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Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by boringg on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:01PM (#46603825)
Whats funny about that -- is you assume thats the case - but a lot of solar isn't installed to be backup power. With Storage yes, but straight up solar -> no.
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Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by dns_snek on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:17PM (#46604137)
It's not the default but you can get it installed that way or get it adapted later (less than ideal if you end up having to replace the inverter).
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Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 by latchkey on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:37PM (#46604515)
Yea, that costs extra. My dad went for the natural gas generator.
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