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Most people don't have a service disconnect. I have the 200 amp breaker service disconnect on the main panel. But not everyone is required to have a disconnect.

I cut the seal on my meter back around 2012 to do a panel upgrade. They didn't put another seal on it till 2016 or 2017 when they went around and installed a smart meters.


When the next big solar storm hits stay connected to the power grid if you want the power grid may fail spectacularly and your house may go up in smoke too. It does not matter to me.

 

Yup, have a service disconnect on the pole after the meter and a MBT in the garage for the Gen.

 

Thank you @oil pan 4 I really appreciate the explanation

 

Snake oil for the 500 unit Post .
300 clams is over priced !!
I run 7 SPD's at the ranch .
Warrantied and if one get,s hit , Im sure Robin would replace it if you paid to ship (both ways) it in for repair and seeing why and what.
I have seen this gent look after his products ..
SO Im a Midnite boy for life.
Im on solar Grid tie and off grid with battery BU and not . separate systems ..All have them :
http://www.midnitesolar.com/pages/spd/index.php

I hope it starts at 2m22sec.


Pricing : MidNite Solar Surge Protection Device MNSPD-300-AC

Sloth

Ryan is no longer at MN , but were working on getting him back and repaired
Nice gent

 

How effective are the old carbon block lightening protectors? The phone company used them by the thousands in the 1960's and I was always replacing them. 2 closely spaced pieces of carbon with a earth ground to one carbon, one used on each leg, and when they arced it would offer a low resistance to ground. Seen the dam*** things vaporized. I have measured 500 volts on a long distance copper telephone wire to local ground often. You grounded the line before your line man worked on the line or he could get a good shock and that isn't nice when he is 35 feet up a pole in the middle of the night.

 

@duane
They were one shot units , after a few hits it took more to overcome to make them work as installed.
I haven;t had a hit as of yet it didn't have a SPD have seen the ones that Midnight have in there RMA area ,that were replaced ..
I had a Wizbang JR go left ,,It didn't have a SPD on it (Solar Powered Golf cart 48V with 220Vac inverter on the back ) no spd unit till the WBjr died .. Sheet lighting got it I think ?????
Sloth

 

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I signed up for the newsletter at the Mother Earth News Faire. They offer a digital library.

 

From what I understand in the 1970's a solar flare knocked out allot of Canada's eastern sea board. And
it didnt come thru the wires it was a wave thru space. How does something hooked to a panel save from a EMP or solar flare,

 

Canada's 1970 problem was Quebec and the eastern Nova power fighting .
BC,Quebec ,Nova all are HUGE HYDRO ..It's a pricing war to sell to USA , internal fights are here as well.
In 1970 we didn't have micro chips , OCB's to All manual or controlled switches ..
Im a ex CO for Hydro in those years ,, I did turbines APU's ,Dams to diesels ,Posted from .MIL in a .GOV owned company ..
So I never heard of the Solar flare causing any problem . Problems were holding water back over too much and dumping without flooding , and the time difference to open gates must be timed .
Sloth

 

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