Electrical Guides From the Field
Marc Reeves · July 16, 2026
Last July, I shut off my main breaker on a Monday morning and didn’t flip it back on until the following Sunday night. Seven full days running my household on battery power alone — no grid, no generator, no cheating. I set up this home battery backup real world test because I was tired of … Read more
Marc Reeves · July 14, 2026
Last fall, I got a call from a homeowner in Ohio named Greg. He’d just found out his utility was killing net metering in his county — and he wanted to know if his planned solar installation was still worth it. I’ll be honest — when Greg first asked me that question, I didn’t have … Read more
Marc Reeves · June 29, 2026
Last fall, I climbed onto a client’s roof in Portland and immediately understood his problem. Three massive Douglas firs cast a shadow across the left half of his array from about 10 a.m. onward. He’d had a string inverter system installed two years prior. His energy bills were barely budging. The installer had done nothing … Read more