jasonhc73
Cat herder, and dog toy tosser.
The panel, Inverter, plug.
Right now I am "off-grid" in my house.
I have MPP-Solar inverters running my house through the main loads-panel wiring (back-feeding as any generator would).
I connected one panel to one microinverter, the microinverter light turned red. (Island protection, meaning it doesn't sense 60hz)
I connected the inverter to the plug (a 15 amp wifi switch and monitor).
I plugged the switch into the outlet.
From my phone/app, I turned the switch on (from a safe distance).
The inverter light turned green. (Microinverter in generating.)
Nothing exciting happened other than the free flow of Photons captured by the solar panel, inverted into A/C by the micro-inverter, measured by the smart wifi plug, and ever so slightly reducing the load of my MPP-Solar LV5048's, 12 off-grid panels angled at a terribly acute angle to the sun this time of year, and just ever so slightly reduced the load if any on the tired old BYD LiFePO4 battery bank.
It simply works.
Panels:
Used panels on Ebay.
Micro-Inverter:
MPPT Solar Grid Tie Micro Inverter on AliExpress
Smart Plug:
BN-LINK Smart Plug on Amazon
As long as you have something putting 60 Hz or 50Hz, the inverter from AliExpress comes in 120v/60hz or 230V/50hz flavors, it works. It does not matter if the frequency is from the utility or the off-grid inverter.
Right now I am "off-grid" in my house.
I have MPP-Solar inverters running my house through the main loads-panel wiring (back-feeding as any generator would).
I connected one panel to one microinverter, the microinverter light turned red. (Island protection, meaning it doesn't sense 60hz)
I connected the inverter to the plug (a 15 amp wifi switch and monitor).
I plugged the switch into the outlet.
From my phone/app, I turned the switch on (from a safe distance).
The inverter light turned green. (Microinverter in generating.)
Nothing exciting happened other than the free flow of Photons captured by the solar panel, inverted into A/C by the micro-inverter, measured by the smart wifi plug, and ever so slightly reducing the load of my MPP-Solar LV5048's, 12 off-grid panels angled at a terribly acute angle to the sun this time of year, and just ever so slightly reduced the load if any on the tired old BYD LiFePO4 battery bank.
It simply works.
Panels:
Used panels on Ebay.
Micro-Inverter:
MPPT Solar Grid Tie Micro Inverter on AliExpress
Smart Plug:
BN-LINK Smart Plug on Amazon
As long as you have something putting 60 Hz or 50Hz, the inverter from AliExpress comes in 120v/60hz or 230V/50hz flavors, it works. It does not matter if the frequency is from the utility or the off-grid inverter.