Will a grid-tie solar system cause problems with X-10?

 I have several lights using X-10 switches.  I'm planning a new PV system
tied to the grid.  Does anyone know if that will interfere with X-10 type
switches?

  usmcbrat wrote:

It should not. If it does then you have a very bad PV inverter.

Anthony

 
usmcbrat wrote:

Ok, at this point, I imagine some folks are saying "jeezus, ain't there
nothing dj doesn't do?" but, no, I've installed several X10 systems for
clients and there was never any interference at all from any of the
renewables (inverter, batteries, pv, etc) on the lights, motion
sensors, remotes, any of that stuff.

What there is, however, is a phantom load from the controller hubs that
can be of note to totally off-grid clients, and has to be accounted
for, because, of course, if the power fails and drains the battery
backup in the hub, everything goes down.

DJ

 Jim Baber replies:
Sheesch, just sent you a message about sticker shock earlier!

I don't use a lot of X10, but I do have some.  I do not know of any
problems specially associated with my solar system.  X10 is just
occasionally flaky.  I do have a X10 camera I use to occasionally read
my PG&E meter in bad weather and it works ok, it's just hard to read in
bad light conditions.  My other X10 circuits are fine.  I don't use
dimming because of X10's problems with CFL lights.

By the way this does not have any thing to do with X10, and only
indirectly with your sticker shock,  I reduced my annual kWh from 25,990
kWh to a little less than 19,000 kWh 2 years ago, by  correcting my
power factor.  Have you looked into this?

usmcbrat wrote:


Jim Baber
Email jim@NOJUNKbaber.org
1350 W Mesa Ave.
Fresno CA, 93711
(559) 435-9068
(559) 905-2204 (Verizon IN cellphone (to other Verizon IN accounts))
See 10kW grid tied solar system at "http://www.baber.org/solarpanels.jpg"
See solar system production data at "http://www.baber.org/solar_status.htm"

 

Sounds impossible to me. Do you have a more detailed explanation?

Nick