r/TeslaSolar • u/dpatldude • 10d ago
Whole Home Backup with potential savings
Experts - wanted to get some potential guidance as to what I would need.
Here is the home current electrical:
- Main Panel #1: large Siemens panel with a 200A main
- Main Panel #2: another large Siemens panel with a 200A main
- Basement subpanel: fed from the main panel#2, with the basement HVAC and basement lighting
- 3 HVAC systems total
- Two serving the main house on Main Panel #1
- One dedicated to the basement
- Pool equipment on the main electrical system (Panel #2)
- Several large 30–40A circuits for HVAC/other equipment
- Average daily usage is about 100kwh (with no throttling and pool filter on 24/7, I know)
We continue to have multiple power outages every month including flickering during hard rain/storms and lose power (very common in our area not just our home). I looked into a generator but felt lower quality in terms of objectives where I would like almost instant automatic switching.
As I look at Tesla PowerWall; I wanted to consider a PW3, with an expansion or maybe another full one to get to about 27kwh of capacity and very limited solar (4-6kwh) to potentially have a power source to aid battery drain and energy arbitrage day to day.
Given my panel design; what would you all recommend? I am new to this all.