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As far as I know, backfeeding is illegal and not allowed by the NEC because of how dangerous it is to linepeople without a disconnect switch. A local transforme
by cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
As far as I know, backfeeding is illegal and not allowed by the NEC because of how dangerous it is to linepeople without a disconnect switch. A local transformer when energized by backfeed creates high voltage on lines that should be deenergized.
- borisk 2y agoMy guess is the battery will come with some sort of remotely controlled switch that disconnects the house from the grid, before the battery starts supplying power.
- chadconway 2y agoPila can only back feed on-grid. Pila has a built in Microgrid Interconnect Device (MID). When an outage is detected, like Powerwall Pila opened the MID and continues to power downstream loads that are plugged into Pila.