Anyone own a tesla power-wall?

[mizzou]

My next house, I want to include solar panels and a battery storage unit like the power-wall. Anyone foray into these yet?

 

[Greenman]

It appears there is no love for the power wall. My hunch is that it doesn't make sense if you have a grid tied system, though I've never looked at the numbers.

 

[mztykal]

It didn’t make sense when I did my panels in December to include a battery. Rebates on the panels themselves covered almost 75% the cost of the system. My inverter will allow me to add batteries at a later date.

My buddy has 2 LG Chem’s installed and they never surpass 25% charged with the second never charging. And he’s in an extremely sunny area. Not worth it yet if you’re still grid tied.

 

[tynopik]

it depends on how many solar panels you have

if you produce a large surplus during sunny days, then it might be worth it

or if you typically have very low load during the day (everyone at school/work)

 

[mztykal]

He has 35 panels and lives in a high output area. Batteries. Aren’t worth it yet.

 

[paperfist]

Saw one at Home Depot today. Looks pretty cool and compact.

 

[Paperdoc]

Check out this thread down further in this forum for one person's experience

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/powerwall-install.2543491/