On 03/28/2012 07:13 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
In aweb.com,
says...

On 03/27/2012 09:17 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Cool, Doug. What's your setup? Got battery backup so you stay online
when the rest of the block is out?

No, it's a grid tied system - SolarCity. The grid is our storage
device, in fact when the grid goes down, so does our system. Wouldn't
want to be pumping juice into the grid while the repair guys were trying
to get things fixed! Might make their hair look like Guy Fieri. The
inverter shuts off when the sun or the grid goes down.

So have a transfer switch that disconnects from the grid when the grid
goes down. I wouldn't pay a dime for a solar system that still had me
completely dependent on the electric company.

Then you would require a battery system to buffer variable instaneous
generation from a constant load. There is night and clouds etc that
keep a non battery system from producing constant power. I don't think
my gar^H^H^Hshop is big enough to hold the batteries, let alone my
wallet big enough to buy them.

You would also have to get approval from the power utility, city and
Solar equipment provider.
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