Anyone have their solar installed outside their backed up load center with a manual transfer switch that allows the inverter to come back online during a grid loss to run house loads and recharge PWs?
Why do i want this?
By installing my solar to my main panel, outside my gateway and backed up loads, i send much more of my power to the grid during peak hours. Meanwhile my Powerwalls continue to run as they do right now by powering the house for 16 hours a day, and recharging themselves at night during off peak.
The downside to this install is that the solar will go down when the grid goes down. So ideally id have a transfer switch which isolates me from the grid and re-energizes the inverter so that the solar can produce energy with the PWs as they sync.
This is a non-conventional configuration. This would disqualify you from the SGIP program too. For me though i already don't qualify for SGIP so it doesn't matter there.
Doing some usage analysis i save about $1500/year by installing my Solar + PW the "normal" conventional way. However, if I do it as described above, I save an additional $600/year and can install a smaller system to offset my usage.
Why do i want this?
By installing my solar to my main panel, outside my gateway and backed up loads, i send much more of my power to the grid during peak hours. Meanwhile my Powerwalls continue to run as they do right now by powering the house for 16 hours a day, and recharging themselves at night during off peak.
The downside to this install is that the solar will go down when the grid goes down. So ideally id have a transfer switch which isolates me from the grid and re-energizes the inverter so that the solar can produce energy with the PWs as they sync.
This is a non-conventional configuration. This would disqualify you from the SGIP program too. For me though i already don't qualify for SGIP so it doesn't matter there.
Doing some usage analysis i save about $1500/year by installing my Solar + PW the "normal" conventional way. However, if I do it as described above, I save an additional $600/year and can install a smaller system to offset my usage.