Power for the essentials when the grid goes down.

No. These systems are designed around a defined list of essential circuits, not normal whole-home operation. Central air conditioning, electric heat, electric water heating, electric ranges, and large shop equipment are not included unless they are specifically engineered and quoted.

Sometimes, and only after the pump is qualified. We need the manufacturer and model, voltage, horsepower, running amperage, and the starting or locked-rotor characteristics, plus control-box or variable-speed-drive details. Nameplate photographs help.

Well pumps draw far more current starting than running, so a pump can be well within a system’s continuous rating and still be outside its motor-starting capability. That determination is made by the design team, not assumed.

It depends on which loads are actually running, how hard they run, the state of charge when the outage begins, how much solar recovery the weather allows, and how the system is configured. We won’t publish an outage-duration number, because any number stated without your load plan would be guesswork.

What we will do is show you the expected operating picture for your specific approved load list before you commit.

No. Panels produce during daylight. At night the battery supplies stored energy, and solar replenishes that storage the following day when sunlight and system conditions permit. Weather, shade, season, panel orientation, temperature, and system size all affect how much is recovered.

Redundancy. Several cloudy days in a row, a longer outage, or a heavier verified load can outpace what solar recovery and storage alone will support. A properly integrated generator can carry loads or help charge the battery during those stretches. It is optional, and it has its own limits: fuel supply, maintenance, safe placement, and compatible integration all have to be right.

Not at launch. This service is ground-mount only right now. Ground mounts are easier to service, easier to orient correctly, and avoid roof penetration and roof-condition questions on rural structures.

Possibly. Being outside city limits does not remove electrical licensing, safety, engineering, or utility requirements. Permit, inspection, and interconnection obligations vary by jurisdiction and by your electric provider, and they are evaluated for each property. Required electrical work is performed through a Texas-licensed electrical contractor.

Often, but not automatically. Expansion depends on equipment compatibility, ratings, listings, the electrical design, and installation conditions.

One distinction worth knowing up front: adding battery capacity increases potential runtime, but it does not raise the inverter’s continuous output rating or its motor-starting ceiling. Adding panels increases potential solar recovery, but it also does not raise inverter output beyond the equipment’s ratings. If you expect to grow, say so during the assessment.

No, and that is deliberate. Trench distance, ground conditions, array location, panel and equipment availability, your load list, and the licensed electrical scope all move the number materially. A published price would either be wrong for your property or padded to cover the worst case.

Where the property is, how often you lose power and for how long, what you need to keep running, whether you are on a well, whether you already have a generator, and roughly where an array could go relative to your electrical equipment. If you are on a well, pump nameplate photographs move things along considerably.