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Old 01-24-2018, 02:02 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
Not quite. You need a battery, but you do not need to be off the grid. Install solar and battery. The Sun charges your battery then sends energy to the grid. When the grid goes down, your battery kicks in.
I thought that if you were connected to the grid, the battery cannot be used in the event of a power failure?
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