• Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I’ve always wondered about having a big system that’s just not part of the the house wiring and never telling the electric company you’re using solar.

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      8 months ago

      A lot of places require a house to have electric service. Not just electricity available on site, but service from the utility. Otherwise it’s not livable.

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        8 months ago

        So bring electric into a circuit panel that powers nothing but a house plug and pay a tiny amt for the electricity used. Get your solar and batteries connected to a separate panel that powers everything else.

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          8 months ago

          This exactly. And if you’re close to running out of batteries, you have mains you can draw from.