Mike is correct - a single old inefficient panel can draw a sustained arc an inch or longer. Some decent sized farms have burned down because you can't just turn off the sun. There are important safety concern to learn about. On Jun 6, 2016 12:28 AM, "Mike Nickerson via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
The main issue I can think of is the risk of someone unplugging something drawing high current. There could be a lot more flash and arc than people would expect from AC. Also, the conversion to DC would require new switches that were DC rated on the appliances. How would you put DC into the electric car? I could see how a conversion could be set up for DC, but it seems it would be difficult for a commercial EV. They have a way to take DC direct inputs, but only under certain specifications. Mike On June 5, 2016 8:29:08 PM MDT, Larry Gales via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >If you build an off-grid solar house and use it for both your house and >charging your electric car, are there any disadvantages for using DC >current (household appliances can all be converted to DC) and avoiding >AC >since you are off the grid? You avoid the cost, maintenance, and >(slight) >inefficiency of inverters, but are there significant disadvantages to >this >approach? > >Thanks, _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/f9c7834c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
