Our property in Clifton Creek, 20 km north of Bairnsdale, East Gippsland has been an 'Off Grid' powered home for 35 years, but recently we have put in place more modern energy efficient and reliable hardware.
Matthew from Pure Electric has been most helpful in designing a hardware set that has enabled our household to be both 'Off Grid' and all electric, using induction cooking and the highest efficiency Daikin US7 heat pump (COP 5.9) from Pure Electric.
Our workshop power requirements are far above the usual home energy needs, with high wattage power tools and welder being used daily.
But the AC coupled 8.2 kW Fronius inverter that feeds both our home micro grid and Selectronics 7.5kW battery charger inverter (both supplied by Pure Electric), gives us such a level of reliability and daily power generation that we felt confident enough to include a fully electric powered vehicle as one of our transport options.
Although we have stuck with the old technology of sealed lead acid AGM batteries, (we got them as used and therefore cost effective) before Matthew's design was implemented.
The EV on PV is something we are so proud to be able to use most days, with our own solar power being the main energy for propulsion.
On the few successive days of cloudy weather, we simply do our EV charging at our half way destination, it is a system that overcomes much of the need of a stand by generator.
The design solutions from Pure Electric have the potential to change your life, and are certainly more caring of our environment.