This $40,000 Tesla Solar & Powerwall Setup Is The Ultimate Home Power Station
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- Опубликовано: 24 мар 2024
- Kyle is visiting New York to see Rob's home setup with a Tesla Solar & Powerwall paired with a Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Super cool! Out of Spec Energy? Maybe...
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Would anyone be interested in an energy channel? Wouldn't really be car related but more on the production, distribution, storage, and usage of everything energy!
Duhhhhh
Hell yes. Full send, please. This is very important, and was, for me, an important pre-requisite to have in place before buying an EV.
Yes. So many avenues to go down.
I would love it, but please try not to make it all about Tesla. I would argue most home solar installations are not Tesla systems and they don’t operate in a LOT of states.
@@ScoobyFermentationit would be a lot of grid scale stuff, mostly beyond home energy
Been living with a setup like this for almost 4 years. Life is good being your own utility company.
you still need the grig lol...
Especially him. Over 50% of his power is grid power.
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You do if you size your system to take advantage of net metering. But you can obviously size your system such that you can live completely off the grid. However, why do that when, as was mentioned, you have net metering?
Now with that said, electric suppliers are getting scared and are forcing politicians to change the rules on net metering, such that while it still exists, maybe they sell you electricity at 20cents per kWh, but they only buy it from you at 4. In cases like that, if you still want to go solar, it makes sense to have more storage (preferably LFP, which can handle more charge/discharge cycles) and live off of battery power at night, so you're using the grid less and less.
I’m in the same boat. Installed solar and battery first in 2019, sized to accommodate going all electric eventually, and then added EV, heat pump and heat pump-driven water heater. The gas line is locked by the utility now, couldn’t use it even if I wanted to.
Same. Purchased a total of 2 kw from the grid last month. Yeah, that'll do. And running 2 x EV's.
Undecided with Matt Ferrel said in one of his videos that there was a Tesla bug that was overstating power production. He said Marques Brownlee had the same bug. Maybe that explained the 15 kw production on a 10kw system.
It was showing double the actual output so quite possible. That is, Marquez and Matt were showing double the amount of output compared to what they were getting.
That’s right, it’s a known bug. Generating more KW than the rated power defies physics, so it’s obviously wrong. Can’t believe Tesla solar hasn’t fixed this bug for all users already.
Yes, this. It is important that this be mentioned.
It is hard to figure out when the charge the battery. It depends on what you’re using, what you used, and the weather the next day. Why charge full if it’s sunny. And then do the inverters support and smart controls? Don’t think so.
Tesla misstating facts like with their EPA mileage fantasies? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked!🤯
2 minutes in and I'm so jealous. That's exactly the home setup I want.
All good except for HOA, a layer of "the man sticking it to you" I wouldn't tolerate.
I wonder what's the point of batteries when you have net metering? Avoid 3h downtime in the last 2 years?
Dropping in to say I enjoy your other videos too but this subject is usually more interesting to me. I can't afford a $90k EV, but solar can actually pay for itself over time so it's something more likely to be in my future. Your friend was very gracious to allow the access and to answer questions at the end. Sweet guy, and a good look for the solar/EV community to have people like him evangelizing!
Love my PowerWalls! They were awesome during our last Hurricane. We lived off grid for 11 days!
I only have one but man it is so awesome when the power goes out. So far we have only lost power a couple of times for a few hours each time but the only way I knew is the notification on my phone from the power wall. The switch over was instant.
We installed a 11.5 kw system a year ago, and I love it. After rebates it ended up costing about the same as a Camry and now I've got free electricity for the rest of my life.
Free? You just pre-paid and if the power goes out, you also lose power. You did nothing to help yourself or improve anything. You now has an added risk, another company to deal with and no upside. Unless you spent another Camry's worth of cash for batteries, total waste of money.
Well, maybe only if you plan on living 10-15 more years. Contrary to people what are told/think, batteries and solar panels do not last forever. And, they also lose performance over the years even prior to their ultimate failure. They also "break" and do need periodic maintenance with circuit boards, wiring and battery issues. A person would need have a *significant* electric bill to even remotely justify this over a short 10-15 year period.
@@markmonroe7330 30 year warranty, so that's why I say the rest of my life.
@@markmonroe7330 most solar panels have a 25 or 30 year power output guarantee of over 80% of original capacity. Panels won't break, there are no moving parts. The inverter will die after maybe 10-15 years. I have a 10 year old EV and the battery is fine, still on around 75% of capacity. The reason solar has been adopted all over the world is because of its reliability.
Solar cells lose efficiency every year. So you will slowly lose efficiency. Large hail can also destroy them. Just look what happened to a huge solar farm in Texas.
I installed a DIY 10kW 30 panel system for $5000. I made a video about it to make people realize that the systems can be cheap and DIY friendly if you employ a simple ground mount design, and are willing to tackle a relatively simple project on your own. I did this with no prior experience in this area or special equipment or tools. This is the real goal with electric cars, to have the ability to power them with the sun. I don’t have a battery back up yet, but I will be getting my cybertruck in about a month and hopefully with the provided gateway, will be able to use it as a battery back up and have the ability to charge it with the solar panels. I am grid only at this point. Looking forward to the content.
Would you mind posting a link to that video you made? And did you buy the panels used or new?
