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I'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
by photojosh 9y ago
I'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.