• The Pantser@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Except it self terminates the backflow once mains is powered off so it is it’s own backflow prevention breaker. It already does what is legal. Just needs approval.

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          7 months ago

          My mom is a boomer who was fortunate to inherit her mom’s house when both my dad and her mom died within months of each other.

          She’s on a fixed income, but was able to get rebates and sincerely Solar relatively early, 2015 I think. Her medium sized northern US house was previously heated with wood pellets, but now has a dual zone heat pump, and the solar has paid for itself in electricity savings in the first 4 years.

          She’s lost a panel and inverter since then (inverter was under warranty), but the replacement inverter is less than half the size, and leaves room in the garage for a battery someday.

          It’s worked out very well financially for her. I’m jealous because I don’t have the cash or sunny roof space to make it work at my house.