Re:Not paying electricity for an entire year with Tesla Sola...
by iforgotpassword on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:06PM
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Theoretically yes, but that requires you have an old meter. Anything installed since ~2010 is either digital or at least has a mechanical blockage that stops it from running backwards. I think there is even a plan to update every single household to a digital one in the next few years
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Re:Not paying electricity for an entire year with Tesla Sola...
by sokoloff on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:41PM
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A small balcony unit is unlikely to surpass the electricity demand of the household. If it doesn't, your meter would never be "asked" to run backwards.
Re:Not paying electricity for an entire year with Tesla Sola...
by iforgotpassword on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:28AM
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Mine often does as I'm not at home during peak hours. Around 1pm I get about 200W currently and the only things running is my router and a tiny home server, and occasionally the fridge kicks in at about 100W. I could have installed about twice as many panels, but why should I?
I already schedule my washing machine to run around that time, but that's like once a week, and the dish washer every two to three days.