chadconway

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by chadconway 2y ago
> 2kWh per day. That’s a lot of energy! What fridge do you have?
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by chadconway 2y ago
That’s 100% it! It was named after the Voltaic Pile or Pile/Stack of Volts.
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by chadconway 2y ago
If Pila existed before you bought the generator, would you have bought a Pila? Does your generator require maintenance? Is it loud?
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by chadconway 2y ago
It’s definitely an important feature & will help reduce the purchase price. Especially charging from home solar since it most solar in the US gets installed without a battery.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Sounds like you need Starlink.
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by chadconway 2y ago
The Tesla MID is in the Tesla Gateway or Backup Switch meter socket adapter. The Pila MID is onboard inside the battery. Pila can push power back through the plug. When utility power drops, Pila & Powerwall react exactly the same. They
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by chadconway 2y ago
I agree we need a universal option for both home batteries & V2H. ConnectDER is working to be that standard. Tesla’s Backup Switch was supposed to be open, but unfortunately hasn’t been opened for others to integrate with.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Correct, Thanks!
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by chadconway 2y ago
Tesla offers the Backup Switch which is a Meter Socket Adapter(MSA) like ConnectDER.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Pila team designed the Powerwall & SPAN microgrid interconnect device (MID) / relay that disconnect the home from the grid. So we could, but we believe the value to be the 0 install cost. Installing an MID can cost anywhere from $2
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by chadconway 2y ago
Correct, this does direct feed-through no conversion losses for pass through because it uses a relay rather than an inverter to connect to the grid.
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by chadconway 2y ago
100% Pila can charge from your home solar or cheap electricity and discharge when power is expensive.
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by chadconway 2y ago
A UPS can usually only power 100W, not enough for most fridges. Pila can do 2.2kW, enough for fridge, microwave, internet, and coffee maker.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Correct, 1 can’t run your whole house, but you can get 1 per room and backup your whole house that way.
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by chadconway 2y ago
It can charge when energy is cheap & discharge when energy is expensive. If you have solar it can charge when solar is producing and discharge at night.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Pila allows you to plug in solar as well.
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by chadconway 2y ago
100% across Europe & Utah. Soon to be across the US!
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by chadconway 2y ago
Backup can be extended to 62 hours through an expansion pack. A foldable solar array can be plugged in as well to extend backup indefinitely for long outages.
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by chadconway 2y ago
It’s bidirectional in that it can push power back into the home through the outlet. This is popular in Germany & was recently allowed by Utah legislators. It can charge from the wall or a temporary solar.
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by chadconway 2y ago
No restrictions, it can provide 2.2kW of power & even more temporarily for starting sump pumps or other motors.
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by chadconway 2y ago
If you get an electrician to rewire it to have a plug, you could certainly back it up with Pila.
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by chadconway 2y ago
It is designed to backup your most important appliances. You can start with one or have one in each room.
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by chadconway 2y ago
$999 if you pre-order. Normally $1,299.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Technically Pila is able to push power back through the home when the grid is up. Utah passed a law to allow this. We hope to bring this potential to all states. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/balcony-
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by chadconway 2y ago
Pila plugs into a normal wall outlet. The fridge plugs into the outlet on the back of Pila. Pila detects an outage in 20ms and automatically begins backing up the appliances that are plugged into it.
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by chadconway 2y ago
Digital controls make sense once vehicles are fully autonomous, but until then, physical controls are essential!
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by chadconway 2y ago
This is awesome! The end of power outages for all of us!