• eleitl@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    They inject power into your local single phase circuit, with surplus escaping into the grid. Where it gets no farther than to the next consumer. There are kits with few kWh buffer battery which can aim for zero feed in if you’re not feeling altruistic.

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      8 hours ago

      I thought you could not send power into the grid without a setup to shutdown in case someone is working on the grid or something like that.

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        6 hours ago

        The solar inverter shuts down in milliseconds if it detects that mains power is gone. The reason for it is the one you cited.

        This behaviour can be changed with a different firmware.

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          2 hours ago

          ooh nice. you know I have seen many articles on there and they talk about just needing any old plug but I just could not see it. Sounds like it is a real possibility.