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Old 07-17-2014, 01:53 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by I_H8_Crawford View Post
One of my friends who is an electrician was telling me that there is some form of "smart" electrical grid (terms probably wrong) that you can have in your house.

What it will apparently do is be smart enough to charge you car overnight when rates are lower, and then if your car remains plugged in and is fully charged during peak energy times, it will actually DRAW power from the car to provide your home with power, thus saving you some energy costs.

No idea how that works, or how you program it, but a damn cool idea if implemented correctly.
You'd also need a converter of some fashion to go from DC to AC somewhere in your house.
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