Please help me!!!

[Jay Clements]

So the problem that I'm having is I have an aurora solar system with 32 panels a 4.7 Aurora inverter so the issue is I need help with not hooking up to the grid I basically got a house that has panels already here system already here but someone installed one of the inverters and they cut all the copper wire out of my house in the Attic so none of the plugs and anything work in the house I have pulled all of the wire that they have cut in the Attic out what I need help with is I need to get power during the daytime peak hours the last time I checked the voltage going to the house from the system it was a cloudy day and it was like 300 volts but it says it was DC current and I need AC current is there a way where I can use my system during the day the power some stuff in my house and at night of course it's not going to work at night I understand that but I have a generator where I can run my stuff at night off the generator I need someone to help me or explain to me how I can get power from my system during the daytime to power some very essential things in my home until I can figure out what needs to be replaced and what don't need to be replaced if that makes any sense I'm new to this group and I don't really know how to post pictures are quite how all of this works so please bear with me if I'm doing this wrong please don't get mad at me and throw me out of the group or whatever I really really need help with this situation if anyone out there can help me it would be greatly appreciated thank you very much

[Rob Beckers]

Hi Jay,

Welcome to the forum!
For future reference: It's much easier for others to read what you write if you use some punctuation and white space...

Regular grid-tie inverters such as the Aurora you have are designed to switch off when the grid goes away. This is on purpose, to prevent electrocuting lineman working on the grid (after they switch it off and think it's safe to work).

Some inverters have both grid-tie and off-grid capability. For most of those that requires adding batteries, an expensive addition. There are exceptions: For example Fronius' Gen24 line of grid-tie inverters have a second AC output that will continue providing power when the grid is down, as long as there's enough sunlight to power the loads. If the loads exceed what the inverter can produce (not enough sun) it will of course switch off.

Phocos' Any-Grid inverters too can do this, though the manufacturer doesn't advertise it (you're supposed to add batteries, but we know it works without as well). There are likely a few more, but again the makers officially want people to add batteries for off-grid use. Fronius is the one manufacturer that comes to mind where it is officially sanctioned.

Please keep in mind that, as you noted, the Voltages from the solar panels can and will kill you if you zap yourself! :faint: Don't play with this unless you know what you're doing!

-RoB-