[RE-wrenches] Grid tie w/o battery no sell back

[Bradley Bassett]

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.

Brad

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 6:28 PM Chris Sparadeo <sparadeo.chris at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jay,
>
> My understanding is that the Outback SkyBox is capable of supplying power
> to AC loads (what they call “micro grid”) 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.
>
> Best,
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:19 PM Chris Sparadeo <c2 at catamountsolar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Jay,
>>
>> My understanding is that the Outback SkyBox is capable of supplying power
>> to AC loads (what they call “micro grid”) 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.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:03 PM Jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> are there any products out there that can do a grid tie w/o batteries
>>> but no sell back to the
>>> grid?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>> Jay
>>>
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