Since you will be tying into your electric panel, and thus to the grid, most utilities require you to have a solar certified installer do the connections. If you were going just off grid that is not required.
I had a 1480 watt off grid system/battery back up, self installed. When I went grid tied (and added 4840 more watts more) I had to use such an installer. The installer (master electrician) told me that what I had was safe, but he had to make a few minor changes, along with installing the new array and wiring. It had to meet code and what I had done would have a few years (?) ago, but changes in the code required the alterations. He said if mine had been done before those changes it would have passed inspection. I was too busy on other things to watch for what he had to change, thus I don't know. Point is that you should not do it yourself and try to fool the electric company, even if you are using micro inverters that may not immediately be found by the utility. If anything whent wrong at the pole or beyond, caused by you, you don't have deep enough pockets to pay the liability and your insurance would not cover it.
I had a 1480 watt off grid system/battery back up, self installed. When I went grid tied (and added 4840 more watts more) I had to use such an installer. The installer (master electrician) told me that what I had was safe, but he had to make a few minor changes, along with installing the new array and wiring. It had to meet code and what I had done would have a few years (?) ago, but changes in the code required the alterations. He said if mine had been done before those changes it would have passed inspection. I was too busy on other things to watch for what he had to change, thus I don't know. Point is that you should not do it yourself and try to fool the electric company, even if you are using micro inverters that may not immediately be found by the utility. If anything whent wrong at the pole or beyond, caused by you, you don't have deep enough pockets to pay the liability and your insurance would not cover it.
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