<div dir="ltr"><div>I think you do need either a battery or AC source to start up the inverter in the morning. It's also possible that if it is overloaded and shuts down it might not restart. It will not start from PV alone. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Brad<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 6:28 PM Chris Sparadeo <<a href="mailto:sparadeo.chris@gmail.com">sparadeo.chris@gmail.com</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><div style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem">Jay,</div></div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">My understanding is that the Outback SkyBox is capable of supplying power to AC loads (what they call \u201cmicro grid\u201d) without needing grid input or a DC storage system. Kind of like the SMA SunnyBoy secure power supply, only on a larger scale. However, depending on the electrical demands of the loads being energized, there is potential that solar PV production would not supply necessary power in the daytime...Also, the system would essentially de-energize during low irradiance/night times. </div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">Best,</div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:1rem;color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">Chris </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:19 PM Chris Sparadeo <<a href="mailto:c2@catamountsolar.com" target="_blank">c2@catamountsolar.com</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><div dir="auto">Jay,</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My understanding is that the Outback SkyBox is capable of supplying power to AC loads (what they call \u201cmicro grid\u201d) without needing grid input or a DC storage system. Kind of like the SMA SunnyBoy secure power supply, only on a large scale. However, depending on the electrical demands of the loads being energized, there is potential that solar PV production would not supply necessary power in the daytime...Also, the system would essentially de-energize during low irradiance/night times. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chris </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:03 PM Jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</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">are there any products out there that can do a grid tie w/o batteries but no sell back to the <br>
grid?<br>
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Thx<br>
Jay<br>
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