“The Retreat” is the perfect power solution for those who need to get-away without forgoing the amenities of civilized life. In power terms, The Retreat is capable of powering everything except resistive loads (ovens, toasters, hair-dryers, baseboard heaters etc).

Occasional automatic cycling of a sound-dampened generator during programmed non-quiet times allows for drastically reduced fuel consumption and noise pollution compared to standard generator-only power solutions.

System equipment from $13,000 (excluding taxes, permits, installation and generator)

• SW Pure Sine Wave Inverter/Charger, wired on E-Panel.
  System Control Panel, and a MPPT PV Charge Controller. All appropriate
  breakers. Grounding/bonding including ground-wire and ground plate is customized to your
  location on a time & materials basis.
   
• Solar PV Panels, Combiner/disconnect with appropriate breakers, aluminum rack with
  stainless hardware, and grounding equipment. Wiring from PV array to controller and roof-top
  mounting of array is customized to your location on a time & materials basis.
   
• Automatic Generator Start Controller, Generator charging (power) cable wired to
  E-Panel. Generator connection and AGS wiring (if applicable) to generator is customized to your
  equipment on a time & materials basis.
   

• Appropriately sized bank of AGM batteries, with battery monitoring shunt. Connector cables wired to E-Panel. Other battery options are available, but CES strongly recommends

  AGM batteries as a better long-term investment over flooded batteries. Particularly for systems that experience longer unsupervised periods, the safety and durability of the sealed, zero-maintenance battery is a major benefit.