Already being done by Solar City. You can Island your house when the grid is down http://www.solarcity.com/residential/energy-storage
On Jul 26, 2014, at 4:13 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > But, what if that plugin (EV or plug-in-hybrid) came with a built-in level-1 > (L1) outlet powered by an inverter drawing from the vehicle's pack? I'd love to have some variation on this theme. Actually, I'll have a dedicated 30 A circuit for vehicle charging. It'd be great to be able to flip a switch and run that in reverse in case of power outages. My roof is already covered in solar panels, but it's a grid-tie system that shuts off instantly when the grid does so linemen don't get fried. But if I could isolate my house from the grid on demand and if the car could provide a sufficiently grid-like output to make the PV inverter think the grid was back up, I could still run the whole house (including air conditioning, which isn't exactly optional in the summer in Phoenix) during the day and then through the night from the car, possibly with the assist of the ICE (and a couple jack stands, as it'd be a direct-drive setup). I'd shut down everything non-essential, of course, and use the hibachi to cook instead of the electric stove / microwave / etc., but I generate enough excess that I'd be basically okay off the grid...if I could store enough to make it through the night. Is anybody aware of anything available today that would do something like this? Bonus points if it's available in a charger that I'd otherwise consider putting in the car.... b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140726/1838e8ef/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
