Where is your scenario? City- downtown or suburb? Country ish?
Moderately rural farmland, but 1 hr from a major city.
It doesn't hurt for the scenario that my property is already ~75% off grid with a well, septic, solar panels, fruit trees, animals, etc. Nice foundation to work from.
But, that isn't a requirement for a successful scenario plan. Just levels of difficulty and survivability. (Even with a perfect setup and a perfect team, it is easy to create unsurvivable scenarios.)
What does the solar run? Amperage?
It runs about ~90% of the electric needs for the house, shop, barn for normal usage.
I say I'm only 75% off grid because I still source propane, diesel, and some electricity from off property.
In theory, we can go off grid ~2 months (depending on the time of year, etc.), but we are far from being energy independent.
In some scenarios, this limitation was likely fatal. But in 'real life' those scenarios are not real ... so I'm not spending money on exotic things like wood gasifier, bio-diesel algae, or massive battery banks, etc.
(post is archived)