# My Power Backup System

DevFeed: [My Power Backup System](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-power-backup-system-10754.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eduuh.com/blog/my-power-backup-system>)

Author: EduuhMuraya

Published: 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [EduuhMuraya](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eduuhmuraya.md>)

Topics: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Grafana](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/grafana.md>), [MQTT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mqtt.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>)

Tags: [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [house](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/house.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [smart-home](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-home.md>), [usb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usb.md>)

## AI overview

A home power backup system evolved into the house's primary supply after solar panels were installed. Monitoring through a Raspberry Pi, USB, MQTT, and Home Assistant revealed production patterns and detected a lengthy grid outage that the occupants had not noticed.

## Source excerpt

A 5kW hybrid inverter and a 5.12 kWh battery, bought to ride out power cuts. Three years later the panels went up and it quietly became the primary supply, with the grid as the fallback.