[RE-wrenches] Tapping from one leg of a 240V inverter to power a tracker?

[William Dorsett]

We are doing a tracking system and need to run a couple conductors back out
from the house to power the tracker. I suggested that we tap off of the
output from one of the AC legs of the Enphase output instead. From the
inventor of the tracker: from the manufacturer"The tracker needs 12V 10A on
demand. I have found that a small battery w/ charger nearby or AC to DC
converter to 20A (for surge) will work." These would be short surges of
perhaps 4 seconds. Since it is backfeeding onto the lines instead of
powering a device, i.e. a motor which might overheat if there is an
imbalance, the only consideration would seem to be that the frequency of the
signal remain stable. Once in the bus bar of the house panel, it would be
irrelevant that there would be a temporary voltage drop or slight imbalance.

 

Any thoughts? Thank you.

 

 

Bill Dorsett

Sunwrights

1715 Leavenworth

Manhattan, KS

785/539-1956 Home/Office

 

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