The Learning Curve continues ...

Tom and I feel we are in a good place. We'll know for sure when our first power bill on solar arrives. We had a duh moment or two, but in good humor we made some adjustments and eventually had to think outside the box.

We have been trained by our power company for years to minimize our usage during the day when rates are higher and to reduce the load on the grid. Makes sense. Now we need to do the opposite. When our solar storage is full we are literally wasting the sun's energy. It has no where to go! When the batteries are full, they are full. There is no squeezing in any more. Since we haven't made the decision yet to sell extra power back to the grid, we need to be good stewards and use the sun while we can.

So, we now schedule our dishwasher to run at 10 am, plus we charge our cars in the morning. This has increased our independence from the grid. Last night, we were 91% self-powered! Now, that's what I'm talking about!