<font face="arial" size="3"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;">our power outages generally come from bad weather too... and of course when the weather is bad the pv does next to nothing. so for emergency backup, i recommend a generator.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;">On Friday, April 26, 2013 10:33am, "Bill Turberville" <billturb@ece-llc.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Not very often, and usually for no more than an hour or two, although it has been down as long as 5 days, either during tornado season, or ice taking down power lines. What these people are looking for is Just In Case a big event happens. They do not want to have all those panels just sitting there.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Jay Peltz<br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM<br /><strong>To:</strong> RE-wrenches<br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;">Jay</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;">Peltz power<br /><br />Sent from my iPhone</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br />On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Bill Turberville <<a href="mailto:billturb@ece-llc.com">billturb@ece-llc.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;">I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a Generation Meter that ties-in ahead of the house meter. I have started getting calls from customers who hate having a solar array that does not generate when the grid is down but the sun is shining, but who also want to get the $.12 premium when the grid is connected. We have lots of systems with SMA Sunnyboy inverters, but more with Enphase micro-inverters. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, what you found to be the best solution for this type of installation?</p>
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