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In places like Germany it's supposedly becoming more common to have a solar panel on the balcony and use a similar plugin device. I think the legal situation in
by Rebelgecko 2y ago
In places like Germany it's supposedly becoming more common to have a solar panel on the balcony and use a similar plugin device. I think the legal situation in the US is more tricky unfortunately
- Tade0 2y agoNot only in Germany, as per Commission Regulation EU 2016/631 systems under 800W are not regulated as power generating facilities - you just need a two-way meter installed on request by your power company and you're good to go.
- VectorLock 2y agoDoes the two-way meter have a way to prevent back feeding the grid in the event of a power outage? Having an unregulated device even under 800W seems like it could be dangerous to anybody working on the power lines.
- Nextgrid 2y ago> prevent back feeding the grid in the event of a power outage? Yes - such devices need a constant grid output to sync to. When the grid drops, their output drops. Furthermore, at 800W, it wouldn't be able to put any voltage onto the grid even if it tried to as it would get overloaded (it'll be trying to power up the entire neighborhood).
- ffsm8 2y agoI think the idea was maintenance, so the connection to the neighbors would've been interrupted, thus the only connection would be through the person doing the maintenance.
- Tade0 2y agoThe inverter does that, as it shuts off the moment voltage is not in the +/- 10% range of the nominal 230V.
- chadconway 2y ago100% across Europe & Utah. Soon to be across the US!