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@ai6yr @CavedaleRhones The 48V box with batteries included is sweet. The aluminum casing should isolate any fire to a relatively small area, shouldn't it? It looks like enough power to run the place all day, then charge it using cheap rates at night. In a power outage, if I was reasonable, I should get by for a couple of days with PCs up. heat/AC on, and the fridge still chugging away.

The HOA has no good rules for solar. In fact, there are 2 conflicting paragraphs, one which suggests a homeowner can install them, one which suggests they cannot, unless it's for common use, which is impossible b/c power is individually metered. Nighttime power is pretty cheap on the plan I'm using. It could work, and PGE would send me emails calling me the greatest "energy superstar" of them all, because none of my power would be grid power during peak hours. Or they'd bump me off of this plan, lol.

It's the fire part that has me hesitating.