Post #15719 by onepoorguy on the US Policy board

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Solar won't solve your power loss problems unless you have a very specific setup. If you have a grid-tie, you can't do it. They won't want the lines energized while their people work on them. If you go batteries, then all you would have to do is manually throw a switch to disconnect the grid, and connect the batteries.

I remember I had visions of having power while the neighborhood was dark (we get blackouts every few years, usually during particularly violent storms). But the power company said "no can do with a grid tie". The subsidies demand a grid-tie, but if you don't care about that then you could do a bypass switch and batteries.

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