Solar Inverter With Panel

We are now "off the grid" -- relying totally on our own system of solar panels, charge controller, batteries, and inverter to generate electricity. The system works fine and, frankly, it's a good feeling to be independent from the power company and to be helping our planet by not contributing to the pollution from burning coal and natural gas used to produce conventional electricity.
From the power generated by our twelve solar panels (shown above), stored in twelve batteries, and converted to 110 AC household current with an inverter, we can run all of our city gadgets (though not all at once):