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In my scenario I want grid power that fails over in a grid outage. I don't want to run on inverter and batteries as the normal mode of operation. I am thinking this is best handled with a relay to the subpanel with a delay for re-making to grid. I do not care about UPS-like fail over. If the...

main panel interlock? please explain that @timselectric , how does my installation require one of those? normal operations for me are one breaker pair does the grid tie, and the other feeds the critical subpanel. EDIT: Your post above cleared that up, thank you. What I keep seeing is, this...

I have a pair of 100W renogy that I slap together with some clamps, and do the dance to stay in the sun. 120' trees.

It depends on where you usually camp. The site I go to every July, roof mounts are worthless. The RV is parked firmly in the shade of the trees. I have loose panels that I can get about 6 hours of good sun on if I move them frequently.

how do you make the neutral connection in the trough? It's making sense now, but I won't backfeed a breaker in the main panel. I'll make sure I get what I want in the critical loads subpanel and be happy with that. Power is quite stable where I am building, better than what I have now. I have...

^the above discussion is exactly what I want to avoid with an L&I inspector. ^

@mciholas thank you. That is how I pictured what you described. I'll take a sharper pencil at my critical loads, @BentleyJ , thank you. That will determine the hardware requirements.

Thanks Tim. These are the things I want to avoid. It seems like a seperate unit like the Schnieder has merit in that situation.

Thanks that is a fairly elegant solution. Yes I know the critical loads gets a breaker out, and in your example the inverter into the main panel gets a separate breaker going in. In the pass through scenario the same breaker in the main panel serves both purposes. That was the configuration I...

Fortunately this is new construction, so It will be wired from the start for that subpanel. One thing about the All In Ones that bothered me was taking that critical loads grid power through the AIO in the EG4. I have read some about using a relay so if the AIO needs service, it is not sitting...

Thanks. I do think the loads can go down on the critical loads panel. I need to get the minimal hydronic pumps sized and go forward from there.

I have been reading other threads with a 'critical loads" search. My initial deployment is 5~8Kw of roof mounted panels, depending on the roof real estate I have. My goals are to have a minimal critical loads subpanel that can be backed up with an inverter and batteries. I can keep that load...

LOL that's nothing. My neighbor went out, he saw something but I said hey my phone made some great pictures. After we look at them a while he reveals he's really colorblind. It was all one tone to him, like wildfire smoke :ROFLMAO:

Hey don't short sell Reba!!

I agree in the sense that the system gets more robust rather than less. I disagree when I consider how dependent people seem to be on every last little bit of tech, and you practically have to beg somebody to put the !#%^^% smart phone down and have a nice social family dinner. It just fries my...