We don't have any home automation per se but we're fortunate enough to have a few solar panels that communicate via the power lines (PLC) to a central controller. It in turn reports to me (my PC) and the company that made the system as well. With interference I still get the power benefit but I can't monitor it to see if each panel is checking in or not or if there is some other point of failure. OK, that's the back story in brief.
I assembled my grow goodies this summer in anticipation of my first indoor grow. I held up 'til my first outdoor grow had been dried in the tent and jarred up, etc. I noticed on Monday I had zero output from my PV system even though it was a spectacular day in the upper 60's and wall to wall sun. Further digging showed I went offline at 12:35pm Sunday. I had just moved the first plant into the tent and fired up the Viparspectra for the first time before hitting the bag and settling in for football. After messing with things for two days I tried shutting off the LED and restarting the Solar controller. All was good. When I turned it back on the PV system went dark again!
I now have an extension cord running across my basement from another circuit and all seems good so far. (Of course today is gloomy and going to rain so slow start to solar monitoring but all the panels did check in.) I'll get that cord sorted more properly shortly.
Have others run into electrically noisy lights or fans or anything else that interfered with the PLC for other devices?
I assembled my grow goodies this summer in anticipation of my first indoor grow. I held up 'til my first outdoor grow had been dried in the tent and jarred up, etc. I noticed on Monday I had zero output from my PV system even though it was a spectacular day in the upper 60's and wall to wall sun. Further digging showed I went offline at 12:35pm Sunday. I had just moved the first plant into the tent and fired up the Viparspectra for the first time before hitting the bag and settling in for football. After messing with things for two days I tried shutting off the LED and restarting the Solar controller. All was good. When I turned it back on the PV system went dark again!
I now have an extension cord running across my basement from another circuit and all seems good so far. (Of course today is gloomy and going to rain so slow start to solar monitoring but all the panels did check in.) I'll get that cord sorted more properly shortly.
Have others run into electrically noisy lights or fans or anything else that interfered with the PLC for other devices?
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