I have an EV with a ~150kwh battery and a PHEV with a ~20kwh battery and the normal use-case is charging 20-50% every couple days for the EV and every night for the PHEV. I'd love to figure out a way to have a solar system that could sustain both charging and possibly provide supplemental power to my garage.
The reason I'm asking is I'm currently building a separate garage and having a completely separate 200a sub-panel put in specifically to support solar and to extend power to the other end of the house to be able to support a patio project I'm doing later this summer. Ideally I would love to figure out a way to have the solar system tie either into the garage or to the main panel so that some portion of the house could be on battery OR a portion of the panel be dedicated for backup power (garage fridge/freezer) and also be able to charge the EV. I'd just much prefer the battery to live in the garage than in the basement with the main panel.
I'd love recommendations if it's smarter to have the solar feed into the main panel, or if it's worth while to feed it into the garage with the battery/inverter and run a feed back from the garage sub-panel back into the house, or some other solution I've not considered.
Also, what size battery bank (or specific all-in-one products) would you recommend to live in a garage but be tidy and professional? I live in the midwest in zone 5B so the garage is insulated but not heated, if that matters.
Thank you!
The reason I'm asking is I'm currently building a separate garage and having a completely separate 200a sub-panel put in specifically to support solar and to extend power to the other end of the house to be able to support a patio project I'm doing later this summer. Ideally I would love to figure out a way to have the solar system tie either into the garage or to the main panel so that some portion of the house could be on battery OR a portion of the panel be dedicated for backup power (garage fridge/freezer) and also be able to charge the EV. I'd just much prefer the battery to live in the garage than in the basement with the main panel.
I'd love recommendations if it's smarter to have the solar feed into the main panel, or if it's worth while to feed it into the garage with the battery/inverter and run a feed back from the garage sub-panel back into the house, or some other solution I've not considered.
Also, what size battery bank (or specific all-in-one products) would you recommend to live in a garage but be tidy and professional? I live in the midwest in zone 5B so the garage is insulated but not heated, if that matters.
Thank you!