Hello everyone, its been a while since I've visited the forum. I took the plunge this last weekend and purchased 4.2Kw of solar panels. They are 305w
Jinko panels about a year old and I got 14 panels for $750. Under $0.18 a watt. Now the fun begins. My house and shop are on 2 different meters, I want to go grid tie on the house and off grid on the shop, I'm thinking it might be smarter to skip battery backup on the house and AC couple the the shop and house. Basically the off grid shop acts as backup to the house. Personally id like to sell the house and go off grid completely in a small cabin but my other half wont go for that. And our power requirements are far to large with a budget that's far too small to go off grid in this house right now. Its a 3800sf house with 2 central heat and air units, not to mention the 1.5 hp well pump that gets a workout daily with showers, garden, watering animals and watering fruit trees. I'll read the forums looking for hints on how to best make use of what I've got. But id like to know.... Would you take the shop off grid 1st, or start your grid tie system first. I don't use much in the shop just 240Kwh last month, more in the winter with a heat lamps for the animal's. But it has never been more than 600kwh, the house on the other hand was 3577kwh last month.