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diy plug in home portable solar panels?

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My wife got her M3 last Feb, I just got my MYLR a two weeks ago. We live in hot and humid Houston. We're not quite ready to install roof top solar panels yet. Our roof is still good for another 5 years or so. I've been researching diy plug in portable solar panels like in the video (maybe just 2 panels) to supplement our electricity use during the summer when it'll be +95'F and +80% humidity.

small grid tie in inverters that only work if it detects power from the grid, so no back feed with the power goes out.

only 2 panels so not to produce more electricity that we can use.

roll it out from the back porch, and plug it in when I get home at 3pm and unplug when the sun goes down around 800pm, my backyard is on the East side so entire yard is shaded around 7:30-8pm even though the sun isn't fully set.

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correct. just trying to supplement the electricity used by the A/C during the summer. last summer during the +100'F summer our electric bill was around $300. and that was with just the M3. now we've added a MYLR.

our electricity hardly ever goes out for too long. during Hurricane Ike we lost power for just a few hours, the 2021 week long ice storm we only lost power for a few hours. we have a Centerpoint substation just a few miles away and they've been quick to restore power.