hmm, is it not possible to install a regulator that prevents current from flowing backwards? There’s mention at the end of a battery system where excess power will charge the batteries, but what happens when they are full? Clearly, a totally disconnected battery system has some way of shutting off to prevent the batteries from overcharging. If your house isn’t using all the power it’s making, can’t some panels be disconnected?
I wonder if there’s a legal hurdle not mentioned. The law, as I understand it in many states, requires the power utility to purchase electricity that flows back into the grid. The article touches on this, but it’s not clear if such a law would actually prohibit the installation of a one way regulator (like some giant diode) at the user’s home. i.e., it’s not that you can sell back power, it’s that you must. Just speculating, but it’s like crazy utility laws, what else is new?
hmm, is it not possible to install a regulator that prevents current from flowing backwards? There’s mention at the end of a battery system where excess power will charge the batteries, but what happens when they are full? Clearly, a totally disconnected battery system has some way of shutting off to prevent the batteries from overcharging. If your house isn’t using all the power it’s making, can’t some panels be disconnected?
I wonder if there’s a legal hurdle not mentioned. The law, as I understand it in many states, requires the power utility to purchase electricity that flows back into the grid. The article touches on this, but it’s not clear if such a law would actually prohibit the installation of a one way regulator (like some giant diode) at the user’s home. i.e., it’s not that you can sell back power, it’s that you must. Just speculating, but it’s like crazy utility laws, what else is new?