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GregBallantyne reacted to Matt-FL's post in the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power? with
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Sorry to hear that, but even so, 28 days is a great run! Hopefully it doesn't end with zombies :) The screenshots are from Powerwall... -
GregBallantyne replied to the thread Moving my router inside my house, I have Powerwall 3 outside on the side of the house, so my question is.Mine is inside, PWs in the basement and directly below the Gateway outside about 45 ft away. The Gateway hooked right up at...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Thoughts on getting one powerwall?.My neighbor just had a solar panel array installed, but decided not to get batteries. He got quotes for batteries, and his installer...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power?.Today will be the 28th consecutive day for me. But my delusion regarding the possibility of continuing that stretch until September may...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Thoughts on getting one powerwall?.Lots of reasons to get more than one PW..... if you just get one, best to get a PW3. Then you can configure it for whole house backup...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Powerwall 3 Partial Backup Metering.I'm not a PW3 owner, but.... I am thinking that the PW3 is a significant improvement over PW2 in a couple of ways.... 1st, increased...
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GregBallantyne reacted to Tim-in-CA's post in the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power? with Like.
Yep, for me, I'm pretty much 100% self powered from April to October. I will sometimes pull some excess generation from the grid if I...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Does a battery ever have a positive ROI with net metering.Yes. There can never be too much solar, there can only be not enough storage.
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power?.My top goal for going solar is energy security. Not drawing grid power demonstrates achievement of that goal. Of course, I don't mind...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power?.I'm looking at the date I stopped drawing grid power, with a perhaps aspirational expectation that I won't draw any for a self powering...
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GregBallantyne reacted to Matt-FL's post in the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power? with Like.
I drew power from the grid on April 4th, haven't touched it since. Well, other than grid sync. The graph below shows my set of...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Does a battery ever have a positive ROI with net metering.I agree. I would really like to operate my system in a way that not only satisfies my own goals, but also helps the grid operator, other...
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GregBallantyne reacted to offandonagain's post in the thread Does a battery ever have a positive ROI with net metering with Like.
One approach that should both help the grid and improve battery ROI is real-time/wholesale/dynamic pricing -- utility rates that change...
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GregBallantyne reacted to lodar's post in the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power? with Like.
Yup. Been running “Self Powered” for this past week. Probably could have started earlier. Still sending excess power to the grid during...
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GregBallantyne replied to the thread Annual (temporary) goodbye to grid power?.In my (continuing) 20 day stretch, there were two low generation days the PWs did not fill - 20.9 and 14.9 kwh days. I didn't charge the...
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