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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by anamax on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:18PM (#31572144)
My problem is a bit different.

I have a healthy amount of solar but don't want to buy batteries (even in truck form).

The solar needs AC from the mains for some reason.

Is there some way to hookup a small generator to make the solar happy and then use the solar for power? (Yes, I'd have to disconnect everything from the grid.)

Let's assume that I don't try to use too much power. Will the solar be damaged if I don't use enough?

Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by aftbit on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:21PM (#31572979)
>Will the solar be damaged if I don't use enough?

Something will be damaged or the whole system will shut down. Typically grid-tied systems do not have the ability to dump excess power or throttle down panels to provide partial loads. You would be better off installing a proper battery-backed inverter, but depending on the wiring and design of the existing system, that might mean replacing everything except the panels, which is likely quite expensive.