Why shouldn't I set up solar with a DIY battery arrangement If I live in a Sunny city Are there literally any downsides now that panels are so cheap and so efficient I feel like it's better than investing into some natural gas generator bypass
>>3006308It's the only economical way to do it. It's even better if you have room to set up the panels not on the roof.
>>3006311I also forgot to add that the natural gas option for your generator is becoming a poor choice. When I lived on the Gulf Coast, every started doing that to the point that it was putting a huge strain on the natural gas supply after hurricanes/major power outages.
>>3006311Not OP but why wouldn't you want them on the roof
>>3006314It makes installing the panels much more difficult, limits how you install them for the best angle, pisses off your insurance company, and adds another point of failure for a leak in the roof.
I can't think of any downside. Just do it right so you don't kill yourself or burn your house down. I know the initial investment for the equipment is a bit steep, but even if it takes a few years to offset the cost; I believe not having a reliance on the grid would be the biggest reward. If I owned a house with land, a solar array would be my first priorities. A well for free water would be a close second to that.It's a meme, but "you'll own nothing and be happy" is not tinfoil hat shit. In many places the government already tells people that they can't collect rainwater on their own property. They pollute and consume at unfathomable scales, yet WE'RE told to not collect water because of the aquifers they've drained and fucked? How long until some megacorp PAC lobbies for restrictions on people generating their own electricity, under the guise of safety, or conservation?Build the array. Loosen your shackles.
>>3006317>adds another point of failure for a leak in the roof.Depends on the roofing type. Standing seam metal roofing can have panels attached without making a bunch of holes. There are also systems that work nicely with tile and slate style roofing.>>3006318>A well for free water would be a close second to that.Having lived in places on wells, it often isn't as nice as you think. One house had a well we couldn't use because some dogshit company used to spread their used trichloroethylene solvents on the dirt parking lot to 'keep the dust down'. There is now an underground 'plume' of this shit in the groundwater that is over a mile long. Another place I live had just plain naturally nasty water. It was hard as fuck, smelled smelled like sulfur, and tasted bad. Another place I lived had great water... until a vineyard setup shop in the area and drilled their fucking wells halfway to China. They pulled so much water the cone of depression dried up all the wells in the area. A friend pulled a squirrel out of their pump once. Poor fucker fell in, drowned, probably floated for a few weeks getting nice and ripe, then sank after enough bits fell off. One day all their faucet strainers plugged up with hair. "Time to clean the well".Drilling wells ain't cheap. In some places it is literally tens of thousands of dollars for dogwater. Filtration systems are a major investment too if the water is crap.
