Yeah, I havent read through it all. I would think you could just shut off the mains somehow automagically if the power fails and trip over to batteries or a generator. My uncle was a hog farmer and his gen set did that. But for a long time it was run out and fire up the Farmall and the pto generator.
Hospitals always have red outlets connected to backup power. Regular color outlets are not backed up. That would be a good way to do it if starting from scratch at home. On Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 8:39 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I agree. I read through a portion of the manual and I was a bit confused. > It appears that they’re using the inverter to feed a branch circuit in the > house by plugging into it with the output of the inverter. > > Not only are the issues previously mentioned a concern, but you’re also > limited to the available output of the inverter on that circuit. > > Seems like sort of a kludge. > > -D > > > On Oct 18, 2019, at 10:35 AM, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > From what I have read of the manual, this thing plugs into an outlet on > one of the circuits of your breaker panel and then feeds back into the > panel. The bad part of that is when the power goes out and you have the > battery backup off grid controller and inverter installed when the power > goes out then you have to plug anything that you want running into the > inverter. When the power comes back on the inverter goes off line and > nothing plugged into will work so everything has to be plugged back into > the outlets that they were originally in. > > > > That said, If the power company meter readers see the solar setup they > will probably report that and the utility company will have some questions > for you and may even disconnect your electricity from the Grid till you are > in compliance with their regulations and have the system inspected. Could > be a whole bunch of problems going all the way back to the building > inspectors office possibly including fines for non inspection etc. > > > > Just a thought. > > > > However for a cabin in the woods with no grid power I can see it as a > great idea. > > > > > > Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >> Karl - I like the idea of this one: all the equipment is on the house > side > >> of the meter, so electric company only sees a reduction in your usage. > I > >> did not study their claimed ROI, so economics aside... > >> If a home-owner installed this DIY or acted as his own general > contractor, > >> and assuming no HOA interference, would someone like Dan in FL be able > to > >> do this without consequence? > >> ------------- > >> Max > >> Charleston SC > >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:44 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> Seems like this thing is able to keep the net to zero, so maybe it > would > >>> limit the panels to whatever you are using and not drop out just > because > >>> the grid is down. > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/legion-solar-4-permission-free-energy-and-storage > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
