Tesla home batteries could be useful for vandwellers

[K1ngN0thing]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...er-your-home-and-maybe-the-electric-grid-too/

 

[K1ngN0thing]

Assuming, of course, they're not too massive. Just something to keep an eye on.

 

[ccbreder]

A sufficient battery can be one of two things, very large, or very heavy.

 

[HarmonicaBruce]

I wonder if one could use those "charging stations" to recharge ones house batteries.  Some of them are free!  I've never tried it, but I have used the electric at my storage unit, which was free.

 

[Seraphim]

I think the car batteries would be great in a van, and from looking at the Tesla frame, they're flat(ter). Then you could charge at the recharging points. The 'free' ones are generally if you sign up for the program when you buy the car. I think Teslas is about $1000 option (don't quote me on the price.- I may be way off). THEN you get the recharges free. But from what I've read, a charge is only a couple of dollars.

Perhaps one of our electrical,experts here could estimate how long one would last before needing recharged, under a typical dweller's use.

 

[Seraphim]

A 65kwh battery at a cost of $400 per kWh...

Ouch.

If that is correct, you're looking at a $26,000 battery....

 

[ccbreder]

The voltage would be problem as a house bank.