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2026-04-09 19:16 UTC

@sleepy62 Holy cow - that is quite the production, you have there. 12 kW inverter? My first thought was that this was begging for at home battery, but then I saw the actual numbers - 31 kWh may be a bit over the top in order to cover your usage when there is no sun. :) Is your home fully electric? - and isn't 63 kWh on a single day still quite a lot? Our home is fully electric and we also have an EV (doing around 45000 km a year), and we're using about 21000 kWh a year, or 57 kWh a day on average, and that includes winter months with a lot more usage for heating than now.

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@sleepy62@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-10 05:40

@madsenandersc It maxes out at 11.4KW. Our house is 100% electric and we generate about 80% of it on an annual basis. That includes 2 EVs charging regularly. Yes 63KWh is a lot but the house is big and we are still in partial heating season here. It will drop to about 42 in the summer and peak at around 95 in winter. The average is right around 63 kwh/day. Our residual consumption is around 1KW. Hard to get it much lower with computers, air handler, and whatnot plus a couple of 100gal fish tanks that require heat. We have not opted for a home battery because we have net metering with 1 for 1 energy banking. So in essence BC Hydro is our battery.

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