K2 — Power Through
When the power goes out, your water keeps running.
Solar and battery backup built for rural Panhandle properties — your well, your freezers, your lights, your internet. Start with what matters most and add to it later.
Keeps the essentials alive
Well pump, refrigerators and freezers, lights, fans, internet. The things that turn a power outage from an emergency into an inconvenience.
Smaller than you think
Most people start with one thing — usually the well. A small system does that job well, and it is built so you can add panels and batteries later.
People from right here
A veteran-owned Panhandle company, working alongside a Texas-licensed electrician. We have built these on our own ground before we built one on yours.
Understand the system. Check the numbers.
You do not have to solve everything at once.
The biggest reason people put this off is thinking they need a whole-house system on day one. They don't. Start with the one thing that hurts most when the power quits, and build on it as you go. We design the first system so the second step is an addition, not a replacement.
The Well
For the property where losing water is the real problem.
- Keeps a qualified well pump running
- Small ground-mount array
- Battery sized for the pump's duty cycle
- A focused starting point
Livestock still drink. Toilets still flush. Showers still work.
The Essentials
The configuration most rural families land on.
- Well plus cold storage
- Selected lights, fans and outlets
- Internet and communications
- Storage sized to your target runtime
- Generator can be worked in
Food doesn't spoil. The house stays livable. You stay reachable.
The Whole Place
Bigger properties with more to protect.
- Shop circuits and equipment
- Multiple wells
- Livestock and ag equipment
- Greenhouse and outbuildings
- Expanded storage and solar
Built for operations where an outage costs real money.
Larger systems are welcome. These three starting points are not a size limit. We plan larger home, farm, shop and commercial projects around the loads, site, utility requirements and licensed electrical scope. See our approach to mounting and protecting your roof.
We built these before we offered to build yours.
Every photograph below is our own equipment on our own ground in the Texas Panhandle. Not a catalog, not a stock library.
The grid out here is getting busier, not quieter.
We went out five times in two months. That is what started this — not a business plan, a freezer full of beef and a well that would not pump.
Rural properties can depend on long, exposed power lines. Weather, equipment damage, location and utility restoration work all affect how long an outage lasts. We start with your actual outage history and the loads you need to protect.
An area-wide demand forecast cannot tell you exactly when your own power will fail. A useful backup plan starts with a simpler question: what would you need running if it did?
Price it against what you need to protect.
The value depends on your property: cold storage, water, communications and the work an outage interrupts. We explain the quoted scope and the limits before you decide.
An outage can interrupt more than lights
Food storage, water supply and work time can all be affected. Your actual exposure depends on what you operate and how long the interruption lasts.
Protect the circuits you choose
A properly sized system can supply selected loads during an outage. Solar production, available battery charge and load management determine how long it can do that.
We do not publish fixed prices, because trench distance, your load list, ground conditions, and the licensed electrical scope move the number substantially. We will tell you a realistic range on the first call, before anybody drives out.
A small crew that answers its own phone.
Kenn, James and Allan do the work. Thomas, a Texas-licensed master electrician, handles the electrical scope and signs off on it.
You will not get a call center, a commission-only salesman, or a crew from four hours away who you never see again. You get the same three people from the first walk-through to the day it is running, and a number that reaches somebody who was actually on your property.
Our crew, illustrated. Left to right: Kenn, James and Allan.
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Four steps, and you know the number before step three.
Talk
What do you lose when the power goes? How often does it happen? Ten minutes on the phone tells us whether this is worth either of our time.
Walk the place
We look at your panel, your well, where an array could sit, and how far the trench runs. If you are on a well, a photo of the pump nameplate saves a trip.
See it in writing
What it covers, what it doesn't, what equipment, what it costs. No surprises later, and no pressure to sign anything on the spot.
Build and hand over
Licensed electrical work, tested and commissioned, and we sit down and show you how to run it before we leave.
The questions everybody asks.
Can it run my water well?
Usually yes — and it is the first thing we check, free. Send a photo of the pump nameplate and we will tell you straight away whether it works, before anybody talks about a system.
Pumps pull far more power starting than running, so the answer comes from the nameplate rather than a guess. That photo is the single most useful thing you can send us.
How much does it cost?
It depends on your load list, how far the trench runs, and ground conditions — so we will not publish a number that would be wrong for your place. What we will do is give you a realistic range on the first phone call, free, before anyone drives out.
Most people are surprised that starting smaller is an option. A well-only system is a fraction of what a whole-property build costs.
Can I add to it later?
That is how we design it. Tell us during the first conversation that you plan to grow, and we size the equipment so the next step is bolting on more panels or another battery rather than replacing what you already bought.
Worth knowing: more batteries buy you more hours, and more panels buy you faster recharge — but neither raises how much the system can run at once. That ceiling is set by the inverter, which is why we ask about your plans up front.
Will it run my whole house?
These are built around the circuits that matter during an outage, not normal everyday use. Central air, electric heat, electric water heaters and big shop equipment are heavy enough that they are quoted separately if you want them.
For most rural families the honest answer is that they do not need the whole house — they need water, cold storage, lights and a phone signal, and that is a far smaller and cheaper system.
What about at night, or a week of clouds?
The battery carries you overnight and the panels refill it the next day. For a long stretch of bad weather or a heavier load, a generator can be integrated to carry the gap or recharge the bank. Plenty of people already have one — we can often work with it.
Can you build a larger system?
Yes. Well-only and essentials systems are starting points, not our maximum scope. Larger homes, shops, farms and commercial loads can be reviewed with the licensed electrical contractor. We size the array, inverter and storage around what you need to operate.
Why do you prefer ground mounts?
Your roof is a major part of your home. Our standard ground-mounted approach keeps solar-panel attachments and their mounting penetrations off that roof, and separates the array from a future roof replacement.
A purpose-built solar carport or shade structure may also be worth exploring. Existing awnings and metal roofs need a separate structural, mounting and warranty review. Compare mounting approaches and see the insurance questions to ask.
Who does the electrical work?
A Texas-licensed master electrician, on every job. That is not optional and it is not a corner we cut. K2 coordinates the project and handles the site and mechanical work; the licensed scope belongs to the licensed man.
One thing we will always say plainly: if somebody on your property depends on powered medical equipment, a backup system of this type should never be the only plan. Keep an independent backup in place regardless of what we install.
Tell us what you need to keep running.
Short version is fine. We will come back to you with a realistic range and an honest answer about whether this is worth doing on your place. Nothing here commits you to anything.
K2 — Power Through
Not sure your well will run on it?
Send us a photo of the pump nameplate. We will tell you yes or no, for free, before anybody talks about selling you anything.