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Yup, that will be plenty for us 95% of the time. Plus, we still have the gas vehicle, if we need to make a long trip and another one before the truck can recharge sufficiently, then we either go to a charge station or take the ICE vehicle... We don't need a 100% solution that costs 10x as much...

Yeah, it's California. I talked to an electrician who is in the process of getting his upgraded, similar situation as ours. He has been working with PG&E for 9 months already, and told me it was going to be 15-20K. PG&E rep called and told me basically the same thing 15-20K and a year or...

Thanks for the feedback/education. I started reading the unboxing installation thread, and this confirms what I was thinking would be the case. We just set it to 48A and be done with it. We don't need to charge overnight, I'm retired and can charge anytime during off peak, midnight to 3PM...

As I gain more information, options for charging the Lightning are falling off the list. I'm not an electrician so there is a big learning curve here. Looks like a separate dedicated meter is not an option, we'd have to upgrade to 400A service and it would cost 20K and take a year or more...

That's what I don't get, the inverter and batteries seems excessive. But I don't understand this well enough. I have another solar company that is supposed to give me a quote, I was waiting to see what they come up with..

Seems like it should be possible for a lot less. We only need about 1/2 what this guy has done for an off grid charger for his Tesla.

Well, I receive a quote from one vendor for the components for an off grid solar charging system.. Who was it who said too rich for their blood? 50K.. Not in my budget. Attached fyi..

Thank you for the information. That is helpful…

Oh, wondering if this solaredge ev inverter is the solution to our charging challenges. Replace our existing inverter, no new sub panel, no service upgrade, no digging, no new meter.. But I’m not tech savy when it comes to electrical stuff. Is it supposed to be able to use the truck as power...

There are some other advantages of the off grid/ground mount idea. The panels are easier to clean, we can at the very least do the panel purchase and installation ourselves, for a lot less money. We can place them for maximum efficiency. No permitting from the County or PG&E, which when we...

Thanks for input.. I still need to look into the local availability of fast chargers and such.. This all came about suddenly for us, we didn't expect to get a 2022, so I pretty much put all the thought of an LIghtning on the back burner. But our dealer got an extra allocation and we made the...

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure I've done all the calculations correctly, I have to let it sit and go back and look at it again. The rate structures are complicated and there is both a PG&E "Distribution" charge, and a Electrical "generation" charge. But this is how I calculate our costs for...

Wasn't sure if a Solar forum would be best place with regards to charging a LIghtning... but will do some prowling there too.. Thanks. -cj-

Hi Mario, yes, that was the video I saw. Do you have any idea how much battery capacity is needed to "buffer", as discussed above? -cj-

Off peak is midnight to 3pm in our area. We can charge during this time frame, no need to charge only at night. if we can get a separate meter for the truck, the rates are reasonable. But, if if we have to put it on the house meter, then the ev rate plan causes the cost for the rest of our...

HTuner... this is one of the things we were wondering about. Typically, the truck will probably be driven 15-30 miles day. If I've done my calcs right @1.88 mi/kw we are talking about, 8-17 kw/day to 'top it off''? But it sounds like the battery bank would need to be much bigger than needed...

Interesting comments. We actually did build a DIY stand alone solar system to power our pond waterfall pump. It is saving us $'s because under PG&E rate plan, peak use is now from 4-9 PM, a lot of that peak use time it is now running off of the solar system which both keeps us below baseline...

Has anyone considered/looked into doing a dedicated off grid charging station for their EV? We have solar already, but we are not net 0. So, we'd have to add on, but the cost of upgrading our current system, running out of roof space, it would be expensive. Add to it PG&E's continuing effort...