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Background Information:
To get started this is not for a system to be installed in the US. This is something I want to apply in Nicaragua, Central America due to the high cost of electricity.
-Going fully off grid is not an option due to the cost of the solar systems in the country
-Running a Grid-tied system is a huge risk (see the reason below)
-Current electric bill is at around $500 a month
Idea:
I want to create a system where I can save money by using solar power without completely depending on Solar due to the cost of implementation. I want to gradually grow my solar array before I can go fully off grid. I want to install the solar panels with a battery bank as my family is not at home all the time. What I want from that is that my home runs from the Solar Panels and the Batteries once we start using electricity and once that is not enough then it goes into the grid. The risk here is that there is only one electric company which does not allow the use of two way meters. Their meter actually reads any output from my solar array as if I was pulling from the grid instead (Solar array is currently disconnected). What I want to achieve is that my house fully disconnects from the grid when I have enough power in the battery bank, but automatically switches to grid once there is not enough power.
This would allow me to save some money, and eventually I would go fully off grid once I am able to grow the solar array enough for that.
Please let me know if you have any ideas on how to achieve this.
To get started this is not for a system to be installed in the US. This is something I want to apply in Nicaragua, Central America due to the high cost of electricity.
-Going fully off grid is not an option due to the cost of the solar systems in the country
-Running a Grid-tied system is a huge risk (see the reason below)
-Current electric bill is at around $500 a month
Idea:
I want to create a system where I can save money by using solar power without completely depending on Solar due to the cost of implementation. I want to gradually grow my solar array before I can go fully off grid. I want to install the solar panels with a battery bank as my family is not at home all the time. What I want from that is that my home runs from the Solar Panels and the Batteries once we start using electricity and once that is not enough then it goes into the grid. The risk here is that there is only one electric company which does not allow the use of two way meters. Their meter actually reads any output from my solar array as if I was pulling from the grid instead (Solar array is currently disconnected). What I want to achieve is that my house fully disconnects from the grid when I have enough power in the battery bank, but automatically switches to grid once there is not enough power.
This would allow me to save some money, and eventually I would go fully off grid once I am able to grow the solar array enough for that.
Please let me know if you have any ideas on how to achieve this.
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