What is meant by off grid? Does this mean you cannot use this panel with a grid tie inverter to connect with the grid?
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off grid means not wired to power company, however yes, you can always use a grid tie inverter
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The 12v solar panels are usually referred to as "0ff grid." These are mainly used for RV, camping and marine use. However they can be used for grid tie but will have to be wired in series in such fashion as to make the power more usable at the approved pure sine grid tie inverter/panel with appropriate safety connections. The pure sine inverters used in grid tie work are almost always made to use 24vdc and higher (the better) for increased efficiency of conversion factors from DC to AC power.
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There are two types of Grid, the mains and the computer grid, solar panels to connect them via a DC / DC converter to computer equipment, or also by a DC / AC inverter,
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Yes you can use a grid tie inverter it's the seme what's is matter it's the cain of inverter you use
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Technically you could, but you'd need a lot of 'em. Grid-tie systems tend to have more power. If there's one near you, I'd suggest contacting a local solar power shop to talk about grid-tie; those systems are much more complex and regulations vary from location to location.
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Off Grid is a term used which means off the electrical grid that would normally supply power to commercial and residential structures. These panels when connected correctly can supply enough power during daylight to either augment and reduce your dependency on the power company and in certain situations total self reliance.
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Hi Jun,This microinverter (Enphase M250) is 240V AC and is for grid-tied applications. The string of microinverters are tied to your main service panel using a 2-pole circuit breaker (i.e. 2 hots, or L1/L2)The Enphase M215 has the same voltage and is also grid tied.Please let me know if I have answered your question.Thanks,TomTreepublic
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This unit it a grid tie inverter you hook your solar panel(s) directly to it and plug it into your homes electrical outlet. It can produce up to 300 watts of power into your homes electrical system
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Yes this is off grid, charge controller is a simple one not mppt. Wish it was. Solar panels work great have had hooked to a sun gti 500watt. I c 160 watts on avg out of these two panels. I bought this kit and two batteries so i could cover myself if grid went down. Good luck.
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You can, but you would need a AC to DC power converter and a 3 pin fan connector to plug into the GRID.
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This tie only works when voltage from solar panels is over its threshold point. 10, 15watt panels charge my 150 amp hour batteries. The tie inverter plugs into any 110 outlet, and feeds back at a slight higher votage than the 110 line. 150 watts off my electric bill just like that. It works about 6 hours a day, all automatically.
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This IS an off-grid system. I have never been on-grid at my present location. I run 24/7 with 4 of these kits (8 panels), feeding a set of 4 panels through the included 30-amp charger to recharge 3 large deep-cycle batteries each set (6 batteries altogether). The batteries feed an 800-watt Cobra inverter (also from Amazon) to provide all the power I need. For high-drawing electrical shop tools, I use a 3500-watt LPG generator. See my video series at my website, DroidPals dot com.
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You could but what if you need to do some work on the panels? You need to kill the power some how. These connectors are nice after a few times connecting and unconnecting they get easier to work with. thanks for the question.
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I haven't hooked mine up yet, but my understanding is that if you run your panel(s) through a voltage regulator to the batteries and hook up the inverter to the batteries. The panel itself will not run an inverter.
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hi evan yes the windmax hy-1000-5 can feed the grid with a grid tie inverter. I use a 1000 watt, 22-60 volt, grid tie inverter by mass power.
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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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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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It connects directly to the solar panel, but don't connect it to a panel that puts out more than 18 volts. It claims to work on voltages up to 30v, but anything over about 16 is just heats up the inverter without generating any AC. Over around 24v it may or may not operate at all.
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Yes all enphase inverters are UL1741 qualified they will not back feed to the grid when the grid is down.
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It is NOT a charger, one way inverter. it will probly smoke if you try to back feed it. For grid tied inverters THEY have to have a 60 Hz syncing circuit! Try a power jack to feed the grid.
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Yes they can ❗️ you can use these solar panels like any other solar panel ❗️ Depending on the grid tie unit you use you could run it on little as 1 -2 solar panels .