Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of...
by VectorLock on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @08:03PM
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I've seen this "meter plug piggy back vampire tap" scheme used for EV chargers, looks cool to use it for grid tie generators too.
Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of...
by chadconway on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @08:37PM
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Tesla offers the Backup Switch which is a Meter Socket Adapter(MSA) like ConnectDER.
Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of...
by chadconway on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @08:39PM
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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.
Re:Show HN: We built a Plug-in Home Battery for the 99.7% of...
by amluto on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:43PM
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Whatever design wins should also be available as a standalone device (maybe even something that can be installed inside an existing enclosure if there’s room and maybe even in a circuit breaker format) and not just a meter ring adapter. There are users who, for various reasons, cannot use meter ring adapters as switches. For example:
- Some services cannot be switched at the meter ring. This includes services that use a current transformer separate from the meter. (As far as I know, this includes all services over “Class 320”.)
- Some apartments aren’t separately metered. Fortunately, this is rare.
- Some users will want to back up only part of a service.
I suppose another potential issue would be exceeding the capacity of a panel bus. Balcony solar has the same problem, and I guess no one os likely to connect enough balcony solar units to cause a real problem.