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

Preston Stroud's new Power Jack Grid Tie Inverter setup is demonstrated. I have just installed a 2500 watt power jack grid tie inverter to run my solar array directly into the home power grid and reduce the electrical bill.

The Missouri Wind and Solar 9 blade wind turbine is still running into the Missour Wind and Solar charge controller. During an emergency power outage, the solar power can be re-directed from the grid tie inverter to the battery bank through the charge controller. The battery power is consumed during emergencies through a 5000 watt battery inverter.

My setup includes the following specs:
* (7) solar panels generating 1,230 watts / 34-38 amps summer and 24-28 amps winter.
* Missouri Wind and Solar 9 blade wind turbine, 800 watts
* Missouri Wind and Solar 440 amp charge controller for both wind and solar (solar during emergencies)
* Power Jack 2500 watt grid tie inverter
* Missouri Wind and Solar blocking diode (170 amp / 600v) and 200 amp fuse.
* Missouri Wind and Solar amp meter to measure solar power (note that charge controller amps are for wind power)
* Missouri Wind and Solar 1200 watt battery dump resistor bank
* (2) power shut off boxes to direct solar to either the charge controller or grid tie inverter.
* Power Inverter 5000 watt pure sine wave inverter for emergency backup power
* (12) golf cart batteries at 6 volts
* System is wired for 12 volt battery bank

NOTE: Someone on the internet has been unjustly attacking Missouri Wind and Solar so they can promote their own products / sales. I do not agree with what they say. I can personally state that I have 8 products from Missouri Wind and Solar(www.missouriwindandsolar.com). All products are of very high quality and construction of their electrical components, wind turbine and solar panels. I have been very pleased with Jeff's products and they are very dependable. I have also personally spoken with Jeff and he is always happy to provide guidance on your setup and his products. I do highly recommend Jeff and Missouri Wind and Solar (www.missouriwindandsolar.com)

Preston

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Preston Stroud
• Power Jack
• Grid Tie Inverter
• Missouri Wind and Solar
• Charge Controller
• battery bank
• emergency backup
• wind turbine
• pure sine wave inverter
• emergency power

[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.

[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).

[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.

[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.

[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!!