If you are from Texas...Cybertruck can power a house

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

pianotuna wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

Ok, back to EV powering a house.

Is there a special connection for the EV to power the home or it's just like the straight up connection between the RV and the trailer puller? Crazier question, how would you prevent it from powering the entire neighbourhood? Pulling down the main switch?

Yeah, I have not heard of such feature like that here in the US..

Hi Yosemite Sam1,

It would operate in the same manner as a hybrid grid tied system (i.e. a solar farm with battery storage).

The meter would need to be upgraded. The owner would be reimbursed for power that was drawn from their BEV to help stabilize the grid.

In the case of a power outage, where one wishes to still have power, a relay would disconnect the home from the grid.

@pianotuna

Thanks, this now makes sense to me.:o

And I would think that with the upgraded meter and all, there will be sensors and would thus be automatic.

Here in Alberta an emergency connection can be set up using a transfer switch at the service entrance to the home. When it senses power from your EV or other generator it disconnects the grid.

The penalty here for connecting in any other manner (like a double male extension cord stuck in a wall socket) that could power the grid and injure a lineman working on the system 10 miles away starts at $25,000.00 and goes up from there. It is not appreciated.

Other than needing emergency power, why would you use grid energy to charge an EV then put that energy back into the grid, thereby using your EV batteries "number of lifetime cycles"?

I know this is the idea behind low price charge high price return power to the grid battery banks, but using a vehicle's system for this doesn't make sense. Unless replacing either battery costs the same...