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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv View Post
I've got a similar system (about 7.5K) as "juanbenae". We had the power off for three days last season. It was inconvenient but not a killer. I'm considering getting a small diesel (15-20 kW) set up to power most of the house. I heard on the news SDG&E lost their bid to get the rate payers to pay their bills for their power problems. Supreme Court ruled against them.
Be careful how you wire that up with solar. The Solar needs to be on the utility side of the transfer switch. You cannot have the solar participate with the generator with a standard grid-tie system.
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