It's basically the same as an XW though.
I don’t own either inverter so I could be very wrong, but I don’t think the Rosie is like the XW. The XW can supply grid tie power to the main panel. The XWs Capability of AC charging from the grid is stopped and then the inverter supplies grid synced grid tie power to the main panel. Then the loads can use as much power as they want and the XW continues to supply its max output.. The XW can also use CTs on the homes mains wires to zero out the homes main panel power usage. I don’t think the Rosie can do any of that.
The XW has a 60 amp passthrough, just like the Rosie.
The Rosie could, but it's true that I don't think they've implemented the feature in the software yet.
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Yes both inverter can pass thru to the offgrid panel. But the xw can supply power to the main panel. It can use the grids power to AC charge like the Rosie but the xw can switch the direction and supply the main panel with grid tie power using those same wires.. Just like the SolArk/Deye/Outback and many others
It's never fast enough when some of us are here all day lol.
Same but that is the mobile version for RVs, which includes an auto switching ground neutral bond. It is pictured there without the optional E Panel. Both models are available with or without the E Panel.
Hasnt the Rosie been out for quite some time? From the start the XW could export. Yes bidirectional as in the Rosie has an AC input and AC output but I have seen nothing saying it can export to the main panel on the input terminals. That is the only way to supply all the main panel loads and then also use CTs on the homes mains to zero out power usage 24/7 without moving all the loads to an offgrid panel after the inverter. This is a HUGE feature the Rosie is missing and a game changer as far as installation cost and ease of installation. Also the battery size/capacity can be smaller because the inverter/batteries only has to be sized for constant loads, not for surges. The grid can simply add to the inverters output simultaneously. This also allows for just a few critical loads to be moved to an offgrid panel to make it through most peoples very rare short duration power outages. Most only need a few items backed up to simply survive for a few hours
Yes. We will also be listing the RE version, E-panel, backplate, and the system controller as soon as our photographer gets caught up.
Retail sales started earlier this year I think. Commercial sales to RV market and installers may have started earlier.
Midnite could certainly be criticized for the sluggish development in recent years.
It is electrically capable of that. If an inverter can sync the line it can push out the line. I don't really have the credentials to state this any more decisively, but as I understand it and I have read quite a bit about the inverter. It is perfectly capable of doing that. It has the physical provisions for upstream monitoring to be added in the future.
This constraint is the same as an XW. The Rosie can mix inverter and grid power to get to 60 amps. Or pass straight grid power at 60 amps.
You just seem to be persisting in an assumption that the Rosie is somehow physically different and less capable than an XW. And it's not true. It's missing an AC2 input is all, and people are moving to external chargers for generator power anyway.
I havnt read anywhere that the Rosie can use grid power and inverter power simultaneously to supply the offgrid load. I’ve only read that the inverter shuts off at various settable voltages and the grid takes over. Yes wattnode isn’t used much because there’s many other inverters like Deye/SolArk/Outback/Victron that have the capability of being a true hybrid without needing wattnode. Most use those inverters instead if they want a true hybrid. The XW is mostly used offgrid due to its high surge capabilities.
Have you guys run one yet and do you notice much high frequency acoustic noise coming off it? Like does it have coil whine?
In my area for example I only needed an inspection no agreement. Many other areas are the same. Then I was allowed to backfeed to the grid, although I do not but instead cover all my loads in the main panel and utilize zero export and save excess in batteries to be used thru the night 24/7.
I'm not getting this. No inverter can export to a main panel in grid zero config without an upstream CT right? Do they come with CTs?
Yes the SolArks and many others simply need CTs thrown on the mains wires, not an additional device like wattnode with extensive setup procedure. Only a few people here using wattnode but many using true hybrids in the same way I do, to cover their main panels loads. No rewiring all the homes loads to another panel.
Got it. Well it's a planned feature for the Rosie. But I would suggest anyone waiting on it should wait to purchase, because there's no telling how long it will be.
