PowerJack grid tied inverters, worth a damn?

[KillerWatts]

If you want a boat anchor they are OK - for anything electrical they are junk and the plug & play concept is not legal

Is there a better quality version of this? Ill-Eagle is just a sick bird! lol! I will not be the only law getting broken in there.

[KillerWatts]

Would it be possible to run a 120v leg thru a blocking diode and then to the wall plug that the PowerJack (or some other inverter) and air conditioner are plugged in to? Then I would have current for the inverter to sense and thefor function, but in the event of an outage it would be a second line of defense against back-feeding the lines?

[KillerWatts]

Thanks for your replies! Right now there is no power in there yet but will have a small service soon to run the shop stuff. For the AC (Air Conditioning) I was gone go with my DIY panels with 72 3x6 cells in each going to a PowerJack (maybe not if they suck) going in to the plug in the wall of my shop. The MAIN thing that concerns me about the whole thing is the posability of injury to a lineman during an outage. The PowerJack inverter is rated to take in 14-36 volts DC and output 120v 60Hz Pure Sine wave, it also will not work if it does not sense AC (Alternating current) from the outlet that it is plugged in to.Yes, no, FUBARed? How would be the best rout but still be worth it, and be safe for linemen.

[russ]

Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone has used these and weather or not hey worked well for you. It would be to make AC for a wood shop. Thanks!

If you want a boat anchor they are OK - for anything electrical they are junk and the plug & play concept is not legal

[inetdog]

Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone has used these and weather or not hey worked well for you. It would be to make AC for a wood shop. Thanks!

There is an inherent contradiction in the idea of using a grid-tie inverter to make AC for a particular load.
Are you mentioning the wood shop because it has its own metered electrical service and you do not want to spend money which you could not recoup because net metering in your area will not allow you 12-month bill to go negative?

[KillerWatts]

Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone has used these and weather or not hey worked well for you. It would be to make AC for a wood shop. Thanks!