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Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. I am trying to keep power generation 100% solar rather than burn diesel/

Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. I am trying to keep power generation 100% solar rather than burn diesel/gas to charge batteries when I can. So 2.4kwh per day might require roughly 500 watts of additional solar panels in a sunny locale. More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. I’m at 1400 watts of solar now. Anyhow, just hoping they can figure out how to get the average power draw down over time.

Dylan16807 6y ago
> Tesla batteries are sweet, but ~22 days isn’t long enough if you’re off grid full time. If you start running low you can stop letting it idle. > More solar could be added, but there are some space and weight limitations on a vehicle. It can be a problem if you're off-grid and moving around, yeah. For general off-grid use it's annoying but not a big deal to set up an extra panel or two.