Today, my 51 290W panels = 280W total

[BackwoodsEE]

I am here:

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[SunEagle]

Yep. Clouds suck if you are dependent on Solar PV. I hope you get some clear sky soon.

[bcroe]

That looks pretty bad, esp if you are off grid. We have had a string of cloudy/rainy days here as
well, but the array has managed to still generate as much energy as the mini split heat pumps
use, every day. When some sun shows like today (finally), the net metering reserve keeps growing,
past the peak of earlier years. Bruce Roe

[J.P.M.]

At least you're in eastern WA. Yakima gets about 30-40 % more insolation in N-D-J than Seattle (clearness index ~ 0.37). Spokane does close to Yakima (clearness index~ 0.35), Still, with Seattle's design winter clearness index of ~ 0.27 - 0.30 or less, that's kind of damning with faint praise.

[BackwoodsEE]

Man, I hate this Inland Northwest murk we get here in the winters. See that white blob in Eastern WA? It's a persistent low cloud layer that fills the spaces between the mountains for days at a time while all of Oregon and the rest of Washington (including Portland and Seattle!) bask in the sunshine.

Current total power output from 51 x 290W panels: 1400 Watts.

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[J.P.M.]

Man, I hate this Inland Northwest murk we get here in the winters. See that white blob in Eastern WA? It's a persistent low cloud layer that fills the spaces between the mountains for days at a time while all of Oregon and the rest of Washington (including Portland and Seattle!) bask in the sunshine.

Current total power output from 51 x 290W panels: 1400 Watts.

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I once had similar opinions about living in/around Buffalo. I moved. Are your feet nailed to the ground ?