For the price that you would spend on batteries and a Sunny Island system, you could buy and install a generator. I would go that route.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Bill Turberville <billt...@ece-llc.com>wrote: > Not very often, and usually for no more than an hour or two, although it > has been down as long as 5 days, either during tornado season, or ice > taking down power lines. What these people are looking for is Just In Case > a big event happens. They do not want to have all those panels just > sitting there. > > > > *From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: > re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Jay Peltz > *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 12:25 PM > *To:* RE-wrenches > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Back-up and Grid Tie > > > > Hi bill > > > > Just how often is your grid down? > > > > Jay > > Peltz power > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Bill Turberville <billt...@ece-llc.com> > wrote: > > I live in a TVA area where there is a Feed In Tariff. Everything that is > generated by the PV array feeds into the grid through a Generation Meter > that ties-in ahead of the house meter. I have started getting calls from > customers who hate having a solar array that does not generate when the > grid is down but the sun is shining, but who also want to get the $.12 > premium when the grid is connected. We have lots of systems with SMA > Sunnyboy inverters, but more with Enphase micro-inverters. Rather than > trying to reinvent the wheel, what you found to be the best solution for > this type of installation? > > > > W.C. (Bill) Turberville P.E. > > President > > > > ECE Solar > > Electrical Contracting Enterprises LLC > > 3080 Stage Post Road Suite 107 > > Bartlett, TN 38133 > > > > 901-348-9230 ext 101 phone > > 901-348-2192 fax > > 901-289-6346 cell > > billt...@ece-llc.com > > > > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional 032611-320 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > -- Chris Mason President, Comet Systems Ltd www.cometenergysystems.com Cell: 264.235.5670 Skype: netconcepts
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