Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-25 Thread Bobby Keeland via EV
Interesting thoughts. For our current grid-tied PV system we 'sell' excess electricity to the electric company and then buy it back at night or cloudy days. A couple of months in the spring and again in the fall our electric bill is $8.00. Nice A year ago our January electricity bill was $171.00.

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-23 Thread Bobby Keeland via EV
Interesting thoughts. For our current grid-tied PV system we 'sell' excess electricity to the electric company and then buy it back at night or cloudy days. A couple of months in the spring and again in the fall our electric bill is $8.00. Nice A year ago our January electricity bill was $171.00.

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-23 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
So, what was the problem with the high $171 bill? Sounds like you got it resolved, but curious what kind of mistake they made? Bob On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Bobby Keeland wrote: > Interesting thoughts. For our current grid-tied PV system we 'sell' excess >

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 18 Jan 2016 at 10:28, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > > I'm in no hurry to start the EV project [until after I] > > ... add more PV panels and batteries so I can go off grid, > > And why on earth do that? ... . It makes no sense when storage in > the grid is basically free (in good

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
6 11:15:04 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)... On 18 Jan 2016 at 10:28, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > I'm in no hurry to start the EV project [until after I] > ... add more PV panels and batteries so I can go off grid, And why on earth do that? ... . It ma

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Michael Ross via EV
" It has no future that I can see." If everything stays the same except legislation, maybe. But the tech will improve a lot in 10 years. It is possible that net metering will go away, or it will be unbalanced and they pay less for the owner generaed power (Duke proposed to the rate commision

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Ty Delaney via EV
Very good point! Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > > Houseboat, perfect! > Yes, you need battery power overnight when UNDERWAY, but no more. Because > when the sun comes up, you have all the power you need. > > Now,

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Houseboat, perfect! Yes, you need battery power overnight when UNDERWAY, but no more. Because when the sun comes up, you have all the power you need. Now, what most "wanna-go-off-grid" people overlook is that when the sun is shinning and you are not using the boat underway, then your batteries

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Michael Ross via EV
A legitamate solar PV installer will steer you to undersize your system so that you don't have much excess power generation. That one panel too many never pays for itself. When you size a standalone system you have build to some peak need rather than rely on the grid. You have to hypothesize

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Lee Hart via EV
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: The grid is "free storage" for now in some areas, but I predict that net metering will be dead in 10 years. Powerful and well connnected (politically, not electrically) people don't like it, and they have state legislatures in their pockets. This strikes me as

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Ty Delaney via EV
I really appreciate this information. As much as I would like to be free of the grid, I now see I must make a hard, educated decision. The difference for me is I live on a houseboat. I have decent reliability grid shore power when docked. But when I leave the dock I must rely on dirty ice

Re: [EVDL] Converting '51 Chevy (after going off rid?)...

2016-01-18 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 01/18/2016 01:46 PM, Michael Ross via EV wrote: " It has no future that I can see." If everything stays the same except legislation, maybe. But the tech will improve a lot in 10 years. It is possible that net metering will go away, or it will be unbalanced and they pay less for the owner