Most grid-tied solar shuts off in an outage, even on a sunny day. Add a Sol-Ark hybrid inverter, a battery and a portable generator, and your house keeps running for days. Get the full design free: equipment at cost, a 7-day fuel plan, and a scope your electrician can quote from.
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Sol-Ark inverter and battery matched to what you want running in an outage, from essentials to the whole house.
What we actually pay for the gear, no markup. Compare quotes on even ground.
How much fuel to store with stabilizer so you can ride out a week-long outage at bare-minimum load.
Panel connection, battery placement, generator inlet, permits and utility approval, in plain language.
Many utilities pay battery owners to help on peak summer days. We flag what to ask yours.
One click copies the whole design. Paste it into ChatGPT or Claude and keep going from there.
Three steps. The last one is up to you.
Solar, a generator, both or neither. Your monthly usage. What you want to keep running. Your ZIP for local sun data.
A shareable page with your system, equipment list, fuel plan and electrician scope. Save it as a PDF anytime.
To a licensed local electrician, to Sol-Ark for equipment questions, or to your AI assistant to plan next steps.
The Sol-Ark sits between your solar, battery, generator, the grid and your house. It switches in milliseconds when the grid drops, and you watch and adjust everything from the MySolArk app.
Keep your panels. Add the inverter and battery so they keep working when the grid doesn't.
Stop running it all day for a fridge and a few lights. Let it refill a battery for a few hours, then rest.
Battery and generator now, solar later. The design leaves room to add panels.
Yes. The design, equipment list, fuel plan and electrician scope are free to keep and share. A fee applies only if you ask us for hands-on help like permit drawings or remote commissioning.
The sizing works for typical North American 120/240V homes. Equipment prices, utility battery programs, permits and labor vary by location. Your design flags what to confirm locally before you buy.
Yes. A licensed electrician installs the system, pulls the permit and owns the final design. Your design includes a scope of work they can quote from.
Cost. A portable dual-fuel generator through an outdoor inlet gives you the same multi-day protection for a fraction of a permanent standby install. The battery does the hour-to-hour work, so the generator only runs a few hours at a time.
We design and install these systems on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The design is the hard part, and we'd rather more people get it right. If you want our help later, that's when a fee applies.
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