Batteries won't need to be replaced in 5-10 years. Lithium iron phosphate batteries are good for 10 years of full discharge every single day.... And at that 10-year point, they still have 80% of their capacity left. So if you ran this every other day to near empty, and recharged to full, you'd get 20 years out of this battery and still have 80%.
The price of batteries is dropping about 5% every couple of months. If you're going to spend this much on a battery, much better to get solar first. You can DIY a nice solar system with portable generator back up for the same price and still get the 30% rebate. Unless something happens, the price of these will keep going lower and lower. Better to wait
Whole house generators are roughly $10-20k installed. They'll run for much longer. They will be louder.
This one qualifies for a 30% tax credit and will last 10 years
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As a heads up folks that this also comes with the trolley to make things more portable. Just note that the trolley only supports one battery, not both.
You realize he's talking after 30% Fed credit right? Here in New England it's $17500 for 2 PW and inverter then $6k install.
Roughly in the same ballpark as to what I was told verbal by my solar guy. In CT at least the batteries also need to be in a "fireproof" room, which just escalates the cost.
with an inlet plug with interlock kit or a transfer switch, or get their smart panel 2 to do it all. also, search youtube for this model. tons of reviews.
Solar power generators vs natural gas generators.
IMO, it is apples and oranges. You are talking about a SOLID-STATE very digitally smart solar power generator that can run 24x7 for 10-20 years, versus a not very smart very noisy with lots of moving parts natural gas generator that can not run 24x7 for 10-20 years with lots of additional costs for maintenance, repairs and fuel. And I'm not even mentioning the environmental issues with fossil fuels.
IMO, it's like comparing SSD/NVMEs solid-state drives with floppy drives.
BTW, I agree that the DPU extra 6.2kWh batteries need to come down to the $2K level and I think they will in the next 12months (currently the cheapest I've seen is $2.5K which is 0.40/watt...).
But what is the complete cost to buy everything you need to hook this up to your solar panels including paying someone to connect it?
My power is very stable here and goes out like once every two years and it's only been short periods of time. Can this be programmed to use power from the batteries during peak times so you avoid paying the most expensive rates? I don't need to it to run my house during outages since they are so infrequent.
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This one qualifies for a 30% tax credit and will last 10 years
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IMO, it is apples and oranges. You are talking about a SOLID-STATE very digitally smart solar power generator that can run 24x7 for 10-20 years, versus a not very smart very noisy with lots of moving parts natural gas generator that can not run 24x7 for 10-20 years with lots of additional costs for maintenance, repairs and fuel. And I'm not even mentioning the environmental issues with fossil fuels.
IMO, it's like comparing SSD/NVMEs solid-state drives with floppy drives.
BTW, I agree that the DPU extra 6.2kWh batteries need to come down to the $2K level and I think they will in the next 12months (currently the cheapest I've seen is $2.5K which is 0.40/watt...).
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when ppl says "30% tax credit", the 30% of what?
when ppl says "30% tax credit", the 30% of what?
when ppl says "30% tax credit", the 30% of what?
Better than a Telsa power wall.
My power is very stable here and goes out like once every two years and it's only been short periods of time. Can this be programmed to use power from the batteries during peak times so you avoid paying the most expensive rates? I don't need to it to run my house during outages since they are so infrequent.