Title reads like at ad, but this is a new way to reach energy independence. I actually have a small EcoFlow device and it’s pretty good for the price.

I hope this tech can be made available in the US soon.

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[–] 25 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Same for the EU.

Solar inverters also need to follow the grid frequency

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    Interesting - which other generators for example wouldn't you want starting up?

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    I think I get that, thanks. So an Island grid is less stable and could cause itself damage if two microinverters say are trying to sync up to each other vs a beefy, stable main grid?

    So how does a backup battery system work when islanded? Typically also at 52Hz?

    Or can it go into a 60Hz beefy mode?

    It would be nice to get all the little island solar inverters working when the grid goes down!

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    I'm guessing the commenter above is in the EU and operating at 50Hz normally, so running at 60Hz wouldn't be a great idea. A backup battery and such operate in the same way when islanding.

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    IIRC some inverters are able to sync up with alternative power sources, but the documentation is extremely limited and seems to be reserved mostly for large-scale systems. I know my Solaredge system has slowly been implementing using both at the same time, but the documentation is pretty unclear as to how this works. I know at the very least it'll allow you to use a 2-wire start to kick a standalone generator on when the batteries are low, but don't know much else about how it's currently set up

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