19 Responses to “part one how to hook up solar panels to micro grid tie inverter”

1. jeffmolly1 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 8:44 pm

   @moomman89 That’s correct.
   Jeff
2. moomman89 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 9:16 pm

   This is what I have been looking for.So there are two different inverters.One for plug in.So you don’t need a charge controller on these small ones.
3. jeffmolly1 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 9:26 pm

   @thundermonty Yes you can feed power into your wall jack, that’s called grid feeding.
   Jeff
4. thundermonty says:

   November 24, 2011 at 10:00 pm

   i am wanting to do this. so all i need to do is get a panel, hook it to a grid tie inverter, and plug the inverter into any wall jack? i thought wall jacks only let power out… they let power in too?
5. jeffmolly1 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 10:50 pm

   @webbjello1 we sell the pv cable as long as you need it.
   power a 1200 sq. ft. you could use 1000 to 2000 watts.
   Jeff
6. jeffmolly1 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 10:57 pm

   @indman101 the power jacks are junk, there the green ones. I had 10 of them for testing, returned all 3.
   they all have island protection, ul and non ul. no add ons that i know of.
   Jeff
7. webbjello1 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 11:04 pm

   @jeffmolly1 i like your video- very informative- in relation to the grid tie inverter- what extension cables are needed when mounting on the roof- and how many panels are needed to power a smaller home- about 1200 sq feet
8. indman101 says:

   November 24, 2011 at 11:13 pm

   what would be different with a ul approved inverter?is the island protection the same?is there another added safety island protecter I could add on the sun g 250 inverter?havent heard any bad news on the sun g inverters…but power jack seem to have some issues.Thanks
9. jeffmolly1 says:

   November 25, 2011 at 12:01 am

   @dieselplow yes, that is correct.
10. dieselplow says:

    November 25, 2011 at 12:39 am

    @jeffmolly1 In Series – do you mean connecting one panel to another to another than using the positive connection from the first panel and the negative from the last panel? I one panel and a grid tie inverter, but would like to buy more – I just do not understand how to wire them – I thought you could just plug them all together but a friend said this would raise the voltage to high.??
11. jeffmolly1 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 1:23 am

    @dieselplow it increases if you put the panels in series.
    Jeff
12. dieselplow says:

    November 25, 2011 at 2:13 am

    when you connect more than one solar panel together using the MC4 connectors do you increase the voltage? Or does it stay the same?
13. jeffmolly1 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 2:29 am

    @shartne Yes the outback works when the grid goes down, it switches to the batteries.
    Jeff
14. jeffmolly1 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 3:28 am

    @599891 Yes you can lengthen the wire as long as you want.
    Jeff
15. 599891 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 3:37 am

    Jeff, it looks like you’d have to come through the wall directly to an outlet with the wires being short or can they be lengthened?
16. TheDudeRulez09 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 4:01 am

    @shartne typically you have to have a battery back bank that you can switch to when the grid goes down.
17. shartne says:

    November 25, 2011 at 4:58 am

    Does the outback grid tie work when the grid goes down or not?
18. jeffmolly1 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 5:32 am

    @indman101 havent hooked up one yet but i hear good things about them.
    Jeff
19. indman101 says:

    November 25, 2011 at 5:32 am

    nice video….Jeff what’s your thoughts on enphase grid tie inverters?