Short answer: it depends entirely on whether your system has a battery. That’s the whole answer, really, but it trips up enough people that it’s worth spelling out properly — because “I have solar” and “I’m protected during a blackout” are not automatically the same thing, and we’ve met more than one disappointed homeowner who assumed they were. Why some solar systems switch off during an outage If your system is grid-tie — panels and an inverter, no battery — it is required by design to shut down the moment the grid goes down. This isn’t a glitch. It’s a […]