Patent ID: 8049366

Claim:
A DC power system for household appliances comprising: a generator for generating DC power from renewable energy; a DC/DC converter for converting DC voltage from the generator and then providing the converted DC voltage to a DC bus having a DC bus voltage; a 360 VDC battery bank for storing energy, wherein the converted DC power is charged to the battery bank if the DC bus voltage is higher than a battery bank voltage, and wherein the battery bank discharges to supply DC power if the battery bank voltage is higher than the DC bus voltage; a bi-directional inverter being a bi-directional interface between the DC bus and an AC grid and switchable between an inverter mode for converting DC to AC and a power purchasing mode for converting AC from the AC grid to DC; a DC load energized by the DC bus; and a controller for monitoring the voltage on the DC bus and tripping the battery bank and turning off the DC power system when the DC bus voltage exceeds trip setpoints; wherein the bi-directional inverter is switched to an inverter mode if the generator provides abundant power causing DC bus voltage rises above an inverter mode setpoint; and wherein the bi-directional inverter is switched to a power purchasing mode if the load is heavy causing DC bus voltage drops below a power purchasing mode setpoint.