When setting up a generator to backfeed your house power can be pushed out through the main breaker to the transformer and cause unexpected high voltage.
Backfeed breaker solar.
From there you d land your inverter s output into a 50a breaker and your done.
Circuit requirements are outlined in part ii of this article.
In my case i have 1 6kw solar but 9 6kwh golf battery system it will never get fully charged unless i choose so.
So you always want to be sure your sizing your wire to handle the output of each circuit in the system.
Then looking at that photo again you can see i have a 30a 2 pole breaker at the other end for my solar inverter.
According to the manual backfeeding is a real grid tie system once the grid is off the backfeeding stops.
690 10 e plug in type back fed circuit breakers connected to a stand alone inverter output in either stand alone or utility interactive systems shall be secured in accordance with 408 36 d.
Article 690 requirements apply to solar pv systems.
If a 200 a busbar has a 200 a main breaker the code allows adding a up to a 40 a backfeed breaker.
The nec allows adding a back feed breaker so that the current supply is up to 120 of the rating of the bus bar.
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The sizing of back feed breakers is another point of difficulty.
Energizing wiring systems far from your setup like this can damage your equipment and the appliances being powered as well as potential for electrocution to technicians repairing power lines.
The main purpose of the fuses and breakers are to protect the wiring.
The problem is the backfeeding only happens when battery is fully charged.
We sometimes see people adding a 60 or 80 a breaker instead.