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What's the use case here? Power outages? In Europe we have plug-in batteries that just cycle PV every day to lower your electrical bill. But these are usually
by apexalpha 2y ago
What's the use case here? Power outages?
In Europe we have plug-in batteries that just cycle PV every day to lower your electrical bill. But these are usually 2,5kWh or 5kWh.
In Europe you are hard limited to 800watt on a normal plug, no way you can do 2,4kW without a special fuse.
- tomas789 2y agoI don’t know where the 800W is coming from. It is quite common to have 16A breakers on a circuit. That is 3,8kW. My regular apartment has 3x20A breakers and for example my induction hob is 7,2kW two phase.
- apexalpha 2y agoThe 800 watt is a safeguard. If you add the battery to a 16A circuit then you can theoretically draw 3,8kW + 800watt on it with the battery. With this Pila battery you could put 3,8kW + 2,4kW on the same circuit! If you want more than 800watt you can't use a regular plug in your house, it has to be a dedicated circuit.
- hnaccount_rng 2y agoDo you have a link to such a plug-in battery that's marketed for lowering electrical bills?