Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding about 650 Watts into the grid, and the inverter is spinning backwards. Yeah!

Over the weekend I installed some solar panels on my roof. Carlo helped me on Saturday and Simon on Sunday. By the end of the afternoon, we were able to plug it all in, and make the meter spin backwards!

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Christian Kohler > I used pressure plates from a commercial curtain wall glazing system to clamp the panels onto 2*4 wooden studs.

Christian Kohler > Currently I have about 1 kW installed, but as you can see, there is space for another kW on the east facing roof.

Christian Kohler > Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding about 650 Watts into the grid, and the inverter is spinning backwards. Yeah!

Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding about 650 Watts into the grid, and the inverter is spinning backwards. Yeah!