Chris there are drawbacks to solar. Panel life is the big one and most when you lose power your out because the power goes back ito the grid then they sell it back to you. unless you have a large battery bank and that is also degrades over time. I had that system in HI and it was not cheap the best thing I dd was add a small wind generator think it was 500 wats 24VDC that way it charged at night also.
Great information. Honestly, I don’t think we have enough full sun days to be fully solar anyway so I just have it as an option to look into but really, I’ll probably go grid with a battery back up/generator system for emergencies.