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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your solar panels have to be either tied to the grid, or completely off grid. If tied to the grid, then for safety reasons they will shut off in a power outage. If you have a battery, the energy previously stored in your battery can run your home until it's used up. But you cannot run your home from your solar panels directly. If off grid, you always run your home from your solar panels, or a battery, or both. But, you have no grid connection. That kind of system is expensive and not very reliable for every day use. We are getting solar panels installed this fall. They will not cover our whole energy bill, only offset a portion. So although we could get a battery for power outages, that did not seem worth the very high cost of the battery plus the reduction in cost savings through offsetting our power bill. [/quote] This. We have a gas generator.[/quote]
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