Gravity in a windstorm + power outage

[XTesla]

We just went through a large windstorm in Colorado ... 2 days of winds in excess of 100mph at the nearest weather station.

At the end of the school day there were a bunch of windows at the school being blown in by the wind, and we had to pick up our daughter during the 100mph gusts. It required a bunch of effort to push the door open (had to open the window first) but managed to get out of the car. Trunk opened and shut just fine, passenger door opened and shut fine (downwind side). Driving we were barely aware of the wind. Overall the car just worked fine in the wind, no problems. I think comparing weight to surface area there isn't a better car around for high winds.

Then there was the 23 hour power outage. We had solar+powerwall... but with the cloudy days we tried to use that just for the hardwired furnace and a couple of other hardwired things. To save on powerwall use we ran both our fridges on the Gravity. No problems, used 2 miles of range for each hour we were doing this (running 2 fridges and I guess the inverter).

Suggestion for others: Make sure you have a few long heavy duty extension cords at the ready for a power outage, and try to have an efficient way to heat the house without using much electricity, and see if you can have your furnace on a plug instead of hardwired.

Feature request for Lucid: I know that Tesla a couple of years ago promised that if you had a powerwall and CT that the CT would effectively boost the powerwall in size by 100kWh. Tesla has yet to deliver on that promise. Would be great if the Gravity could do that too!
If not then maybe coopt the 850w balcony solar rule to create a device that provided up to 850w to the homes with backup batteries.

 

[bicycleguy]

We just went through a large windstorm in Colorado ... 2 days of winds in excess of 100mph at the nearest weather station.
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Then there was the 23 hour power outage. We had solar+powerwall... but with the cloudy days we tried to use that just for the hardwired furnace and a couple of other hardwired things. To save on powerwall use we ran both our fridges on the Gravity. No problems, used 2 miles of range for each hour we were doing this (running 2 fridges and I guess the inverter).

Can't run my ~ 200W refrigerator, the surge current at turn on, measured at 15A, is apparently too much. This is a 30 year old 22cuft Amana. Wonder what kind of refrigerators you have.

 

[Saksak]

As a new Gravity owner, I had to try this out as we get power outages. Plugging our fridge and stand alone freeze into the Gravity works! No more throwing away food after extended power outages!

Our fridge/freeze combo (LG, 28 Cu Ft, manual dated 2021) is rated 350 W and stand-alone freezer (Frigidaire 20.5 Cu Ft, manual dated 2008) is 600 W, well below the 1.8 kW limit for the Gravity outlet. I waited until the compressors kicked in for my testing - no problems with surge current.