Mycrogrid® video
What keeps a home powered during a Palm Springs outage?
Quick answer
Solar panels alone usually do not keep a home powered during a utility outage because standard grid-tied systems shut down. A battery-backed system can separate the home from the grid and carry selected priority circuits. How long it lasts depends on battery capacity, solar recharge, and which loads—especially air conditioning—are running.
About this video
A practical answer for homeowners.
This Mycrogrid® video uses a Palm Springs outage to frame a practical backup-power question: what should a home keep running when the utility is down? The answer depends on the electrical design, the battery, the backed-up circuits, solar recharge, and the home's actual outage priorities.
In this video
Key takeaways
- A standard grid-tied solar system is not the same thing as outage backup.
- Battery backup is designed around the circuits and equipment a homeowner needs most.
- Solar can recharge a battery during a longer outage when the system is designed for that operating mode.
- Air conditioning and other large loads can change runtime dramatically.