#MEwx Hot'N Muggy again and how to install a ground mounted solar panel system

Good morning Augusta

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This morning we have partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 80s with light and variable winds, becoming southwest around 10 mph this afternoon. Heat index values will rise to the lower 90s this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight and humid with lows in the upper 60s. Winds will remain light and variable. Heat index values will remain in the lower 90s early in the evening.

The outdoor temperature is 68.7°F, the dewpoint is 67.2°F and it feels like 69.7°F.

We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

Today’s sunrise is 5:10 AM, sunset is 8:21 PM and we’ll have 15 hours 11 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 3:05 PM and Moonset is 12:20 AM. The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous and is 64% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on July 21 and our next new moon is on August 4.

The wind velocity is between 0.0 MPH and 1.8 MPH from the Southeast.

The Relative pressure is 29.67, the Absolute pressure is 29.57 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The Humidity is 96%, the UV index is 1 placing the average person at lowrisk and the solar radiation reading is 146.1W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Sun and clouds.

 

Someone asked me if solar panels need to be mounted on the roof of your house or business.

No, most definitely not.

I’m not any kind of solar expert but a quick google search about roof-mount stuff as opposed to ground-mountings was very informative.

A few quick things before you click on the URL below.\

First, ground mounts for solar panels will cost you a bit more than the roof mounting angle. Having said this it has advantages over the stuff on the roof.

For example it’s much easier to keep them clean which increases their efficiency. It’s easier to maintain them too, you’re not up on a roof, just a step ladder.

Also, and this is just me talking, it’s easier to put the ground mounts up. You’re using a shovel and some pipe rather than a drill and risking goofing up holes in the roof of the house that could cause a leak.

One other thing, and I just learned this part myself – the hotter a solar panel gets the less efficient it is. There are two base colors of panels, the real dark colored ones and the silver ones. My personal opinion is to get the silver ones.

Also, and this makes sense to me – don’t spray water on solar panels when they’re hot. They’re covered in glass and that will crack if it’s hot and you spray water on them.

But, if you want to know how to do a DIY ground mount, read this article.

https://blog.gogreensolar.com/tips-for-diy-ground-mount-solar

Good luck.