Microinverters

SenorPower
SenorPower Registered Users Posts: 4
in Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems #1
I am wondering if anyone has ever tried using a microinverter with an off-grid system. Would the microinverter try to pump all of the power from my batteries into the AC devices I connect?
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  • Photowhit
    Photowhit Solar Expert Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #2
    Microinverters require an existing current to sync up to or they will not produce any current. So they have pretty much no use off grid.
    Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites,  Midnite E-panel, Magnum MS4024, Prosine 1800(now backup) and Exeltech 1100(former backup...lol), 660 ah 24v Forklift battery(now 10 years old). Off grid for 20 years (if I include 8 months on a bicycle).
    - Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,613 admin
    #3
    I am not sure I understand your question... A micro "Grid Tied" (GT) inverter? Or some other type of off grid micro inverter?

    If a GT inverter--They require a working 120/240 VAC 60 Hz source (or Euro power equivalent) voltage source to provide stable AC power. A GT Micro inverter cannot generate/regulate AC power on its own.

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,894 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    #4
    http://www.sunbandit.us/SunBandit%C2%AE.aspx#anchor-home

    I have a client installing one of these. It works offgrid but I too may be missing the point here.
    "we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
       htps://offgridsolar1.com/
    E-mail offgridsolar@sti.net

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