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First-Pass at AC diagram

DudeInMyrtleBeach

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Hi everyone! I've been reading and learning for the past few months, and thought I'd toss up the first rough-draft of the AC side of my solar design.

Please let me know what I've forgotten, and what might ... start a fire. Thanks to EVERYONE here and to Will for prompting the DIYer in me to get it done!
 

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It looks like this setup has no pass thru from grid? is that what you want? may sound silly BUT every run of wire/conduit needs to have neutral/ground run along side (or in the same conduit)
your drawing is electrically sound (with no grid passthru) and as long as the neutral/grounds are run with the power your
drawing would work
 
It looks like this setup has no pass thru from grid? is that what you want?
The bottom 100A breaker in the Main Load Center (outside) feeds into a 100A splitter panel then into each inverter then gets recombined and sent to a transfer switch/maintenance bypass. Sure looks like pass-through to power to me. Did I miss something?
 
The bottom 100A breaker in the Main Load Center (outside) feeds into a 100A splitter panel then into each inverter then gets recombined and sent to a transfer switch/maintenance bypass. Sure looks like pass-through to power to me. Did I miss something?
That's what I intended. Thank you!
may sound silly BUT every run of wire/conduit needs to have neutral/ground run along side (or in the same conduit)
your drawing is electrically sound (with no grid passthru) and as long as the neutral/grounds are run with the power your
drawing would work
A friend saw this and he made the same comment about neutral/ground. Thanks for taking a look!
 
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Assuming everything is in conduit per code, and the grounds and neutrals are all correct -- Is there anything in this drawing this isn't code? Specifically, is there a code violation with the interlock panel on the outside of the house directly connecting to the house load panel inside the house? I have a friend that's an electrician and he mentioned that interlocks are usually on the main load panel (as with a generator) - but if I do that, grid pass-through can't happen.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks again to everyone here!
 

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