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Net metering is a gimmick. If you SIZE your grid tied system right and you use what you generate then it is perfect. So it is same as off grid. The power company pays you peanut for surplus generation, not retail price.
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It does exactly that. It also can remote start a fuel based generator as needed. It is what you asked for. It kills the grid power connection when the grid is down. It can switch to battery or gen power and you can program what power source is the priority for main power. |
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Maybe taking solar into account, or maybe as an average, but there's no way you use just 22kWh in a year. Do you understand the difference between AC and DC? Your panels and your batteries produce DC power. The inverter converts that to 120V 60hz.If you were standalone solar, your inverter can use its own 60hz clock and it would be fine. But you tie into the grid, so the 60hz current produced by the inverter has to be exactly in phase with the power supplied by the grid. Otherwise, any power back fed would just be distortion and would end up dissipated as heat. So the inverter shuts down when it can't sense grid power. That's also a safety feature, so that your system isn't feeding back to the line when there is a blackout. Imagine how that would work if there are people working on the lines. If you add a generator, the inverter should once again work, because the generator is producing 60hz current which can clock the inverter. There will be a transfer switch that isolates the house from the grid, so there is no phasing issue. At that point there's probably not much point in adding back the solar panels, because a) solar power can't back feed the generator and b) it won't have a material effect on generator fuel consumption. |
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Depending on the age of your system fuse = circuit breaker. Are you trying to say you do not have a main disconnect in the service box?
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Since you do not understand what net metering nos and you seem to have no inclination nto want to research it on your own (common theme with you) here is a net metering primer. https://quickelectricity.com/2018-solar-panel-incentives-texas-net-metering-buyback-programs/ Green mountain offers 1:1 credit upto what you use. https://www.greenmountainenergy.com/home-energy-solutions/renewable-rewards-perfect-match/ If I produce equal or more than I use over the course of a year, my bill will be zero. Not sure what is so hard to understand.
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As for the rest, your understanding not solar is different than the sellers is. My solar panels (should I get them) do not power my house at all...ever. They send power directly to the grid and I buy power from the grid to power my house. No idea why or how this works and it makes no sense. At any rate, the phasing issue is not an issue since it does directly to the grid. When the power goes out, there is a switch to cut the feed to protect workers on the line. The generator would be needed to power the house. I just do not understand why the solar cannot power my house like the generator does and if the grid goes down, a switch kicks in to kill power back to the grid.
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See above. The panels do not power my household, the grid does. I do not know enough about electricity but according to them, the solar power goes to the grid and I draw power from the grid at the same time. A house with solar that is tied to the grid is set up different than. House with solar off grid.
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Plus I do not know enough about electricity to know what I would need to do to alter the system to power my house when the power is down.
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Grid tied system needs battery or generator during blackout. Grid tied system is cheap, but adding battery will be very expensive. Get a quote from your 'Sale person' for system with battery ( or generator ) backup and decide for yourself. If the sale guy cannot explain what had been posted so far then get a different company who can.
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The panels do not power the house at all. They always send power to the grid. My house will only be powered by the grid. You are correct about the net metering thing but here in TX it's 1:1. The rate they are selling is $.13 a kWh. I sell overage at $.13 and I buy at $.13. if I produce more then I use, I do not get surplus cash back but my electric bill will be zero. The thing I don't get is that since the panels are sending power to the grid, why can't that post be diverted to my house when the power is out. There is a switch for the generator so that the grid does not get powered. Why not do the same for the solar?
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