Solar + Double Sunpower Sunvault Lithium LiFePO4 26kwh Battery Backup | Full Install & Results
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024
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Total panels: 42 Sunpower X22
Battery type: 2x 13kwh Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4)
This solar system start to finish took a long time. The process started in April 2022 and due to product shortages, the install didn't start until the end of August 2022. They got it functional, the meter was spinning backwards at a fast rate! But due to a new PG&E requirement, they had to make major changes to the Sunpower app which delayed the actual finalization of the battery backup system. It took a couple extra months for them to get it working. So here we are at the end of October and it FINALLY is all working. I wanted to give it some time to show the results for this time of year anyway. Obviously, it should be even more powerful (the panel output) in the middle of summer with lots of daylight hours. Right now the time just changed so it isn't everything it can be with limited sun. But it is still awesome! Our bill is dropping at a fast pace and the peace of mind with the battery backup (while retaining our whole-house generator just in case) is something we really like!
As stated in the video, once "peak rates" start kicking in (4-9pm typically) the battery bank starts supplying the house which also cuts the bill down. It does that for the entire night until it reaches my specified reserve capacity. They recommend 20% reserve but i like to keep at least 60% when there is no threat of a looming outage. If i know there could be trouble (heavy wind, rain or snow) i can put it into "reserve mode" and keep 100% ready at all times. It is a really nice system! I will check back next summer and let you guys know how it did all winter long and how it will be doing when it has much better sun. So far so good! Thanks for watching if you did!
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I’ll bet $50 bucks. Won’t be 30days if not now. Steve already thinking about CNC ing out a acrylic cover with led backlit for the panels
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Soon to have another 2 battery banks with XS Power Lipos 😅
@@dirtyminerapparel lol I can see how you miss understood my comment. I was talking about the PANEL the actual electrical panel. Not the solar panels. 😂.
One thing I'd suggest is make sure your shingles are brand new. If there say 10 years old just re roof your house with good quality materials and then install the panels. Saves a lot of work later and roofs aren't the pricey. Steve your the man. Been here for a long ass time and love how far you have come. Much props on every thing you do and done.
Had 13.25kw installed this week (up from a 20yr old 1.5kw system), is battery ready, and is pumping out a lazy 50kw/ day here in sunny Queensland, Australia. Had the installers fit a "Shore Power" point to plug in a Genset.
Total cost was $16,500 AUD installed.
Got a $2000 credit towards a battery as part of the deal. Its slow, but slowly i am getting our house closer to being off grid.
in italy, my family bought similar system. 6.6kw panels and 20.8kw battery lithium/graphene. we live in sicily, all winter days solar panels produce like 18kw per day, in summer is like 25/26kw per day. electricity costs like 0.40€/kw and it's crazy. we bought an electric car and we drive without petrol from more of 2 years (1.60€/liter diesel and 1.68€/liter gasoline, that's crazy) thanks to out solar panels and batteries. it's fantastic. glad to see your videos :)
I’m a Powerline Technician & trust me this is a great investment. It’s good when you out of town ppl are without power though, that make us PLT’S money😂😂🇯🇲🇨🇦
I have been watching your channel and recommending for 10+ years. I love your passion and co-workers. Superb videos everytime.
What up Steve!
I ran into you at the gas station last Saturday.
It was nice to meet you bro! Thanks for chatting with me!
right on brotha very nice to meet you!
I have 16.7 kw of solar.
Pool, 3 refrigerators, 2 freezers, spa, 2700 sqft AC set 72 year around.
True up is $144/yr.
You will love it.
I haven't done batteries.
Edit: Add bird guards around your solar panels, especially considering where you live
Wonder if putting a couple of fake owls would help with the bird issues.
this home is 3300sf and i have the same stuff....3 refrigerators, a deep freeze, an ice maker, pool pump etc. The panels are making a huge difference so far though. I don't see many birds trying to land on my roof or my panels hardly ever. This is the forest. They prefer tree's.
@@notsure1872 i have no bird issues.
@@meade916 Fair enough. You do have beautiful trees that I do not have. Enjoy the improved reliability of your power
have solar as well. Fed rebate up to 30% now! Well worth it. Waiting to do the batts next. My bill last month was 62 bucks compared to 350.
Damn those power cables are no joke. Power of the sun! Great idea.
