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minus-square@roofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•9 days agoHow are you getting power to your appliances? Someone else suggested back feeding into an outlet which is illegal in the US.
minus-squareDomilinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 days agoBack feeding is legal here if it is connected to a micro inverter which can turn off immediately when disconnected and never outputs more than 800W.
minus-square@roofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•9 days agoAnd this is the answer to why it makes sense in Europe and not the US.
How are you getting power to your appliances? Someone else suggested back feeding into an outlet which is illegal in the US.
Back feeding is legal here if it is connected to a micro inverter which can turn off immediately when disconnected and never outputs more than 800W.
And this is the answer to why it makes sense in Europe and not the US.