<div dir="auto">William, <div dir="auto">Both Midnite AIO and the Sol-Ark line are capable of this "self consumption", and yes, you would put CTs (that come with the inverters), on L1 and L2 lines coming into the house. I've been solely using the AIO since it has been an option, in large part because Midnite's batteries pair with the AIO seamlessly, have a 15 year warranty and are less than ½ the price of other LiFePO4 batteries that I would consider. </div><div dir="auto">Howie Michaelson</div><div dir="auto">Sun Catcher </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 3:03 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-6026107048300688600WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Friends:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Now that I am on NEM3 I need to consider a battery system to capture daytime energy production and use it to self-power at night. I am new to this concept so I apologize for newbie questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">It will not be easy for me to install a critical-loads sub-panel and I am not looking for outage protection. Therefore I think my only AC connection to the inverter would be to the input. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">My shop has a 100 amp feeder and 8 Kw of PV on it. (There is 2.5 Kw of PV on the house). The shop would be an ideal place to put an inverter and battery bank.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="m_-6026107048300688600MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">I would like to charge batteries exclusively from solar and only feed excess PV production back to the grid. </span></p><p class="m_-6026107048300688600MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">I would like to sell from batteries into my home distribution but only to meet the use on my premises. I assume CTs on the utility feeder would regulate this sell rate.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Is there an inverter that will do this? I have not found the proper search terms to give me usable answers. I’ve been reading manuals from many different manufacturers but manuals seem to have become very vague as of late.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">Thanks in advance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif"">William Miller</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,"sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Miller Solar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">805-438-5600</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><a href="http://www.millersolar.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.millersolar.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">CA Lic. 773985</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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