On / Off Tie-in Grid Configuration Can the 900 Watt Model be "Tied-In / Off" the Grid with modification features available ?
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However, small grid tied inverters that are UL certified and fine for use are dropping in price. You can pay $100-$200 have the electician grid tie that device. The DC to AC connection you can often do yourself. Pay the inspection fee... and you are good! Where I live you can get a free net meter from the power company and you are actually saving money by making your own power, can sell power back if not used, AND we recieve a credit for production period... regardless if I use it or not. Check with your tax person, but the costs involved in setting this up can be offset by 30% or so. Wind has an additional benefit over solar in that you get more credit as well... check your IRS forms. However, small grid tied inverters that are UL certified and fine for use are dropping in price. You can pay $100-$200 have the electician grid tie that device. The DC to AC connection you can often do yourself. Pay the inspection fee... and you are good! Where I live you can get a free net meter from the power company and you are actually saving money by making your own power, can sell power back if not used, AND we recieve a credit for production period... regardless if I use it or not. Check with your tax person, but the costs involved in setting this up can be offset by 30% or so. Wind... » Read More However, small grid tied inverters that are UL certified and fine for use are dropping in price. You can pay $100-$200 have the electician grid tie that device. The DC to AC connection you can often do yourself. Pay the inspection fee... and you are good! Where I live you can get a free net meter from the power company and you are actually saving money by making your own power, can sell power back if not used, AND we recieve a credit for production period... regardless if I use it or not. Check with your tax person, but the costs involved in setting this up can be offset by 30% or so. Wind has an additional benefit over solar in that you get more credit as well... check your IRS forms. « Show Less
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Also, if you insist on using the 1000 watt inverter you may want to install a series of power allocation switches that will vary on/off power from selected pv panels. After all, you don't want to feed the grid with power.
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Yes, you can do that. Bryan has provided a good answer to this question. Also, since the panels are 12v, you are limited to the grid-tie inverter selection. You'll probably need a low voltage, high current grid-tie inverter, yet this may not be UL listed.
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I have separate charge controller for my batteries. I use the inverter to run my refrigerator most of the day. When the batteries get to low get to low on power I plug it back into the house power. Is your old combination unit a grid tie unit or a non-grid tie unit.
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no there isn't, you have to just unplug it or hook it up to a power strip with other items and make the power strip the master "on/off"
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Yes you can connect the inverter to a Breaker as long as the circuit panel is off grid
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I believe that should be possible, Just put the wireless transmitters to the lines on the sub panel and it should display the watts used only from the subpanel.
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You can but... For me, the panels are atop a 50 ft tower so I mounted it up there then discovered that when it is not actively generating, it is actually consuming, albeit a small amount, of energy. Therefore, the on/off switch became useful but having it down below would require separate 60+ ft lengths of copper cable. I opted not to use the generator. I installed another panel instead with good results.
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No. The invertor only works with a nominal voltage of 240/120. It "senses" the power from grid tie and will shut down when no power is available. Check out Enphase website for more details.
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Hello. this grid tie inverter accepts 10.5VDC up to 28VDC. However, these units are not approved for most areas and honestly are not a very good product. I would not advise purchasing this unit. If you are serious about installing a grid tied solar system I'd reccomend doing it properly. Look into the outback grid tie inverters. They are much more costly but there is a reason for that. You get what you pay for.
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This is kit is for off grid that you need battery and inverter. We also have grid tie kit listed in our store. Thanks for your interest with Renogy.
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Yeah you can set the gap that you want to power to switch on and off between in celcius. As low as 0.5 celcius gap.
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You can connect up to the maximum of transformer wattage. For long runs, use parallel rather than series wiring.
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Yes, but you would need to purchase a charge controller and a 12/24v battery first for a more stable flow. Then a grid-tie inverter can be used to sell back power to the grid or use it in your home.
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In theory im sure you could. However each unit waivers at different loads so it will be near impossible to synch up the voltages perfectly. Modifying the heatsinks, you can actually push 200Watts through each unit. If you need to convert more power I would recommend buying a larger unit.
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Yes you can run small steady state energy eaters from 900 watt system. Which the start-up however. Add the equipment one at time to avoid a in-rush surge.
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My grid tie 300 watt inverter is connected to two 150 watt 22 volt panels. Working just fine at that voltage. The previous one burnt out with three panels connected to it. Apparently the voltage and amperage had increased when at full sun. I would consider de-rating all voltage values to 80 percent on any inverter you purchase.