We are using Meanwell TN3000, pure sine wave 3000W inverter charger. It has a solar plug too. Cost is 950$
Small sites has the 1500W version the the inverter and Winston 24v 60Ah lithium battery. On Oct 31, 2016 10:17 PM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote: > 60% DOD is pretty conservative. Do you lose power a lot? Losing power at > this site is somewhat of a hypothetical event. A Mack truck on the highway > wiped out 5 poles and we ran on propane for a whole day. The previous > outage was years before, and I don't expect another one for a few more > years. > > ...and ideally I'm only on battery for a minute or two while the genny > gets started. > > > This was my thinking as well.. With my AGM setups I’m not comfortable > pushing beyond 60% DOD.. I’m also paying a lot for 10-year rated large Ah > AGM batteries these days. > > > > > *Peter Kranz *www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2016 2:33 PM > *To:* af <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla powerwall 2 > > > > Figuring those prices, you're not going to end up too far off from the > price of the Tesla for the same run time. Tripling the batteries will put > you up to somewhere around $4500, for basically the same kWh, but if you > factor in being able to 100% discharge the Tesla setup, you're going to > need to add a bunch more battery. > > I wonder how the life expectancy compares... > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's the same link I sent earlier, bro. > > $3049 is list price....you'll pay closer to $2500 - $2600. > > > > On 10/31/2016 3:47 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > This looks like it: > > http://www.aimscorp.net/12000-Watt-Inverter-Charger-48-volt- > 120-240vac.html > > � > > $3409/12000=28.4 cents per watt.� > > Not too bad considering there is a battery charger in there. > > � > > *From:* Adam Moffett > > *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2016 1:01 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla powerwall 2 > > � > > http://www.aimscorp.net/12000-Watt-Inverter-Charger-48-volt- > 120-240vac.html > > This has a street price of $2500.� The four SLA batteries were (I think) > $160 each.� The 3/0 battery cable was not free, but I don't remember what > it cost.� This is only 4800 Wh, but it's trivial to add more/bigger > batteries.� > > This doesn't have any built in network monitoring though.....does the > Powerwall? > > � > > > > On 10/31/2016 2:14 PM, Peter Kranz wrote: > > The new tesla powerwall 2 appears to be an interesting UPS option now that > it has a build in inverter/charger. 14kWh for $5500, so would run most of > my sites for about 24 hours. When I backed out the costs for 14kWh of our > standard AGM cells and inverter, I think this price is quite reasonable. > > � > > https://www.tesla.com/powerwall > > � > > > *Peter Kranz *www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > [email protected] > > � > > > > > > > > >
