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SSSC00 replied to the thread How to prevent backfeed?.It seems to me the only way that you can have a hybrid system without back feeding to the grid would be to have the grid connected to...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Interesting Email from my electrical Co-op.Yes, but the risk goes from minimal to certainly not minimal if half the customers on the distribution circuit put solar on their roofs...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Interesting Email from my electrical Co-op.In some ways yes. The first issue comes when it gets allowed to begin with. The last thing you want is for people to start rapidly...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Interesting Email from my electrical Co-op.I agree with this. Doesn't look entirely unfair to me, but then again, I don't believe in full net metering. I live in the service area...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.I have something that looks like that. an efi tester thing. I also just connected the ground wire from the subpanel to the grounding bar...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.<iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/nspvD8XYqUxP2" width="480" height="480" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed"...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.@timselectric Aren't you the resident forum electrician? How bad is this wiring? I don't intend it to stay in this position for super...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.ok ground connected
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.i'm not touching anything else in the main panel aside from putting that ground rod in the lower bar. I almost have it there.
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.I only wanted to connect the ground to the ground rod. apparently you aren't supposed to have more than one or something and its ok to...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.even if I am technically running the sub panel as off grid? Well, as technically off grid that is.
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.ok so second bar for ground and top bar for neutral to complete circuit?
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.Wait. so I do need to put the little bar on the bottom like that? I thought the neutral and ground all went into the same thing. So this...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.There are two separate bars in the main panel. Here is the one in the sub panel. it looks insulated to me.
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.would that cause any conflict with with those wires at the bottom if they touched or am i just being paranoid?
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.It looks insulated from the box to me.
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.Wait I thought that row of screws at the top was the ground/neutral connections. I have one of those screw things i can put in. that...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.How do you bond two bare copper wires side by side together? I am trying to think of a way to connect the sub panel ground to my main...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.If i ever decide to get an EV, the most I could ever do is allow it to draw up to 20 amps with my current set up. not awful but not...
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SSSC00 replied to the thread Test run with a small system first?.Almost makes me wonder why there isn't a recommendation for a switch before heading to the panel. But I guess that could increase fire...
