Vehicle to home
connect EV battery to your home electric grid.
requirements
- a compatible bidirectional charger
- a CT meter (Current Transformer) which must be installed at the main grid connection point, to support connections greater than 100 Amps.
- a compatible EV .
current cars often don’t support V2H. so it might be easier to find a car that has vehicle to load
- average household usage is 20-30 kWH / day
- car battery holds 100 kWH
If you have solar this can replace your solar battery.
- article explaining various bits
- DIY discussion on reusing car battery as home battery
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- vehicle to grid
- V2G attaches the car’s battery to the electrical grid. You then sell the surplus energy back to the grid, during load spikes.