[Fuzzee]

Welcome Keith. You might look to go to a more old school, non-powered style of backup living for your situation now if you're planning around solar flare activity. If there were activity to knock out the grid, why would you think it wouldn't fry your generator and/solar panels. Unless you've got them very protected they should be toast just the same and you'll still be in the same spot. Setting up non-powered means also to keep on living in some kind of comfort and safety compared to the millions around that won't be seems a wise choice to go with your powered means if they fail.

 

[Fuzzee]

From the way I understand a flare big enough would fry just about everything. Real big could fry the atmosphere too from what I understand.