Solar saved my wallet. I was paying $200+ per month for electricity in my apartment. When I moved to the new house with solar (no battery backup), the bill dropped to an avg of less than $50 a month for more than double the living space.
i’m happy to see Sunpower installed. The 280 lbs is called main. There’s also same unit called Expansion. it’s lightweight coz it doesn’t have the inventor , just holds the battery. With main and Expansion combined, can do everything with it including welding. I did assemble them in Bloomington,Minnesota. (Dalsin Industries). That’s the best of the solar power you got. That’s some power you will love. Tesla isn’t even close. It’s well built.
Dude I've been following you for too damn long and never woulda thought you'd be getting into solar and batteries. Dude you rock. Thank you for this vid.
Needless to say Steve runs a highly successful audio business!! New house and new solar in an economic depression…keep pushing brotha people have no idea what it takes to achieve somethin like this being self employed…
actually we got the house before all that russia shit started. The solar took a lil longer to get done because the world is a fucked up place right now...but other than that thanks! :)
Nice addition been thinking of solar myself.
Edit: 1200$ electric bill is crazy. Highest I've had in Texas this year was 300.
Keep up the videos Steve been watching for 15 years
Thank you for explaining how the system works and what it does, very much appreciated! Dope purchase.
Very cool. Installers looked very professional. Good company
I build a System a few years back myself (Not even half as Big as yours but it fits our needs). Recently switched to Lifepo4 Batteries and just loving it !
Also I'm kinda addicted to follow the Numbers on the System !
I hope you'll like it as much as we do !
that is awesome the guys really know what they are doing ...i would like to do solar one day ...
Nice setup and awesome seeing you go solar! Ive got around the same panels but only 10kw battery in the city. In the future id like to add another battery though. Cool seeing more and more people going solar. Ive enjoyed it this past year.
It’s good to see the IS-F💪🏾
Damn Steve, them some crazy power bills man...hope the solar pays off in the first year!
That is amazing, living that far out of the city you do need to have a backup plan
Nice video! I think solar power is the way to go, in the future I think most houses will have solar power, my friend has an off the grid set up on his camp house and it works flawless! Great content Steve!!
Definitely keep us informed as time goes on. I wonder what the lifespan of a solar panel is and if over time they become less effective than new. Clean install as well congrats dude.
I foresee a few trees going away. My repair shop is almost totally solar and still have more panels to install. But I am a DIY solar off grid system. Didn't have the flow in the wallet to have a big professional install like that. Very nice setup. The shade is a killer for solar. Good luck buddy. MORE VIDS on this.
Hey Steve your house is nice. It give me motivation to keep grinding so someday I can own something like that. Dope video 🤝🏾💪🏾
thanks Rome!
Beautiful home Steve! Congrats on the success. Hard work pays off 🙌🏽
thank you sir. I appreciate ya.
Cant wait to see what the solar panels are producing right in the middle of summer!
Yes, we need an update. Plus, I want to know is Sunpower good to deal with. Looking to maybe replace a Tesla system. Thxs
I'd be interested to see your subscriber retention rate. Your videos are always quality content and have been since day dot.
Keep up that solid work!
glad you are going with batteries with your system, i see these guys go crazy with their panels but not a single battery, so when the grid is down they dont have power... lol anyway just like always you are doing it right
batteries were more important to me than the actual solar TBH....where we live the power can easily go out anytime. LOL
Love to see you still making videos been subscribed since 11 November 2012
Love the move. Want it in my house also!
Presentation with everything on,, everything, every speaker, ac max, ev charging off the grid. Fun presentation and nice home.
I found in April is a good time to Clean the panels. Thats right before production really kicks in. June is usually the highest production month for me. You system looks awesome.
thats bad ass thanks for letting me know wat it takes to do all that nice you got a power plan in every ride you have plus your house 💪🏽
Beautiful home and congratulations! Hard work 👊🏻🙏🏻
you can change the old AC and get an inverter unit to be able to use it off grid plus inverter ACs are heat pumps
And a heat pump is more efficient for heating than electric heaters
my solar runs the AC just fine. The battery bank doesn't like it though. I know i can convert it to a soft-start but to me that is pointless as i will never run my AC off the batteries. It would deplete them too fast.
