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Revlac Guru Joined: 31/12/2016 Location: Australia Posts: 1267	Posted: 06:00am 10 May 2026       Hi Mike,   Quote   However, without the street backup power, I suddenly felt very vulnerable, even though we have been 100% off grid for over 12 months, the feeling that there was no fallback if the Inverter failed was very disconcerting, even though I have spare boards, mainly because of the fact that we have two Fridge Freezers crammed full of meat etc. Yes Totally agree, but thinking of ways you can mitigate such a situation, last Wednesday one safety switch tripped 10 minuets after I left, this left the freezer (full of meat, Ice blocks and other goodies) without power for 3 Hours, the other 4 fridge and freezers were on 2 other inverters and different circuits so all those were ok, Reset the safety switch and no trips since, Might need another thread for some ideas to change fridge power over to another power source if the safety switch trips.   Quote   Now lets hope they don't change a rule to stop properties with power from disconnecting from the grid while we still can,   I wondered if there if there is an unwritten 5 year Rule, that they don't bother us if we have been off grid for that time or longer...?