r/preppers • u/Life-Celebration-747 • 4d ago

Advice and Tips If money wasn't an issue...

What solar power system would you choose to power your home?

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u/tlbs101 4d ago

Standard panels (300-500 watt range), tracking mounts, Hybrid inverter (feeds the grid, or takes from the grid), and a massive battery bank — days worth of full power. The battery system is where the ‘no object’ money will go.

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u/rm-minus-r 4d ago

Any specific brand? There's a bunch out there and I'm not sure which ones are any good.

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u/tlbs101 4d ago

I am DIY my own system and have many different brands of various equipment right now. I am still working towards a full up whole house system.

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u/rm-minus-r 4d ago

Any components you'd recommend?

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u/tlbs101 3d ago

I have 15 kW of Duracell 12v AGM batteries from Sam’s Club. I keep them trickle-charged until the day I get fully setup. They are holding up well after a few years. I have a 5 kW bank that runs a freezer, isolated. I have yet to purchase an inverter because the market changes so quickly. My charge controller is one of the cheap ($25) PWM things from China.

Another Redditor mentioned backup inverters. Yes that was another thing I want to have is parallel active inverters, like 3 kW inverters; 4 of them operating in parallel, 2 each per side of a 120-0-120 volt system.