Thread: Tesla Powerwall

Originally Posted by Headworx

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Originally Posted by pseudolus

My electric bill ranges from 10 to 15k a month.

Wow!
Overuse, to be sure.
Shameful.

Even the most decadent households come in around 6-7k....and that's high.

Cobblers.

Cobblers indeed. My electric bill is 5.5 to 6.5 each month in a good sized condo with 2 people living in it. Lots of aircons use, water heaters, stove/oven cooking, and a washing machine would all kick the bill up but compared to what a decadent house (4 or 5 bedrooms, pool, etc) costs, it's peanuts.

Its a condo. I live in a detached 4 bedroom house. You can not compare a condo and a houae for power bills

^That's my point mate. Your consumption would easily be double+ what mine is, more so as you most likely have more than 2 people living there who also enjoy living/sleeping in an air-conditioned environment, so your 10-15k a month electric bill seems perfectly reasonable to me. Sorry if my post came across as the complete opposite of that.

^ Yup - you might have guessed that I had had a few.

^

Your power bills are more than what they would be in Perth. My friends with big houses, kids and a heap of toys would not pay that.

It's the A/C pumping up the cost but that is price one must pay for living in the tropics and have a very nice life style.

As long as one can afford it who cares.

^Terry I have a brother down there who lives in what would most definitely be called a decadent house, even by Australian standards (400+ sqm, pool, central air conditioning, etc). He has solar power set-up on his roof that normally generates more electricity than he and his wife use, and the excess goes back in the grid. I don't know exactly how it all works but at the end of most months he doesn't get a power bill, he gets credit for the following month.

Which brings up the glaring question, why isn't solar power used everywhere in Thailand?.

my bill never exceeds 1800 baht but I don't need AC and I am a tight crunt.

my bills are usually 8-10k a month.

3 fridges, 4 AC's, pool and a private snow dome.

I'm comfortable with living comfortably.

Originally Posted by Headworx

Which brings up the glaring question, why isn't solar power used everywhere in Thailand?.

Indeed. Too much incentive to not allow it to flourish by the HiSo's who know that if they really let it in, and encourage it, would never be able to compete with China... so they have to block it.

Originally Posted by baldrick

For now it is just a trendsetter option.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Plus your wife cannot show them off in the living room.

I suspect this will be the biggest market.

No mention of charge rates and how much solar one needs!

Originally Posted by Headworx

Which brings up the glaring question, why isn't solar power used everywhere in Thailand?.

Too much cloud cover to work efficiently all year long. It really needs large battery storage which is still expensive. Prices keep dropping though fortunately. New storage systens coming.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

My electric bill ranges from 10 to 15k a month.

Hasn't figured his neighbours have rigged the incoming supply yet!

Well, don't want to replace oil monopoly with lithium monopoly. Ambri company uses magnesium & antimony - Gates is an investor.

Originally Posted by Jesus Jones

Originally Posted by pseudolus

My electric bill ranges from 10 to 15k a month.

Hasn't figured his neighbours have rigged the incoming supply yet!

Funny you should say that but I did notice earlier this month that one of the exterior lights had had the cover removed along with the bulk. It was right at the back of the property hidden by a water tank..... mind you, this months bill came in at 10,300.

Global vandals.

my electric is circa 1500b

Originally Posted by Headworx

He has solar power set-up on his roof that normally generates more electricity than he and his wife use, and the excess goes back in the grid. I don't know exactly how it all works but at the end of most months he doesn't get a power bill, he gets credit for the following month.

Which brings up the glaring question, why isn't solar power used everywhere in Thailand?.

The Government had a scheme going where they paid a portion of the install bill.

It was a good deal and many punters took it on. It has stopped now.

The initial install is quite a wedge of money but if one is a large consumer of electricity it's worth it.

Don't now whether the Thais would pull it on though, the initial install and set up costs may scare many off.

Originally Posted by Nawtier

Global vandals.

My electric is circa 1500b

Of course it is,

You're one of those sad conts who have one light bulb in his humpy and moves it around from room to room.

Stalker...

Shows what a cock you are....I only have 1 room.

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Wondering if the [Nicolai] Tesla estate or descendants receive royalties for the general abuse of his name and reference?

After all, the good establishment did everything in their power to discredit and then steal the famous genius' stealth legacy.

Gees! Oh I meant GE. Damn Westinghoused again!

I read Margaret Cheney's excellent bio at his old seat in NY public Library in 1970s the man was a genius.Now for free thanks to his technologies in radio and electricity transmission

http://www.doyletics.com/arj/teslaman.pdf

He said the polyphase ac motor idea just came to him (a cording to a book I read twenty years ago). His father made him memorize bible verses. His dad was a stickler for detail, so I've read. DC was the "safe" way to transmit power then. His rivals went so far as to electrocute elephants on stage to prove AC was dangerous. DC could only travel short didstance so you needed a powerhouse on every block. The AC step up transformer brought power across great distance.

Crazey he died pennyless and lived his last years as a recluse in a high rise in NewYork paid for by his rival as he traded all for nothing really as the power trade goes.

As has been stated, not that great a solution in Thailand due to the low electric costs. I see it working well in countries where electricity is expensive, like the US. I salute the idea of using technology, but have to keep things real withm egard to repairs and parts.

My solution for outages would be a 10K diesel generator, while others are happy using candels. Not being cost effective along with lack of support and parts in Thailand stiffle using any modern technology.

^ aahhh in a nut shell rick. The people who would be interested in Tesla products... well it is not the price that they are concerned about but the smug self satisfaction of flicking on a light switch and knowing that the power for that light has come from the sun, and no gas or coal has been used to generate it.

^
I guess you have a point.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

^ aahhh in a nut shell rick. The people who would be interested in Tesla products... well it is not the price that they are concerned about but the smug self satisfaction of flicking on a light switch and knowing that the power for that light has come from the sun, and no gas or coal has been used to generate it.

And whats wrong with that ?......I will embrace that smugness as soon as I can

Me too. I love all things Tesla so far. My mate in the UK just bought the Tesla Model S... and it is stunning. If jealousy was my thing I would be jealous. Amazing though as he was a typical Big Engine Audi and Range Rover type of bloke and always poo poo'd Tesla... until he tried one out.