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Did you literally cut the utility wire to be able to proclaim off grid on hacker news, or are you grid neutral and still keep the connection around for emergenc
by brianwawok 9y ago
Did you literally cut the utility wire to be able to proclaim off grid on hacker news, or are you grid neutral and still keep the connection around for emergencies? If you did cut i am curious the plan for say a very cloudy 7 days.
- photojosh 9y agoI've not made the jump (indeed, don't have solar at all) since we don't own our house. But I briefly looked into the solution here, and a suitable gas generator is ~$5k. Would be expensive to run, sure, but very quickly cheaper to have it on standby than stay connected to the grid.
- sliverstorm 9y agoHow so? At least in our area, the fixed portion of the electric bill is only a few dollars. And, hell, I imagine I could cancel my service and pay nothing, connected or no. (And the grid is vital to a future of country-wide renewable power IMO, so I'm not personally eager to undermine it)
- fencepost 9y agoSome of this will depend on what kind of regulation exists/has been purchased in your area. If you're not dumping excess power back to the grid it should just be a low usage connection, but in some places I believe if you have solar things get more complicated no matter your connection type.