I spent all day working up a web page to describe going off-grid with two Nissan Leaf's serving as the home battery on alternate days. Fully charge one during the solar day while the other is at work. THen swap.
But as I finished he graphics, to my horror, I looked up the current prices of used Leaf's and they have DOUBLED over the last year or so due to COVID. So the 50% or more savings by using a LEAF instead of a powerwall is just not there now. Anyway, here is the page for discussion... http://aprs.org/off-grid-with-EV.html Bob, WB4APR On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 6:41 PM Robert Bruninga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Going off-grid: > > Buy a used Leaf as a second EV. Charge each one on > alternating days. So you have a huge battery charging > everyday from solar, and you have an EV for goiong to work > AND you get THREE times the battery for the same cost > as a powerwall!. (and a spare car) > > Bob > > > In Maryland it costs me $8/mo to be grid tied. > > His cost is more like $70/mo or more! > > I agree, I woiuld be buldozing a path to "off grid" designs there. > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > Actually, it's even worse than that. <snip> > > > Now she <works> 5 days a week. That uses about 10kwh > > > per day EV charging and, she has to charge mostly when the > > > sun isn't shining. > > > > > > The new 'Solar Customer' pricing is $50 a month for grid > > > connection plus about $15 a month for taxes and other fees, > > > plus now instead of banking power for free, I get paid > > > wholesale for each kWh I push and charged retail for every > > > kwh I pull from the grid. The difference is about 8 cents per kwh. > > > > > > So next year when this goes into effect I'll pay on average > > > $36 a month for banking power, plus the $65 mentioned above. > > > SO closer to $100 a month even though I'm net zero (well > > > surplus actually) on power. > > > > > > I'm building a 10kwh solar charging station to offset most > > > EV charging costs and then, I'm going off-grid. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20211006/b806bd11/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
