August, I've been wondering the same things myself all day long. What we need is a battery based inverter that can work off of 350 V DC nominal battery voltage?
Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar, Inc. 707-684-0064 mobile 707-884-1862 office www.mdelectricsolar.com Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2015, at 3:49 PM, August Goers <aug...@luminalt.com> wrote: > > Hi Wrenches, > > I’m sure you’ve seen the Tesla Powerwall press releases by now: > > http://www.teslamotors.com/presskit/teslaenergy > > We are already getting calls from interested homeowners. The product mostly > seems like a toy for wealthy people but nonetheless I would like to be > educated in how it works. > > There is mention that the battery pairs with Solar Edge inverters which makes > sense because both the Powerwall and Solar Edge work off of ~350 VDC. But, I > can’t figure out how off grid operation would work during power outages. > Maybe another battery inverter like a Schneider Conext is required? > > Any thoughts on this product for better or worse? > > Best, > > August > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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