
02.23.22 Power Outage: Solar Backup & Home Generators / Amazon Prime Increase Vs Walmart+
The Clark Howard Podcast
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Should We Do Solar at Our House With Battery Back Up?
If you put solar in at your house, it's going to take you a good long while to make back the cost of that solar. And then on top of it, you'd have to pay for battery packs for your garage. The batteries serve two purposes when they provide power, when the sun's not shining, and they provide back up power for a reasonable period of time. In addition, power companies are paying crummy rates for the excess power you generate when the sun its brightest. N this way, you store those killowats and you use em in your your own power company.
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