• SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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      3 months ago

      No, because you can kill a lineman working on the downed line, who mistakenly thinks the line is dead and has no idea that you’re feeding power into it from your solar panel.

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        3 months ago

        I really feel like one of these store-bought solar panels wouldn’t put out enough electricity to kill someone

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          3 months ago

          They have enough energy, but they automatically turn off once the grid goes down because they need the grid to synchronize. Balcony solar panels are not able to work in “island mode”, so no lineman is at risk.

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          3 months ago

          You really don’t need a lot of power to kill someone, especially with AC you really don’t need much to induce ventricular fibrillation.