Do-It-Yourself Solar-Powered PC: Live Test

Do-It-Yourself Solar-Powered PC: Live Test

Weather

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Daily Weather Statistics
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last update:,

Weather data provided by the research station Garching
of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University's Meteorological Institute, Munich.

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Wind
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Wind Speed (10m):Row 0 - Cell 1
Wind Speed (20m):Row 1 - Cell 1
Maximum:,
Direction:,
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Incident Solar Radiation
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Global:Row 0 - Cell 1
Maximum:,
Reflex:Row 2 - Cell 1
Atmospheric:Row 3 - Cell 1
Long Wave:Row 4 - Cell 1
Albedo:Row 5 - Cell 1

radiation in W/m²

Global (black), Reflex (brown), Counter (brown), Long Wave (red), Sunshine Duration (red)

Scale: 200 W/m² per horizontal bar

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Precipitation
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Current Rainfall:Row 0 - Cell 1
Maximum:,
Total Today:Row 2 - Cell 1
Humidity:Row 3 - Cell 1
Maximum:,
Minimum:,
Condensation Temperature:Row 6 - Cell 1

Air pressure (hPa) (red), Precipitation (mm/min) (dark blue), Total Precipitation (mm) (light blue)

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Temperature
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High:,
Low:,
Ambient:Row 2 - Cell 1
Ground:Row 3 - Cell 1

Temperature

Ground Temperature (light blue), Air temperature (light green), Humidity (red)

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Info

The weather station of the meteorological Institute supplies us with detailed weather data. Our live information is updated every five minutes.

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  • c911darkwolf
    Something me and my wife were talking about. Solar panels are expensive, but if you make a small investment it will cut down your power bill every month or you can make a large investment go independent and sell excess back to the electric company.
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