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Re: to bailout, or not to bailout

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Originally Posted by C1ay View Post
Food for thought.....

Even with a low capacity vehicle like you mention, 35kwh, you would more than double the average household power consumption for each vehicle you connect.
Even if that is the case, you again are mainly drawing power during off peak times when there is a surplus of electricity.
Are you also basing that on a full charge each day?

In my personal case, even if I did use 35kwh a day to charge the vehicle, I would still use less than my neighbor does running lights and heating his pool


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