<div dir="auto"><div>I don't think I would measure the second 200A panel. The Gridboss does not require CTs as it has internal measurements. While on-grid it would just think it's a 200A system. I don't need zero export or PCS in this scenario for any compliance reasons. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When the grid fails, this would be a 200A bus limited system since one 200A panel would be feeding other one. I wouldn't need PCS off-grid, either, since the stacked inverters and GridBOSS aren't capable of delivering that much current anyway. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One concern that I need to think through is neutral wiring. On-grid I would have the 200A grid neutral, but in standalone mode a 125A neutral would be coming from the other 200A load center. This creates a parallel neutral situation since the neutral isn't switched. I'm not sure yet what the implications are of that. I'm going to draw it up to wrap my head around it. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 8:39 PM Chris Sparadeo <<a href="mailto:sparadeo.chris@gmail.com">sparadeo.chris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I like the ingenuity, Jason. I would assume you would still need to CT the other half of that 320A service for whole site monitoring requirements. If the total service is pulling more than 160A I am wondering if the PCS would try to limit battery charge/discharge to prevent overload on what the EMS is thinking is a 200A bus bar. To be fair, that would be quite a load, even on a 320A service… </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>I had a thought. What about just backing up one of the two 200A panels with an off-the-shelf residential MID, and install an automatic transfer switch on the other 200A panel with the primary source being the grid, and auxiliary source being the inverter output, possibly through a feeder from the first 200A panel. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This would allow backup of all loads on a single 200A MID. I would comply with 710.15(A) (NEC 2020) without any required load management. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Better yet, make the auxiliary source for the second 200A panel a feeder from a smart load breaker in the MID for load management purposes. The EG4 GridBOSS can send a 125A feeder to the other panel. That would be more than sufficient for practical purposes in a grid outage. </div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 8:48 AM Jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I reread your question. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think the only way to be sure the internal transfer switches in the inverters all switch at the same time on a big high load ( exceeding potentially the max current rating of a single relay) multi stack inverter system is to use external transfer switch’s. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The system I installed is never going to exceed 200 amps, probably never exceed 80 amps. 2 inverters can more than handle the load. The 3rd was installed as built in redundancy to make it easier in case one fails. As the system won’t run on 1. So I didn’t have to worry about exceeding relay capacity. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think this is one of the potential problems with paralleled systems vs larger single 120/240 inverter’s which we don’t really have here in the US. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 4, 2026, at 7:05 PM, Jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I have a 3 stack eg4 18k and while watching the inverters online they are totally balanced. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jay </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 4, 2026, at 4:29 PM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When backing up a 400A service with multiple paralleled all-in-one inverters by combining the AC inputs and outputs, the individual inverter transfer switches must operate in a synchronized manner. Come to think of it, the same thing applies to backing up 200A service with paralleled inverters. Are these tested for this function? – I assume so.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm really asking because Sol-Ark seems to be the only brand that specifically addresses 400A service in documentation, although not very clearly in the manual itself. Their training and literature support passing through additive grid pass-through with multiple inverters, which implies that they are additive in their ability to transfer power. See attached examples.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I have not found anything from EG4 (for the 18kPV) or the Midnite AIO that specifically addresses this. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In other words, how can we assume that paralleled inverters will be additive in terms of their ability to transfer high levels of current that exceed the rating of a single unit? Is that even addressed in listings? The documentation is quite poor from all manufacturers (no surprise there!)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I do have a couple of grid-interactive Midnite AIO systems with four paralleled AIOs backing up 400A services, and so far, so good. My engineer signed off on that.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jason Szumlanski</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><div style="text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400;text-align:start;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="http://www.floridasolardesigngroup.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><img width="0" height="0" alt="" style="display:flex"></div>
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