OT: Going off-grid and using an electric car to power house.

Andrew · 2017-08-10T16:27:09+00:00

Lets assume EDF get nasty and cut off people refusing to take a 'smart' meter. Would it be possible to survive totally off-grid with just solar PV on a south-facing, 37 degree pitch roof on a house in West Sussex ?. How do these Tesla wall wart batteries work ?. Would it be possible to buy an electric car, nip 5 miles down the road, plug into the council car park charger, come home and connect back into the house inverter and run the house lights and tv off the car battery ?. Why doesn't anyone make static gen sets that run off natural gas (much cheaper than red diesel) and use waste coolant heat, to heat the house ?.

Aug 10, 2017 22 Replies

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Roger Hayter 8 years ago

Until you've got a 'smart' meter? Probably.

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Vir Campestris 8 years ago

Why would it matter whether it was hot water or hot gas? You can always run the exhaust through a heat exchanger.

Isn't that exactly what combined cycle gas turbine power stations do?

Andy

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tabbypurr 8 years ago

what does that mean?

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