Recent content by DisabledVet

I am embarrassed to post this, so I hope y'all will cut me some slack. We had a house with an excellent solar system. Due to a medical situation (I am a disabled veteran who got COVID-19 and developed long haul COVID) that led to financial crises, we no longer have the house or the excellent...

I have a similar question so maybe y'all can help - because from what I have read here, it sounds like it should work. I bought Will's book, have watched his videos, and read multiple posts here so I think I have it figured out. I have a 2018 Tesla Model 3 Mid-range (210 miles range with 50 kW...

Ah ... that I can answer. The power went out while I was charging the Tesla in the garage. It just stopped charging. When power came back, it started the charging again.

The accent is cute too.

I'm right there with you and thinking the same thing. IF I am willing / able to schedule my needs such that the prime solar hours of the day, I think it might be possible to take the batteries out of the equation for those 4-5 hours. Maybe Will could try using his one inverter with as many...

Now that Tesla's are being built in China, I expect to see some amazing technology to pop up related to Tesla, particularly in this space - power back and forth between the home and the Tesla. Now that technology being allowed to come to the US, that might be a different story.

As a Tesla Model 3 owner who has also put his order in for a Cybertruck, I am having these same thoughts. Based off the tests in the second video in the playlist, you would need 3 of the 5kw 48v MPP split phase inverters to get 23kw at 17 amps. Each of those MPP's would need 7,680 watt arrays...

Have you watched Will's videos with his Tesla?

This has been my "Plan C" approach - using a rocket stove as the last resort heat element for the water.

This is getting closer to the idea I have in my head for what type of device should be in our homes. In my head, we should have a heavily insulated tank of water heated by the sun that just acts as a thermal battery. The goal should be to get this water up near 190 degrees during the day using...

I guess I was coming at it more from the angle of having this awesome high-tech home and yet the minute your internet connection goes down, you can't unlock the door, control the temperature, or have any content to listen to or watch on that giant TV. On top of that, someone comes to your home...

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/12/26/enphase-prepping-commercial-inverters-and-a-small-scale-offgrid-solarstorage-box/

I haven't tried any of the netonix gear ... and after reading this, don't plan to.

OK, so it is not just me who went looking and didn't find them.

Anyone who knows anything about information security and the lack of privacy in the IoT devices today should shudder at the idea of all that cloud-based technology being critical to the operation of your home.