My thoughts exactly. Also I wouldn’t really like to risk my stuff by connecting to their infrastructure anyway. At least over here, I saw how incompetent they are.
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
plug a solar panel into a large battery backup, plug the major appliances into that.
Utility companies don’t need to know shit.
doctor0710@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
over here
Texas? 😂
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 23 hours ago
I was going to say California. We have constant outages here — having grown up in blizzards and tornados I never imagined they wouldn’t be able to keep power on here. It’s bad, like I mean when there’s a little wind it’s probably not staying on.
doctor0710@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Serbia / Hungary.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
That’s what I have. Basically a small-ish parallel electrical system that runs critical loads like a mini split, refrigerator, water heater, etc. And a small UPS for modem/server.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
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These can output 1800W, 1100Wh, Starts at CAD$700 then you just pay more for more storage for bigger systems.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 31 minutes ago
Those are neat for camping or if the power goes out for the afternoon.
artyom@piefed.social 4 hours ago
That’s a very small system that won’t power much at all. Additionally I don’t recommend these “all in one” systems, as they’re typically more expensive, not as good, nor are they modular or repairable. Those are really if you need a “mobile” system.
clif@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Out of curiosity, how do you have that setup (at a high level)?
I’ve got a bluetti system for emergency power (12kWh, 6kW AC output) but I need to plug things directly into it. It’d be nice to feed it directly to my house wiring but … selectively. That is, I wouldn’t want to power the HVAC but it would be nice to not have to shuffle the fridge/freezer plugs from the wall to the inverter.
Dedicated circuit(s) with a manual switch from mains to inverter, I’m guessing? But then we get into all the extras required to do that safely and avoid back feeding the grid.
Granted, they have systems/setups specifically for whole house power but I don’t want to feed the whole house, just the important circuits/appliances.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Basically made a really sturdy pergola and then mounted solar panels to it. Ran that wiring to the MPPT, batteries and inverter in the garage. Put in a new small breaker box right next to the existing one, which made it real easy to just grab the wires for the critical loads and run them over to the new panel.
clif@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Aha, the separate breaker box is the part I wasn’t thinking about. I’ll need to do some thinking on how I could make that work for me. Thank you for the info.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Kent?
agile_squirrel@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
I don’t understand the parallel part. Do you mean independent, so the critical stuff can only get power from the solar circuit?
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 10 hours ago
That’s how one of the hospitals I worked at did it. Probably wasn’t a manual switch though.