I was just at a friend's cabin where commercial power isn't available.  He but in 6 solar panels, batteries and an inverter that
produces pure sine wave AC.  The capacity is 2500W and cost almost Cdn$10K.

We're not in the sunniest part of the world but he can run power saws, electronic equipment and all his low wattage lighting without
running the generator.  Probably a different story in the winter time.

If I was in California I would be looking into a system like this...

Doug

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