3-Month Test: Grid-Down Backup Power System Success or Failure?
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- We've had our Grid-Down Redoubt backup power system for just over 3 months now. It is time to report and discuss its performance. Was it worth the money? Our answer is a resounding YES!
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Glad to hear that you are very happy with your Grid Down Redoubt system. After I move, I hope to get it. Thank you Jonathan and Kylene for this follow up video. Happy trails!
Nice system, Jonathan! I put in my hybrid 11 kW solar, 11 kWh batteries, EMP-protected system in three years ago and have produced 60 MWh of power. We shut off grid power once in a while just to practice. I installed a soft start on my A/C to make it easier on the inverters. I recently got a used Chevy Volt as my daily commuter using my solar power to offset the fuel costs. It's nice to have that as a backup if the grid goes down. Good luck with your system! I'd like to hear how it performed over the winter next spring.
I get 100% credit for what I sell back. I made 92% of my own power I used last year and that includes my wife electric car.
Do they wipe out your credits every April? An electric car sounds like a great idea. I have an electric trike but that's just to get around the neighborhood. I'm jealous :)
Cool! Glad it’s working out for you, love the data and the not noticing when your ‘hood or city is having a power outage! That won’t work for us in a condo/Apt for a zillion reasons, but we are doing what we can where we are with what we have. We’ve upgraded our rechargeable lights & fans, some power stations, and about to upgrade the solar panel with grommets in the corner to hang off our 4th floor window ledge.
My power company will allow solar panels and will buy my unused power but they don't allow me to store it so during a grid down, I still would not have power. Unfortunately, this reduces my utilization. Johnathan, I spray isopropyl alcohol on my car windshield to keep snow and ice from forming/sticking. Would you be able to do that to solar panels to reduce accumulation on the panel?
I found this video energizing.
I have had solar for 9 years and have never had any to give to power company on Mar. 31 so everything produced by the system is credited to my monthly bill each month.
Do you have EMP protected appliances, lights, radios, etc? Or copies of these items in EMP protected storage?
I am on an electric co-op here in Texas, I paid 14.7 cents per kilowatt hour. The company will buy back any electricity I generate but only at 4.2 cents which is their cost. So it’s not economically viable for me. I have a sense energy monitor on my house and I have seen it as high as 17,800 W at a given time. That’s with the air conditioner on both elements in the water heater the water well going and maybe a few other odds and ends. It would be expensive to get a system that would do that for me.
You did a grid down challenge a while back and I accepted your challenge. We found some interesting issues that came up and we have modified our home and preps to account for them. I am now wondering, is it possible for you to have large battery banks to plug in and use up your extra credits before the electric company wipes them out each year? If so, you could be banking your extra credits for a possible "portable" option. Maybe?
I am on a solar system and I monitor it constantly. I would like to know how they can prove that it is EMP proof. When I research EMP's I don't see how a system can be protected. A warranty won't do much if we have an EMP and it fails.
Does having the the solar kicking in at 50% affect the number of charge cycles of the batteries? That's the question. I understand the "gas tank" mentality because that's me!