Hurricane Milton exposed a costly solar myth for one Florida homeowner, prompting a battery build

Hurricane Milton exposed a costly solar myth for one Florida homeowner, prompting a battery build

A Tampa Bay homeowner discovered during Hurricane Milton that rooftop solar and blackout protection are not the same thing. Even with panels on the house, losing the grid meant losing usable power. What happened? In a post on Reddit, the Florida homeowner said the storm exposed a common limitation of standard grid-tied solar systems: when the utility grid goes down, the solar setup usually turns off as well. So even under bright skies following …