StealthLizardDrop comments on Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

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[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes the video did explain the reasons ext, but is there nothing i can stick to my consumer unit or outside unit to stop export? How do backup generators work then?

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago

For a whole home system there needs to be an auto shutoff. It isolates the house.

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[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

You would need to install something like a “break then make” switch that isolates the house from the main line before feeding power back from your local source(s)

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