<div dir="ltr"><div>Mac,</div><div><br></div><div>Our car gobbles 11,500W when it's plugged in to the grid. Even if we reduced the charge rate it would still be a heck of a draw - the chargers in the EVs are greedy. I'll be curious to hear if anyone has a solution, but my bet is that you need to give the EV a deep well to pull from (probably deeper than a battery bank or PV array can directly and consistently satisfy).</div><div><br></div><div>-Matt<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 7:55 PM Mac Lewis <<a href="mailto:maclewis1@gmail.com">maclewis1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sorry, I should have clarified, I am interested in EV charging with no grid available. I think that Solaredge requires a grid</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:51 PM Dana Orzel <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">SolarEdge<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor windowtext;border-style:none none solid;border-width:medium medium 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:medium none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">C - 208.721.7003 <a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NABCEP # 051112-136 <a href="http://www.greatsolarworks.com" target="_blank">www.greatsolarworks.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">"Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" </span></u><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green">P</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mac Lewis<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 12, 2021 5:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] PV direct EV charging<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hey wrenches,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Are there any purpose built inverters designed to charge an EV, PV direct without batteries?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Mac Lewis<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,153,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(48,90,120)">"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(104,104,104)">-Sócrates</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,153,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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