Those systems aren’t legal where I’m at (though hopefully soon), so I pretty much just have the opposite capability. I have panels that I can use to power devices and keep my refrigerator working if the power goes out, but 99.5% of the time, they aren’t doing anything.
“The power goes out” luckily is a very, very rare event here. A 20 minute outage in a part of a city is a story in the national evening news. The longest outage I remember was for five days in a few villages, and it was in the daily news.
So being able to supply my own power is a rather extreme prepping thing. But as feedback of power into the grid only pays 5ct per kWh, storing and using it is important. Having an active outlet is a bonus, not a survival thing.
Those systems aren’t legal where I’m at (though hopefully soon), so I pretty much just have the opposite capability. I have panels that I can use to power devices and keep my refrigerator working if the power goes out, but 99.5% of the time, they aren’t doing anything.
“The power goes out” luckily is a very, very rare event here. A 20 minute outage in a part of a city is a story in the national evening news. The longest outage I remember was for five days in a few villages, and it was in the daily news.
So being able to supply my own power is a rather extreme prepping thing. But as feedback of power into the grid only pays 5ct per kWh, storing and using it is important. Having an active outlet is a bonus, not a survival thing.