Hi fellow Listeroidheads,
I hope I am not missing a thread about this subject elsewhere, but I can not seem to find it so I thought I would start a new thread
I live in an urban area and I am ON-Grid.
My urban dwelling friend just installed a solar photovoltaic system on his house and is currently selling back excess electricity he produces to the electric company in the form of reversing his power meter and gaining credits.
I am told that under no circumstances, would he ever actually receive a check from the power company, but he would pay into the system in terms of credits, and on cloudy days, use those credits he may have earned on sunny days and essentially get power for free.
I called my local electric company to ask about the details of this, since I am only a short way away from producing power from my Listeroid running on free, waste Vegetable oil. When I spoke to the power company about this, National Grid thought I was speaking Venetian, and had two heads -- and recommend high doses of Lithium to cure my mental illness!
Does anyone know for sure, what is involved for me to hook up my Listeroid based 8KW generator into my house, and have any excess electricity go back to the grid and credit my account? No one here seems to know anything about this, and can only advise me on how to use my generator only when if I were to disconnect from the grid. This is not my intention. I live in grid land! I want to use the grid as my “battery”
I am not an electrician, but I am sure there is a fairly simple answer. I have read Utterpower’s explanation of syncing the phase of a ST head to the grid, but this all seems like voodoo, and does not really answer my question of how I can get National Grid to eat my excess power made from used won-ton oil!!
Are there any electrically savvy -- rebellious folks out there that can guide me in the right direction? Do I need a special box? Meter? Hire a vegetarian electrician? How can I do this, It is too cool not to do!
Again, I want to generate electricity with my Listeroid on free waste fuel -- while on the main power grid, and what I don’t actually use, I want to automatically sell back to the grid.
Any one there who can guide me on this profoundly cool venure?
Thanks for any advice!!
Stevels