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I could be very wrong I’d think preventing any expansion in a completely rigid fixture would cause venting and or fire IF the cell experienced more expansion than what would occur from a normal full charge. Also if the cell was discharged with to many amps or simply abused then more than normal...

Awesome! Can the loads on these circuits be powered by the inverter when the inverter is operating in grid tie zero export/self consumption mode? Or are those circuits only powered offgrid

Very pleased to hear your working on the zero export/self consumption. The inverters I currently use always allow the grid to supply 7-25w. This (and slightly more) is acceptable imo. Short duration backfeed/overshooting afaik is unavoidable when using the inverter like a grid tie zero export...

if you use solar panels the inverters built in mppt will be utilized so no you can’t connect batteries and solar panels to the inverter input at the same time. One or the other

I agree a battery should be balanced prior to using it to power any inverter. The GTIL2 automatically starts to gradually lower its output as the total battery voltage gets closer and closer to the inverters total battery LVD. This is to prevent cutting off DC abruptly under high load. So if...

For most a power outage is very rare and only for a short duration. During the rare short duration outage, most would be fine with only the essentials powered by solar/storage, which doesn’t take much of an offgrid oinverter to accomplish that. Or a small generator unless the fuel isn’t...

I’m with ya.. having a setup that’s used like an offgrid setup when there’s a grid connection is pointless unless an agreement with utility can’t be achieved. There’s no reason to be harder on the inverters or batteries.

There needs to be an option from them with ALL the capability of this inverter without the built in chargecontroller..

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An honest definition of off grid is not being debated. I never considered myself offgrid, to the contrary I use grid tie zero export inverters. that’s the entire premise of my comments.

That is only possible if the offgrid inverter is capable of powering the entire house 24/7. If you followed the conversation and didn’t cherry pic certain things than you would understand how that’s irrelevant. ?For most homes in the USA that requires a very large expensive offgrid inverter and...

I use GTIL2 inverters (grid tie zero export) that utilize battery voltage 45-90v. My offgrid inverter uses up to 72v. Chargecontroller is an Outback which charges to like 70 ish volts I think

I only have the essential loads offgrid. That’s all most people will need rare power outages or to survive when/if SHTF.. yes I have complete autonomy for those loads. 24/7/365 my all electric homes power usage is covered with grid tie zero export, except some days in the summer which can be...

Unfortunately this is a hard issue to grasp without having a grid tie zero export setup. there is differences. I explained them in the last few posts. offgrid would only allow for a smaller amount of loads as I explained above. the main panel however can be looked at as having a free 200amp...

But it’s far from the same as I tried to explain. Offgrid inverters require the loads to be moved to after the inverter. If the offgrid setup was only 4kw then all of the homes loads couldn’t be moved to after the inverter unless the offgrid inverter had a 200amp pass thru. Then if all the homes...