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

[Burns Fisher]

Thank you so much to everyone for your experiences!

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:46 AM <skristof at etczone.com> wrote:

> 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
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 7:48 AM
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> >
> > *Michael Lussier AE4ML*
> >
> > *Orange County ARES Emergency Coordinator* *W5YI Volunteer Coordinator
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