I spent years selling solar generators before I knew what I was actually saying. Not because I was careless, but because the information I had came from spec sheets, training materials, and manufacturer reps, not from watching the same mistakes play out over and over in real use. These are the four beliefs I repeated … Read more
Most solar generator buying conversations go sideways before they start because the buyer is thinking about power in the abstract. The one question I ask before recommending a solar generator cuts through all of that: what is the single appliance or device you absolutely cannot afford to lose if the power goes out tonight? That … Read more
The EIA Electric Power Annual 2024 found that U.S. electricity customers averaged 11 hours of power interruptions in 2024, nearly double the annual average of the previous decade. That number is not a talking point. It is a dataset, and it is one I had read carefully before I made the decision to run my … Read more
A February outage at 2:47am taught me more about my solar setup than everything I thought I had figured out before it. With 68 percent charge and panels buried under four inches of snow, I watched the math turn against me by 9am. This is a specific account of what went wrong, what barely held, … Read more
Six years behind the counter at a solar equipment shop gave me a front-row seat to the same buyer mistakes playing out on repeat. This is not a guide to buying a solar generator. It is a record of the five patterns I watched repeat most often, what they cost the people who made them, … Read more
Three years ago I left a retail job selling solar generators and moved to a 12-acre property in rural Nevada where I had to actually live off one. I thought my experience at the counter would translate cleanly into off-grid life. It mostly did, except for the parts that humbled me. This is not a … Read more