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randen · 11-05-17, 08:57 PM

The big push is on. Winter weather is on its way and yours truly doesn't like working in the cold. The panels are locked in and the ballast was placed into the mounts.

A battery pack from a Chevy volt became available and is now in the shop ready to be reassigned to providing power to the house. We may include another after we prove out the inverter as this would provide a buffer for 2 -3 days of electrical supply to the house. The ultimate is a Tesla pack but that's a few more bucks then can be liberated at this time. However after the Model 3 has been out for a while I'm sure the price for a used pack will come down. The battery enclosure we have in the garage will actually hold 2 tesla packs, that's about 180 kws or more than 2 weeks of reserve power

Randen

11-05-17, 08:57 PM	#83
randen Uber EcoRenovator Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Strathroy Ontario Canada Posts: 657 Thanks: 9 Thanked 191 Times in 129 Posts	working toward off grid The big push is on. Winter weather is on its way and yours truly doesn't like working in the cold. The panels are locked in and the ballast was placed into the mounts. A battery pack from a Chevy volt became available and is now in the shop ready to be reassigned to providing power to the house. We may include another after we prove out the inverter as this would provide a buffer for 2 -3 days of electrical supply to the house. The ultimate is a Tesla pack but that's a few more bucks then can be liberated at this time. However after the Model 3 has been out for a while I'm sure the price for a used pack will come down. The battery enclosure we have in the garage will actually hold 2 tesla packs, that's about 180 kws or more than 2 weeks of reserve power Randen Attached Images