Hoping for some good input on this concept: Two separate electrical panels for separate wired areas, solar and traditional.
I am ready to build an energy efficient home and live in Kansas which requires home owner to be hooked up to the grid.
My question is can we have a portion of the house wired for a solar application and the other part of the house wired to a traditional electrical panel.
Yes two completely separate wiring. As if two houses under one roof.
We want one panel solar which would have backup. And the other to be another 200amp traditional wired to the electrical grid.
We are not allowed to net meter as Free State has moved to Parallel metering.
I would like two separate 200amp panels to run completely separate wired parts of the house depending upon how we initially have it wired. We feel that we have certain parts of the house that should be allowed to be up and running despite the electrical company wanting limit or turn off everyone’s electrical service as needed in case of emergencies. I understand that power feed back would be dangerous, and we wouldn’t want to endanger power employees. So why not keep use separate with different wiring.
And on the other hand, I do not want a power company dictate to me when my power is shut off to me, nor dictate my limits.
Hence, I propose to completely have the important systems to be wired to a solar collection/storage panel and tamped to a 200amp service and a second 200amp panel that runs part of house that isn’t as critical to us that is hooked to community electrical provider.
That way they can still charge us the fees they dictate and turn us off/ on at their discretion, but only a portion of the house.
I think this would be a win/win for both parties.
So Green Building community, do you think this is feasible and how do I go about implementing this plan?
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