Holy smokes, that sounds like an enormous system. Mind if I ask how many kWs of solar and what size battery you installed? I'm planning on starting with enough storage to get back on Time of Use, so I can shave our usage during the peak time frames.
You are correct - my Tesla AC kicks on when the interior temp hits 105...though you can disable the function...you can also remotely lower the windows if so desired.
That is an impressive system. I'm still having to wait till storage prices come down some more. The installed inverter is storage ready, but before we installed the solar the utility was putting the kWs we produced into a bank for later use and they still do that. Recently the utility has added demand charges, so I'm just looking to shave demand during evening hours, but the demand charges are only $1.50/kW of demand from 4-9pm, so it is hard to justify installing batteries at current prices. Are those Relion batteries LifePO?16kw of solar with 40kwh of batteries.
Is your house all-electric? I couldn't talk my wife out of a gas stove, so we connected to the natural gas mains. How about the HVAC system? Do you live in a place where a heat pump works for you? My builder talked me out of one in our location because we do get some fairly low temps. Eventually, as heat pumps continue to get better at lower temps we will be able to get off our natural gas and then add some more panels and another inverter. Going to be a battle to get this stove out of here though...16kw of solar with 40kwh of batteries.
Our house is all electric and we have a heat pump. Don't have solar or backup batteries yet but someday would like to. No gas pipes in our neighborhood at all. All my yard equipment is electric as well.
How often do you guys have rolling blackouts down south? Last year was the first rolling blackouts we've seen in a decade around the central valley, and my power never went out.
I checked my Edison account and Last summer there were 19 “preventative” blackouts due to high winds, or red flag conditions…. And 3 power failures due to demand.
Ah ok, that's what's happening out in the foothills/mountains around us, but hasn't happened n the valley yet I think PG&E shut down one area for 3 days because of wind. Then again, I think they have been found liable in 2 or 3 fires over the last couple years, so that is costing them a lot.
They are Lithium Iron Phosphate, super heavy batteries. These are on wheels but the new boxes don't have wheels so they are harder to move around.
My heat is a wood boiler, my stove is gas, and no heat pump. My ac is a 22seer variable speed. I designed the house around the solar because I knew from experience (14yrs of solar installs) what I needed to do.
