finally! PV, GT heat pumps and EV

stevehull · 10-25-17, 03:57 PM

Some may recall that I use GT heat pumps in our main farm house, a guest house and in my shop. Before these were put in was a lot of work minimizing infiltration and putting in good windows (and other). The shop, for example, was built with SIPS. The GT heap pumps are open loop "pump and dump" that fills my farm ponds for summer irrigation needs. Ground water availability is not an issue.

A year age I installed a 12.5 kW PV system that has reduced our summer kWh use by 95%. Winter kWh use is down by 40%.

Now I just bought a 2013 Nissan Leaf. Yes, it has a limited range (85 miles of so) but it is perfect as 99% of my travel is into town (30 miles round trip). I come home, and plug it into a 120 V outlet and let it charge up.

I am trying to wean my wife from her Honda Civic and into a newer EV as her work commute is ~ 80 miles round trip. The 2013 Leaf simply would not work.

I still have a $25 monthly meter charge and there is currently no time of use rate structure - but that is coming.

Got the Leaf for $3500 and it is perfect, very clean, with 38,000 miles.

I will keep my Honda Element and pickup truck for occasional, but necessary trips.

A dream come true!

Steve

10-25-17, 03:57 PM	#1
stevehull Steve Hull Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: hilly, tree covered Arcadia, OK USA Posts: 826 Thanks: 241 Thanked 165 Times in 123 Posts	finally! PV, GT heat pumps and EV Some may recall that I use GT heat pumps in our main farm house, a guest house and in my shop. Before these were put in was a lot of work minimizing infiltration and putting in good windows (and other). The shop, for example, was built with SIPS. The GT heap pumps are open loop "pump and dump" that fills my farm ponds for summer irrigation needs. Ground water availability is not an issue. A year age I installed a 12.5 kW PV system that has reduced our summer kWh use by 95%. Winter kWh use is down by 40%. Now I just bought a 2013 Nissan Leaf. Yes, it has a limited range (85 miles of so) but it is perfect as 99% of my travel is into town (30 miles round trip). I come home, and plug it into a 120 V outlet and let it charge up. I am trying to wean my wife from her Honda Civic and into a newer EV as her work commute is ~ 80 miles round trip. The 2013 Leaf simply would not work. I still have a $25 monthly meter charge and there is currently no time of use rate structure - but that is coming. Got the Leaf for $3500 and it is perfect, very clean, with 38,000 miles. I will keep my Honda Element and pickup truck for occasional, but necessary trips. A dream come true! Steve __________________ consulting on geothermal heating/cooling & rational energy use since 1990