Hello All,
I did a quick peruse of the forums and didn't find exactly what I'm interested in, but feel free to redirect me!
Our family has a place in the Bahamas, where brownouts occur very frequently and blackouts occur almost weekly. Typically these events are short-lived (~2hr blackouts; <1min brownouts), and I'm talking to my family about a grid-tied battery backup path to start with potential inclusion of solar in the future. So the priority would be to maintain charge on the batteries (~85%? for lifetime considerations) from the grid, then have some sort of smart subpanel that can quickly handoff to the batteries in brownout or blackout conditions, then switch back to the grid supply (and charging) when the power comes back.
Watching some of the videos posted here, I gather a slightly different set of priorities... I'm not trying to shift grid power consumption to different times. Down the road, if we add solar, perhaps I'd envision prioritizing using the solar to charge the batteries and then feed AC back to the house after battery charge is reached.
So the main component I'm not sure of is the smart subpanel that can quickly switch from grid power to battery-fed AC. Do any exist that would help with the brownout conditions?
Thanks,
Mike
I did a quick peruse of the forums and didn't find exactly what I'm interested in, but feel free to redirect me!
Our family has a place in the Bahamas, where brownouts occur very frequently and blackouts occur almost weekly. Typically these events are short-lived (~2hr blackouts; <1min brownouts), and I'm talking to my family about a grid-tied battery backup path to start with potential inclusion of solar in the future. So the priority would be to maintain charge on the batteries (~85%? for lifetime considerations) from the grid, then have some sort of smart subpanel that can quickly handoff to the batteries in brownout or blackout conditions, then switch back to the grid supply (and charging) when the power comes back.
Watching some of the videos posted here, I gather a slightly different set of priorities... I'm not trying to shift grid power consumption to different times. Down the road, if we add solar, perhaps I'd envision prioritizing using the solar to charge the batteries and then feed AC back to the house after battery charge is reached.
So the main component I'm not sure of is the smart subpanel that can quickly switch from grid power to battery-fed AC. Do any exist that would help with the brownout conditions?
Thanks,
Mike