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Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build for renters
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So you need to neatly run extension cables from every room in the house to the “sun box”, and then run one cable from the box to the panels, and another to the wall (optional, just so it can fall back to pulling power from the wall). It’ll only ever draw from the wall in the event that both the sun is down and the battery is dead (so your fridge won’t go off overnight for example). No difference to plugging your fridge into your wall, as far as the utility is concerned.
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