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It makes me wonder: the person at the insurance co is clearly NOT a mechanic or bodywork expert, certainly NOT an EE or EV battery expert - yet they are tasked with the role of decision maker, rely on questionable 'evidence' and the "owner" of the vehicle has no say at all but will be the one...

No, it is just a black cord like the 120 dongle - I didn't realize there were different ones.

It is a big cost to build out a home storage battery big enough to collect solar during the day, and charge the truck late in the day, but I had other reasons for a big battery bank (winter storms) so we just went for it anyway. Has been great to roll in at 6:00PM on a sunny summer evening and...

Curious - above 80 % SOC, does the 80A charger stay at this charge level right to 100% SOC?

I bet the 650 lbs generator in the bed helps to level out the truck and reduce drag.

The Truck-d up EV guy is in BC where they decided a Government owned Insurance Monopoly would be better for everyone. If he had not done a claim, a new rim, skid plate, rocker bar and minor body work could be easily repaired in a home workshop, for modest cost with basic tools. Assumes a...

These units can accept AC power while discharging AC power - pass through mode, What they can't do is convert DC to AC (power AC load from Battery) while also converting AC to DC (charging battery from other AC source like Generator or grid) - because they use the same circuitry for both.

drag? -from the OP pic,the generator is like 1-inch above the truck bed side. LOL.

but that(and my) 20-yr old truck didn't silently preheat in a few minutes on a schedule you set with your phone, 0-60 in 4 seconds, run silently, while never needing oil changes/exhaust work/diff & transfer case fluids/ smelly expensive fuel - I don't miss those days at all...lol

cycles for running the truck - at 30kWh discharge per hour steady load to run the vehicle are far higher than the types of loads a home would put on the truck generally. And since home charging is limited to 48/80A AC compared to DCFC, I think the time the EV battery is powering your home...

This ^^^ We built our solar-battery system first, and the truck arrived late to the party, but like you have outlined, we use the truck as a backup at low but continuous load source. Our average 24-hour power consumption is 37kWh so a back up of only 37/24 = 1.54 kW is all that is needed to...

Yes. ToU rates are lower and come with lower volume.

I prefer to store excess Solar in the Truck battery and NEVER sell it back to the utility - they don't pay enough. I wonder if those big data centres are getting discount prices for grid power and "guess who" is getting price increases to offset those discounted prices... :unsure:

Thunder & Lightning !!

From the look of your avatar - I WONDER what your bicylce would look like, if you went that way !!!

I had to go looking to find the other thread on this diverter valve - seemed that the Heat Pump equiped truck didn't use it. here The photos RL XXI posted at #50 indicated no diverter valve.

Welcome to the forum, glad you got the truck you wanted. Enjoy!

I did a test - the moble charger that came with the truck using the 2P-50A plug adapter charged the truck at 7.5kW per the truck charging display. I put a meter on the power source , it was 241 Volts, 32 Amps which is 7.7kW but the truck will see a bit less after losses, so it makes sense.

Working on this now; Warning - TLDR follows... I have been building an inverter and three 15.5kWh battery packs into a box that fits in the bed with the tonneau cover over it. The system is sized to fit into the truck bed perfectly, but I have plans for it to also power a few other things when...

I was going to say: How did you get a "2003" F-150 Lightning Pro SR" - LOL. {2023 perhaps?}