![]() It is important to not as previously stated these inverter do not have the UL 1741 standard and it is completely up to the home owner to determine if the user kit is acceptable to their local utility, meets electrical code in their locality and or is acceptable to their insurance company. These kits plug into a standard electrical socket which truly make this a plug and play grid tied wind turbine solution. Hurricane is now offering a direct plug and play grid tie wind turbine system with an adjustable MPPT window that will allow the 48 volt XP and Vector Wind Turbine to be directly grid tied to the electrical grid. ![]() Secondarily, backfeeding into the grid during a power outage could create a "brown out" situation in your power grid where there is some power but not enough to meet a surge damaging appliances. Many customers have advised as long as the inverter has "anti islanding" protection, which simply means that when the grid is down the inverter does not back-feed into the power grid which could potentially injure a lineman. Regardless, we have many consumers who give us at Hurricane the feedback that their electrical company does not care so long as the inverter has anti islanding protection and they receive permission to proceed with an instillation. Currently we are unaware of any direct grid tie wind systems that meet the UL 1741 standard. Historically companies such as SMA made the "Windy Boy" and Aurora made direct grid ties which were hardwired into your electrical panel and met these UL and electrical code criteria. Keeping your homeowner's insurance in mind, electrical codes and/or all state, federal and local laws in mind, these issue must be fully consider prior to purchasing a small wind turbine grid tied system. Regardless, on a daily basis we run into consumer who explain that they wish to purchase these types of systems and have received permission to use non UL 1741 approved inverters. This may be required by electrical inspectors and/or may be an issue with your home insurance. To hook and electricity producing wind turbine to your electrical grid to backfeed your grid and reduce power bills, many electrical companies require the inverter to be UL 1741 approved. So what are your options?Īt Hurricane Wind Power we routinely run into customers looking for a solution to directly grid tie wind turbines without the use of batteries. ![]() How to grid tie a wind turbine is one of the questions we receive on a regular basis.
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