Fwd: Backup power supply

  Re: Fwd: Backup power supply
  By: Lars Poulsen to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Fri Apr 05 2024 02:08 pm

 > I read this and feel first-world superiority for having last year
 > installed a 14kW Generac system, powered by our municipal natural gas
 > supply. In case of a power outage, it kicks in within about 10 seconds.

My house is completly offgriddable because it has a 6 kW PV array, a 6kW diesel
generator and a battery bank worth 15 kWh (which is way more electricity than
my house uses up in a day).

Switching power sources caries 0 downtime. The controller is automatable.

I'd argue something like this is the proper way of running an uninterrupted
supply of power for home but I also think this is way out of the scope of the
discussion. Nobody in their right mind spend 20 kilobucks in a supply system
for a computer worth 80 bucks.
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