I agree. Our peak use is January, bill shows 798 kwh per month, which would be 66 kwh per day. If I’m figuring this right, we’d get a whopping hour of “free” electricity.
January is one of our shortest day months, probably 8 - 9 hours of day light. Half of those days are clouded over for snow.
January is our coldest month with actual temps often minus 30F for a low and 0F for a high.
Like the electric cars this stuff is utter crap for the extreme cold northern tier states.
A propane generator is the way to go with a buried tank.
I’ve heard diesel is better.
Sounds akin to the cheapo flashlight batteries that die after a very short period of use.
Many people will buy into this Tesla deal simply because they will NOT do the math and simply "feel good" because they have a BACK UP system.
Has similarities to it much like Obamacare. Sounds good on paper. Just don't try to use it to SAVE money.