[RE-wrenches] 1 kW 120 Vac grid tied inverter

[Christopher Warfel]

If it is going to be grid tied, non of the small inverters that I know 
of will be UL listed and they cannot be used. I also think they are all 
stand alone in any case. We use a fair number on boats and on the oyster 
farm.  I think the smallest that I can think of is Outback GTFX at 3000 
watts, 120VAC, but you probably already looked at that.  Chris

On 4/29/2019 10:12 AM, Jay wrote:
> Hi peter.
>
> Check amazon or eBay etc. lots of cheap Chinese small inverters.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:18 PM, Peter Parrish 
> <peter.parrish at calsolareng.com <mailto:peter.parrish at calsolareng.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>> I replaced a number of AES (?) 120 Vac 1 kW grid tied inverter back 
>> when I was just starting out (2000) There was one poor design element 
>> with the DC fuse holders that I discovered and was able to work 
>> around, but I usually advised my clients to swap these inverters out 
>> for the SMA SWR 2500 and add some PV panels into the mix. I kept a 
>> couple of the AES 1000s for a while and then finally gave them to our 
>> local scrap metal purveyor.
>>
>> I have a 900 W off-grid system that I used to haul around to “green 
>> events”. Blue Sky CC, Xantrex 1000 W inverter, 24 V AGM battery set. 
>> But as time goes by I spend very little time demoing this big an 
>> off-grid system, and I wish I had an AES-1000 to covert my 
>> seldom-used off-grid system into a revenue producing grid tied system.
>>
>> Did anyone else keep a working AES-1000 (or low power grid tied 
>> inverter) that works and would be willing to part with it for a 
>> modest sum. Is there a solid  ~1,000 W 120 Vac grid tied inverter out 
>> there on the market?
>>
>> My system is comprised of five (5) Tata 180s. Vmpp=35.8 V.
>>
>>   * Peter
>>
>> Peter T. Parrish
>> SolarGnosis
>> 1107 Fair Oaks Ave. Ste. 351
>> South Pasadena, CA 91030
>> (323) 839-6108
>> peter.parrish at solargnosis.com <mailto:peter.parrish at solargnosis.com>
>>
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