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    How Can I Design an Off-Grid Solar System with Panels on Multiple Roofs?

    I'm designing an off-grid system with solar panels on six different roofs spread out over about a hectare. There is also a generator on the site for backup and when the solar isn't enough. I need all the solar panels to feed one main distribution panel. What are my options? I've considered...
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    Could This Schematic Symbol Be a Disconnect Switch?

    Thanks. I've been able to confirm that it is a disconnect switch.
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    Could This Schematic Symbol Be a Disconnect Switch?

    See attached image. This is part of a one-line diagram of a solar-with-battery backup power supply system. Two inverters, one for the batteries and one for the solar panels, feed these things (one of which I've circled in red) at the inputs to a splitter, which splits the load between the two...
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    Effect of the magnetic field on a charged object's inertia.

    A question many of us repeatedly solved in high school goes like this: An electron is accellerated a certain distance by an electric field of a certain strength. Determine its final velocity. I and my teachers always treated this as a simple F=ma question, but recently it's occurred to me...
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    Why Does My Tap Water Turn Cloudy and Gritty After Running Clear?

    (Maybe this is the wrong forum; Whatever, it's an unexplained phenomenon to me.) They're always messing with the plumbing in my dorm. After the last time, the water started behaving strangely when they turned it back on. When I run the water into a glass, it comes out clear. It then...
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    [optics] Those weird blue Christmas lights

    Why can't our eyes focus on that one type of deep blue Christmas lights? It always appears fuzzy from a distance, even if another bulb right next to it appears in focus.
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