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HiTech
Explorer
May 17, 2013

Grid tie inverter with power outage capability

I liek the direction some of these grid tie inverters are taking. The ideal unit would let you grid tie extra power back to the utility but still have batteries, but this is a really good step. Gri...
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time2roll
Nomad
May 17, 2013
Are we talking about a grid tie RV system? (10 kW is a bit large)

May not get net metering unless it is an old mechanical meter. Many of the new digital meters do not differentiate the direction of power. I understand for a home solar grid tie system the electric company has to upgrade the digital meter. Not really going to happen at an RV park rental but would work on the old dial type that you could make spin backward.

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