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If you are new to this, read these three in order: what size you need, what a fridge actually draws, and whether a battery or a generator suits your situation. Between them they answer most of what people get wrong.
- What size power station do I need?Work backwards from your actual load instead of shopping by price. The sizing mistake almost everyone makes.
- How many watts does a refrigerator use?Why the number on the label is not the number that matters, and how long a battery really holds a fridge.
- LiFePO4 vs lithium-ionCycle life, heat tolerance and why nearly everything worth buying has switched.
- Power station vs gas generatorWhere each one genuinely wins, including the cases where gas is still the right answer.
- How does plug-in solar work?Panel, microinverter, wall outlet — and where the electricity actually goes.
- Can renters install solar?The only form of solar that makes financial sense when you do not own the roof.
- What does a home battery actually cost?Three approaches, three very different price tags, and which one fits your outages.
- How to size a solar systemMatching panel wattage to battery capacity, and why panels never hit their rating.