[RFI] Video Evidence of SolarEdge RFI

[Tony]

All:

I produced a video that might interest the group. It proves that the RFI 
I've been experiencing since 2016 is in fact emanating from a neighbors 
SolarEdge solar panel system.

My neighbor gave me permission to enter his home and record the noise 
coming from the solar panel system with an SDR while simultaneously 
recording the noise at my home station with another SDR.

As expected, the spectral images recorded while probing the solar 
inverter and optimizers matched perfectly with the spectral images 
recorded at my home station.

As you'll see in the video, the noise emanating from both the inverter 
and optimizers was also being conducted onto the A/C wiring throughout 
the house. It's was flowing through the A/C wiring via the ground wire 
and A/C connections that connect the inverter to the main breaker panel.

After seeing the video, SolarEdge has offered to replace the inverter 
with a new unit. Unfortunately, that's not likely to cure the problem 
unless they apply chokes at the inverter to stop the noise from 
conducting onto the A/C wiring.

Tony Brock-Fisher points this out in his QST article.

I'll keep the group posted.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9awWs4mwC4

Tony -K2MO