February 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, toolg said: Ok Frosty. Are you going to contribute something to this thread? Dismissing your drivel is a public service
February 17, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Well, they better start preparing, because these kinds of weather events are only going to become more frequent. Settle down Al Gore
February 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ToastJenkins said: The backup ng generator is still on my zombie apocalypse bunker to do list A lot of states have subsidies for rechargable electric batteries like Tesla/solar panels as long as they can pull from them when there are no outages/weather concerns. Probably the route I'm going.
February 17, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Suffer for days without power to own the libs these people !!!
February 17, 20214 yr You guys talk about the Texas mayor who told his residents seeking heat and electricity to "stop asking for handouts"?
February 17, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Lloyd said: You guys talk about the Texas mayor who told his residents seeking heat and electricity to "stop asking for handouts"? oh yeah, he's upset that people got the feels over his comments even if they were insensitive and low.
February 17, 20214 yr 34 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: A lot of states have subsidies for rechargable electric batteries like Tesla/solar panels as long as they can pull from them when there are no outages/weather concerns. Probably the route I'm going. Ive wondered if a residential wind turbine could be enough to power a tesla wall
February 17, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Lloyd said: You guys talk about the Texas mayor who told his residents seeking heat and electricity to "stop asking for handouts"? Its politically dumb but hes not wrong. we survived 11 days+ during Sandy. News flash...people are soft
February 17, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Its politically dumb but hes not wrong. we survived 11 days+ during Sandy. News flash...people are soft Hurricane Sandy? Well I mean, that was like...October. I was stuck in Lower Manhattan during that. And yeah, bodegas were open via candlelight. Bars were selling cans out of coolers. I was living off of canned beans and tuna. Cell phones and ATMs weren't working. The east river was a block away from my apartment rather than 6 blocks away like it's supposed to be. It was the glory days. But I wasn't freezing, and buried in snow. That's for sure.
February 17, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Its politically dumb but hes not wrong. we survived 11 days+ during Sandy. News flash...people are soft you really are cavalier when it comes to others in times of crisis. but i guess you can be when you have the mutant power of endless warmth.
February 17, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Ive wondered if a residential wind turbine could be enough to power a tesla wall I think it should work well enough as long as you have a relatively open spot that gets sufficient wind speed. I also think wind turbines have more maintenance too. I looked into it briefly but my property is too sheltered by tree coverage so stopped pretty quick.
February 17, 20214 yr 44 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said: Ive wondered if a residential wind turbine could be enough to power a tesla wall All the hype regarding these power walls crack me up. People can barely stand their iphone's diminished battery charging capacity after two years, but they're all gung ho to fill up an entire wall in their garages with thousands of old "reconditioned" cells.
February 17, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: All the hype regarding these power walls crack me up. People can barely stand their iphone's diminished battery charging capacity after two years, but they're all gung ho to fill up an entire wall in their garages with thousands of old "reconditioned" cells. Fair point. Especially since i dont see an electric vehicle in my future. more about powering the house which is why i always assumed an ng backup made the most sense
February 17, 20214 yr 43 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said: you really are cavalier when it comes to others in times of crisis. but i guess you can be when you have the mutant power of endless warmth. Froze our asses off plenty of nights during Sandy with a toddler in the house. spent my days running to find gas to keep the generator going. Ran so much i had to do an oil change on it. yes people should be able to suck it up for a while and make due.
February 17, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, ToastJenkins said: Fair point. Especially since i dont see an electric vehicle in my future. more about powering the house which is why i always assumed an ng backup made the most sense Would have to be appropriately sized, but you're also looking at some conversion losses if you're using it primarily as part of a system to power your home with a generator. I think it's one of the things that sounds good in theory, but in practice, ends up being a bit underwhelming. Could be useful if you want to shut off the generator at night and run off the wall for a few hours to avoid the noise from the generator.
February 17, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: All the hype regarding these power walls crack me up. People can barely stand their iphone's diminished battery charging capacity after two years, but they're all gung ho to fill up an entire wall in their garages with thousands of old "reconditioned" cells. Meh my brother loses power he can run his house for days with his. Might lose juice eventually sure but it's not like a whole house generator is exactly small or inexpensive alternative. We'll see.
February 17, 20214 yr Just now, DEagle7 said: Meh my brother loses power he can run his house for days with his. Might lose juice eventually sure but it's not like a whole house generator is exactly small or inexpensive alternative. We'll see. lolwut? He runs his entire house for days without a generator?
February 17, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: lolwut? He runs his entire house for days without a generator? It's linked to his solar panels which recharge it. And during outages he limits his power usage somewhat. And he has a pretty small energy efficient house. But yeah he has gone over 48 hours with it before. No idea how long it would last if pushed, hasn't come to that. Plus his commie state subsidized a big portion of the thing.
February 17, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: It's linked to his solar panels which recharge it. And during outages he limits his power usage somewhat. And he has a pretty small energy efficient house. But yeah he has gone over 48 hours with it before. No idea how long it would last if pushed, hasn't come to that. Plus his commie state subsidized a big portion of the thing. Ok that partially explains it. In that case, the powerwall just acts as a buffer to sustain him from dusk til dawn. So if he's careful about managing it during those dark hours, and allowing for enough excess to recharge it during the day, then yeah I can see it. I just checked my usage and we currently are averaging 26kWh per day for the last 30 days. A powerwall is rated at 14kWh. There are days in the summer where we get dinged for peak usage because we hit 60+. Everyone's gonna have different usage profiles obviously, so he's probably good at load shedding by turning off everything but a fridge, cooks on a propane grill instead of stove, uses fans instead of A/C in the summer, etc.
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