Son has solar panels on his roof in Buda Texas. They became inop when snow covered while the power was out.
The stupid.
It hurts.
Did he charge his EV car before the storm? The article says that you could use the car’s battery to power your home for a short time (or will be able to in the near future). Seems like a good idea if you have the equipment and can wait for the near future.
Maint is incredible just from the cleaning required to keep them efficient.
If he has the Tesla power bank, he should be able to run
things for two to three days without the panels.
You ration it and extend that two to three days out.
I have a family member that has this, and it works very
nicely for the family.
I don’t like paying utilities who can’t guarantee service
either.
I will say, that solar and wind farms, are not the way
to go. If you can run your own home with a system, then
fine.
I recommend a wind component if snow is an issue.
Wind can supply at a lower rate, but it goes 24 hours
instead of just five prime hours.
I have solar panels in Kentucky but they have been snow covered for the last few days. My batteries will keep me going for several days in the winter or summer if I turn off the air condidioning. I have whole house solar and with battery backup I don’t even know when the grid goes down until someone tells me.
I believe that the proper use of solar is indeed individual homes but some people are not willing to put up with taking care of a system, especilaly a system with battery backup.
Battery backup is great but you still need a generator in case you don’t have sun for several days so you can charge the batteries from that. 4 or 5 hours of generator battery charging will last me for two days.