Cayenne,

What do you mean by "my electric bills doubled" ?

When I went from the standard meter to the new smart meter my bill literally doubled. They say the old meter wasn't accurate but the smart meter is and that they have been undercharging me all these years. I've filed multiple complaints with the puco which has proven to be a huge waste of time.

Sorry I don't know how to post pics. If someone could help I would be happy to. I purchased four 7200 watt inverters from ecoflow, the delta pro ultra. Each inverter has five 6000 watt batteries. Each inverter is maxed out with input with 10 panels on the high input side and 3 on the low input side, (about 6000W of total input on each inverter stack). I have one stack running my water heater, (240V)fridge, and septic tank aerator. The other 3 stacks are wired into a 100A ecoflow breaker box and runs the rest of my house. Since I have an emergency shut off on my incoming power line it makes my 200 A main breaker panel basically a sub panel. I wired the 100 solar into my main 200 box with a 100 A breaker. I installed an interlock on the solar input so that the main panel, (grid) and the solar cannot be energized at the same time. Basically to keep lineman safe. I had an electrical company do all the wiring in my main and ecoflow panel. I've gone as long as 3 consecutive days of no sunshine without running the batteries too low. Steady state my entire house uses about 800W per hour.

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I would love to see a breakdown of your system and a few pictures.
Nice!

For what period of time do your batteries produce 6,000 watts?

They are guaranteed to maintain 80% of their original capacity for 10+ years. They are LFP.

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart.

I have run through almost every imaginable scenario for our family but I’m not going to spend $30K+ on a solar/ battery whole house system, but that’s just me.

What I’m in the process of acquiring is a 3600 watt dual fuel generator coupled with a Pecron 5000 battery bank that will allow pass through charging and can put out 7200 watts 240v if needed.

The thinking is that the Pecron will be the primary energy source and when it gets low it can be charged in about an hour with the generator.
At night, the generator will be brought inside the garage to keep it from wandering off, and minimally power the house with the Pecron. There are add on modules that can be added to extend the run time.

I ran across this guy who does a pretty good job explaining how the process works. He has multiple set ups on his properties…

How to with Doc…

https://youtu.be/nckQcLBlaro?is=HyI0xidlEBnUkiaS