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Old 08-06-18, 09:12 AM   #128
randen
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Fellow eco renovators

I’m on a family holiday in Europe, lots of rooftop solar hot water heating here

I’m casually looking for a larger battery pack. About 10:00 am the volt pack is full and the car is charged so the charge controller is throttling back and powering the house with air conditioning and other household stuff

Conclusion I need a lot more storage

First order of business when I return is to make an auxiliary connection to the Chevy S10 battery. That will have my battery capacity up around 50 kWh. From 17 kWh that’s a sizeable move
The other thing is I will be charging the truck directly from solar which is the holy grail of driving on electrons. I don’t think that will ever get old.
I do believe I’m really looking for a Tesla pack.

Thinking of some improvements for the 20 kw inverter. Some subtle stuff more heat sink capacity or better fan not sure yet

I know liquid cooling would be possible and an awesome heat management but at greater complexity. After all that’s how Tesla has done it and we’ using the same IGBTs. I could plumb it into the hydronic floor but again the complexity

Lots to do


Randen
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