Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

SnoopDog

(2,695 posts)

2. This is a great idea but there might be/is a problem...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 03:36 PM

Yesterday

Unless I am incorrect on this, if you plug your inverter into a wall socket, that energizes the line. The problem is that if the power goes out at the location, and if the inverted is plugged into the wall socket, the power line is energized from the panel and could potentially harm/kill a lineman working on the problem.

It follows that the other countries have taken this into consideration. I wonder how they protect a lineman who is working on a power outage.

Anybody know the answer?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

byronius

32 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

(Sigh) Our homeowners association would freak out if anyone dared to put one/some of these on their unit progree Yesterday #1

I doubt that Hitler had lesser power than HOAs do FredGarvin Yesterday #5

I was exaggerating (sigh) /nt progree Yesterday #6

HOAs do have a remarkable level of power. yardwork 1 hr ago #31

This is a great idea but there might be/is a problem... SnoopDog Yesterday #2

Transfer switch is required and disconnecting the home from the electrical utility FredGarvin Yesterday #4

But that implies the homeowner would switch it off... SnoopDog Yesterday #7

Agreed. I don't see it being enough power mdbl Yesterday #8

Solar Panels produce DC current... SnoopDog Yesterday #10

You're confusing kilowatt-hours with kilowatts groundloop Yesterday #12

I actually do know the difference... SnoopDog Yesterday #13

We have rooftop solar DBoon 5 hrs ago #26

The inverters on these things are "smart," they've got microprocessors in them. hunter 22 hrs ago #16

The 'solar or wind projects disconnect simultaneously, and the entire grid crashes' part... SnoopDog 22 hrs ago #18

It has happened before and it will again. hunter 20 hrs ago #20

Very interesting... SnoopDog 5 hrs ago #24

About a third of my neighbors have large solar systems. hunter 2 hrs ago #30

In Germany the power from the panels is Old Crank 14 hrs ago #22

Good Idea for dozens of years FredGarvin Yesterday #3

My washing machine just used .30 kwh SnoopDog 24 min ago #32

What will we do with... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #9

You mean like all the other junk that is produced in the world? SnoopDog Yesterday #11

Have you looked at the statistics on recycling lately? littlemissmartypants 23 hrs ago #14

Panels should be good for 25, Inverters for 15. Old Crank 4 hrs ago #28

What if you had a place in the Country, that wasn't connected to the power grid? This would work tremendously well, SWBTATTReg 22 hrs ago #15

Then you need batteries. Those are expensive. hunter 22 hrs ago #17

I've been playing with these kinds of systems for a couple of years now. hunter 21 hrs ago #19

The question to ask ... Grins 19 hrs ago #21

Munich here. Old Crank 14 hrs ago #23

Question for you... SnoopDog 5 hrs ago #25

Power output can be all over the map Old Crank 4 hrs ago #27

Thom Hartman mentioned the balcony solar today on his program... SnoopDog 3 hrs ago #29