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Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards |Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 21 points 1 month ago (7 children)

As soon as this becomes popular the grid monopolies will get it banned.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Go harder, disconnect from the grid.

    Jackery/similar power station as your main power supply for the house, charged by solar and a backup generator. Or you could keep the grid connection just to keep as a backup. Either way that largely isolates your house from the grid in a way that plug in solar doesn't.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    Go harder, disconnect from the grid.

    in Australia if you can be connected to the grid and you do not, they charge you network maintenance fees anyway, yiu just dont pay for power.

    That said I lived completely off grid in the bush for a decade.

    I'm now on grid and i feed power into the grid from my roof top solar, last months bill was in credit for $45 (albeit I wasn't} home for the month) and I charge my ebike and ecar as well off solar when i am home. I have 8.6kW of grid feed solar on the roof (notional)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    It's been banned for ages in the US. This has been it getting unbanned.

    They also don't help all that much. Little drop in the bucket compared to a normal solar setup. The early companies that have been trying to sell them here in the US are taking advantage of the naive and charging too much in relation to any benefit.

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