grid tied wireing codes

 I have a big problem...
 I would like to end up with a grid tied solar system with battery backup.
 However I can not find anything about wireing codes for solar panels,
inverters, etc. here in South Carolina.
 It just seems a waste that my battery bank is fully charged by 1pm.

One note...I have 315 watts of solar panels and 450ah of storage, so I am at
that point where I have more than what I am running off of it and not enough
to run anything major...

Where would you go from here?
 go with grid tied?
 add more storage?
 add more panels?
 suggetions please...
 Joe KI4ILB

 

  Here is a renewable site for your state:
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=
=SC&RE=1&EE=1
You might be able to see what is involved in getting on the grid.

 A combo unit would give you the options later for whatever you wanted
to do.

There are grid-tie and islanding combo units in many brands. This
allows you to feed "back-up" critical circuits and feed your excess
back to the grid for a credit. Never any large amounts wasted this
way.



backup.

panels,

I am at

not enough

 Can you e-mail me a phone number so that I may call you?
 I have many questions and in this backwoods state, they have no idea about
solar grid systems.

 It looks like I may be the first to go there.
 It looks like I will have to go thru a crap load of red tape just to get
there attention.
 I have too many questions to post here...
 Example... does all my wire need to be in conduit from my solar panels down
to my charge controller?
 What about the wire from my battery bank even if its 3 feet from my
controller?
 what grounding system should I use?
 etc.etc.
 South Carolina has nota on solar power grid tied on any thing that I can
find.
 Joe KI4ILB

 
Well, he got part of it right.  <Plonk again>