Would I get away with this?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:58 pm
Am now planning a different installation. Smaller house and roof unsuitable for panels so am thinking of a bog-standard 16A battery/inverter system.
Water is heated by gas so immersion is for emergencies only.
Cooker and washer/dryer are on separate circtuits anyway.
I think everything else would run OK off a 16A supply (lights, TV, computers, alarms etc)
Limitation: cannot run kettle, microwave and toaster all at the same time!
Would fit a changeover relay so all the above would switch automatically to grid if inverter fails, or manually if required.
So I know I could do this with a Victron MultiPlus 3000 (and this has a 32A passthrough rating which is certainly adequate).
Can any of the cheaper Chinese hybrid inverters be operated like this i.e. using the EPS/UPS output all the time?
And which of them did we decide was fully compliant with UK earthing requirements in island mode?
TIA
Water is heated by gas so immersion is for emergencies only.
Cooker and washer/dryer are on separate circtuits anyway.
I think everything else would run OK off a 16A supply (lights, TV, computers, alarms etc)
Limitation: cannot run kettle, microwave and toaster all at the same time!
Would fit a changeover relay so all the above would switch automatically to grid if inverter fails, or manually if required.
So I know I could do this with a Victron MultiPlus 3000 (and this has a 32A passthrough rating which is certainly adequate).
Can any of the cheaper Chinese hybrid inverters be operated like this i.e. using the EPS/UPS output all the time?
And which of them did we decide was fully compliant with UK earthing requirements in island mode?
TIA