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shawn

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Joined: 30/03/2010
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 210
Posted: 12:06am 10 Sep 2012
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I was just reading up on some maby rubbish ? sun flare can anybody tell me if this will cook my pv panils/ inverter/ batterybank???
I don'y want to start a doom and (gloom thread) most uf us will be better organised than the average but still just thinking and learning.

shawn
 
Gizmo

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Joined: 05/06/2004
Location: Australia
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Posted: 01:39am 10 Sep 2012
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I would say you have nothing to worry about. Fortunately our little rock has a relatively strong magnetic field to shield us microbes from the effects of solar flares.

A big flare can upset some satelites, but most are built to withstand that sort of thing. Here on the surface, you would need a big aerial, like a power grid hundred of km long, before you need to worry about flares.

Local weather events are much likely to cause damage to a small system like yours, like hail or lightning.

Glenn
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