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Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2026
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Yes the video did explain the reasons ext, but is there nothing i can stick to my consumer unit or outside unit to stop export? How do backup generators work then?
For a whole home system there needs to be an auto shutoff. It isolates the house.
You would need to install something like a “break then make” switch that isolates the house from the main line before feeding power back from your local source(s)