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It's also only the front motor from the Mach-E and the concept truck Ford made with this crate motor at release includes the rear motor to make it functional, which they don't sell...
It is interesting that the 'non-gaming' division of the split kept Ingress.
Maybe there are people out there doing 8k video editing on their Pros, but I’ve yet to meet them.
Well, neither of these are relevant to my original comment. I never commented on the value prop of the original install, only that your comparison in pricing is just not accurate as one is much more capable. Yes, lots of people want 34kw of standing load, because they want to ensure the offset of their HVAC unit. Generally people getting these systems have ridiculous homes, I've worked on a home with 3 20kw diesel generators. I've worked on a home with a seperate 200 amp service just for their pool side projector TV. Just because someone's wants aren't reasonable doesn't mean they don't want it.
>There are hundreds of thousands of forums and YouTube videos from DIY who rave about EG4.
EG4 sucks to try to pry anything out of. I don't actually like Sol-Ark that much either, but they're better to deal with and a better deal. Best deal is just to get an SRNE or similar straight from the source. Again, I paid $800 for my SRNE. I could get a second and parallel it and be outperforming the EG4 for a $3,400 discount. Youtubers are youtubers, not a source of truth. All those same youtubers shill battle born, too...
>Lol. And you don't even understand that specifications ratings because they very explicitly say the amps...
I'm not the one that has conflated two 50 amp phases with a 100 amp service. That's a 50 amp service. 12kw is 12kw. I keep repeating the math because you clearly keep misunderstanding it. A small electric range is typically on a 240 50 amp circuit, incredibly common in most households, and that's a small one.
>Identical system.
How is this identical? $5K for all other labor and materials? How much you paying per foot for the Class K to parallel the batteries? What's the homerun distance on the PV? Your AHJ require metal conduit on the DC runs inside the attic? Shit, if they require a 3R lockable lever disco that's $900 right there before fuses. What you penetrating with? What racking system you using? Shingle or metal roof? If shingle you doing the labor to pull shingles and put in flashing or you hacking it up with some HUGS/RT Minis? What's your max span between mounts given the wind load? S-5!s and HUGs add up fast when you can't get away with a large span. What's your interlock method? If you're landing in the MSP are you derating the mainbreaker? You value your time so little after all that material that you're still under $5k?
Edit: Also, you're gonna be paying a whole lot for LTL on that partial pallet of panels and 14' (if you get the short stuff) racking.
I'd rather land wires in a Sol-Ark, it has better support, it has a higher AC output, it has a higher battery charge rate, and it's the same price.
Just to be perfectly clear on your continued misunderstanding - each powerwall is also an inverter, it has its own AC power output. That stacks. The batteries strapped to the EG4 are all limited to going through the EG4. That means no increased output for adding more batteries. No stack.
With 3 EG4s in the comparison you would have a similar standing load capability(36kw claimed), however you'd still only have roughly 1/3rd the inrush capability(190 amps).
Honestly, I thought I started this conversation nicely enough and went out of my way to be informative and you've only tried to insult me and be snide while having the loosest grasp on the subject matter.
It's such an industry term that it's literally a named feature on multimeters.
>The 18k provides 65A for a few seconds as an example.
Yes, you'll see I gave you that spec in the opening comment. It's not a good spec for a whole home hybrid inverter.
>the 18k can push 50A on each leg and most residential are sized at 150a or 200A
That's not how you read a spec sheet for 240v device. A home service is 200 amp, at 240v. That's 48kw potential. 12k is 12k regardless of whether that's (120v * 50a) + (120v * 50a) or (240v * 50a). The legs aren't cumulative. You're implying the standing load capacity is somehow higher than its inrush capacity. It would need to be a 24kw (on the ac side, all of the janky chinese rebrand inverters all list their DC input to try to make themselves seem bigger) inverter to do what you're implying.
(50a * 120v) + (50a * 120v) = 12kw
A small home with a smaller 150 amp service is (150a * 240v), 36kw.
Edit: screw it, I'll address this as well -
>There is no reason to have a "pipe" so large that it only is used for less than 5% of the overall runtime. This is why the powerwall setup doesnt make any sense.
There sure is! The whole point is to offset usage. 50 amp standing load capacity means you can only ever offset 50 amps of usage at one time. Sure, most homes don't hold anything higher than that for long but I've seen plenty of homes hold over 20kw for a bit if they have pool pumps, well pumps, pool heaters, or any number of things going on. Any time the home draws more than 12kw instantaneously you'd be getting charged peak rates, which could be avoided with a larger standing load capacity. In addition, if you're in a municipality with a 'demand' rate you could enter in to a different billing rate any time you go over a certain amperage, meaning that ability to offset more of that in that instance, even just for an inrush, could make an even larger difference on your bill.
Look man, I run an $800 chinese inverter, and my batteries are MuRatas I harvested from decommissioned Sonnen cabinets that I rewired with chinese BMSes. The Powerwall 3 is a really good product and the pricing is great compared to comparable non-diy consumer grade products. The EG4 is not a good comparison point because it has nowhere near the spec or capability. You would need 3 EG4 18ks to have the inrush capability of a single Powerwall 3. Battery capacity (volume) is not the sole determining factor in value. This isn't even relevant but just as an aside, the EG4 isn't even a good value for the DIY scene, and has functionally the same support as rebranded drop shipped Chinese inverters.
If we're talking about 'doesn't even matter with a 4kw array' well, hell, how the hell you gonna charge ~40kwh of battery with solar array that nominally produces 20kwh a day on its best day, assuming all conditions are perfect?
Backfeed is what the inverter can push out from the battery to the home. It's the size of the tube coming from the gallons of water reservoir. EG4 18k has a tiny tube, no matter how much battery you put on it. Like emptying a 50 gallon drum with a drinking straw(and with the 4kw array, filling it with a 12 oz cup).
The EG4 18k has 11.5 kw backfeed capability, with a rather pathetic 65ish amp in-rush. Obviously 18kw usable solar capacity(they technically let you land up to 21kw, but only 18 is usable).
The Powerwall system you outlined can take 60kw of usable solar input, has 34kw standing backfeed capability, and a whopping 555 amp in-rush (not a typo, it's 185 amps per unit).
Not to get in to warranties, etc.
But yes, other stuff seems to be features for the sake of features.
Even then, he said hybrid.