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Thanks for all the information, a trove of ideas. I should have mentioned I'm in the USA, Southern California. My house is 100+ years old, small, and I'm not sure the roof would support solar panels. It looks like a power audit is my first move...and could someone define "constant load" for...

It's an HP p1606dn, a small and simple older B&W laser printer. All it does is print, nothing else. Uses 400 watts (printing), 2.2 watts (ready), 1.6 watts (auto-off), 0.4 watts (manual off). I use it sparingly.

As a solar novice I need to decide on the voltage of my system. I'm not sure what the advantages and disadvantages are of the different choices. Why is 12v better or worse than 24v or 48v? In my case, I want to start out with a portable system to deal with power outages (I'm in a brush fire...

Is there such a thing as an inverter that can be used for solar (12v to 120v) and also as a converter to use a 12v 15a device on 120v house current?