Solar Dependence Day

International Solar Day was Saturday the 18th.

So in honor we went out to the breaker box flipped the switch and turned off the grid completely. Solar energy is another form of becoming self reliant not dependent at least to Edison in this case. Our battery bank and then maybe Edison are now the back up during cloudy days. We were able to still power the fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, computers w/ internet and tv and solar lights all day long and cooked with the grill pretty much most of the things we do every day while having a graduation party... all because of the renewable energy of solar panels.

It was a DIY system we put together but it feels good to have a little more freedom and didn't even have to change the day to day. One step, albeit small, towards independence. Now to get off of oil and gas...