Show HN: $200 Solar Self-Sufficiency  Without Your Landlord Noticing
Far more cost-effective would have been to skip the battery and just put a cheap chinese pure-sine-wave grid-tie inverter to bridge between the wall outlet and the panel.<p>It&#x27;s simple- it has a 110V line cord and plugs into the outlet, sending current the opposite way of normal.  Do a search on your favorite e-commerce site for &quot;grid tie inverter&quot; and you&#x27;ll see what I mean.<p>These cheap inverters have most of the same safeties as the UL 1703 certified variety, and as long as you don&#x27;t exceed current ratings (not likely with a little 200W panel) you&#x27;re able to apply the power to your electric bill, without futzing with a lead-acid battery.