#5062834

fry178

2015-05-04 08:43

maybe once you have more than "5" people using it, and it goes for half the price they sell it now, im interested. why would i pay the same amount of money to get it from tesla, when i have companies like APC doing this stuff for decades incl commercial/military application?

#5062858

Fox2232

2015-05-04 10:17

Cause APC makes makes lead-acid non-spillable batteries which time to time leak a bit? Or use cheap electromagnetic switching relays which fail in 4 years even when they have specifications twice as high as load they carry? My next UPS will not be from APC but from FSP. And btw. capacity/price is not bad at all.

#5063048

cyclone3d

2015-05-04 17:48

On the radio this morning, I heard that it would be sold as a unit to charge up during non-peak hours and then be used during peak-hours in order to reduce your power bill.

#5063682

gx-x

2015-05-05 18:02

For the asking price (not even adding the cost of solar panels and installation), I can pay my power bills for the next ~4 years. I was fooled once 10 years ago when they sold me natural gas system for the car, it was supposed to save me a lot of money on gas and pay for itself within 3 to 4 years. What happened is that natural gas price went up in price every month and ended up not saving me anything and never paying of.

#5063822

MM10X

2015-05-05 21:27

Did anyone else think of this when they saw the dimensions? http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/images/7/73/Hev_charger.jpg

#5063823

Aura89

2015-05-05 21:28

For the asking price (not even adding the cost of solar panels and installation), I can pay my power bills for the next ~4 years. I was fooled once 10 years ago when they sold me natural gas system for the car, it was supposed to save me a lot of money on gas and pay for itself within 3 to 4 years. What happened is that natural gas price went up in price every month and ended up not saving me anything and never paying of.

Because solar power prices go up? Last i checked, the sun doesn't charge us.....................

#5063832

gx-x

2015-05-05 21:37

yea I know but they will find a way to make more money off of it. They will introduce tax or mandatory licenses and checks, permits and $hit. Anyway, like I said, the cost is ridiculous. I pay like 30$ for electricity bill per month and even if I wanted solar, there are much cheaper solutions. Cheaper enough to replace parts when they expire or break. I can get like a half a megawatt setup with installation for under a 1000$ here in Serbia.

#5063985

fry178

2015-05-06 03:39

@Fox2232 not sure if your talking about the larger units. they dont use lead on all systems. and i never had any problems on the systems we had in the store i worked for 5y (~50 workstations + server room/TK/IP protected).