Thanks for showing us this it really helpful you showed install and how the power works day and night
That’s definitely a killer investment. Dam near like having a pool installed from scratch. But I’m sure the value just went up even further Hopefully houses in this area are crazy high priced like everywhere else in California
Pretty badass Steve.👍 Steve I know they might say you don't need it but maybe some type of support for heavy battery banks. Take the load off wall just a thought bro. 🤔👍🤛🤛
the wall is fine. Thanks!
He was in the house right next to the cookie jar. Cookie jar needs restock soon mr boss man
already re-fillled. haha
Can you do a video on price of install, and how much money your saving on your bills?
Awesome video Steve! Beautiful home, and beautiful install! SunPower SunVault FTW! I’m sure you’ll be happy, awesome documentation of your install.
Thanks for the video! I’m about to sign with Sunpower for a very similar setup. Questions :-):
1) What capacity are your batteries?
2) Would be great to see a Timelapse of the screen with the batteries charging and then discharging on a normally sunny day.
Big house, big bills! I built my system after getting into lithium for the car audio habit. Turns out I really like having lights in my house when everyone else in my hood is dark n cold. Backup power ftw baby! Glad your set for the winter storms. A bad ass generator is something I'm lacking for sure. A 3 kw generator ain't gon do shit lol
I have a single battery sunpower system.. my pseg bill is $5 for the past 3 months. My old pseg bill was $500..
Mine was installed late July 2022.. no hiccups
The battery runs the house at night.
What's your solar bill?
I have 4 inverters and 19kw of solar panels with 86,000 watt hours of Lithium
Please also consider doing a blower door test, after addressing those results it'll hugely improve your homes efficiency and bottom dollar.
Congratulations great job!
I wouldn't be surprised if we see Steve Meade on the forbes list and then some! MTV needs to pay a visnt to Steves crib!
What a beautifull home steve :) love it. That installation was hard work, it will work really niceeee.
thanks Daniel!
When are you going to finish up your living room home theater set up with those big ass subs? I think you were supposed to make enclosures for them.
when i get time i will.
Would love to see a 1 year update!
When it's time to re-do the shingles that will be a pain in the ass. lol
Insurance paid for my solar panels to be removed and reinstalled when they did my roof.
That's a great idea. But i can imagen the price on dose panels plus labor. But to me that's a good investment, i don't have to worry about power outage. Love it. Thanks for the video. Have a nice holiday. Take care
Looks like you can put more panels if you needed it that's awesome man thanks for sharing your experience with us man that's great 👍 👌 😀 is that 4 battery's 2 in one
My power bill is about 300 average. Here in Florida, we have a bunch of solar farms.
The technology is insane to me. Here in Florida, we have few huge solar farms feeding entire housing developments. Interesting stuff!
Super nice gaff I'm jelly
Pushing till the wheels fall off
Damn 1200 a month damn I start tearing up at 200 a month
My bill is $31.00 and I tear up. (Apartment).
I live in an apartment, very small one and my electric bill in summer is almost $300 in saint Louis, Missouri. I don't get it.
Power wall who? You have a legit power corner!
You are gonna need the extra Power for those SLi 4090 Ti's
That's cool thank you Steve!!
Beautiful home!
thanks!
Nice I install these on the East coast greenlogic solar
i think you did a great job getting them installed your the MAN my dude
your text that i won is not showing up here
steve someone is using your logo to get money out of me i know this isnt you
that drone shot was neat!
STEVE get a Lightning Rod system set up on your house next bro :) good stuff :) OG
why do i need a lightning rod? lol...but thanks man!
Just got my battery and panels installed. Only been a day, super excited. How long did it take you to get permission to Operate after installation. I'm sitting on 9.5kwh with one sunvault 22panels.
We have really been wanting to add solar to our place here in Fl. Just haven't had time yet to do a lot of research on what company or what size system to go with. Looking forward to updates on your system.
California - you must buy electric cars charged by our grid. Also California, we're turning your electricity off because out grid can't handle the load right now. Solar with battery backup in the only way to go right now. Unless the sun flames out, which would be the end of the world, you will have power. I'm about to do a solar with battery backup for just a few fridges and freezers and such. I plan on running it at 12 volts, so I can also wire up car amps to power my subs in my home theater room. My energy costs are lower in Georgia, but the thought of saving a bit each month, in addition to having backup power in case of emergency makes me feel better for the safety of my family. Beautiful house, can't wait to see what you do with the theater set-up with the 2 32's.
