I have been ready my whole life to live off grid and my sub $8 a month electric bill (not including the $20+ of fees) goes to show I am ready.
I find it odd that people have trouble reducing their electric consumption, it was the easiest part, just means a different TV, PC and lighting use, along with natural gas powered appliances (dryer,water heater,stove)
no different than what my depression era grandmother would have done, if you aren't using it unplug.
Anyway
My question is a simple one
Powerwall is setup to be a grid tie setup.
What would I need to make it tie into and control a natural gas inverter, while being FULLY off grid?
(that can sync up to another AC source if needed)
My idea is a simple one I have always had, and I already have some lithium, a small solar panel, electric car, and a 2kw genset that can be setup for remote electric start and natural gas. Originally I thought of just DIY and getting the grid connection cut.
In my area natural gas produced electricity at home is cheaper (long term) than buying electricity off the tap,
it also allows for some level of at home co-generation (even better)
because it does get awefull cold and some of the heat from the motor can be diverted to add some heat to the house while also recharging the battery source.
So if my mind I would need a controller that would kick in the genset when the battery was below some pre-set level, say 50% and then recharge the battery up.
To do this would require
1. A way to charge the powerwall from 110vac
2. A controller to turn the genset on and off based on battery SOC and obviously loads
I never use more than 3kw of energy even when I have all sorts of things going on in the house and could easily keep myself from overloading the system.
My TV is efficient, my lights are all LED, my fridge is efficient and my EV doesn't draw over 1200 watts, amazing what I can do on 10 watts now days.
The only sticking point is hair dryer use but given the fact that I don't charge the car and run the hair dryer (thank you 1930s wiring and popping the breaker) I can easily adapt to that limitation with some simple common sense.
So any suggestions?
Also there was talk of a $3000 price point, what can the powerwall do out of the box? besides of coarse just be a battery.
Thanx
Ryan
I find it odd that people have trouble reducing their electric consumption, it was the easiest part, just means a different TV, PC and lighting use, along with natural gas powered appliances (dryer,water heater,stove)
no different than what my depression era grandmother would have done, if you aren't using it unplug.
Anyway
My question is a simple one
Powerwall is setup to be a grid tie setup.
What would I need to make it tie into and control a natural gas inverter, while being FULLY off grid?
(that can sync up to another AC source if needed)
My idea is a simple one I have always had, and I already have some lithium, a small solar panel, electric car, and a 2kw genset that can be setup for remote electric start and natural gas. Originally I thought of just DIY and getting the grid connection cut.
In my area natural gas produced electricity at home is cheaper (long term) than buying electricity off the tap,
it also allows for some level of at home co-generation (even better)
because it does get awefull cold and some of the heat from the motor can be diverted to add some heat to the house while also recharging the battery source.
So if my mind I would need a controller that would kick in the genset when the battery was below some pre-set level, say 50% and then recharge the battery up.
To do this would require
1. A way to charge the powerwall from 110vac
2. A controller to turn the genset on and off based on battery SOC and obviously loads
I never use more than 3kw of energy even when I have all sorts of things going on in the house and could easily keep myself from overloading the system.
My TV is efficient, my lights are all LED, my fridge is efficient and my EV doesn't draw over 1200 watts, amazing what I can do on 10 watts now days.
The only sticking point is hair dryer use but given the fact that I don't charge the car and run the hair dryer (thank you 1930s wiring and popping the breaker) I can easily adapt to that limitation with some simple common sense.
So any suggestions?
Also there was talk of a $3000 price point, what can the powerwall do out of the box? besides of coarse just be a battery.
Thanx
Ryan