Yeah you can AC couple and if it is clean enough it will turn on. But then you need to do something with all the power...
-Hal On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Most string inverters that are used on solar these days go to 600 VDC > input with many now doing 1000 VDC inputs. > So that gets the one side going. I wonder if you could use a UPS on the > output side of a grid tie inverter to fake it into putting out current. > > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 1:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] This is going to make a great UPS > > If going DC, there are some challenges doing DC-DC conversion from a > battery that is storing at 350-450 volts. There are off-the-shelf > inverters if you're going to AC, but that is beyond the range of DC-DC > converters that I'm familiar with. > > Might have to use an inverter for no other reason. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 5/1/2015 11:12 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: > >> On 5/1/15 10:38, Bill Prince wrote: >> >>> I would want to run it DC, but it ain't bad. We're paying in the >>> neighborhood of $1500 for about 5KWh with SLA batteries, so this would >>> be a serious consideration. >>> >> >> >> Actually it is DC, says "inverter not included". >> >> ~Seth >> > > -- Harold Bledsoe