Cool video seeing the installation.
Put some on the tahoe for bassin on a sunny day yo.
lol
Nice setup man!
Really informative video, what influenced your decision when choosing a solar company to go with? I'm considering solar myself but not sure what brand I want to go with. But I appreciate this video, nice to know what to look forward to.
You guys have some crazy power prices per kW/h I will complain less about the prices here lol. Awesome video as usual though :-D
Really wish he'd make hobby grade rc parts for arrma and traxxas
Solar life 🤛
Cool... Hope it pays for itself brother
If you want to add the ac to your battery system you can get a soft start, That's what I did.
i know, i read about it. But honestly, if the power does go out, i will not be running AC and killing the batts faster. I will be conserving for sure. The heater wouldn't be too bad but we never use our heater. We have a wood burning stove we use all winter :)
Probably add more batteries and panels later I'm sure there is upgrade options pretty cool system 😎
Thank you SMD.
I have 25 panels in Washington State. What I paid for electricity I pay for the monthly payment for the panels plus some electricity from the city. If my panels were paid off maybe my bill would be less in the summer.
What kind of incentive's does the government offer? I've been hearing them preach about it on the television. Lol
I SUPPORT 🤘 I hope they can upgrade from this to
Nice solar array, crazy how much of those cabinets are the inverters though. Having the peace of mind far outweighs the cost of a system like this where you know when SHTF you forget the power even went out.
Curious as to how everyone in the comments pays per kW not including their base rate. BC CAN its $.09 a kW up to 1350 kWh then raises to $.14 a kW after that.
saving money on my bill was secondary to the battery backup system for us. Peace of mind is everything. In most cases we won't even know the power is out until i get a notification on my phone from the app :D
I'll be really interested to hear what you think of the batteries over time. I just got a 10kW system with 20kWh of batteries, and honestly I wish I had gotten double the batteries that I got. 20kWh seems like a lot, but it's not enough to run my whole house overnight, so I still have a few hours where I'm importing power from the grid. Late at night so the power is cheaper, but still I was hoping for 100% self-powered, and I didn't get that.
This was dope. Is this the type that the City will pay you for unused power?
they'll give him a power bill credit for 30 cents on the dollar for the power he sends to them
Nice house bro
thank you sir.
Curious to know an approx number you got from the electric company for selling back power.
Would love to seen an update. In a view months I will be putting in a 34 panel Sunpower 425W system with two sun vaults. Also, did you put a UPS on your Internet Wifi to solve for the disconnect time between power failure and the sun vault turning on?
Glad your reviewing the battery banks. I have 55 panels and it's a scam direct loop w the electric Co. Want to change to your exact setup pretty much. Please let us know on performance to cost ratio too b. Thx n God bless bass brother!!!!
Dam that's a nice system 🤘🏽🇺🇸. Question is are you able to add more panels later on if you aren't producing enough power?
Awesome video! Just curious if they needed to add any support on the wall with the battery panels?
the wall is strong enough to hold. He didn't fasten to the siding, he is in the studs obviously LOL.
Have you considered having some of those trees removed or topped off to increase sunlight exposure?
i am now! LOL. But really by the time those tree's get in the way, the sun is already going down. We get a really solid day on the panels before that happens. But i am eyeballing that one shadow for sure.
I never realized how much those small shadows can affect solar performance until I watched EEvblog's video on it.
How many amp hours are those Steve? Love it to yo, this is my goal for my pad as well.
was hoping you'd be using xs power wall
XS doesn't have a power wall. Sorry, no home made shit on this install. If i had a cabin in the woods and was 100% off grid i would, but you can't just do that here and think you are gonna tie into the grid. It don't work that way.
Those dude thought they were getting a tip 😂😢
damn I thought my 600 to 800 month pwr. bill was bad. Could you do a follow up in a few months or maybe a follow up in 12 months Kwh Imprted/used/generated by solar/ sold back to the grid if you guys do that? Maybe a cost/ROI over time? I think in the future there will be more of a focus on the concepts of Micro-Grid's. Edit: 15 min in to the video. That system is BAD @$$!!!
I have a question, what's the price on something like that setup u had install?