So here is the start of my baby. I had a lot of things so used some of them before I spend more money to make it pretty. I got a 5500kw AliExpress hybrid then realized the no 120 volts so got a SolarEdge transformer. It hums but seems to work fine. I bought 100 amp hour worth of new (or should I say not used) prismatic cells from battery hookup… I have another 300 amp hours 48volt coming from AliExpress. I also bought 4 x 310 watt panels from a local surplus store for $60 each. They seem to be working fine. Manufactured 2014 so should be ok for a while. Some breakers and Daly BMS’s wire a little blood and a tribal luck dance and here you go. I charged the batteries up. Hooked up the fridge and freezer 235 watts… and ran it all night and still at about 50 percent charge. Will see how well it charges today. And of course how long it will last before we see the pretty blue smoke… I wanted to put it on a hand truck but way to heavy. I have a external power plug ready but have not plugged it in to the house yet. Will see how it goes but I really think that with 2 more hybrids, at least one more transformer and well way more batteries, I might be able to power most of the house. ( I know and a lot more solar) I actually have 10kw of solar on the roof with older 10 kw SolarEdge gridtie inverter. I still would love to have a legit whole house setup for emergency but not in the budget anytime soon. Also none of the technologies seem to do what I really need / want ( in a budget, that works well). My biggest concern now is cleaning up and protecting the wires and battery terminals. Then I can play with a stand for the panels. I was able to get about 950 peak for 1200 worth of panels. They were a little dirty then might be able to get a little better now. Really want at least another 1200 or more. If I had too I could switch some roof panels around in a pinch. Oh yea and I bought a 9500 HarborFreight inverter generator and it seems to work great, So far… I know, I know, stop buying cheap crap… I live in Florida so power outages is a real concern for me if we have a bad hurricane. I want a way to mitigate it as best as possible.