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In the first and second posts of this series, I laid out my general reasoning and plan for incorporating solar power into my new home and covered the basics of solar power systems and integrated batteries. This post will go into more detail about the choices we’ve made regarding our solar installation. Details about our battery system choices will be in the next post of the series. Let’s recap the original goals for our solar+battery system: Have enough solar capacity to reach annual …

In the first post of this series, I laid out my general reasoning and plan for incorporating solar power into my new home. This post will go into more detail about what that means in theory, and how it plays out in practice. There are five general types of systems to consider when having a discussion about electric service with and without Solar power (and/or battery storage): Electrical Grid Only - This is the configuration of the vast majority of residences and businesses. Power is provided …

This past May my wife and I finally pulled the trigger and bought what we intend to be our “forever home.” We’d been looking for several years, and just had never found the right house, in the right place, at the right price. We ended up with a ~1,700ft² house just outside of Port Townsend, WA, in a newly-constructed development. It’s all one level, on just over a quarter of an acre of land, with a nice back patio and flat yard for the dog, and has a three car garage - …