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I know this is still wildly expensive but the same 2 battery configuration on Ecoflow's website is $8798.
If you're in the market for one of these this price for 12kwh can't be beat.
https://www.costco.com/ecoflow-de...ue&nf=true
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This one qualifies for a 30% tax credit and will last 10 years
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Smart panel = transfer switch. How many people have such a thing?
What I am saying is, if this is intended basically to be backup power, you also have to cost in all the stuff you'd otherwise be using for an alternative. Yes I guess you could plug this int a dryer outlet (like you would a generator) but it weighs like 100 lb. Not exactly carrying it around.
So realistically you're either getting a transfer switch (for real time switch over), or you're doing a manual interlock. Swapping out a panel for a smart panel is going to be very pricey, probably more than the transfer switch to be honest.
Not just toyota but your iPhone only has 1 yr warranty but we know it will last longer than that.
Your comment is funny.
I opt'd not to get power walls just because I did not see the point/advantage. Although my circumstances have mostly gone the same since installing I definitely see more benefits of having a power wall for off-peak usage. I generate a lot of excess electricity that feeds back to SCE for pennies 😡
If I were to buy something like this, can I:
1) Take advantage of the tax credit again?
2) Set this up so it recharges during daylight/solar production and have it automatically kick on once sundown hits.
3) assuming two is possible, is it a seamless, no moving parts kind of deal/setup? Or will I have to manually hit switches or remember to enable/disable something.
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Prius uses old tech NiMH batteries.
The battery "generator" requires much less maintenance and can be used in spaces where CO would be a problem. Townhomes come to mind.
Also... the battery isn't that big. That's a lot of hassle for a couple bucks worth of electricity (Plus, you'd have to stay with the car/battery instead of like... going shopping. Since this wouldn't plug into the outside of your car).
This one qualifies for a 30% tax credit and will last 10 years
If my avg. monthly bill is 300$, roughly how long can break even?
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So this sort of thing really only makes sense if you can really disconnect from grid and utilize your own power generation, otherwise you're really not saving money unless you really do know how to utilize "off-peak" electricity arrangements and it still works out. Or you actually really just want to have a hyper backup of energy in case of an emergency, at that point that's up to you... I can get by on much smaller or nothing.
I'm basing this off my last electricity bill -
450 Kwh = $90
90/450 = $0.20 per kwh after overhead
After looking at this, it really doesn't make sense to have this for anything outside of some real emergency use scenarios...
Where you are, 20c per kwh is a great price. It doesn't make sense for you. But for people that are getting screwed 3 times over at 40c per kwh and high price of gas, it becomes much more feasible.