alt.energy.homepower

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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> Mike Payne wrote:
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>> What happens if there is no place for it to go?
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> Just because a generator says it's say 3 kW, doesn't mean it always makes
> 3kW
> worth of electricity. It makes what you actually use. There is no 'unused
> electricity' that needs to go anywhere.
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> Graham
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Wouldn't this depend on how and where the
generator connects into the system?

If I understand "Grid Tied Solar" correctly, the
panels feed a special inverter that supplies power
for the house and also feeds any "extra" power
provided by the panels, but not needed by the
house, to the grid through a special reversible
meter.

So wouldn't the options be: to have the generator
replace the inverter or have it replace both the
inverter and the grid? If it were just replacing the
inverter and feeding power to both the house and
the reversible meter, could it be that it can be set
to a certain output level and when the house used
less, the meter would get more?

This is probably totally wrong, but an explanation
of how and why it is wrong might help both the OP
and myself.

Luck;
Ken