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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=black vlink=black><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What bums me out is I have clients who won’t commit to a PV system until grid compatibility(if there is any) with the Powerwall is fully understood. But I just saw it’s sold out through 2016 anyway. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gas2.org/2015/05/12/tesla-powerwall-sells-out-through-2016-brings-in-800-million/"><span style='color:blue'>http://gas2.org/2015/05/12/tesla-powerwall-sells-out-through-2016-brings-in-800-million/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Unbelievable.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Amazing all this hype, considering no one I know can get much info out of the company. Manuals and full specs are impossible to find. This article is not very complimentary for other reasons, such as financial.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>At least I can tell my customers to give up the pipe dream. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kirk Herander<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>VT Solar, LLC <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Proven PV provider since 1991<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.vermontsolarnow.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.vermontsolarnow.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>dba Vermont Solar Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NABCEP<sup>TM </sup>Inaugural Certificant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>VT RE Incentive Program Partner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>802.863.1202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com">toddcory@finestplanet.com</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com]">[mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com]</a> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 08, 2015 3:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:kirk@vtsolar.com">kirk@vtsolar.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [RE-wrenches] tesla powerwall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>a colleague in the re biz, calls these the "tesla bullshit wall". <br><br>what saddened me the most, was how few people understand reality and just want a free lunch to allow unlimited growth on a finite planet... so we have magic solar, magic wind and now, magic batteries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>"<span style='background:white'>I don’t know how an OEM can market something with so little info available."</span></span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>musk is nothing more than a cornucopian charleton marketing bulshit. you made the mistake of looking behind the curtain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>todd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>On Monday, June 8, 2015 11:51am, "Kirk Herander" <<a href="mailto:kirk@vtsolar.com">kirk@vtsolar.com</a>> said:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=SafeStyles1433790308><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I see there are a few more but not much more specs on the Tesla website. Apparently this is not much more than a battery enclosure with batteries. No inverter included. I don’t know how an OEM can market something with so little info available. No install manual, no formal spec sheet. Does anyone know if these details are available anywhere?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kirk Herander</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VT Solar, LLC </span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proven PV provider since 1991</span></b></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="www.vermontsolarnow.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.vermontsolarnow.com</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>dba Vermont Solar Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NABCEP<sup>TM </sup>Inaugural Certificant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>VT RE Incentive Program Partner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>802.863.1202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>