So after 45 years as an electrician I decided to install a solar/ battery system at my house. My goal is really to have a whole house generator, as so many friends installed traditional generators, either natural gas or propane fueled, and I feel that is not the way I wanted to go. While the risk of not being able to obtain fuel isn't a risk to most people, it is to me. My community does not yet allow solar panels on our roofs so I installed 10 440 watt panels on stands on the south side of my house. I installed 23,000 wh of lithium iron phosphate batteries and a 5,000 watt Growatt inverter. So far I'm powering my entire house less the AC, water heater, dryer and oven. Being an electrician helped immensely with wiring a sub panel, transformer and the inverter. Beyond that however, solar and lithium batteries are a new learning experience for me. I'm installing a heat pump water heater and plan on adding this to my solar loads with a second 5,000 watt Growatt inverter. With little experience , I'm learning that more solar panels are probably needed. Any advice is welcome. I have an Emporium load monitor so I can see all my individual loads. Reading tips here really helped and I appreciate it.