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I've been looking for the same sort of mini charge controller with grid backup that is mentioned in the problems and challenges also with no luck. Is this reall
by gh02t 3y ago
I've been looking for the same sort of mini charge controller with grid backup that is mentioned in the problems and challenges also with no luck. Is this really not a product that exists?
I've long wanted to do a sort of small scale migration to solar. Offset the load from my home server with a few solar panels and source any excess power needed from the grid while also charging the batteries/providing power from solar when the sun is up. I could probably engineer something myself but doing things right on high power circuits is not worth the effort/risk. Any suggestions?
- colechristensen 3y agoJust grid tie a few panels with microinverters (one small independent inverter per panel), and forget the battery. Recommended Enphase https://enphase.com/ https://enphase.com/ As long as your solar capacity production is not often more than your usage at the same time, batteries won’t be of any particular use … they have to be fairly large to have any great utility in your home anyway, battery backup and solar production are orthogonal goals until you are producing a lot of power. If you do want battery backups on a small scale, just get a UPS the same as you would without solar.
- turtlebits 3y agoLook for "solar inverter" - Growatt, MPP Solar are popular brands - they will come with inverters though, but have grid backup/passthrough.