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cbri OP t1_j53f9iu wrote

Reply to comment by Indira1009 in If you used a company to put solar on your house who did you use, and do you like them? by cbri

I have no doubt solar works itself, but the vendors are questionable. I'm wondering if they have battery storage that is used at night, or do they revert right back to the grid. If battery are they using something like the tesla wall or similar new technology?

I also wonder about just doing a diy setup, but I'm sure there's steps you have to do to get connected to the grid.

Overall I think it's definitely worth it one way or another.

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mdurg68 t1_j53k69w wrote

Battery is not for night usage, it’s for backup if the grid goes down. If you sign up for connected solutions they will pull from it at peak times. Everywhere I’ve seen says they give you 5000 for connected solutions but when the solar guy was here for the quote he said it doesn’t really work like that and it’s at the discretion of the power company.

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cbri OP t1_j56sp5q wrote

Part of me just says get a standalone system so you don't have the limitation but it's expensive up front.

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