Looks like you have a grid array like I do and if the grid goes down, the inverter shuts the array off. While the grid is alive and the sun is shining your array will feed the truck and the rest of your home before it sends any juice into the grid as per normal operation.I have a solar panel array connected to an inverter.
Will I be able to use this for the Lightning?
Thank you.
This is a question I have too. Right now I have a Tesla wall connector hard wired on a 60A circuit inside my garage. I’m trying to plan what modifications will be needed, especially since the Lightning probably won’t fit in the garage. The easiest solution would be to install the charger included with the extended range battery model in place of the Tesla charger if it can be set to “only” charge to 48A. I assume this solution - if possible - might also eliminate the backup power function too.
I've no idea whether putting it on a 60A circuit would eliminate ability to use it for backup power (without any evidence, I suspect that it would not), but if that's the case, wouldn't the simplest solution be to sell the pro charger and invest in a tesla tap adapter?
Probably. It would likely be the easiest/cheapest option. I’d just need to settle on a good way to run the cable/adapter combo out from the garage and close the door for overnight charging. I still might look into relocating the charger to the outside wall of the house near the garage. If I do that, I’d probably install a different EVSE so an adapter is no longer needed (Ford or other 3rd party brand) as long as the cost is reasonable. The electrician basically said I was using all the panel space I had when he put in the 60A circuit for the Tesla charger, so I doubt a 100A will be doable.
So do you no longer have a tesla? And don't need to charge 2 vehicles? For a single vehicle charging I would recommend chargepoint flex. For multiple vehicles wallbox pulsar+ has gotten very good reviews and you can install multiple chargers that can share a single circuit.
ah yes. Whoooosh
I can thank my engineer wife for that decision when we were having the house built 25 years ago. But who knew we would have EVs. Should of had the 240 volt line run anyways. Hindsight is always 20-20.
Have never looked into gas dryers. I’ve never seen one. I’m an electrician and have worked in residential. Something in my brain has always told me hey those are gonna start fires but that’s probably about as true as cold water boiling faster than warm water. So it didn’t even register to me what you were talking about. Hey you should tell your engineer wife to look into how they’re banning gas everything in California
I’m also with a fire dept, and we have run plenty of electric dryer fires over the years. Cause is generally a build up of lint.
Now that I had the electrician out, hindsight is not 20-20 in this case. He advised that if we had a 240 circuit run to the laundry room next to the garage, the wiring still would not have been sufficient since a 100 amp circuit requires a more capable wire than what would otherwise have been run.
