[amsat-bb] Solar panel inverters--radio noise?

[skristof at etczone.com]

My personal experience is that Ferrites had little or no effect on the
noise from my system. As with about anything "Your mileage may vary". 

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-02-11 11:10, Greg Stahlman wrote:

> General findings have beeen that panels with "mini-inverters" on the panels
> themselves are very quiet.  Panels with "optimizers" or DC-DC converters on
> each panel and a main inverter on the side of the house are very noisy!  I
> specifically asked for the mini inverters and mine are quiet, but I can hear
> my neighbors system several hundred feet away with his "optimizers."   You
> can get a bag of ferrites and clamp them on every panel's output and it will
> drastically quiet them down.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Lussier
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> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Solar panel inverters--radio noise?
> 
> I have been running 5.8 Kw system using Kyocera panels and SMA inverters now
> for 20 years. No noise at all. The inverters are less that 6 feet from my
> radios.
> 
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> 
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