I thought about it, but the main goal is no utility power draw during peak times, and especially not for battery charging - while the grid could still be used to charge during peak times in energy management mode (at the low battery voltage), it seems less likely if the batteries are getting a good charge/being floated each night.
Brian Mehalic NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation Professional™ R031508-59 IREC ISPQ Certified Affiliated Instructor/PV US-0132 PV Curriculum Developer and Instructor Solar Energy International http://www.solarenergy.org On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM, William Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > Brian:**** > > ** ** > > Have you considered trying the LBX mode? From the manual:**** > > ** ** > > *Low Battery Transfer mode is an alternative way of operating “off the > grid” using the utility for backup* > > *power instead of a generator. The system essentially operates as a > stand-alone power system,* > > *independent of the utility grid. When the system is no longer able to > keep up with the power requirements* > > *of the AC load, discharging the batteries to the LOW BATTERY TRANSFER > VDC setting, the inverter* > > *connects to the utility grid. It then feeds utility power directly to > the load and recharges the batteries.* > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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