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Originally posted by Thoran:
The guys that are REALLY cool are the outlaw power gang... they generate all their own electrictity but instead of speanding tens of thousands on batteries for storage they hack into the grid and use our electrical system as a big battery. Pump electricity into the system during the day... pull it out at night.
How they do this without getting caught I have no idea, but it's damn cool.
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In California you can do this without a problem, as a matter of fact the law specifically says the utilities must let you do this. Meters will run forward or backward. So during the day when you are not at home and your solar grid produces more then you use it gets fed into the local grid and your meter will spin backwards. Then at night you will draw energy from the grid as normal. If you work it right your bill could even end up with a credit. The only thing that is required is that your home have a double breaker setup. Otherwise if there is a blackout in your area and you are pumping electricity into the local lines you could end up injuring/killing an electrical worker.
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[ 08-22-2003, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: Rokenn ]