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Considering a second Solar system on a 3phase supplied house

pip895 · 2020-12-27 17:20:20

We are considering installing a second solar array on a roof we originally rejected mainly because it is very visible at the front of the house but also because it has considerable shading issues in winter. Our existing array sits on Phase 1 with a single phase inverter. Looking at our energy usage we will use the great…

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Coastalwatch Posts: 3,804 Forumite

29 December 2020 at 5:05PM

pip895 said:
I cant help feeling that in the event of a bad outage using the EV sitting in the garage with comparatively huge (62kWh) battery & probably a second EV in the near future makes a lot more sense than a poultry 8-10 kWh in a stand alone battery. Not sure if that's practical/available as an option yet though..
I think you'll find a Nissan Leaf is capable of running vehicle to home from. OVO and Octopus are currently running trials with them!

East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
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