Mark and all,
Thank you for some very useful replies. You confirmed my understanding.
You know how a customer can be so sure of (usually) himself...
Mark, I don't care that much about the structure of the utility. But
it's this customer's understanding of utility structure that got me the
consulting job for a system that would allow him to disconnect from it.
Allan
*Allan Sindelar*
al...@sindelarsolar.com <mailto:al...@sindelarsolar.com>
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.
*505 780-2738 cell*
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On 11/26/2016 8:32 AM, Mark Frye wrote:
Allen,
Back when people used to read books to learn, at least you had to
spend several hours studying something, then you could be 50% an
expert. Now with the interwebs, watch only at least the first 20
minutes of a YouTube video and you can have an unshakeable conviction
in a new belief as truth.
If you are off grid, what do yo care about the structure of the
utility anyway. None of use use "grid" power directly, but always
through some form of power transformation.
Mark
On 11/25/2016 5:27 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Wrenches,
Is there such a thing as a "grid neutral"? I have been providing
design support to a client for a large off grid system; a prepper,
rare in these parts. He claims that utility current is carried in
part through the ground and in part through a neutral conductor, and
such a "utility neutral" is deliberately undersized. At first I
pushed back (see below). Now I just wonder what Wrenches more
knowledgeable than I am will say.
Thank you,
Allan
*Allan Sindelar*
al...@sindelarsolar.com <mailto:al...@sindelarsolar.com>
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.
*505 780-2738 cell*
**
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