Nick Young 
You know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?
Sunlight and solar panels.
KerplunkYou know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz?
Sunlight and solar panels.
Really need battery's and off grid capability whenever possible. Charger +Inverter or a hybrid. No Battery no power in the nighttime or a rainy day.
Problem with systems that need grid synchronization or cloud is you might have full battery's but still sit in darkness due to outages.
100% offgrid also really needs a generator of some kind to bridge longer bad weather periods.
David Penfold 
@davep @Kerplunk @nickofnz
Yes. I have a single phase grid connected system with solar & a battery & backup of some circuits. The trick for ours is that those circuits always run through the inverter. In a grid outage I have power, internet & some power points.
Cloud in Melbourne today was grim, so I charged from the grid while the price was low - before 3pm.
Yes. I have a single phase grid connected system with solar & a battery & backup of some circuits. The trick for ours is that those circuits always run through the inverter. In a grid outage I have power, internet & some power points.
Cloud in Melbourne today was grim, so I charged from the grid while the price was low - before 3pm.