{"id":2079,"date":"2013-04-25T06:27:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T06:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/?page_id=2079"},"modified":"2020-03-11T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T09:04:09","slug":"product-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/product-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Selection Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1-768x68.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1-600x53.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"shortcode-dropcap circle\" style=\"color:#COLOR_CODE; background-color:#COLOR_CODE;\">AT<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0 MPP Solar our job is to promote the use of natural solar energy by providing straightforward solar solutions to installers and distributors. We offer two major types of solar energy systems: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Off-Grid Solar System<\/span><\/strong> vs. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Hybrid Solar System<\/span><\/strong>, as illustrated below.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/overview-600x284.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/>While both systems aim to maximize the use of solar energy, their main difference lies in the way they handle storage of energy.\u00a0 In an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Off-Grid Solar System<\/strong><\/span>, the inverter will attempt to use solar energy for &#8220;self-consumption&#8221; by sending it directly to load or use it to charge battery.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s any excess solar power, nothing will be done as there&#8217;s simply no more room for energy storage. Below is a demonstration of the typical Solar First\/SBU mode of our Off-Grid Solar Inverters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2079-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/123-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/123-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/123-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hybrid Solar System<\/span><\/strong> will still attempt to maximize the use of energy through load or charging battery, and any excess power will simply be &#8220;fed&#8221; to the grid, which act as a nearly limitless power storage.\u00a0 <strong>Power feedback to grid can only be done by Hybrid Solar Inverters.\u00a0 This explains explain why the Hybrid Solar System in the diagram above has a<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> bi-directional<\/span> energy flow arrow to grid.\u00a0 <\/strong>A common misconception where many confuse any system with connection to grid as &#8220;grid-tie&#8221;, but in fact this is not true.\u00a0 All our Off-Grid Solar inverters have the capability to connect to grid (AC input) but grid is generally used only as a backup power source for load or charging battery.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/mpi-hybrid-series-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>MPI Hybrid<\/strong><\/span><\/a> series is a very advanced Hybrid Solar Inverter and it has 3 main program modes: <strong>Grid-Tie with Backup<\/strong>, <strong>Grid-Tie only<\/strong>, and <strong>Off-Grid<\/strong> and total 8 sub-modes to accommodate wide range of customer need.\u00a0 For operational concept please see video below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2079-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hybrid123.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hybrid123.mp4\">https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hybrid123.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 MPP Solar our job is to promote the use of natural solar energy by providing straightforward solar solutions to installers and distributors. We offer two major types of solar energy systems: Off-Grid Solar System vs. Hybrid Solar System, as illustrated below. While both systems aim to maximize the use of solar energy, their main difference lies in the way they handle storage of energy.\u00a0 In an Off-Grid Solar System, the inverter will attempt to use solar energy for &#8220;self-consumption&#8221; by sending it directly to load or use it to charge battery.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s any excess solar power, nothing will be done as there&#8217;s simply no more room for energy storage. Below is a demonstration of the typical Solar First\/SBU mode of our Off-Grid Solar Inverters. &nbsp; On the other hand, a Hybrid Solar System will still attempt to maximize the use of energy through load or charging battery, and any excess power will simply be &#8220;fed&#8221; to the grid, which act as a nearly limitless power storage.\u00a0 Power feedback to grid can only be done by Hybrid Solar Inverters.\u00a0 This explains explain why the Hybrid Solar System in the diagram above has a bi-directional energy flow arrow to grid.\u00a0 A common misconception where many confuse any system with connection to grid as &#8220;grid-tie&#8221;, but in fact this is not true.\u00a0 All our Off-Grid Solar inverters have the capability to connect to grid (AC input) but grid is generally used only as a backup power source for load or charging battery. Our MPI Hybrid series is a very advanced Hybrid Solar Inverter and it has 3 main program modes: Grid-Tie with Backup, Grid-Tie only, and Off-Grid and total 8 sub-modes to accommodate wide range of customer need.\u00a0 For operational concept please see video below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2079","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mppsolar.com\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}