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Originally Posted by NH.Solar
If you have an exposure for solar gain, here is a great alternative to generators; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wglt9oCEA
A StorEdge system initially costs roughly 3 times as much as an automatic whole house generator, but it requires no maintenance, will reduce your electric bill to little or nothing, and its silent. If the power is out for weeks it won't matter because everyday the sun rises. The LG battery has 9 kWh of usable storage capacity and that is plenty to easily back up your essential loads overnight. During the day the solar inverter powers the house and recharges the battery. |
My brother has a set up like this on his house in MA. Say's he hasnt paid an electric bill in 10 years. Problem is that if you borrow the 10K to install it, it will run you about $200 a month for 5-7 years or so. Since they last 25 years though that leaves you with 15 years of good Karma. (hopefully) Dont know what it does to the value of your house in ten years tho.
That being said. I have to laugh somewhat. We went thousands of years without electricity and today if it goes out for 15 minutes everyone freaks out.