Picture post - Solar charging

[Picasso]

Still waiting for EV Charger, Solar Inverter & Energy Management - dcbel to ship. But here is a Y trickle charging off a solar trailer I picked up at auction. Living off-grid kept me from getting a Tesla for some time.

 

[neutrino]

The pic is pretty cool. How did you come across this? What kind of inverter does the system have?

 

[Picasso]

The company DC systems went under, it made 3000+ of these trailers. Was kind of scam company had no profits but could sponsor a NASCAR...DC Solar’s legal troubles cost Warren Buffett’s Berkshire US$377m I picked the trailer up for $5k. It's dual SMA Sunny Islands 6048 inverters, ouckback solar charge controller, 2 forklift batts. Keep an eye out for more actions still 100's of these trailers sitting in Vegas. 100+ MOBILE SOLAR GENERATORS | CA Global Partners Some show up on ebay/craiglist people trying to double money from the auction prices.

 

[neutrino]

The company DC systems went under, it made 3000+ of these trailers. Was kind of scam company had no profits but could sponsor a NASCAR...DC Solar’s legal troubles cost Warren Buffett’s Berkshire US$377m I picked the trailer up for $5k. It's dual SMA Sunny Islands 6048 inverters, ouckback solar charge controller, 2 forklift batts. Keep an eye out for more actions still 100's of these trailers sitting in Vegas. 100+ MOBILE SOLAR GENERATORS | CA Global Partners Some show up on ebay/craiglist people trying to double money from the auction prices.

Wow, that's crazy. Had no idea Buffet was involved. I guess he can afford to lose $377M....

Out of curiosity, how fast can your rig charge the Tesla (in kW)?

 

[Picasso]

10kw on 240v, weak part is the forklift batts in these trailers. Had been sitting for a number of years baking in the Vegas sun. Getting about 1/3 of the capacity I should. Nice to have the Tesla around so I have a place to dump power to finally give the solar trailer batts some exercise.

 

[acarney]

What are those solar panels rated at? I’m thinking probably 300 watt or so would be the max so maybe 12kWh to 15kWh a day? But maybe a lot less if they’re like 200 watt panels...

 

[Picasso]

This wont be for charging the Y all the time. I just use this trailer around my property for power needs. I set the Y to just trickle charge off this to soak up the extra power. I got 8kw waiting to go up for charging the Y via CHAdeMO.

 

[johnmodely]

This wont be for charging the Y all the time. I just use this trailer around my property for power needs. I set the Y to just trickle charge off this to soak up the extra power. I got 8kw waiting to go up for charging the Y via CHAdeMO.

8kw?? Those 10 panels cant produce more than like 3kw...

 

[Picasso]

Thats just the trailer, I got two pallets of sun power panels waiting for the dcbel inverter. I sized my roof just for 28 panels when i built my first cabin.