Cyber Cabin Fever; bi directional charging!

[larryboy31]

A gen set is duplicitous-silly investment when a Cybertruck is parked outside with 11kWh.

I think I paid around $500 for my generator. Having a propane tank to power a gas stove and water heater would be a wise idea anyway. Having the generator means that he can arrive with whatever state of charge, stay as long as he wants and leave with what ever state of charge he thinks will get him home without a problem. For 1% of the cost of his CT he would have no range worries at all. If that is a silly investment I have made other sillier ones.

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[rr6013]

Good price! $500
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[GNRgRocks!]

I'm not an electrician so don't quote me on code requirements, but there are power losses when running long wires for sure. Here's a basic calculator you could reference ?

Keep in mind the CT 240V outlet is speculated to have 30-50A output capacity, but nothing is confirmed yet.

The calculator could help you determine your power loss % as well as the most appropriate AWG wire size to use for ground buried scenarios ?

Thanks so much. Will provide findings and gets me started but way out of my league. ?

 

[GNRgRocks!]

Yes.. we have propane for water and cooking and fridge. Will keep that going. Will add exhaust fan for kitchen, compost toilet dryer, lights, in out LED, Starlink for sure... adding maybe laundry dryer? Relatively under average electric draw. Thanks

 

[GNRgRocks!]

I'm not an electrician so don't quote me on code requirements, but there are power losses when running long wires for sure. Here's a basic calculator you could reference ?

Keep in mind the CT 240V outlet is speculated to have 30-50A output capacity, but nothing is confirmed yet.

The calculator could help you determine your power loss % as well as the most appropriate AWG wire size to use for ground buried scenarios ?

Would you have suggestions on input parameters using calculator? If say running 500 feet underground. Any electrician out there? Thanks!

 

[GNRgRocks!]

Do you have any running water nearby your cabin where you could possibly go hydro? Any areas where you could clear out and run even a small solar array? Even if you're running 100-300ft of underground wire to get there?

Draw from lake then gravity fed. Micro filtered. I power up a water pump to cistern above cabin. Thanks

 

[GNRgRocks!]

Draw from lake then gravity fed. Micro filtered. I power up a water pump to cistern above cabin. Thanks

Also site not ideal for solar. Mature trees northern aspect.

 

[GNRgRocks!]

Also site not ideal for solar. Mature trees northern aspect.

 

[GNRgRocks!]

The cabin roof lines and architecture have made “Cybercabin” my go to moniker particularly if I can pull off this electrical bi directional project. Meant to be .

 

[GNRgRocks!]

I have a 3000 square foot house, heat pump electric water heater . I heat with wood with a propane backup. Electric freezer and refrigerator. All our .lights are LED or CFL. Two people in the house, both retired. Last month we used 450 KWH! When you say cabin I think small and only occupied some of the time but even full time occupancy you should be able to get by with many fewer KWH.
Is the cabin built or are you building it? You say it would cost $30,000 to tie into the grid. For less than a third of that you could buy energy efficient appliances and lights, build in a few south facing windows, rent a propane tank and get a generator that runs on propane. You could then arrive at the cabin, plug in the CT and enjoy the peace and quiet. Once a week you could fire up your generator and top off the CT. One hour of running for every day of CT power is not unrealistic.

. Our cabin is the middle one. We have propane for hot water and fridge and cooking. So facing North and solar is not an option. I was considering but with Cybertruck with a storage battery providing power for occasional departures may just be the answer.

 

[Crissa]

What do you mean, not ideal?

Look at all that open space in front of it! Deploy a solar-topped floating dock and you have all you want ^-^

-Crissa

 

[Crissa]

The average us home uses less than 30kWh a day.

-Crissa

 

[GNRgRocks!]

What do you mean, not ideal?

Look at all that open space in front of it! Deploy a solar-topped floating dock and you have all you want ^-^

-Crissa

I do like the idea of a floating solar dock but why additional expense for solar as I’m considering Cybertruck battery use... thanks.

 

[GNRgRocks!]

The average us home uses less than 30kWh a day.

-Crissa

So conceivably how many days can a Cybertruck power a cabin? Assuming I have 165kWh avail, can I anticipate 5 days ?

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