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Solar vs. Mycrogrid®

Solar makes power. A Mycrogrid® gives you control.

See the difference, then choose a time to design the right system for your home.

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One roof. Two very different systems.

A desert home with rooftop solar panels, dark inside, with its utility connection cut.

Solar only

Produces power. Still follows utility rules.

The same home as a Mycrogrid®, lit inside, with solar feeding a battery and control panel on the wall.

Mycrogrid®

Produces. Stores. Monitors. Controls.

Illustrative system. Backup coverage and runtime depend on system design, available charge, and household loads.

Make. Store. Run.

One connected energy system, designed around your home.

  1. 01 Solar produces
  2. 02 Battery stores
  3. 03 Home uses
  4. 04 Mycroguard™ monitors

The utility remains available as backup.

Blueprint of a desert home whose rooftop solar, battery, and control panel run the house, with dashed lines to a utility pole kept as backup. Utility Backup

You don’t have to leave the grid to outgrow it.

Most Mycrogrid homes stay connected. The difference is who does the primary work.

Two Franklin batteries and a Franklin control unit connected to electrical panels along a garage wall.
Garage install, paired storage and controls
The entrance of the Mycrogrid® office on Cook Street in Palm Desert.
Office, 41555 Cook St, Palm Desert
A Franklin control unit and electrical equipment installed on the wall of a covered patio.
Patio install, controls and electrical

Built here. Supported here.

Design, installation, monitoring, and future upgrades—handled by the same Palm Desert team.

  • Palm Desert office
  • Coachella Valley installations
  • CSLB #1155461
See real installations
The Mycrogrid® design studio in Palm Desert, with orange lounge chairs by the window and a glass-walled consultation room.

Your home deserves a system designed around it.

Choose a time above for a free, no-pressure consultation with the Palm Desert team.

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