Not grid tie like the ones in the article.
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blandfordforever@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Are there any good quality and relatively inexpensive microinverters for the U.S. grid? I’m affraid of the ones I see on amazon.
Cort@lemmy.world 4 months ago
sonori@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Plenty if you don’t want grid tied, otherwise your local utility probably has an list of the ones they’ll accept somewhere. There is a list of things an inverter will have to be certified to be able to meet for grid tied such as anti-islanding requirements, and in this case i’m afraid you’re almost certainly better off to be going with a reseller the inverter manufacturer actually recommends.
From my understanding here it tends to be easier to just stay off the grid for very small systems, either by just plugging in a few panels to a battery and small dc to ac inverter(with appropriately rated fuses between all connections) or else getting an automatic transfer switch and treating the whole thing like a generator.
RVs and camper vans are a thing here, and there may be some more plug and play systems in that direction but small 12v systems are a bit out of my wheelhouse.