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HiTech
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Mar 15, 2013

Grid tie inverters to boost genset or PSW inverter output?

Has anyone used grid tie inverters with your RV solar systems (some on eBay are very inexpensive indeed and claiming to be MPPT - ok I have some doubts) to supplement small genset output? It looks l...
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HiTech
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Mar 18, 2013
If you have an MPPT solar controller (to decouple the PVs from the battery voltage), and a battery powered inverter that can synch up to an existing AC source (rare but they do exist), I agree. Grid tie units tend to be a lot less expensive though.

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