[DannyElectruk]

Hey everyone, sorry if I am not posting in the right area. I was hoping that on the days I work from home (all but 2 days a month) that I could power my home with the truck batteries and then recharge them at night. Even if I do go out to the grocery store or for dinner I'll have plenty of miles left on the battery for my daily usage. Someone on Reddit mentioned that the truck batteries can only output 9.6kW and that it won't be enough for me to power my home with the AC in the GA summer heat. Is this correct? Have I completely misunderstood the intelligent home backup power? I was going to speak with my electrician tomorrow about it but figured I would ask ya'll here as well in case someone here might be able to educate me further. Thanks so much!

 

[Avalanche 3.0]

I think an electrician will give much better answers than random folks on a forum. That said, the 9.6 kW is the nominal power available at the 240v outlet on your F150L if so equipped. Show your electrician your electric usage from last year and that should provide the info needed to estimate your power needs. Using the Ford home back up power system allows you to draw more power than is available from the 240V outlet in the bed of the truck.

 

[Leaf to Lightning : )]

30amp at 240v of power is completely enough to power most any home's air conditioner, since most a/c units of the larger size use a 30amp 240v breaker - the output to the air conditioner is at it's highest for a 1/4 second when the compressor 'kicks on' at the start, and the a/c then uses closer to 20amps or even less while actually 'running', whether for 10 minutes or 10 hours.

The ProPower from the truck's battery pack can either be accessed from the 240v 30amp outlet from the bed, ready to go, or you can certainly choose to pay the additional $5,000 to $10,000 for the additional ProCharger and Inverter and related home equipment to allow the truck to just 'plug in' to your home, during an outage, or, as you suggest, to possibly 'run' your home during the hot daylight expensive hours, while then 'charging' from the grid during the overnight 'lower' rate timing.

I think this idea, though, is not going to be efficient for the long term. While the battery is able to do this, having this output and input constantly day in and day out, while also using the truck to 'drive' somewhere at other times, may not be practical, and you may find that the battery wears out well before you might expect it to.
One of the issues is that you are trying to defeat the incoming grid power, when your truck is parked and available for output, but you then need that grid power when you need to drive the truck. That sounds like a lot of 'manual' transferring of power on a constantly needed basis. If looking to automate that you'll be spending a LOT more money than just using the grid power to power the home on a daily basis like the rest of us.


It's an idea, but probably not a good, or practical, or even financial one, in the long run.

 

[Avalanche 3.0]

Also there are battery charging inefficiencies approx 10% that need to be factored in. There may also be inefficiencies on the battery discharge as well. Something to consider.

 

[Voltz]

I think an electrician will give much better answers than random folks on a forum. That said, the 9.6 kW is the nominal power available at the 240v outlet on your F150L if so equipped.
Using the Ford home back up power system allows you to draw more power than is available from the 240V outlet in the bed of the truck.

30 Amps, 7.2 kW is available from the 240 V outlet in the bed from a NEMA L14-30 receptacle in the bed
40 Amps, 9.6 kW is available for the intelligent home backup system through the DC pins of the CCS charging port supplying a home inverter system you buy and have installed. Equipment is about $4000.

 

[DannyElectruk]

Thank you everyone so much for your great feedback. My electrician is going to call me on Monday, he said he was being trained this week to install these systems and should have a ton more information for me come Monday. That being said, I appreciate ya'lls concerns. I guess we will have to see but if I can power my home during via the battery and have juice left over for an evening trip then I am definitely going to be doing it! I live 5 miles outside of Atlanta proper so my daily trips are never more than 40 miles round trip. Even when I do go into the office downtown it's only 13-15 miles one way depending on which route I take. So even if I only have 1/4 of battery left after a tough day I should easily be able to make it into the city for a concert or dinner and back without too much range anxiety, especially since I chose my town in particular due to how many backroads and non highway options I have to get into the city and back without having to worry about getting on a highway once. Thanks again, ya'll! I will definitely be updating after I speak with my electrician next week.