{"id":55833,"date":"2023-02-14T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=55833"},"modified":"2023-02-14T08:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T12:38:54","slug":"resource-for-tracking-down-sources-of-pv-system-rfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/resource-for-tracking-down-sources-of-pv-system-rfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource for tracking down sources of PV system RFI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Vivint Solar<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello Thomas,<\/p>\n

In asking the manufacturer of the inverter for the solar array on our house what I might be able to do to reduce the EMI coming out of it, he gave me some Googling ideas, which led me to the following article which I think is worth passing on to others:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.solar-electric.com\/learning-center\/reducing-electromagnetic-interference-pv-systems.html\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I was particularly interested in the sentence: Conversely, inverters connect to AC circuits in the home, turning every inch of the house wiring into an antenna that radiates the interference. <\/em><\/p>\n

The guy who wrote the article has a lot of experience in chasing down this problem.<\/p>\n

Cheers<\/p>\n

Jerome van der Linden<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing this, Jerome. As more and more homes install solar solutions, tracking down sources RFI has certainly become an art form. When we installed our rather simple PV system over a decade ago, our installer stuck with telephony approved gear–charge controllers, etc. that are often used in communication central offices.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, In asking the manufacturer of the inverter for the solar array on our house what I might be able to do to reduce the EMI coming out of it, he gave me some Googling ideas, which led me to the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4089,453,5246],"class_list":["post-55833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-qrm","tag-rfi","tag-solar-power"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ewx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19942,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/rfi-from-solar-power-installations\/","url_meta":{"origin":55833,"position":0},"title":"RFI from solar power installations","author":"Thomas","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) The Netherlands national amateur radio society VERON reports on the pollution problems caused by Solar Panels installed on homes Electrical systems such as solar panel installations must comply with EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility) standards. 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