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Can someone please share what a single family home can do with 10kWh? If I pay for this do I have to plug this thing into my own electrical grid to keep chargi

• Turing_Machine 12y ago
  According to http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3 http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3 the average U.S. home uses 10,908 kWh/year, so this would be enough to keep the home running at full load for about 8.4 hours. Not bad. If you took steps to reduce consumption (avoiding using heavy demand appliances like electric ovens, etc.) it would last a lot longer. With a little care, you could probably run for a couple of days on one of these, particularly if you had LED lights, etc.
  • _delirium 12y ago
    Due to the fairly low peak power draw the battery supports (3 kW) you would have to avoid using those heavy appliances anyway, especially simultaneously.
• Gustomaximus 12y ago
  For Australia - 19.5kWh in winter and 16.4kWh in summer. http://energymadeeasy.gov.au/bill-benchmark/results/3660/4 http://energymadeeasy.gov.au/bill-benchmark/results/3660/4 It would be interesting to see what is the daylight vs. nighttime usage. And if you can daisy chain these batteries. Seems like a few would be needed to ensure for high usage days if you wanted to be largely self-sufficient.