Seems to me that if you want to waste time and money engineering your setup more net efficient, just buy a few solar panels and LiFePo4 batteries to buffer. You can run other stuff off of it, too.

I always choose “make more money” over “pinch pennies”.

If that were the case you wouldn’t waste valuable time posting snide responses to hn posts.

Start a blog about making more money instead of exploring technology and see if anyone gives a shit