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  1. A “whole-home battery” would obviate the desire to be hooked to the grid, and would shut-up the gripes from the power utilities – until they can come up with some reason to force you to be hooked to their lines.
    Btw, how do you get 240v-3ph from a solar-panel?

  2. Gotta Gedada Displace says

    While I question the cost and degree of benefit from solar subsidies, I don’t believe we should feel sorry for the “poor utility companies” being victimized by “hitchhikers” on their power grid. A rudimentary electrical knowledge will remind you that electricity always takes the shortest path, so if you are not home to power your air conditioner with solar, most likely a neighbor is, and your solar power never sees an inch of the grid, making the Utilities’ claim of grid theft a steaming shovelful. I believe that most peak daytime use is from commercial and industrial customers, vs residential, anyway. Furthermore, the rationale for solar assistance, much like energy audits and CFL/LED bulb handouts, was to SAVE (or at least delay)the UTILITIES the COST of BUILDING MORE generation and transmission CAPACITY from their efficiency, not just cut Utilities’ commodity cost and operating expense. I don’t believe the article (quoting Utilities ?) recognized that point.
    As to ASKEPTICS question about 240V/ 3ph, that can be obtained the same way as household 120V single phase, with an INVERTER that is part of all (most) solar systems – the solar cell output is usually 12 or 24 VDC, requiring the inverter to produce AC, although 240 V/3 ph would add cost and complexity to the inverter, they do exist.

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