I live in a complex with 6 townhouses that share a common backup generator. After last year's hurricane season when our generator failed and we didn't have power for 3 months, I decided to get solar panels and settled on a 9 kW sunpower (360w panels) system with 2 LG RESU-10H batteries and a SolarEdge (storedge) inverter. The installer put the panels on the roof and wired the inverter but we ran into a serious problem because there is no switch to turn the generator off and on from my unit so I was told there was serious risk of power backfeed because the system would confuse the generator power as grid power which could damage both the inverter and generator (and SolarEdge said this set up would void the warranty).
I'm wondering if anyone here has any advice or a solution? The HOA will not approve me getting a communications cable to the generator which is required to set up a transfer switch because that would involve digging up the driveway. The only other solution being posed now is switching to an expensive Sonnen battery and using the panels' micro inverters but the design hasn't yet been approved by Sonnen. I would also be out the money on the SolarEdge inverter and optimizers.
Any new ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I'm wondering if anyone here has any advice or a solution? The HOA will not approve me getting a communications cable to the generator which is required to set up a transfer switch because that would involve digging up the driveway. The only other solution being posed now is switching to an expensive Sonnen battery and using the panels' micro inverters but the design hasn't yet been approved by Sonnen. I would also be out the money on the SolarEdge inverter and optimizers.
Any new ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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