[BiggarView]

My question is... you say 8000 for a power company temporary connection. Then what? What are you planning for after the need for the temporary connection is gone? Are you going off grid? Full time or continued regular weekends. Full time... build the whole solar set up now (and take advantage of the 26% federal tax credit 22% in 2021 then its gone)... huge battery bank, large solar array and a genny for back up. Weekender... get a suitable inverter generator. ~4500 watts should run an A/C, your electric load and charge batteries. Small solar array should be enough to charge batteries when not running the genny, if you "weekend only" the solar will top off your batteries when you are not there. YMMV as they say... it depends. Do an energy audit first to determine your needs. Do not cheap out on hardware. JHMO.