The three most favorite installations with GridFree self-production
1) Refrigerators, cooling boxes and freezers (especially in shops, where they are frequently opened during the day and need the full power to keep the cooling at low temperature).
2) Home size air-conditioning – the more the sun is shining the more need to co
The most simple way to protect against overflows of energy back to the grid
The ordinary extension cord with a manual switch is the simplest way to protect against the back-feeding to the grid. With the manual switch you turn on both the equipment and the micro inverters. This way you are sure both the equipm
Question: I have equipment with about 600W of consumption. My plan is to connect 3 solar panels with MicroInverter to have a GridFree installation. However if the equipment turns off for some reason, the inverters will keep working and will feed the unused energy back to the grid. How to preve
Question: What will happen if I send some energy from my GridFree installation back to the grid?
Answer: Most likely nothing will happen. From technical point of view: your few watts are nothing in comparison with the mega and giga-watts that are handled by the utility companies. It is like th
Question: I have installed 5 solar panels with MicroInverters. They produce about 1000W during the daily sunshine hours. My computer servers take about 1050 Watts. I was hoping to reduce my electricity consumption to some 50 Watts. But after some tests I found out that my utility meter is bil
FAQ: Is it possible to have my electric energy meter go in the opposite way to decrease the amount of energy on the display?
Answer: No, it is not possible. Such attempts are even illegal. The consumption of the electric energy and even the production of the electric energy are always co
FAQ: Regulating the power from a single MicroInverter
Question: In my household installation the minimal consumption varies during the day. I have a typical consumption of 80W. At the lowest point I consume only 40Watts. When I have 1 solar panel with 240Wp, this is too much power for me durin
Question: If the installation is only 1 micro inverter, how can I connect it to the AC 230V grid?
Answer: For simple installation of one or two inverters (or even few inverters) you may connect these directly to the 230V AC socket. Remove the water proof outdoor connector (this connector can be easily dissembled or at worst just cut-away) and install the standard 230V plug. (See the first picture.)
Optionally you can use one connec
FAQ: What is the self consumption of the MicroInverters?
The self consumption of the MicroInverters has two points of view.
Simple hint for the installation of the Micro-Inverter
You can mount the solar panel right on the outside of your window. This will firstly protect from the direct sunshine in hot summer days (thus reducing the heat coming into your room). The solar panel and the Grid-free micro-inverter