Smarter Grid Linking Solar Panels May Bypass Utilities

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body-smarter-grid-linking-solar-panels-may-bypass-utilities.jpg I doubt that electricity is fundamentally a wide-area networking service. At first glance, this statement appears absurd. Like telephony or the Internet, electricity enters our homes through outside wires. Is it not therefore a networking service?

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  • SolaRevolution
    SolaRevolution Solar Expert Posts: 410 ✭✭
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    Re: Smarter Grid Linking Solar Panels May Bypass Utilities

    Checked out the Heart Trsansverter?
    http://www.transverter.com/
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  • Dragonlady5
    Dragonlady5 Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭✭
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    You know of anyone with one of the Transverters?
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  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
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    At only ~$12,700 per kit... ouch http://www.transverter.com/smart.html
     
    KID #51B  4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
    CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM 
    Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
    2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
    Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
    West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
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  • Dragonlady5
    Dragonlady5 Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭✭
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    Re: Smarter Grid Linking Solar Panels May Bypass Utilities

    That "kit" is a 4 kW system with 1,840 W Solar, and batteries.
    You have a good setup with what you have but doesn't compare to what this system could/would deliver. What are you comparing it to price wise?

    There is no doubt that the product is not cheap, but the functionality is beyond anything I have seen from any other product.
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  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
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    That is a lot of cash to lay out for a brand new on the street type system. For example I see they are listing Can Solar panels at >$2 per watt, when other good brand panels sell well below that, second hey list 6 12v GEL batteries, that is either a weird voltage or a compound of 3 strings of 24 v, 2 of 36 v or 72 volt ??? = (probably) Custom equipment if not 24v...
    4 Kw is a lot to ask from a 12 v system.
    They have assumed 5 'good sun ' hours per day to get 9 KWH per day/276 Kwh per month, a fair bit optimistic....:cry:
     
    KID #51B  4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
    CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM 
    Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
    2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
    Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
    West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
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  • stephendv
    stephendv Solar Expert Posts: 1,571 ✭✭
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    Re: Smarter Grid Linking Solar Panels May Bypass Utilities
    Dragonlady5 wrote: »
    There is no doubt that the product is not cheap, but the functionality is beyond anything I have seen from any other product.

    How about this: http://www.sma.de/en/produkte/monitoring-systems/sunny-home-manager.html
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  • Dragonlady5
    Dragonlady5 Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭✭
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    The costing they have on their site is date I believe 3-4 years, and this is just an example/excercise (marketing wise), but that's not the issue, neither is the estimates on Wh.

    The HT2000's battery can be anywhere from 12 to 48 Volts (unusual/unique for anything on the market). With 6 x 12 as you said could 24 or 36.

    I would put my own system together in any case..
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