What happens if the lights never come back on? Part 2

(continued from Part 1)  How are we going to become as grid independent as we can? 

We are tripling our solar array.  We'll keep you updated as the project moves along.

As I mentioned in Part 1, we did have some inverter damage.  The first thing we are going to do is have a specialist come and test our inverters.  If we need to we will replace them. 

the second thing we will do is put in surge suppressors to prevent lightning damage again. 

All this type of equipment is becoming less expensive with time.  We found a reasonable source for a new inverter to replace the two old ones if we needed.  So we'll find out soon.

In the mean time, we purchased 14 - 280 watt panels that we have waiting to go up on the roof.  Our current panels are 16 panels at 110 watts each, so the new panels are not quite tripling our power output.

The new panels are much larger in size than the current panels so we are deciding how we are going to fit them all on our roof tops.  We may move the current panels to a different roof and put the new panels in their current location.

I'll have an upcoming post on how to calculate the size of a solar system.

And I'll add another post on how to live an off grid lifestyle.