Do all 3. And more.
It won't take many extra "inverter outlets". Leave plenty of wire to reach the inverter breaker box when it is connected.
Run #10 to a few places for smaller DC loads. Maybe to the attic for one of CmeBREW's amazing 5W 12V fans? Maybe to the bedroom ceiling for DC fan? Maybe to the office for a RE cordless phone?
Many phantom loads can be far more efficiently relaced with straight DC, and a 78XX.
Run cable TV wire to about everywhere.
Run an extra (2nd) cable wire to anywhere that MIGHT get a computer, eventually.
Run plenty of phone wires.
Might run #1/0 AL from the attic to the basement for PVs to the battery?
Nothing like having some yahoo from the phone/cable company show up with a 4" hole saw in a 1/2" drill in one hand, a hammer and giant staples in the other...
Intending to run wires all over the outside of a new home.
Don't underestimate the insulation damage they can do.
Then they tear insulation up where ever they work.
IF they bother to lay it back down, it is still compressed and with gaps.
They flatten it with tools and feet. Who knows how it is messed up inside the walls.
That doesn't include the damage to drywall, paint and siding.
If the basement is block, have them insulate it with 'vermiculite' (???) when they do the block work.
Might consider running pex in the basement floor for solar heat later. Very cheap to do if it's done now, but it won't really be an option later.
A few plastic pipes sticking out of the floor in a south corner won't bother anyone.
A small system in that climate should make a big dent in the heat bill, and the entire floor is a pretty decent thermal storage mass.
Maybe plan a route for water pipes from the attic to the basement.
Could consider just using attic heat (no normal/expensive collecters)...
http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/7/19/13842/8442
The best thing I ever did was run a LOT of extra wires, of every kind, from the basement to the attic, BEFORE the insulation was blown in.
Ten years ago I never would have guessed 2 phone lines, 6 phone numbers, some rooms with 3 phones, cable for the TVs and another for the computers.
And now we might have to put up a 1950's type TV antenna to get the semi-local channels when they switch to digital.
Who knows what 10 more years will bring.
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