I have 6.6kW of solar on the roof, production is maxed out at 5kW in the summer, and dips to a max of about 3.5kW in the winter, so the drop is there but not brutal. I make 35kW per day in the summer and about 25kW/day in the winter. On an average day currently we use about 25kW.
Still, all of this does me no good in a power outage since I don't have a battery backup, so if the grid shuts off, my inverter shuts off. Bummer.
I don't think my area is a candidate for shut downs.
I have been looking into making a home-made "powerwall" if nothing else to have minimal battery backup but really just to make it so I can draw from my panels when the grid is down.
I used to live in the northeast in hurricane country and I used to do several things to get through blackouts:
1. Borrowed buddies Tacoma that had built in inverter, ran it for 30 min every 4 hours to power main return and 1 heater. Ran like that for days. This was not super fun getting up every 4 hours all night to do it, but hey now I am a parent and getting up every 4 hours seems pretty luxurious!
2. Small generator just for main return and heater.
3. Some reactors you need to shut down manually and empty out before re-starting due to quick hydrogen sulfide buildup, biggest danger is sulfur denitrators.
Still, all of this does me no good in a power outage since I don't have a battery backup, so if the grid shuts off, my inverter shuts off. Bummer.
I don't think my area is a candidate for shut downs.
I have been looking into making a home-made "powerwall" if nothing else to have minimal battery backup but really just to make it so I can draw from my panels when the grid is down.
I used to live in the northeast in hurricane country and I used to do several things to get through blackouts:
1. Borrowed buddies Tacoma that had built in inverter, ran it for 30 min every 4 hours to power main return and 1 heater. Ran like that for days. This was not super fun getting up every 4 hours all night to do it, but hey now I am a parent and getting up every 4 hours seems pretty luxurious!
2. Small generator just for main return and heater.
3. Some reactors you need to shut down manually and empty out before re-starting due to quick hydrogen sulfide buildup, biggest danger is sulfur denitrators.