For the most part, Solar for powering your home with all the goodies is a big scam that will NEVER work.
I solar powered my Well because it would cost over $100K to bring electricity up my mountain to my well. I have 3 out buildings and my well all with Electricity from my Solar Setup, for my situation it works great and I can use all the power I want during the DAY! But at night time about the only thing you can use is Lights, a TV and keep the fridge going.
8 350 Watt 24 volt Panels $125 Each NEW!
1 MPPT 60 amp Charge Controller $175 on EBAY NEW
8 225 Amp 6 volt Golf Cart Batteries $90 each at Costco NEW
1 Magnum MS4024PAE 240 Volt Grid Tie Inverter $2500
misc boxes,breakers,wiring,... A few hundred dollars.
my system puts out 50 amps DC solar power during the day and the well uses 84 amps DC, so the batteries never really go down in voltage much and are fully recharged in less than an hour after the well shuts off, The well is setup on a float valve on a 10,000 gallon tank and runs about 40 minutes per cycle.
This runs everything flawlessly but it isn’t designed to run ANYTHING or very much at Night because of the storage capabilities, If I made it 80-100 Batteries and 40-50 panels it would run a house, but it wouldn’t be very cost effective.
I used to go on fly in fishing trips to central Ontario Canada. The outpost cabins had a mix of energy sources. Solar power ran the water pump and lighting system. Propane gas ran the refrigerator, stove and water heater. If heat was needed, wood would be burned in in the cast iron fireplace. And of course the boats were fueled by gasoline...