Sleep in your net zero home. Consuming mains electricity via your grid tie.
If you truly need to be off grid, use propane appliances for everything. You can get by with a small battery and array if you only need to run a computer and TV. Propane lights are pretty efficient. Sunfrost fridges are electrically very efficient and you can have them run on a UPS during the night. Or a propane fridge. If you truly want to be off grid, focus on being off electricity first. Then you can add the stuff that can only use electricity thus making your system much smaller. I knew a guy that had a generator and he ran it to do laundry and pump water. From: David Kunat Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping And what do you do at night? On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: Don’t store it. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 1:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping PV can drop to $0.20/watt to buy bulk 300W polycrystalline PV panels, but the problem remains storage. Storing many kWh in a reliable system that won't wear out after N cycles is the costly part. No matter what you do. Lead acid, aquion batteries, tesla powerwall type system, whatever. On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: https://electrek.co/2016/09/26/solar-power-cost-down-25-in-five-months-theres-no-reason-why-the-cost-of-solar-will-ever-increase-again/ And wait until Peroksvite starts selling…. Thought you might like that Chuck. Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 [email protected] www.triadwireless.net “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.” — Yogi Berra
