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0 pointsjefftk3y ago0 comments

Why a Powerwall?

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Not sure, that’s just the way the company wrote up the bid. The Powerwall portion was around $16k I think.

I know someone who did 5000W system for around 15,000 in 2018.

Battert/Powerwalls let the solar work when the power goes out. (the dc to ac converters use the 60hz out of the grid to sync. There is no shutoff to the grid so for safety reasons her system shuts down when the power is out).

NotYourLawyer3y ago

Oh sure, and I wanted a battery of some kind to keep things running in an outage. I just mean I don’t know why they bid a Powerwall specifically instead of some other battery system.

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NotYourLawyer3y ago

Not sure, that’s just the way the company wrote up the bid. The Powerwall portion was around $16k I think.

acomjean3y ago

I know someone who did 5000W system for around 15,000 in 2018.

NotYourLawyer3y ago

Oh sure, and I wanted a battery of some kind to keep things running in an outage. I just mean I don’t know why they bid a Powerwall specifically instead of some other battery system.

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