Today, I spent my limited physical energy hooking up with my realtor to
view 3 homes on the east side of I-10 not too far from the VA hospital/
medical-center, as I'm going to need them more and more as I age.
While looking at these older homes (I can get a new home for about the
same money, but a new home has a restrictive hoa that wouldn't let me
make changes to my own property ... -weird-), with both an eye of how
much I'll have to fix-it-up/get rid of junk, but the fun part of where to
put
in the EVSE to charge an EV, and where I'd install a nat-gas/ch4 genset
for when a hurricane or lightening strike knocks out power for days.
While most of the EVLN newswires I post about production e-trucks &
e-vans still seem to be 'in the future', at some point, I would like to get
one with an auton feature. I know eventually the va will throw an
e-mobility cart at me, and help me install a loading device (i.e.: a
swing arm loader inside the truck bed that picks up the e-mobility, and
allows me to swing it around to drop into the truck bed).
With the advanced auton/ai feature, I could tell the EV to take me to the
hospital, or pre program a far away EVent/show for it to self-drive to (i.e.
if I want to go to Austin, Dallas, +more, wouldn't worry about nodding
off on the Hwy -safety first-).
So, it was fun to briefly think of where to install the EVSE: inside the
garage, or out? The distance to nearby VA or shopping would not drain
the EV's pack. Which means I could join the charging-at-home-off-L1
club.
The EV would likely have a L1 EVSE to carry along. I would swap that out
for the previously posted dual L1&2-3kW EVSE. The L1 for use at home,
and the other everywhere else (with a small gym-bag full of outlet
adapters).
Which leads me to the outdoor genset. I am assuming that even when
the electrical power goes out, water and natural gas (ch4) will still flow.
Which means I can power a home genset off ch4 when needed.
But what size home genset? I know how to live off a TT-30 (3kW) outlet
electrical power source (I'm quite good at conserving and minimizing
my polluting). My power load worst case would be either during the
hottest or coldest time of the year, where I'll have a combination
Air-conditioner/heater unit that plugs into a 6-20 outlet, plus one
5-20 outlet to power the refrigerator, & communications (phone, TV,
etc.). I'm thinking a 6kW rated genset running at reduced load would
work well.
I don't want to get too grandiose/let my mind run away with thoughts,
but if money permits, having a home 'power-wall' type buffer, either
fed off the grid or a genset, would keep power-use management
smoother (higher power use when awake, less when asleep, etc.).
I still have more homes to look at west of I-10, and that will be
delayed because of that tooth-yanking, but I hope to be living in my
own home does eventually happen.
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:-zzz
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