battery full but no power?

GG, I grew up in that area, know it very well. It's still "home".

But I'll happily mow all summer and fall as long as everything stays green and doesn't turn brown. The problem is that coastal CA seasonal growth cycle creates severe fire risk. I fought enough small fires working for the CA state parks back in the day (Cowell and Big Basin mostly) not to want to deal with that tinder dry condition any more. BB is gone now, very sad.

Offgrid, why I left NJ 40 yrs ago! 250 sunny days a year where I live.

Originally posted by offgrid No one is more in favor of solar than I am. I worked in that field my whole career, almost 40 years. But you cannot count on it being there any given day. That is the reality, you either need a couple of days or of batteryl storage or an alternative charging system. To run high reliability off grid smlolar systems in CO we would typicamlly have 4-6 sunless days battery storage. Our requirements aren't that critcal and can be met by just running the TV if needed and recharging from the alternator if you don't want to carry a generator around and don't need a/c.