> More likely they just want to be seen as hip and serving their customers as a single unit isn't going to going to let you run your house fully during an outage and buying multiple units to support a power user typical wattage need and who else besides those types are buying into this?
Tesla's site says "Each Powerwall has a 7 kWh energy storage capacity, sufficient to power most homes during the evening using electricity generated by solar panels during the day."
As long as you're not turning on every light in the house, I'd imagine it could handle a couple hours of outage, particularly in Vermont where the need for A/C is limited. Might not want to run an electric stove, but it'd certainly power a few lights, phone chargers, and a gas furnace.
As long as those lights are LEDs, you could turn them all on. As you said, you're only powering light loads like lights, chargers, and the ignition and blower on a gas furnace.
Tesla's site says "Each Powerwall has a 7 kWh energy storage capacity, sufficient to power most homes during the evening using electricity generated by solar panels during the day."
As long as you're not turning on every light in the house, I'd imagine it could handle a couple hours of outage, particularly in Vermont where the need for A/C is limited. Might not want to run an electric stove, but it'd certainly power a few lights, phone chargers, and a gas furnace.