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chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Awesome to see BYD continue to innovate! I wish Tesla continued to push on powertrain improvements like this rather than making a triangle shaped truck.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Can back feed when the grid is up. Can't back feed when the grid is out. It has an onboard relay to disconnect from the grid when there is an outage.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
100% right!
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Yes, it has 4 outlets and can turn them off automatically based on your priority settings.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
This is mostly correct. One additional feature is that it can back feed when the grid is up. This allows you to save money on your energy, charging when energy is cheap or from solar and discharging when energy is expensive.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
I agree!
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Yes, absolutely!
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Yes & no, there are two reasons to push power back: 1- to save money on energy, charge when cheap discharge when expensive. Pila can do this. 2- to backup. Pila can’t do this. It can only backup appliances plugged into it.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Suicide cords are from dumb generators. Pila has smart safety controls that don’t feed power back through the plug unless it’s connected to grid.

Utah just passed a law allowing this & Germany has allowed it for years.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
I think the modern path for new builds is a SPAN Panel which adds an MID, breaker level load control, & flexibility of install.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Correct, integration is key for a seamless consumer experience.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Pila can only back feed on-grid. Pila has a built in Microgrid Interconnect Device (MID). When an outage is detected, like Powerwall Pila opened the MID and continues to power downstream loads that are plugged into Pila.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
How will you power your fridge when the car isn’t home?
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Great question, our device has a metal case that offers much better thermal performance than your typical camping battery.

Yes, you can boil a kettle with it!
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Generators in this price point are loud, low power, unreliable, & even require maintenance.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
There is a MID (Microgrid Interconnect Device) built into the battery which opens when there is a grid outage. During an outage power is only supplied to devices plugged into Pila.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
This only backs up appliances plugged into it.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
I think offering financing & working with utilities to further reduce the price will be a key unlock for more affordability.
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Challenge accepted
chadconway
·el año pasado·discuss
Yes & in Utah.