<div dir="ltr">As long as the inverter carries a UL listing, it is the manufacturer's liability.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 6:10 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com" target="_blank">toddcory@finestplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial" size="4"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:14pt;word-wrap:break-word">worst case scenario, a battery based inverter system trying to power the grid would immediately shutdown on overload as the "infinite load" of the grid would look like a dead short.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:14pt;word-wrap:break-word">also, all utility workers treat lines as "live" and routinely short out feeders before working on them... so the likelihood of this being an issue is extremely tiny.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:14pt;word-wrap:break-word">someone else would have to address the liability issue, but i imagine this is covered in the utility's net metering contract.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:14pt;word-wrap:break-word"><br><br>On Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:19pm, "gary easton" <<a href="mailto:gary@arp-solar.com" target="_blank">gary@arp-solar.com</a>> said:<br><br></p>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello Wrenches,
<div>I have an electrical engineer customer that asked me a "what if" that I had not heard before. If an inverter somehow back feeds the grid during an outage and damages something or hurts someone who is liable? <br>-- <br>
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