Battery Backup

[Mortblanc]

Oh yes we have the sell back power scheme, and it is a scheme.

In my area they stop paying for the power when they hit their quota and just take it.

Even then it is difficult to justify a full system in my area. I have an all electric home with both heat and cooling working. winters get and stay at -20 for a good part of the winter and most of the summer is above 30c. We had 30c temps this week for the first week of November and my AC was on. I cook, heat, cool and run a 50 gallon water heater plus lights and accessories. My bill runs about 75 pounds a month your money.

That kind of cheap electricity doubles or triples the payback time and does not justify the worry, inconvenience or expense.

I quit being the kind of miser that worries over the number of pennies it takes to heat up a teakettle long ago. I also quit paying out the wazoo just so I can thumb my nose at the system. An emergency system is cheap enough to install and works well for emergencies. Why try to live your life like it was a perpetual emergency when you only need the system two weeks out of a decade?