Freezing Temps

[2in2out]

My main thing is I am out of town half the year and on top of that it seems I miss every major natural disaster. I want the easiest thing for my wife which seems to be a standby 16kw generator on NG.

I understand your thinking now. I think my wife could handle the set-up with an instruction sheet, but I’d love to have remote isolation and transfer with a solid fuel source like I have at my station.

I’m curious if anyone with a Tesla Powerwall has will reveal their experience. A powerwall with solar and small genset would be a good set-up.

[larry_arizona]

I understand your thinking now. I think my wife could handle the set-up with an instruction sheet, but I’d love to have remote isolation and transfer with a solid fuel source like I have at my station.

I’m curious if anyone with a Tesla Powerwall has will reveal their experience. A powerwall with solar and small genset would be a good set-up.

Curious how well solar is working during this Texas storm.


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[2in2out]

Curious how well solar is working during this Texas storm.


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Solar will still generate in light levels down to 5%, and they have capacitance. Angle of light and diffusion reduce output, so snow will reduce output but cold helps reduce dissipation due to heat.

[zabooda]

Need to have a truck with a built in generator.
https://autos.yahoo.com/texas-ford-f...RpZAMEc2VjA3Nj

[Isaguel]

Here's an interesting real world test of what the truck can power:

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...-f-150-hybrid/

They need to figure out how to put this power train in RV's.

[Josh828]

Yeah so big differences here are portable generators and standby generators

Both can run on natural or propane however converting a standby back and forth would require some work as the connections are permanently mounted.

Standbys also have automatic transfer switches so if anyone is worried about their wife being able to do it by themselves a standby is a great option since the whole process is automatic

Edit: Powerwalls are great however you gotta spend a chuck of change to get enough power to last more 8-12 hours
Got a guy who spent about $40k on two batteries that will run his house for 2 weeks

[rdlangston13]

Yeah so big differences here are portable generators and standby generators

Both can run on natural or propane however converting a standby back and forth would require some work as the connections are permanently mounted.

Standbys also have automatic transfer switches so if anyone is worried about their wife being able to do it by themselves a standby is a great option since the whole process is automatic

Edit: Powerwalls are great however you gotta spend a chuck of change to get enough power to last more 8-12 hours
Got a guy who spent about $40k on two batteries that will run his house for 2 weeks

Yeah I looked at power walls and they are ridiculous expensive.


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[rdlangston13]

Yeah so big differences here are portable generators and standby generators

Both can run on natural or propane however converting a standby back and forth would require some work as the connections are permanently mounted.

Standbys also have automatic transfer switches so if anyone is worried about their wife being able to do it by themselves a standby is a great option since the whole process is automatic

Edit: Powerwalls are great however you gotta spend a chuck of change to get enough power to last more 8-12 hours
Got a guy who spent about $40k on two batteries that will run his house for 2 weeks

This makes it look very simple to swap back and forth.

[Josh828]

This makes it look very simple to swap back and forth.

yeah on their air cooled smaller unit that's all for the generator however what they aren't showing you is the fuel inlet.

Swapping that would would be the difficult part haha

[j.mo]

I have a 26k generac with an auto transfer. Thing is pretty slick. Surprisingly quiet for what it is, and pretty compact and easy to service.


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