Comments on: Inlet-Outlet Lets You Give Back Energy to the Grid http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sat, 26 May 2012 00:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: duh http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4958 duh Sat, 23 May 2009 13:49:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4958 this product will work swimmingly and as for eric with his stealing idea... the power going into the inlet will be dc current and will have to be converted to a/c so basically if you do that then you will blow the system.... but think of all the applications...all the things that generate heat why not put little turbines in our water pipes... put little turbines in gutter downspouts... wont produce a lot but every little bit helps this product will work swimmingly and as for eric with his stealing idea… the power going into the inlet will be dc current and will have to be converted to a/c so basically if you do that then you will blow the system…. but think of all the applications…all the things that generate heat why not put little turbines in our water pipes… put little turbines in gutter downspouts… wont produce a lot but every little bit helps

]]> By: duh http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-22209 duh Sat, 23 May 2009 13:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-22209 this product will work swimmingly and as for eric with his stealing idea... the power going into the inlet will be dc current and will have to be converted to a/c so basically if you do that then you will blow the system.... but think of all the applications...all the things that generate heat why not put little turbines in our water pipes... put little turbines in gutter downspouts... wont produce a lot but every little bit helps this product will work swimmingly and as for eric with his stealing idea… the power going into the inlet will be dc current and will have to be converted to a/c so basically if you do that then you will blow the system…. but think of all the applications…all the things that generate heat why not put little turbines in our water pipes… put little turbines in gutter downspouts… wont produce a lot but every little bit helps

]]> By: Will http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4957 Will Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:37:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4957 Guys - you do realise that your 'inlet' is electrically the same as the 'outlet'? You don't need another plug, just aslong as your generator isn't trying to generate at a different voltage/amperage than what the standard house wiring can accept, it'll be A-OK. Guys – you do realise that your ‘inlet’ is electrically the same as the ‘outlet’?

You don’t need another plug, just aslong as your generator isn’t trying to generate at a different voltage/amperage than what the standard house wiring can accept, it’ll be A-OK.

]]> By: Will http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-22208 Will Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:37:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-22208 Guys - you do realise that your 'inlet' is electrically the same as the 'outlet'? You don't need another plug, just aslong as your generator isn't trying to generate at a different voltage/amperage than what the standard house wiring can accept, it'll be A-OK. Guys – you do realise that your ‘inlet’ is electrically the same as the ‘outlet’?

You don’t need another plug, just aslong as your generator isn’t trying to generate at a different voltage/amperage than what the standard house wiring can accept, it’ll be A-OK.

]]> By: rexeven http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4956 rexeven Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:53:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4956 In most states the electric company will let you sell back power. But they make YOU pay for the two-way meter and anything else required to make it safe ( which can add up to a lot if your house/electrical system isn't up to par). Also where I live (KY) they will only let you sell back as much as you use. In other words once you pay your bill, they won't pay you for anything extra you generate. Screw power companies! In most states the electric company will let you sell back power. But they make YOU pay for the two-way meter and anything else required to make it safe ( which can add up to a lot if your house/electrical system isn’t up to par). Also where I live (KY) they will only let you sell back as much as you use. In other words once you pay your bill, they won’t pay you for anything extra you generate. Screw power companies!

]]> By: rexeven http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-22207 rexeven Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-22207 In most states the electric company will let you sell back power. But they make YOU pay for the two-way meter and anything else required to make it safe ( which can add up to a lot if your house/electrical system isn't up to par). Also where I live (KY) they will only let you sell back as much as you use. In other words once you pay your bill, they won't pay you for anything extra you generate. Screw power companies! In most states the electric company will let you sell back power. But they make YOU pay for the two-way meter and anything else required to make it safe ( which can add up to a lot if your house/electrical system isn’t up to par). Also where I live (KY) they will only let you sell back as much as you use. In other words once you pay your bill, they won’t pay you for anything extra you generate. Screw power companies!

]]> By: Dre http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4955 Dre Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:11:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4955 You could have been gaming it another way for a while if you had the space and capital. Get a garden shed full of batteries and download your power at night, and sell it back during peak hours. More importantly - what kind of limits do the electric co's place on selling back power via a 2-way meter - anyone savvy on that? You could have been gaming it another way for a while if you had the space and capital. Get a garden shed full of batteries and download your power at night, and sell it back during peak hours.

More importantly – what kind of limits do the electric co’s place on selling back power via a 2-way meter – anyone savvy on that?

]]> By: Dre http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-22206 Dre Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-22206 You could have been gaming it another way for a while if you had the space and capital. Get a garden shed full of batteries and download your power at night, and sell it back during peak hours. More importantly - what kind of limits do the electric co's place on selling back power via a 2-way meter - anyone savvy on that? You could have been gaming it another way for a while if you had the space and capital. Get a garden shed full of batteries and download your power at night, and sell it back during peak hours.

More importantly – what kind of limits do the electric co’s place on selling back power via a 2-way meter – anyone savvy on that?

]]> By: Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4954 Ariel Schwartz Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:44:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4954 Eric - Good (and devious) point! Never thought of that. Eric – Good (and devious) point! Never thought of that.

]]> By: Eric http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-4953 Eric Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:40:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-4953 If they end up paying people for electricity fed back into the grid, what's to stop me from rigging up a cord with a regular socket on one end (attached to my neighbor's outdoor socket and buried underground) and an inlet socket on the other? Free money! If they end up paying people for electricity fed back into the grid, what’s to stop me from rigging up a cord with a regular socket on one end (attached to my neighbor’s outdoor socket and buried underground) and an inlet socket on the other? Free money!

]]> By: Eric http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/04/inlet-outlet-lets-you-give-back-energy-to-the-grid/#comment-22205 Eric Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2086#comment-22205 If they end up paying people for electricity fed back into the grid, what's to stop me from rigging up a cord with a regular socket on one end (attached to my neighbor's outdoor socket and buried underground) and an inlet socket on the other? Free money! If they end up paying people for electricity fed back into the grid, what’s to stop me from rigging up a cord with a regular socket on one end (attached to my neighbor’s outdoor socket and buried underground) and an inlet socket on the other? Free money!

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