[RFI] Fw: Question: Conducted vs. Radiated Emissions

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My neighbors also sends what he doesn’t use to,the local coop grid....but here in perpetually cloudy NW PA, just south of Lake Erie, it can’t be much....

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> On Dec 18, 2019, at 7:03 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My brother lives near Albuquerque and his solar install WILL meter back to the grid.
> 
> 73 de Mac, K2GKK/5​
> Since 30 Nov 1953​
> Oklahoma City, OK​
> USAF, Retired ('61-'81)​
> FAA, Retired ('94-'10)​
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> From: RFI <rfi-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of David Eckhardt <davearea51a at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 10:52
> To: Tony <dxdx at optonline.net>
> Cc: Rfi List <rfi at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Question: Conducted vs. Radiated Emissions
> 
> Few individual home solar installations meter back onto the power grid.
> They are typically an isolated system serving only the home on which they
> are installed.  Therefore, they never touch the grid and are not subject to
> the conducted emission regulation FCC has imposed on other apparatus.
> 
> Dave - WØLEV
> 
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 9:04 AM Tony <dxdx at optonline.net> wrote:
>> 
>> All:
>> 
>> I have a question regarding FCC limits on conducted emissions that
>> relates to radiated emissions.
>> 
>> If a solar panel system produces electromagnetic energy that finds its
>> way onto the mains and then onto the power lines which then radiates
>> over the air, that device would be subject to the limits imposed on
>> conducted emissions.
>> 
>> If the same solar panel system radiates the same energy over the air
>> through the cables that make up the system without reaching the mains,
>> FCC regulations would not apply since there are no limits on radiated
>> emissions.
>> 
>> In a situation where both cases produced the same high level of RFI,
>> what course of action would the FCC take? Would they simply dismiss the
>> radiated emissions case and enforce the conductive case simply because
>> of route the energy took?
>> 
>> Tony -K2MO
> 
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