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Tips on Buying a House With Solar Panels

Tips on Buying a House With Solar Panels

Jason Szumlanski March 15, 2026
Smartflower Gimmick or Genius

Smartflower – Is It Worth It?

Jason Szumlanski March 15, 2026
Off-Grid Inverters - Endangered Species

Outback, Magnum, Schneider: The End of an Era in Off-Grid Solar

Jason Szumlanski March 15, 2026
Tesla Powerwall and Leased Solar Panels With Enphase Microinverters

Break Free From Solar Leasing Restrictions Against Battery Add-Ons

Jason Szumlanski March 9, 2026
Solar With Battery Storage is Becoming Standard in Southwest Florida

Why Battery Storage Is Becoming Standard Issue for Solar in Southwest Florida

Jason Szumlanski March 8, 2026
SHEPH - Solar Hybid Electric Pool Heating

Is It Time to Upgrade Your Solar Pool Heater?

Jason Szumlanski March 3, 2026

Who Is Sitting at Your Kitchen Table When You Buy Solar?

Jason Szumlanski February 28, 2026
Solar Panel Skirts Are A Bad Idea In Florida

Should I Install Tesla-Style Solar Panel Skirts in Florida?

Jason Szumlanski February 25, 2026
Plug In Balcony Solar in Florida

Are Plug-In Solar Panels Legal in Florida? What Buyers Need to Know

Jason Szumlanski February 23, 2026
HVAC Soft Start Units with Battery Backup

Why HVAC Soft Starts Are Mostly Unnecessary with Modern Battery Backup Inverters (2026 Update)

Jason Szumlanski February 24, 2026

EG4 FlexBoss Off-Grid: Why All-In-One Inverters and Matched Batteries Are Replacing Sol-Ark, Schneider, Magnum, and OutBack

Jason Szumlanski February 21, 2026
The Minimum FPL Bill is $30

What the New $30 FPL Minimum Bill Means for Calculating the Optimum Solar System Size

Jason Szumlanski February 22, 2026
Battery Backup Mode - To Cycle or Not

Why You Usually Should NOT Cycle Your Home Battery (And Why Keeping It Full Is Often the Right Choice)

Jason Szumlanski February 9, 2026
Enphase vs APSystems Microinverters

Enphase vs. APsystems Microinverters: A Contractor’s Perspective

Jason Szumlanski January 21, 2026
Fatal Flaws of Solar Brands

The Fatal Flaws of Today’s Top Solar Brands (What Installers Won’t Tell You)

Jason Szumlanski November 28, 2025
Enphase 5P vs 10C Battery

Enphase 10C vs 5P: Why the Newest Battery Isn’t Always the Best Choice

Jason Szumlanski April 30, 2026
Snow on Solar Panels in Southwest Florida Not Our Problem

Snow on Solar? Not Our Problem: Why Local Installers Win in Southwest Florida

Jason Szumlanski October 1, 2025

FPL’s Fuzzy Math? Calculating Days In Billing Periods

Jason Szumlanski October 4, 2025
Solar in Vermont vs Florida

Solar in Vermont vs. Florida: Why Local Expertise Matters

Jason Szumlanski August 31, 2025
HomeGrid-Redundancy-Fallacy

HomeGrid Stack’d Batteries — The Redundancy Fallacy

Jason Szumlanski August 16, 2025
Solar EMF Mythbusting

Do Solar Panels Emit Harmful EMF? Understanding the Facts

Jason Szumlanski August 8, 2025
A FPL Rate Hike Is Coming Again

FPL’s Four-Year Rate Case Was Approved. Here’s What It Actually Means for Residential Customers (Southwest Florida)

Jason Szumlanski January 12, 2026
Power Stayed On Beer Stayed Cold

What Cold Beer Taught Me About Battery Backup | A Hurricane Ian Reflection Story

Jason Szumlanski July 19, 2025
Proprietary vs Hybrid Solar battery backup

Proprietary vs Hybrid 48V Solar Battery Backup Systems

Jason Szumlanski July 4, 2025
2025 And The Coming Solar Shakeout

The Coming Solar Shakeout: Why 2025 Buyers Should Choose Their Contractor Carefully

Jason Szumlanski July 4, 2025
Solar Independence

Independence Day? Solar Tax Credit Elimination and the Road Ahead

Jason Szumlanski July 4, 2025

Why Your Off-Grid Solar Panels Shouldn’t All Face South at the “Perfect” Angle

Jason Szumlanski June 29, 2025
Enphase PowerPack 1500 Won't Back Up Your House

Why We Don’t Recommend the Enphase IQ PowerPack 1500

Jason Szumlanski June 25, 2025

Bidirectional EV Charging: A Smart Idea… Until You Lease the Car

Jason Szumlanski June 25, 2025
Battery-Backup-System-Options

A No-Nonsense Guide to Understanding Your Solar Battery Options in 2025

Jason Szumlanski June 22, 2025
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