Solar panels popping up in your town?

[Mitchell Andrus]

If your inverters meet UL standards, then it shuts down automatically when the grid dies. Further, it won't work turn back on until there is grid power for 5 minutes.

Sooooo...... the solar power generated just spills out on the ground? Can't it be scooped up and saved or filtered and used for some lights or something? Seems like a waste.
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