Given the lack of blackouts around here, I've not bothered to investigate if home PV systems can still charge batteries, or if the inverter dependence on the grid for phase-locking the AC prevents that.
There's already been news stories about people powering their homes from their EV during blackouts, the oldest example I know of this from 2012 albeit with a hybrid and it was burning petrol: https://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/10/man-lights-house-with-t...
> Given the lack of blackouts around here, I've not bothered to investigate if home PV systems can still charge batteries, or if the inverter dependence on the grid for phase-locking the AC prevents that.
The technology is called "islanding mode". It adds a little extra cost to the inverters, and you have to specifically request it, but the tech exists.
The technology is called "islanding mode". It adds a little extra cost to the inverters, and you have to specifically request it, but the tech exists.