House with solar, batteries and 'halo' watering system was saved from ravaging Australian bushfires.

 

The aftermath (Source: One Step off the Grid)

Last summer a house with a big solar system, batteries and smart watering system saved a house and its occupants from the horrific bushfires in the Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia. Not only did the system save the house but it provided off-grid power for some days after the network power went down due to fire damage.

The house has a 28kW ground-mounted solar system and a 50kWh energy storage system. The carefully designed 'halo' watering system around the house and solar panels saturated the whole area and was able to keep operating during the blaze. 

For details of the systems and more images, please see: How solar and batteries helped save a home, and its people, from a fire storm. One Step off the Grid, November 12, 2020.