Whole-Ranch/Whole-House
Off-Grid Solar
“Off-grid solar” = Compromises?
That’s old-school thinking.
Modern solar equipment and proper engineering mean you can have your cake and eat it, too — energy independence and reliable long-term power without a lifestyle downgrade.
TL; DR: Our whole-ranch/whole-house off-grid solar solutions meld into the background.
They. Just. Work. Hit us up.
Our solutions support full-capacity living and infrastructure-level performance for homeowners who want to do it once and do it right.
Off-grid solar for real ranch life
We’ve wrangled monster well pumps and gnarly power tools. We know the culprits that bring down lesser systems and help our clients navigate them to balance costs and performance.
We engineer around continuous load requirements, surge loads and startup spikes, seasonal production shifts, impact of terrain and vegetation, battery chemistry performance, real-world operating conditions, and real-life usage patterns.
Our solutions can handle entire homes, ranch infrastructure, HVAC systems, grown-up kitchen appliances, electric heating loads, power tools, and simultaneous appliance use.
We’ve built systems that support 24,000W continuous loads (compare with a typical 3,000W or 5,000W inverter sold on Amazon) — because your home or ranch isn’t a dingy shed and shouldn’t get the stick-and-bumble-gum treatment.
We do solar differently
What does it look like when you work with us?
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Our design + engineering covers all the bases
The truth is, designing an off-grid solar solution is more nuanced than slapping something together for a shed, cabin, or RV or dimensioning a grid-tied system.
You can’t say, “Nah, I can just do X when I get home.” Nor can you fall back on grid power when things don’t work. It has to work, because there’s nowhere to hide.
Our design + engineering process ensures each solution is customized to our clients’ requirements and vision for their property:
Detailed load analysis and energy efficiency consultation
Periodicity calculation for commonsense dimensioning
Straight-talk tradeoff discussion to guide budgeting and decision-making
Solar trajectory calculation and production modeling
Terrain and vegetation assessment to understand real-life impact
Storage sizing calculation and battery chemistry selection
Safety and redundancy planning for reliability and resilience
Inverter and battery provisioning and programming to maximize performance
Future expansion roadmap considerations
Remote system tuning, comprehensive onboarding, and optional ongoing monitoring
You get a system that meets your requirements, balancing:
Capacity + Reliability + Cost + Expandability
… without paying for things you don’t need.
But but but… Cousin Joey says he can throw something together for a song…
We’ve seen and fixed the handiwork of a fair share of cousin Joeys. Alas, good intentions don’t equal proper engineering.
“But he’s built solar for his RV/cabin, and it works!”
Powering a house or ranch is more nuanced and complex than just adding more panels, inverters, and batteries to a cabin setup. Oopsies multiply/amplify and become more dangerous as you scale up 💥.
We also consider things that don’t come up when you’re designing for a standalone shed. For example, we assess how the house, auxiliary buildings, and the electrical panel and sub-panels connect and where we place the solar equipment to design an efficient system while minimizing work such as rewiring and trenching.
What if you’re short on budget?
Cousin Joey still isn’t your best bet. (Sorry, buddy, nothing personal.)
Instead of throwing spaghetti on the wall, we help you create an intentional design with a clear upgrade pathway. A system with well-defined tradeoffs, predictable behaviors, and reliable performance beats one that “might work as advertised on a good day, but we don’t know which day is a good day.” Then, you can scale your system as you build your ranch.
Off-grid whole-house/whole-ranch solar that… Just… Works
Why Justplug?
☀️ We live and work in rural California. We understand remote sites, off-grid wells, dusty hot environments, critter issues, and the importance of keeping things simple and reliable.
👷♂️ We focus on practical application and real-world performance, not sales fluff.
🔧 We’re hands-on. You get from-the-trenches insights and experience baked into the design.
💰 We don’t push the highest margin “one size fits all” system. We help you right-size the solution for your lifestyle and budget. A fiduciary professional service, if you will.