Will you be cooking with your 50amp stove during an outage? Probably not. The other everyday outlets in your home can easily be handled with the Truck's power, along with air conditioning and refrigeration, all at the same time.

NOBODY DOES, EVER, even on a regular basis.Ĥ0amp at 240v is a LOT of power for most ANY home - we're not talking about doing EVERYTHING at once, since you don't even do that on a daily basis, but having the BASICS when a power outage is going to be a long-term problem.Īir Conditioning is the primary concern, and where most of the power needs come from, as well as REFRIGERATION, although fridges and freezers take a LOT LESS power, and don't even run 24/7. When you look at the real need for any 'whole house' power, which is for SPECIFIC catastrophic or power outage situations, no, you won't need anything NEAR the 'full' 200amp power that your panel box is rated for. Given the cost involved of the inverter and installation (starting around $9,600), you might be better off getting a whole house generator that runs on natural gas (around $10,000 to $20,000 installed), then you can power your entire house and charge your truck regardless of weather conditions or the length of time the utility power is out. You can't use an 80 amp power source to power a 200 amp rated panel. If you have a 200 map main panel, legally the electrical codes will likely require that a sub panel be installed with just the lights and plugs that will match the inverter output capacity. The average home without air-conditioning, swimming pools or other major electrical appliances uses 15 to 25 KWH per day. Ford's marketing information is based on using 30 KWH per day. The truck is limited to supplying about 80 amps, or 9.6 KWH, assuming the E10_BDI is used. Per the Ford spec sheet the Home Integration System they are advertising is actually made by Delta Electronics, Freemont CA, 87. Neither Ford or SunRun (after 8 calls) can answer the technical questions about how the Lighting can actually be used to power the house, questions like does it have a transfer switch (needed to isolate the backup power from the power company) (yes), does it generate a sine ware and can it be used with an existing PV system (both answers are not clear).

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