01-10-2016, 05:43 AM
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Originally posted by Lodestone
So is a small window AC unit in our bedroom is incompatible with an off-grid system? We only run the unit on warm summer nights. Our electric bills run about $140/month in the winter, and about $180 in the summer.
FWIW, if we go with staying on grid, we will aim to install enough panels to have a bill of zero (except for grid fees, of course). If doing so means generating more power than we use, so be it.
If we have another summer like last summer I've thought about purchasing a small quiet Honda generator to run a small A/C unit. Solarman has one in his office, runs completely on his off grid system and he tells me the newer units have much less of a draw and it won't take much of an upgrade of panels/batteries however I'd prefer to run the quiet Honda and keep my solar system from getting too big.