First, apologies for my lack of knowledge about electricity and solar panels.
Recently our school won a 3kw solar system (Solar edge) with a Tesla battery included.
The local power company inquired about the best location and it was eventually installed on the roof nearest the outdoor pool.
All well so far except that they didn't tell me that because it was on a switchboard that was off the main board we would not be able to sell back any extra power.
I finally found this out after replacing the meter twice because it was not registering any power being exported.
It appears to be a blessing as our electricity provider only buys at 8c and sells at 17c so we are probably better off consuming the extra in-house.
Now my question is, if the system shows that it is exporting electricity and it can't see the 2 way meter where does the electricity go?
Does it charge the battery or is it used by the system anyway?
Thanks in advance.
Recently our school won a 3kw solar system (Solar edge) with a Tesla battery included.
The local power company inquired about the best location and it was eventually installed on the roof nearest the outdoor pool.
All well so far except that they didn't tell me that because it was on a switchboard that was off the main board we would not be able to sell back any extra power.
I finally found this out after replacing the meter twice because it was not registering any power being exported.
It appears to be a blessing as our electricity provider only buys at 8c and sells at 17c so we are probably better off consuming the extra in-house.
Now my question is, if the system shows that it is exporting electricity and it can't see the 2 way meter where does the electricity go?
Does it charge the battery or is it used by the system anyway?
Thanks in advance.
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