were never perfect&#8230; until this July. Last fall, a hailstorm took care of the roof and I had to replace it. In July I was able to secure a large chunk of money from our City which is offering a (very) limited number of rebates for Photovoltaic (PV) installations. Together with the federal tax credits it will put the ROI within my life expectancy. Good enough for me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2230\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Capture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2230\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2230\" title=\"PV: Panel Monitor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Capture1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PV: Panel Monitor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The complete system is a grid tied,\u00a0 5.5 kW system &#8211; 22 panels organized in two arrays (one south and one west facing). Each panel has a microinverter to optimize production and to add some &#8216;intelligence&#8217; to the system. Monitoring and\u00a0 trouble shooting is a breeze. I can literally see when a bird poops on a panel and degrades my production :)<\/p>\n<p>Since my shack consists only of a Yaesu FT-817, I am using the excess energy in the rest of the house. It should produce over 100% of our typical electricity\u00a0 usage per year if everything goes according to plan &#8211; I guess time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Here a short clip of the installation:<\/p>\n<p>httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjCg&#8211;4V1-Q<\/p>\n<p>Please add your questions and comments through <a title=\"Youtube video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjCg--4V1-Q\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<HR>\n<p style=\"font-size:10px\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/dd\/Achtung.svg\/877px-Achtung.svg.png\" alt=\"ATTENTION\" style=\"float:left\" height=\"41\" width=\"41\"> \n\n!! WARNING !! There are <b>old<\/b> mountaineers, and \n<b>bold<\/b> mountaineers... there are no old-bold mountaineers. \nHiking and mountain climbing are potentially hazardous activities particularly in Colorado with its extreme elevations. I am not accepting responsibility for any death or injury resulting from activations based on my trip reports. Proper training, experience, and personal capability assessment is required - enjoy!\n<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally everything fell in place&#8230; my shack is running on solar power only. An idea\/project I have been pursuing for years but the circumstances were never perfect&#8230; until this July. Last fall, a hailstorm took care of the roof and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/equipment\/solar-powered-ham-shack\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-solar-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}