So you want to go Off-Grid with a Stand Alone Battery system to save money at stick it to the man huh? I understand but do you know one simple fact batteries need replaced about every 5 years on average?
So you are typical John Doe who uses 30 Kwh per day and pays the Mean Ole Greedy Power Company (POCO) $100 to $120 per month to make the Greedy SOB's at the POCO filthy rich.
Well here is a FACT to start with to help you decide. It will take a 10,000 pound, $23,000 dollar battery to make it work that needs replaced every 5 years or so depending on the amount of daily care you give it. The battery will be more expensive 5 years down the road when it is time to replace it. That is just for the battery alone. No shipping cost or all the other $25,000 to $50,000 of additional equipment you will need to pull it off.
Now compare the battery cost alone @ $23,000 for 5 years vs up to $7200 on the high end to the mean ole POCO for the same amount of power in 5 years.
So who gets it stuck up there you know what going off-grid if you have a choice?
Hope that helps.
Edit Note:
I can hear the Green Mafia crying right now faced with facts.
So you are typical John Doe who uses 30 Kwh per day and pays the Mean Ole Greedy Power Company (POCO) $100 to $120 per month to make the Greedy SOB's at the POCO filthy rich.
Well here is a FACT to start with to help you decide. It will take a 10,000 pound, $23,000 dollar battery to make it work that needs replaced every 5 years or so depending on the amount of daily care you give it. The battery will be more expensive 5 years down the road when it is time to replace it. That is just for the battery alone. No shipping cost or all the other $25,000 to $50,000 of additional equipment you will need to pull it off.
Now compare the battery cost alone @ $23,000 for 5 years vs up to $7200 on the high end to the mean ole POCO for the same amount of power in 5 years.
So who gets it stuck up there you know what going off-grid if you have a choice?
Hope that helps.
Edit Note:
I can hear the Green Mafia crying right now faced with facts.