ajdelange
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- First Name
- A. J.
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- Aug 1, 2019
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- Virginia/Quebec
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- Tesla XLR+2019, Lexus, Landcruiser, R1T
- Occupation
- EE Retired
It's pretty certain that isn't going to happen.I’m really hoping for V2H at launch.
Not, apparently, to the 12.5% of respondents to the poll who said they would never use it.That would be a great benefit for any homeowner.
There are many solutions to the emergency power problem and which you adopt depends on how often you have power outages, how long they tend to last, how long is the longest you want to be able to sail through comfortably and how big a load "comfortably" implies. The "best" solution is a solar system backed by batteries as with such a system of sufficient size you can run everything indefinitely as long as the sun is shining. Enduring long periods of no sun is handled by installing more battery but that's very expensive so many choose to have generator backup to the battery backup. This adds cost and complexity but with such an arrangement you can go forever as long as the propane truck can get to you which it can't always do - you'll never get to five 9's.At least I could run critical systems with the confirmed (3) 120v circuits. Septic pump, furnace fan (gas heat), and a bedroom for lights and phone power. Running the fridge would be 4th on our list. Considering not all 4 circuits would need to run simultaneously, I could engineer a way to flip power around every 6-12 hours, but I’d rather not do the gymnastics. Our worst outage in 4 years has been 12 hours, but the neighbors told me about a 2 week outage within the last 10 years…
For very modest loads (light, small fridge, cell phone charging) you can put together a relatively modest emergency supply with a battery pack (Yeti, Jackery...) and a couple of solar panels. You may need to convert 110 to 220 in order to run a furnace fan, well pump etc and you will have to ration power depending on sunshine.
I would only use a BEV as a last resort as I want as many miles in the tank ad I can reasonably have. Remember that a BEV battery loses about 1% of its charge each day.
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