Hello! Hopefully this is the right community for this question.

I’ve started small with solar by getting a 100W panel that connects to a battery that I charge daily and use it to charge things like my laptops or other devices.

I want to start adding additional panels and sending that solar power into our home to use throughout.

As I vaguely understand it, I can get a grid-tie microinverter and then plug panels into that? Will this work? Do I need different type of panels? Do all the panels need to match in specs/watts? It has XLPE (I think?) cables and bullet output.

How are yall sending solar to your home without getting a full on roof mounted solar system?

Thanks!

  • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden
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    8 小时前

    It may depend on where you live. I have an inverter that maxes out at 600W and two panels with 400W each connected to it. The inverter is plugged into a regular socket.

    • venusaur@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 小时前

      Thanks! I’m in California. I’m gonna hit you with a bunch of questions. No need to answer them all.

      So you’re getting 600W instead of 800?

      You can mix and match panels on the inverter?

      What brand you get/where you get it?

      Did you work with electric company or city to get reimbursed for overage?