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On 1/16/2012 11:39 AM, David Katz wrote:
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I believe the Midnite Classic has this feature built in.
Check with them.<br>
David Katz</font><br>
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It just snowed up here in Arlington, Washington A.C. and we were
just starting to melt some snow<br>
on a couple of modules on our roof just now with one of our charge
controllers here in the lab.<br>
<br>
This feature is not yet in the Classic, BUT, check out this
experiment that I did about 3 years ago<br>
in my front yard with an animated gif time lapse.<br>
<br>
One module is being powered and the other is not powered, just
sitting there for comparison.<br>
These are KC125s.<br>
<br>
The time involved here was about 3 hours and took about 1 kW-hour of
energy but gives you<br>
an idea of what may be done with this idea. One thing not in our
favor here is that the module<br>
that is being powered is resting on the ground, in the snow, which
would significantly<br>
hinder snow melting I would think rather than being properly
mounted.<br>
<br>
Oh what fun it is to melt some PV snow tonight !<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fusion.midnitesolar.com/PVsnowMelt3.gif">http://fusion.midnitesolar.com/PVsnowMelt3.gif</a><br>
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boB<br>
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Mark Dickson [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:Mark@OasisMontana.com">mailto:Mark@OasisMontana.com</a>]
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<b>Sent</b>: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:00 AM<br>
<b>To</b>: 'RE-wrenches'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org"><re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org></a>
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<b>Subject</b>: [RE-wrenches] Shedding ice
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I recall a
conversation a while back about
the possibility of “reversing” the current in a
solar module to
increase the cell temp enough to shed ice/rime.
To follow-up, has anybody
been successful at this? I am guessing, if so, it
would entail, removal
of diodes, increasing PV and battery capacity and
some way to sense the ice at
the very least. . . It sounds good in theory, but
I am skeptical as to whether
it will work in reality. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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