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New to this forum, and already a wealth of knowledge here. I've had a lot of questions answered here that are otherwise hard to track down.
Ford's HIS is cool, and also knocking on 10k installed if you have suitable electrical service already. I am not a DIY electrical person, I hire licensed pros for that stuff even though I find it interesting.
Generally, I cant quite get a hold on what benefits this highly functional, but very expensive HIS provides over a much simpler cheaper system. I was hoping for folks to give me a sense of what they see as the clear benefits here, as I am not writing it off, just understanding what I stand to gain or lose. I also have one key complicating factor- It is now quite logical, but at the time, in snow country up in the Northeast, It made sense to install solar on a new home using Enphase Microinverters. I understand now I need an additional inverter If I were to use the FCSP for backup to convert DC energy from the truck battery, and those systems will not work in sync.
Here is the hypothetical and the question of cost benefit. Lets say I already have an interlock so I dont kill the gracious lineworker during a winter storm. Power goes out, nice sunny day, solar is cranking, even in winter, and provides all the power I need and more for critical loads on a separate critical loads panel during daylight hours. Sun goes down and I plug into the ProPower 240V NEMA L14-30R, not killing myself because the truck and main breaker are off and one end of the cord is also a receptacle, not a plug.
I won't have the full 40a service the HIS provides. I am losing some power through efficiency loss I assume since I am feeding ac power. There are inherent dangers that it seems can be reasonably overcome with known and common solutions. I can power all of the critical loads In home, and have a woodstove to heat. I might even be able to power an induction cooktop if I am selective in what loads are drawing when I do (a few lights, well pump). There is also the ability from the enphase system to recharge the truck during the day if I keep my loads as low as possible, and keep snow off the panels.
Where am I very likely wrong, or what else does this ~$9300 HIS investment get me over a much cheaper solution that serves most of my needs in an outage.
Ford's HIS is cool, and also knocking on 10k installed if you have suitable electrical service already. I am not a DIY electrical person, I hire licensed pros for that stuff even though I find it interesting.
Generally, I cant quite get a hold on what benefits this highly functional, but very expensive HIS provides over a much simpler cheaper system. I was hoping for folks to give me a sense of what they see as the clear benefits here, as I am not writing it off, just understanding what I stand to gain or lose. I also have one key complicating factor- It is now quite logical, but at the time, in snow country up in the Northeast, It made sense to install solar on a new home using Enphase Microinverters. I understand now I need an additional inverter If I were to use the FCSP for backup to convert DC energy from the truck battery, and those systems will not work in sync.
Here is the hypothetical and the question of cost benefit. Lets say I already have an interlock so I dont kill the gracious lineworker during a winter storm. Power goes out, nice sunny day, solar is cranking, even in winter, and provides all the power I need and more for critical loads on a separate critical loads panel during daylight hours. Sun goes down and I plug into the ProPower 240V NEMA L14-30R, not killing myself because the truck and main breaker are off and one end of the cord is also a receptacle, not a plug.
I won't have the full 40a service the HIS provides. I am losing some power through efficiency loss I assume since I am feeding ac power. There are inherent dangers that it seems can be reasonably overcome with known and common solutions. I can power all of the critical loads In home, and have a woodstove to heat. I might even be able to power an induction cooktop if I am selective in what loads are drawing when I do (a few lights, well pump). There is also the ability from the enphase system to recharge the truck during the day if I keep my loads as low as possible, and keep snow off the panels.
Where am I very likely wrong, or what else does this ~$9300 HIS investment get me over a much cheaper solution that serves most of my needs in an outage.
