coloradoman
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I am curious about electric vehicle and actually almost bought a leaf but decided on a Hyundai accent for the same price. Close by no cigar...
Anyways, now I am interested in getting my own solar panel system. This whole solar idea brings to mind that solar panels provide DC power. The leaf accepts DC power having a big battery essentially. Normally if you want an "off the grid" or "hybrid" solar panel system to power your house you would need a bunch of batteries to store the power.
Here is my idea, why couldn't we just use the leaf as the battery supply?
Here is the diagram to help understand:
So instead of having this battery bank thing, just use the leaf as a battery bank? I bet the battery in the leaf is superior to many batteries you can find since a lot of research has been done to make long lasting batteries.
Another idea is wouldn't this provide more efficiencies for charging the leaf? Because the leaf would be getting DC power, it would charge faster than AC?
The last thing is another efficiency gain in a solar panel to leaf charging setup. Instead of having to waste energy converting the DC from the solar panels to AC for the house and then back to DC for charging the leaf (converting is a waste of energy because its not 100% efficient), wouldn't it be much more efficient to just somehow plug the solar panel directly into the leaf?
Does anybody know any plug that can be wired to DC power? I know that there already is that super fast charging at the nissan dealerships that provide 30 minutes charges that are DC, so I guess it is possible. Maybe just wiring that plug to a solar grid instead? :? I know that it probably won't be as fast as charing in 30 minutes but it also depends on the number of solar panels.
My idea is I think it would be cool if you had 2 options with the solar grid, you could either plug directly into the solar panels through some specialized outlet/plug or just use the house's public power grid's AC power (in night situations). Also say that you are driving your leaf during the day and want your solar panels to be powering your house/public power grid. It would be nice to just have a switch that instead of powering your leaf, just sends the electricity back to your home like it would be in a normal on the grid solar panel home setup. Kind of like this
Tell me what you guys think
Anyways, now I am interested in getting my own solar panel system. This whole solar idea brings to mind that solar panels provide DC power. The leaf accepts DC power having a big battery essentially. Normally if you want an "off the grid" or "hybrid" solar panel system to power your house you would need a bunch of batteries to store the power.
Here is my idea, why couldn't we just use the leaf as the battery supply?
Here is the diagram to help understand:
So instead of having this battery bank thing, just use the leaf as a battery bank? I bet the battery in the leaf is superior to many batteries you can find since a lot of research has been done to make long lasting batteries.
Another idea is wouldn't this provide more efficiencies for charging the leaf? Because the leaf would be getting DC power, it would charge faster than AC?
The last thing is another efficiency gain in a solar panel to leaf charging setup. Instead of having to waste energy converting the DC from the solar panels to AC for the house and then back to DC for charging the leaf (converting is a waste of energy because its not 100% efficient), wouldn't it be much more efficient to just somehow plug the solar panel directly into the leaf?
Does anybody know any plug that can be wired to DC power? I know that there already is that super fast charging at the nissan dealerships that provide 30 minutes charges that are DC, so I guess it is possible. Maybe just wiring that plug to a solar grid instead? :? I know that it probably won't be as fast as charing in 30 minutes but it also depends on the number of solar panels.
My idea is I think it would be cool if you had 2 options with the solar grid, you could either plug directly into the solar panels through some specialized outlet/plug or just use the house's public power grid's AC power (in night situations). Also say that you are driving your leaf during the day and want your solar panels to be powering your house/public power grid. It would be nice to just have a switch that instead of powering your leaf, just sends the electricity back to your home like it would be in a normal on the grid solar panel home setup. Kind of like this
Tell me what you guys think