Solar Moose

almightybmw · 05-11-09, 06:59 AM

www.solarmoose.com

This isn't mine, but it is my parents. Last summer they started cutting trees to clear space for the solar array. In January it was fully installed and making juice.

My mom is using a dell mini9 to run the data logging software uploaded to the web server. She recently hooked up a webcam so one can watch the array track the sun throughout the day. The attached picture is at 3:49am, currently producing nothing, but within an hour it should start. How is that possible? ALASKA. Mom estimates 16-18 hours of production for the summer, it's currently at 16-16.5 hours daily.

If she wasn't so busy with retired life (who knew, right?) right now I'd ask her to writeup a short story on the build.

I think the best part of the whole thing is it's rated at 2730W, but if you look at the history it exceeds that quite often thanks to the 60* rating, and the sub 60* temps they're seeing currently. Nothing like "overclocking" your solar array.

Daox · 05-11-09, 09:12 AM

That is very cool! If I'm reading the logs correctly, on some days it is hitting 10 times its rating. Thats amazing. I really like that its all hooked up to the internet too so other can see what its doing.

05-11-09, 06:59 AM	#1
almightybmw Lurking Renovator Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Solar Moose www.solarmoose.com This isn't mine, but it is my parents. Last summer they started cutting trees to clear space for the solar array. In January it was fully installed and making juice. My mom is using a dell mini9 to run the data logging software uploaded to the web server. She recently hooked up a webcam so one can watch the array track the sun throughout the day. The attached picture is at 3:49am, currently producing nothing, but within an hour it should start. How is that possible? ALASKA. Mom estimates 16-18 hours of production for the summer, it's currently at 16-16.5 hours daily. If she wasn't so busy with retired life (who knew, right?) right now I'd ask her to writeup a short story on the build. I think the best part of the whole thing is it's rated at 2730W, but if you look at the history it exceeds that quite often thanks to the 60* rating, and the sub 60* temps they're seeing currently. Nothing like "overclocking" your solar array. Attached Thumbnails

05-11-09, 09:12 AM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	That is very cool! If I'm reading the logs correctly, on some days it is hitting 10 times its rating. Thats amazing. I really like that its all hooked up to the internet too so other can see what its doing.