IQ Gateway bypass
Hello, little bit of a noob here. I currently have grid tied solar with micro inverters and an IQ Gateway. In South Florida if it matters.
As explained to me when the grid goes down, the panels won't push any power to prevent back feeding to the grid for safety, which I understand.
I was however wondering if there is a possibility to have an AC bybass that I can use to charge a power station? Like a manual switch over from feeding the meter to feeding a single outlet.
I don't want to go the enphase home battery backup route because of cost, and as we are fixed rate it doesn't make sense. From my math a 4000 watt 5kwh system should be more than enough to run the refrigerators, and a few lights through the night.
I reached out my installer but they wanted $200 for a site visit and consult and would not give me a straight answer over the phone on top of trying to upsell, that is already 10% of the power station I am eyeing.