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brown chris
Master Cruncher California - USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 2422 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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power Reality check: When the power grid goes down, all grid-tie solar systems will go down with it NaturalNews) A lot of people believe they are becoming "power independent" by installing grid-tie solar systems, but what many don't realize is that virtually all such systems are designed to actively go offline when the power grid goes offline. http://www.naturalnews.com/036194_solar_system_grid-tie_power_grid.html I am hoping that I have a work-around for that. All I need to do is supply 220v to my panel, somehow, and the inverter will turn back on. I'm thinking my little portable generator will do just fine. I can split that 110 line to both of the 110v legs on the house, and throw the breakers to the utility. I just hope I never have to try it.
BIG BANG THEORY: In the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
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GeraldRube
Master Cruncher United States Joined: Nov 20, 2004 Post Count: 2153 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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power Reality check: When the power grid goes down, all grid-tie solar systems will go down with it NaturalNews) A lot of people believe they are becoming "power independent" by installing grid-tie solar systems, but what many don't realize is that virtually all such systems are designed to actively go offline when the power grid goes offline. http://www.naturalnews.com/036194_solar_system_grid-tie_power_grid.html I am hoping that I have a work-around for that. All I need to do is supply 220v to my panel, somehow, and the inverter will turn back on. I'm thinking my little portable generator will do just fine. I can split that 110 line to both of the 110v legs on the house, and throw the breakers to the utility. I just hope I never have to try it. Just be VERY careful if you have to do that--I have come close to electrocution several times by being in a hurry!!  |
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Former Member
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power Reality check: When the power grid goes down, all grid-tie solar systems will go down with it NaturalNews) A lot of people believe they are becoming "power independent" by installing grid-tie solar systems, but what many don't realize is that virtually all such systems are designed to actively go offline when the power grid goes offline. http://www.naturalnews.com/036194_solar_system_grid-tie_power_grid.html I am hoping that I have a work-around for that. All I need to do is supply 220v to my panel, somehow, and the inverter will turn back on. I'm thinking my little portable generator will do just fine. I can split that 110 line to both of the 110v legs on the house, and throw the breakers to the utility. I just hope I never have to try it. Just be VERY careful if you have to do that--I have come close to electrocution several times by being in a hurry!! And how are you going to handle the problem of "night" when you won't be able to get any solar power. It seems to me that night is when we have most of our outages - maybe from people leaving the bar or a friend'd house and running into a power pole. Oh! That right - your power distribution is probably all underground. In Prunedale we still have power poles. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 18, 2012 5:17:32 PM] |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/18 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== xroule reached 37,000,000 points  darth_vader reached 13,000,000 points stonechild reached 50,000 points Runtime milestones report ========================= RT reached 190 years of runtime CCH reached 1 years of runtime Results returned milestones report ================================== Jean-Guy Germain reached 800 results New members report ================== No new members found.  Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 04/05/2012 8,248 Points: 03/07/2012 2,312,643 Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/18 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 280,300 points 02: judson Somerville MD - 267,155 points 03: GeraldRube - 139,467 points 04: Coingames - 102,410 points 05: xroule - 88,348 points 06: David Autumns - 77,800 points 07: Blueprint - 39,787 points 08: dkt - 38,951 points 09: parmesian - 34,722 points 10: brown chris - 33,723 points 11: finman - 22,470 points 12: keithhenry - 21,104 points 13: smcclarigan - 19,576 points 14: Vuj - 18,032 points 15: lawrencehardin - 17,461 points 16: Fanie - 15,418 points 17: Jonathon Wright - 14,959 points 18: PohSoon - 11,808 points 19: pramodp - 9,654 points 20: darth_vader - 8,942 points Total points returned today: 1,295,442 Active members returning points today: 36 Average points per member active today: 35,984.5 |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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..............................CONGRATULATIONS xroule ON REACHING 37,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!.............................. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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.........................CONGRATULATIONS darth_vader ON REACHING 13,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!......................... |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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..............................CONGRATULATIONS stonechild ON REACHING 50,000 MOT POINTS !!!.............................. |
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brown chris
Master Cruncher California - USA Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 2422 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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power Reality check: When the power grid goes down, all grid-tie solar systems will go down with it NaturalNews) A lot of people believe they are becoming "power independent" by installing grid-tie solar systems, but what many don't realize is that virtually all such systems are designed to actively go offline when the power grid goes offline. http://www.naturalnews.com/036194_solar_system_grid-tie_power_grid.html I am hoping that I have a work-around for that. All I need to do is supply 220v to my panel, somehow, and the inverter will turn back on. I'm thinking my little portable generator will do just fine. I can split that 110 line to both of the 110v legs on the house, and throw the breakers to the utility. I just hope I never have to try it. Just be VERY careful if you have to do that--I have come close to electrocution several times by being in a hurry!! And how are you going to handle the problem of "night" when you won't be able to get any solar power. It seems to me that night is when we have most of our outages - maybe from people leaving the bar or a friend'd house and running into a power pole. Oh! That right - your power distribution is probably all underground. In Prunedale we still have power poles. Most of my power outages are during the day. We have very bad storms in the summer. When it gets dark, solar isn't going to help much. Maybe I should send my son on the roof with a flashlight.
BIG BANG THEORY: In the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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power Reality check: When the power grid goes down, all grid-tie solar systems will go down with it NaturalNews) A lot of people believe they are becoming "power independent" by installing grid-tie solar systems, but what many don't realize is that virtually all such systems are designed to actively go offline when the power grid goes offline. http://www.naturalnews.com/036194_solar_system_grid-tie_power_grid.html I am hoping that I have a work-around for that. All I need to do is supply 220v to my panel, somehow, and the inverter will turn back on. I'm thinking my little portable generator will do just fine. I can split that 110 line to both of the 110v legs on the house, and throw the breakers to the utility. I just hope I never have to try it. Chris, this is doable. I've done it. I have a 6500W generator with both 110 and 220 output that I can plug into. What I did was go down to the local home improvement store and tell them I was making a 220V extention cord. The "cord" is about 3/4ths on an inch thick and long enough to reach from the generator outside into the house to a 220V plug, in my case the plug for the kitchen stove. The plugs on this "extention cord" are huge as well (make sure you get the right ones, ie, male/female). When needed, I cut the main power breaker. That way, nothing from my generator can flow back out of the house to the power lines (keeps the utility happy). I pull out the stove and unplug it and plug my extention cord in to its 220 receptacle in the wall. The other end plugs into the generator. I crank it up and I have power to the whole house. I do go back to the fusebox and cut the breakers for stuff I won't be using. The main thing is to not try to pull more current from the generator than it can provide. That tends to trip a breaker on the generator. An electrician could easily set you up with the proper permanent installation. |
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