Preston Stroud New Power Jack Grid Tie Inverter with Missouri Wind and Solar Charge Controller

[prestonstroud]

@drz4000 - I don't recall the power output measurement for the 2500w PJ inverter (although I did test it). It would not "start" any of my larger shop tools. I think its because it was a modified sine wave.  I purchased a 5kw inverter and they send modified wave by accident. It would not start the lg tools either. When I got the 5kw pure sine wave inverter, it ran ALL lg & sm tools plus lights, TV, laptop, etc at the same time. Stick to pure sine wave and get twice the power for same watts.

[drz4000]

What is the max power you have gotten from the 2500w PJ inverter? I have a 1200w PJ unit...however it is over rated, max I've ever gotten out is 700w with 1000 watts of panels.

[prestonstroud]

@elcomandante31able - I paid $460 US for the grid tie inverter (2500 watt with input volts 28-52.

I paid eihter $400 or $500 for the 5000 watt pure sine wave inverter. I can't remember which it was. I highly recommend the pure sine waver inverter over the modified sine wave. I tested 2 a 5000 watt inverter of each type and the modified sine wave would not run my heavy duty shop eqiupment. It would not even allow them to start (large radial arm saw, shop smith, wood planner, etc).

[elcomandante31able]

nice video how mouch did you pay for the inverter

[mccunecp]

I like your setup see that is my idea for my solar power stuff instead of a dump load I want to dump the extra in to the gride when the batteries are charged that way the power is not wasted in to the risters and the only time I want to use a rister bank is if we lose power some how and we need to dump the power and if I dont have the gride to dump it in to then dump it in to the risters I use my risters as a last resort to dump unused power. great video.

[Samt1958]

Nice setup! What kind of panels are you using(watts) etc.

[troydhansen]

Preston all that exposed Romex cable should be in flexable metal clad conduit(MC),NEC 2011 code,thats alot of amps in those wires.Other than that cool set up.Try self-oscillating your Bedini setup and try energizing a few more batteries,at a very low cost.Later

[mjmancus]

Very Nice!! I have that same inverter and mine works great. From Ebay for $400.00 plus shipping.

[mjmancus]

Very Nice!!

[prestonstroud]

go to eBay and search for power jack grid tie inverter.

They sell them for the european 50hz as well as the american 60hz. These are the cheapest grid-tie inverters of larger size that I have seen on the market.

Although mine is working fine, I am very cautious because we usually get what we pay for. I really wanted the outback module that charges batteries and when they are full, it redirects into the grid. When the grid goes down, it switches to power the grid by batteries.

[ian57812]

hi preston, i live in on the other side of the pond and we live on 50 hz 240v do you

know or any companies selling pure sine wave inverters ever plug and play or

similar to what you have. great set up

[N8Dogg1002]

Looks great man.  What kind of psw inverter is that. Curious. Keep us posted

[TheBillythekid2010]

Preston, looks good and nice way to separate the solar and wind . Good job_Billy

[michael970]

very nice system.great job on the video also.

[nrodge1]

Nice clean install. You could look inside the GTI to see how it's wired, but I would connect to all the input terminals, and do the same on your inverter if you haven't already. You show 38A for a max on the specs for your panels, that's a bit low even at 16V, you should be seeing about 800W into the grid after ALL losses in the summer so you might want to check connections or each panel by itself. You also mentioned 30V from your 12V panels? You can post links to your vids at techluck.com

[BalthazarL]

Nice setup!

[bsibille]

Can you describe any of the savings by having this feed your grid?

[bsibille]

Thanks for sharing Preston, nice work! Best