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And then buy it back for about 30c.<\/p>\n<p>Yup &#8211; that would be called institutionalised theft.<\/p>\n<p>Stories like that make most people want to get off the grid altogether.<\/p>\n<p>So I get quite a few quote requests these days for &#8220;Off Grid&#8221; solar power systems. However most people don&#8217;t fully realise what a big and expensive step it is to cut the wires to the grid.<\/p>\n<p>So I made this video to explain what it really means to go off grid in 2012. I hope you enjoy it:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"What Is The Difference Between An On Grid And Off Grid Solar Power System?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smziNesnZJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->Here&#8217;s the transcript:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the difference between an On Grid and Off Grid Solar Power System?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Transcription:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hi, I\u2019m Finn Peacock and today I\u2019m going to answer a question, \u201cwhat is the difference between an on grid solar power system and an off grid solar power system?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, the obvious answer is one&#8217;s connected to the grid, but what does that actually mean practically?<\/p>\n<p>Well, there\u2019s 3 big differences.<\/p>\n<p>Number 1 &#8211; it means if the grid goes down and you&#8217;ve got a grid connected solar power system, you;re going to lose all your power. An off grid solar power system obviously is not dependent of the grid, so it will keep going no matter what the state of the local grid is (if you&#8217;ve even got a local grid!).<\/p>\n<p>Number 2 &#8211; An off grid solar power system, let\u2019s use a 5 kilowatt system as an example, will cost you around $30,000 wheras a grid connected solar power system that\u2019s 5 kilowatts will cost you about $8,000. So if you\u2019re thinking about going off grid, it\u2019s gonna cost you a hell a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>The third difference between on grid and off grid solar is that an off grid solar system will run out of electricity if there is not enough sun. Depending on the size of the battery bank, say you have 2 or 3 really cloudy days with very little sunlight, you will run out of electricity because your batteries can only hold a finite amount of energy. If that happens, then generally you have a diesel generator which you can kick in to generate the electricity in need. And that\u2019s one of the reasons why it\u2019s so expensive because you need these backups, you need batteries, you need all the electronics to control it all that. You need to do a really careful design to make sure that you don\u2019t run out of electricity very often or you don\u2019t use your diesel generator very often because generally that\u2019s very expensive way to generate electricity.<\/p>\n<p>So there\u2019s the main difference between an on grid solar system and an off grid solar system, one, obviously one&#8217;s dependent on the grid, one isn\u2019t. 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