[Pontiac]

It’s possible, but if you ground mount them and cut all the trees down around them, you should be okay.....

That would certainly simplify the design and installation.

If would also make it easy to cover the panels with plywood if a hurricane was forecast.

The rest of your argument makes sense for a prepper.

My only remaining gripe (thinking as a prepper) is that the panels are still only good for 20-25 years. And batteries would have to be replaced on an earlier schedule.

[srmanuel]

True about the life span of the panels and batteries, but I would counter by saying technology should be dramatically better in 20-25 years...

I could be wrong but I think the highest number of watts in the top of the line panel is 400, if in 20-25 years it’s 800 watts at the same price or lower, then it would make sense to upgrade, same goes for a battery system.....