An off-grid family in Tennessee may have just secured their energy independence for decades. A Reddit user shared pics of the high-tech solar and battery storage system to the r/solar subreddit, including the self-installation process, and the finished product.
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The post is titled: "Just flipped the switch on our new 31 panel home system with my dad." The original poster explains that his dad has been a solar enthusiast for decades and built the family's off-grid home in the late '90s.
"We finished putting on a new roof to our garage and adding 31 new, much more efficient panels and a new battery system," the OP wrote. "This new system has doubled our energy output, and the new batteries should store enough that we may never need to run a generator again!"
The caption goes on to say that when they flipped the switch, they were getting between 11 and 13 kilowatts of power. While the post implies that the family has been off-grid for some time, this new installation of solar panels with battery storage could solidify their independence from the grid.
The newly installed system will not only save them a lot of money, but it will also ease pressure on the grid and reduce the planet-overheating pollution caused by the dirty energy used to power it.
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Anyone looking to go solar should act sooner rather than later. Due to the passage of a recent bill, the federal solar tax credit won't be around much longer. Only solar projects that are completed by the end of the year will be eligible for the savings.
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Readers were impressed with the finished project.
"Congratulations!" one person commented. "And great choice on the metal roof. It makes SO MUCH sense to put solar panels on a metal roof, which will last a lifetime."
Another said: "That's an awesome project!"
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