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Old 07-07-18, 09:12 AM   #115
randen
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Default We're Off Grid

The experiment to run through the night to catch the next mornings rays didn't work out. With the air-conditioning hardly cycling the projected amount of power left in the battery wouldn't have carried us through. The weather was so hot and humid at about 1:00 am I switched back to grid and slept knowing I wasn't going to possibly damage the batteries by depleting them beyond the safe zone. A rough calculation got us to about 4:00 in the morn.

A cooler dryer air mass has moved in and its a really beautiful summer day. Switched to off grid and charging the car plus the house loads. The pack was depleted and here it is by 10:00 nearly fully charged with the car charging and house loads.

Battery situation is that I need at least two more Chevy Volt packs to have sufficient battery reserve. It would seem that the 11 kw of solar is more than adequate for this time of the year.

Randen

I don,t see where to upload pictures!!

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