• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Somebody needs to design a kit to hook a Tesla vehicle battery up to solar panels like their Powerwall does. I’m sure there are plenty of people with solar panels out there that would love to add/expand battery backup at a reasonable price.

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      2 months ago

      I have about 30kwh worth of battery storage and I’ve been trying to figure out how to use a used EV battery to expand it.

      I think I’d need the car’s computer to act as the charge controller but I’m not a hundred percent sure.

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        2 months ago

        I think you should talk to ev car converters, those companies often use Tesla parts due to their availability and could probably tell you if you need the computer. My guess would honestly be no