<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi William -</div><div><br></div><div>I know you're not a fan of Tesla, you so you might want to check out FranklinWH (which is basically like a supercharged Powerwall 2 system):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.franklinwh.com/products/apower2-home-battery-backup/">https://www.franklinwh.com/products/apower2-home-battery-backup/</a></div><div><br></div><div>or Enphase: <a href="https://enphase.com/store/storage/gen3/iq-battery-5p?srsltid=AfmBOoojCQ36cLiuTk7Egp47myyWpz834SsfiKw3fA_hp3B2__lhSbc0">https://enphase.com/store/storage/gen3/iq-battery-5p?srsltid=AfmBOoojCQ36cLiuTk7Egp47myyWpz834SsfiKw3fA_hp3B2__lhSbc0</a></div><div><br></div><div>Enphase would require you to have microinverters for your PV whereas Franklin should be able to AC-couple to your existing PV inverter. Enphase is releasing their IQ Meter Collar adapter in the coming months: <a href="https://enphase.com/download/iq-meter-collar-data-sheet?srsltid=AfmBOopomsOkyikV7VatWtysBPHBp4UqW-uh_jSaZJx7HQxP0KgZwLGo">https://enphase.com/download/iq-meter-collar-data-sheet?srsltid=AfmBOopomsOkyikV7VatWtysBPHBp4UqW-uh_jSaZJx7HQxP0KgZwLGo</a></div><div><br></div><div>This meter collar product is a total game changer - Tesla has had a meter collar adapter for the last year or more and it has probably reduced our labor by about half to provide whole-home backup. I understand that FranklinWh expects to have a meter collar coming in Q2 of this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>August</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><br></p></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 12:03 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 class="msg-7966212109708939913"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-7966212109708939913WordSection1"><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_-7966212109708939913MsoListParagraph"><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_-7966212109708939913MsoListParagraph"><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">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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