JohnnyDadBod
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Has anyone explored the option of having Powershare and 1-2 Powerwalls installed at the same time to their existing Tesla (or other) existing solar now that you have your Cybertruck? I've always had a plan of getting Powerwall for backup as a complement to my Tesla solar that was installed in 2020. At the time, budget didn't permit Powerwall to be added with Solar. We live in Tampa and while the grid has been rock solid, the exception of course is Hurricane season. We lost power for about 18 hours during Ian in 2022. I was looking at 4 Powewall's which would run approx. $37k including installation before Federal Tax Incentives
One of the things we weighed when deciding on whether to go for Foundation Series or not was Powershare and the $2500 voucher. It has recently occurred to me that it may be nice to have 1 or 2 Powerwalls in addition to Powershare for a couple of reasons.
1)Additional load capacity. I'd love to be able to backup my entire home, but I believe based on my usage history using Sense which is a monitoring tool connected in my main panel, I occationally will exceed the maximum wattage that CT using Powershare can provide on its own. I believe that having at least 1 Powerwall would give me more than enough overhead to be able to back up the entire house.
2) Outages when CT isn't at home. I'd like to have some level of backup when CT isn't at home.
I'm curious if anyone has gone down this route and how it affected the overall cost?
One of the things we weighed when deciding on whether to go for Foundation Series or not was Powershare and the $2500 voucher. It has recently occurred to me that it may be nice to have 1 or 2 Powerwalls in addition to Powershare for a couple of reasons.
1)Additional load capacity. I'd love to be able to backup my entire home, but I believe based on my usage history using Sense which is a monitoring tool connected in my main panel, I occationally will exceed the maximum wattage that CT using Powershare can provide on its own. I believe that having at least 1 Powerwall would give me more than enough overhead to be able to back up the entire house.
2) Outages when CT isn't at home. I'd like to have some level of backup when CT isn't at home.
I'm curious if anyone has gone down this route and how it affected the overall cost?
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