I am glad someone finally said this.. "Also, Solar Edge is the vendor, not the retailer, so they (Green Solar Tech) need to get involved....." OR Installer, and I guess that makes a MAJOR difference.
Paul is a good guy as is Ed Hare at the ARRL http://www.arrl.org/edward-f-hare-jr The league is working this issue pretty hard, but since the league is all of us (members anyway) we need to document
Is there an appropriate path for sharing? I suspect neither Ed nor Paul, would like getting every RFI report in their respective mail box... As of now, I think the only path for sharing this sort of
It would seem to me this would be a good person to contact and find out what the secret is to installing a quiet system. Also, is solar a good investment for a residental installation in Wisconsin? C
<Respectfully, in every case here but one, (and I have been involved in maybe 10 to 15 in the past three years), the RFI from grow ops were unheard on the AM band with a local station tuned in, and w
Hi Rob, I am not sure how I could be "spectacularly incorrect" in the comment you quoted, when I did not draw a conclusion from the data presented, but reported only what I found... Jim already point
FCC wants to see DATA. If at all possible, travel to a bad site and take data in a rigorous engineering manner for the babies at FCC. Write it up in a technically sound manner. FCC is all lawyers, th
When we resided in the large apartment complex in Lovaland, Colorado, I could not receive an AM station (KCOL) in Fort Collins (transmitter, maybe 10-miles distant) due to RFI throughout the complex.
Actually, we dont mind getting those reports. In general, Solar Edge has been scheduling repairs and getting them done eventually, but if that process fails for any reason, we can talk to Solar Edge
If Tesla gets sued over any of this, absolutely every RFI problem for all time from any of their products, including up-and-coming EV wireless-power-transfer charging devices will be handled by their
Weigh what you just said against the reality that Solar Edge has resolved a number of complaints, typically by replacing all of the equipment and rewiring it. The lawyers would never have allowed tha
The early Solar Edge designs and installations were noisy. When solar first started being deployed, they were the only company that produced noise. Although no process is perfect, they have stepped u
If you contact the FCC, it will probably send the case directly to ARRL. Not many years ago, the FCC did essentially nothing in response to complaints, stating that it didn't have the staff resources
If it's a Solar Edge system, they will work directly with the installer to get the noisy components replaced, filtered and rewired. So far, no neighbor has refused to allow that to happen. Ed Suppose
I completely agree with you Ed that politicians are never the answer top anything. They are the problem. Early on, these cases will be about a neighbor adding solar panels to their house next door to
Actually, yes, they are changing their designs. These field retrofits are expensive. The Lab's W1VLF was on the list to get his own home system upgraded and they replaced the inverter, the optimizers
Two models that were tested in the ARRL Lab were 58 dB over the limits. (They seemed to be the same design, rebranded.) There is no doubt that these would devastate the AM broadcast band. If you are
TJ Simpson at Solar Edge tells me the new optimizers use spread spectrum modulation to reduce the 200 kHz interference that I am experiencing. In January, he is coming to install those next door. The
Two of the EV manufacturers (Tesla and BMW) have solved the problem by not including analog medium wave AM in their car radios. That's their RFI solution--eliminate the cause of complaints. https://w
Author: "EDWARDS, EDDIE J via RFI" <rfi@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:29:19 +0000
"... yes, they are changing their designs. These field retrofits are expensive." Ed, How expensive are the retrofit kits? I was not talking about "expensive retrofits" being a design change. That ind