MrM1
I'm Here, But I'm Not All There
I built my lil off grid system to assist my grid powered house 4 years ago. At the time People asked me was I was "Crazy", "You Need a Sanity Check", "Why would you build an off grid system for your house if you are grid connected AND your cost per kWh was about $0.11" . I was told I would Never see an ROI.
- Why don't you go grid tie, they said.
- You are just wasting money, they said.
Well I knew I would not see an ROI, and that was never my point. I was building it:
1. For a "what if" scenario. What if the power goes out, or a hurricane sweeps thru, or worse
2. And I enjoy it as a hobby. I dont, golf, boat, etc.
3. And I did not want to fool with permission to connect to the grid
Now it seems that more and more people are building off grid / grid assist systems for there homes. Not grid tied, just battery based off grid that either have automatic transfer switches (like a UPS) or will actually assist the gird in providing loads to the home, thus lower grid power consumption. And when the power goes out, the home still has power (sometimes full power, sometimes a limited / select circuits of power.
Is it just me, or with the advent of larger and larger AIO systems, more and more people are doing this?
- Why don't you go grid tie, they said.
- You are just wasting money, they said.
Well I knew I would not see an ROI, and that was never my point. I was building it:
1. For a "what if" scenario. What if the power goes out, or a hurricane sweeps thru, or worse
2. And I enjoy it as a hobby. I dont, golf, boat, etc.
3. And I did not want to fool with permission to connect to the grid
Now it seems that more and more people are building off grid / grid assist systems for there homes. Not grid tied, just battery based off grid that either have automatic transfer switches (like a UPS) or will actually assist the gird in providing loads to the home, thus lower grid power consumption. And when the power goes out, the home still has power (sometimes full power, sometimes a limited / select circuits of power.
Is it just me, or with the advent of larger and larger AIO systems, more and more people are doing this?