Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Michael Welch
Hey gang. This has been interesting, but let's get the list back to wrenching. Let's move any further discussion to the RE-Marketing list, or the RE-Bitching list. Thanks. ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wre

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Dan Fink
The modular aspect is great, any rich townie just buys a whole bunch of them in parallel.. My worry is the long term, and what equipment works with them, nice 10 year warranty but what is the actual DOD vs cycle life?. And as Todd just pointed at, be realistic, off grid PV professionals, sorry fol

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread toddcory
this is more cornucopian bullshit... trying to avoid finite planet realities... like the solar roadway nonsense that was circulating ~6 months ago. the sad part is so few people understand that.   todd     On Saturday, May 2, 2015 4:25pm, "Dan Fink" said: UN-fortunately I predict there will soon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Dan Fink
UN-fortunately I predict there will soon be an onslaught of misinformed journalists who don't really understand units of measure squeaking and squawking about "kilowatts per day" and such power vs energy confusion nonsense. Brace yourselves, it's already pouring in on social media, and will be on y

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Tom at wagonmaker
The ability to string multiple powerwalls together to get up to 90 KWhrs of storage makes them modular and likely quite easy to install. The price is rather high but I haven’t priced batteries lately for comparison. The built in safety features will make for a good selling point too. I’m givi

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Allan Sindelar
Well, I'll go out on a limb and speculate that this is a game changer. There will be a lot of buzz, and it'll shift general public perceptions. There'll be a greater mainstream awareness that "batteries" are improving. A number of my off grid clients are quite ready for a

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Glenn Burt
Well on March 31st I had a conversation with Luc Collin who is a Field Application Engineer with Solar Edge, and I asked him if they support AC coupling with their systems. He told me that no, they do not, and I took that as the official Solar Edge position from a warranty standpoint. Now if

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Yep, the calls are already flowing in. It drives me nuts when people think a $3,000 battery is going to solve all of their energy woes. It's akin to people asking me why a PV system is not $0.65/w installed. >From what I read, the battery will have a DC-DC converter, presumably 400V-48V. That's ho

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Dave
These "walls" are smallish, so can you parallel them in a simple manner to fit the need? David Palumbo Independent Power LLC 462 Solar Way Drive Hyde Park, VT 05655 802-888-7194 From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink Sent: Sat

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Dan Fink
The Tesla media kit describes 2 models, a 7kwh and a 10kwh: Tesla’s selling price to installers is $3500 for 10kWh and $3000 for 7kWh. (Price excludes inverter and installation.) Deliveries begin in late Summer. Powerwall specs: - Mounting: Wall Mounted Indoor/Outdoor - Inverter: Pairs wit

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread Kirk Herander
John Berdner of Solaredge (still with them??) in a previous discussion on this forum has stated that Solaredge can be AC-coupled, with a firmware tweak I believe he said. Kirk Herander VT Solar, LLC Proven PV provider since 1991 www.vermontsolarnow.com dba Vermont Solar Engineering NABC

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tesla Powerwall battery paired with solar

2015-05-02 Thread b...@midnitesolar.com
When I was at Intersolar 2 years ago in Munich I saw Solar Edge's system. This article mentioned them as one of their partners. This was for Europe's "Self Consumption" program. The solar array is somewhere around 400 volts DC, regulated somewhat by the optimizers, and feeds into the input of