Based on previous entries on this subject, I contacted my local SolarEdge
distributor. I got no sensible reply that even addressed the RFI issue.
They basically snubbed my specific query about RFI and simply offered to
rent me a system. NOT.....They know full well what they are doing.
Our FCC to which a (small) portion of your and my tax monies go to ignores
Part 15. They don't care anymore, unless its big business like Time
Warner.
Dave - WØLEV
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Randy Standke <r55stan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if anything in the FCC rules address intentionally installing
> equipment in a manner known to cause RFI because doing so cuts costs. I am
> specifically referring to SolarEdge solar power systems. They know their
> standard installation of open loop (shaped) wiring between the DC to DC
> converters on each panel (they call them optimizers), combined with the
> little or no filtering these optimizers have, cause RFI to the HF bands up
> to about 1000 feet away. And, they have documented a fix (twisting the
> wires and adding ferrites). However, they will only apply this fix when a
> ham radio operator complains. In my case, they have done this to about six
> houses near me, and I have at least two new houses to locate.
>
> They say they plan to introduce a new optimizer in a few years that is
> clean. But in the meantime, they are creating RFI polluted neighborhoods
> all over the country. This may discourage future hams facing the choice of
> complaining to perhaps a dozen neighbors, or selecting another hobby that
> does not involve bothering other people. This seems like the sort of thing
> the FCC should be protecting us from.
>
> Randy KQ6RS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI <rfi-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of David Eckhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:02 PM
> To: Hare, Ed W1RFI <w1rfi@arrl.org>
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Leased Solar Panels: Operator Responsibility?
>
> In the spirit of the FCC rules (I don't want to spend the time looking up
> the legalize of the wording in 47 CFR), the FCC holds the "System
> Integrator" responsible for the EMC/RFI solution. If the equipment is
> rented, the rentee is the entity that assembled the equipment from many
> sources to offer, for rent, a complete solar system. Therefore, the rentee
> is responsible for the EMC/RFI solution.
>
> I ain't no lawyer. However, I've worked in the EMC/RFI field for some 30
> years addressing and solving problems and regulatory issues in a world-wide
> capacity. I still consult in the field.
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Hare, Ed W1RFI <w1rfi@arrl.org> wrote:
>
> > In general terms, those that can exert control over a system are the
> > operators. This could include things like the ability to turn it off
> > if interference occurs or even would probably be extended in the minds
> > of regulators to include the people who make the decision to allow
> > this operation to occur on property they otherwise fully control.
> >
> > Ed, W1RFI
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tony
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 3:25 PM
> > To: rfi@contesting.com
> > Subject: [RFI] Leased Solar Panels: Operator Responsibility?
> >
> > All:
> >
> > In a case where a homeowner leases a solar panel system from a
> > manufacture that's causing RFI, who is the responsible operator in the
> eyes of the FCC?
> >
> > Tony -K2MO
> >
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