I finally installed our new EV charging station. Pretty cool, you can control how many amps you want.

We are at peak solar production right now. With a minor current adjustment weโ€™re charging @Jillianmarisaโ€™s car on pure sunshine, carrying the homeโ€™s base load, and still exporting ~500 watts to the grid. Too dang cool! Weeeeeee!

#Solar #RooftopSolar #EV #EVSE #PlugIn #renewableenergy

@User47

It's fantastic, isn't it?

Mine has 3 modes:

Solar. Charge rate varies with sunshine. Any the house isn't using goes to the EV. Excess to the battery or sold to the grid if the battery's full. My chosen default.

Solar + battery. Constant charge. Not enough sun, battery tops it up. More sun than the charger uses? To the battery or grid. Only if I need a faster charge.

Grid. Solar + grid. Might include battery ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ. Constant charge. Never used.

Solar car! ๐Ÿ˜

@Jillianmarisa

@thefathippy @Jillianmarisa oh man I love the idea of having it be variable.

@User47 @thefathippy @Jillianmarisa same ๐Ÿ™‚

I have no house battery, so mine is very simple: all excess goes to the car; when the car stops charging it goes to the grid.

I deliberately only charge to 80% overnight to keep some spare 'solar store' capacity for the daytime.

I really want V2G but my car is too cheap to have this feature ๐Ÿคฃ so I can only use the solar charge by driving it... it's ok.

@User47 @Jillianmarisa
Oooooohh. Wonderful!
We just got an EV this week and need to increase from the 15A plug in the garage. What brand/kind of solar system do you have?
@KarenDorman itโ€™s an amalgamation of random stuff they cobbled together. Kind of surprised there doesnโ€™t seem to be one company that does it all. Enphase seems good?
@User47 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Š
Thanks.
We don't have any solar wrt the house but we have a completely solar truck camper that powers itself. I'll have to see what we can find around here. (SWOntario)