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Originally Posted by Deschodt
Personally if I was to do it all over again knowing what I know now (and assuming no ukraine scarcity and inflated prices) - I would forego the generator and the solar altogether and simply get a powerwall battery or 2. Charge at night when electricity is borderline free.. Have it to use during the day or as a backup like the generator. Less space, noise and hassle. But the home gen is a good idea if it's that cheap ! Hard to beat.
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FYI for those in CA, the state has a program that will pay for two powerwall batteries if you have a CPAP or other electrical, medical device requiring electrical power. A friend of mine got a set installed through a solar company. It was no cost to him but the normal cost was around $26K.
I was thinking of looking into a larger generator, but recently the power company installed large, steel power poles. We mostly got power shut offs during high fire and wind episodes. We'll see if the new, fire & wind resistant poles reduce the incidence of outages.