@@XDRoX619 I'm assuming this is the vid ruclips.net/video/t35PsE61Jd0/видео.html
I went through a 10 day outage from a hurricane 5 years ago. I spent that time researching solar. I installed a system like this with 3 powerwalls and I have coasted through multiple hurricane outages since then.
Great great info! Yes, we need more of this.
I have powerwalls and solar. I charge my cars off the grid at night and export during the day. I live in CA so the cost savings is significant, I can get back over 2x the energy I export. I believe energy storage in general is part of the overall long term benefit of EVs that detractors are missing. Picking up renewable energy and storing it for later will benefit everyone, and better energy storage will come directly out of the mass production of batteries for EVs.
Tesla's integration here is next level Apple grade stuff. I am so impressed with the integration and the continuous adding of features, the "overflow solar into the car" being one of them. One negative I can see is you can't set a charge limit on the batteries so they do charge up to 100% every day. In theory that is not good for the powerwall's battery chemistry. In the winter I run my batteries down as little as I can and still arbitrage rates, however during the summer I need all the power I can get from them to run my two AC units so they get run down a lot lower then.
Exactly! His changes make no sense but cycling cells for nothing. Produce during the day to the grid. Consume from the grid during the night.
What power wall battery system do you have?
powerwalls are all LFP, so charging them to 100% is perfectly fine. Their cycle life is crazy long
@@MidnightO42 Powerwall 2s ? I have powerwall 2s. I could never find any concrete info from Tesla but the internet seems to think Powerwall 2 is nickel cobalt manganese.
@@blanketwodahs6741Fairly sure. You can confirm it yourself by dividing the kWh for the unit by it's weight. Per google: LFP batteries in EV applications were initially resisted, primarily because an NMC battery has an energy density of 150 to 300 Wh/kg while LFP battery cells have an energy density of 90 to 160 Wh/kg.
based on powerall 2 specifications, I got ~122 wh/kg - squarely in the lfp range
Rob is my hero - awesome setup albeit expensive, definitely GOALS
Yes, I have solar and have followed you for 2 years and just joined your channel. You Out of Spec reviews on the electric cars are the best. I'm looking to purchase my first ev in June 2024
I would keep the powerwall between 20 and 80% and only leave it at 65% minimum if storms are expected. He would import much less electricity. I wish solar was practical for me but I'm a low user of electricity and there is no payback yet in FL. Nice showing of this great system.
With my Tesla Solar system, I have it set to drain to 20% to power my house. Storm watch would charge it to 100%. When it felt a storm was approaching that could cause an outage. And I always had the ability to immediately charge the battery, if I thought something, that might not be a major storm but enough that there could be an issue I could change the setting to accommodate that.
We're in the middle of the transport and energy transition. You do a great job of covering the transport element and it makes sense for you guys to cover all of it. Have fun, there's loads of content.
Great video - similar setup with Model 3&Y, 2x Powerwalls and 40 Panels (Panasonics) producing 15kw peak in San Diego… with 25k miles between both cars we only export energy! Love it!
Installed a solar array on my roof two years ago, talking to several installers, including Tesla. Ending up going with twenty seven 400 watt Q-Cells equipped with Enphase micro-inverters. Tesla was price competitive, however, there were other concerns. Tesla resists customization on their installs and refused to incorporate micro-inverters to help deal with shading issues. It was also difficult to get a human to talk to and there were persistent rumors about overestimates on power output. Very happy with my current Q-cell setup. My home uses about 11,000 kwh's/year. The solar array produces about 9000 of that and, in addition, Dominion Energy gives me about $400 in additional credits each year, allowing them to count my production towards state requirements on the utility to produce a certain amount of energy from renewable sources. I charge my BMW i4 almost exclusively at home adding about 1350 kwh's to drive roughly 5000 miles/year.
AMEN! I also chose Enphase for these reasons with no regrets.
String inverter setups use optimizers which handle shading the same as micro inverters
@@lemongavinenot Tesla. They are an old fashioned string inverter. You don’t get panel level views, and have no idea if a panel is underperforming. I have seen their arrays with panels on north facing roofs, etc. Poor conduit work, finishing a job with people waiting months for interconnection, etc. They are so hit or miss. Love the car (own a Model Y and have some stock) but their solar business is a mess. Best batteries in the game though. If your roof has obstructions or shading avoid a Tesla system.
With regard to his panels pulling in more energy than their rating...that can happen on full sun, cool/cold days. The panel ratings are based on performance at certain conditions, including a certain temperature. Solar panels do better when they're cool though, so that can lead to what you were seeing, provided the inverters have the extra capacity to handle it.
Yes to a home Solar PV, Battery, V2H focused channel.
I have the Enphase version of what's in this video, waiting for Enphase bi-directional charger and Rivian to support V2H.
Yes, Out of spec energy would most likely be one of my favorite channels
A Tesla solar roof pretty much only makes sense if you have to do a major overhaul of your current roof.
A solar roof almost never makes sense financially. It’s significantly more expensive then just a traditional solar setup and a simple
Roof replacement. But they sure are cool
Welcome to my world! You should come up to VT sometime, we're in the middle of building an entire neighborhood with solar and Powerwalls!
Would be fascinated seeing the story on that.
Is this part of a GMP project? I’m impressed with how much they have pushed things like micro grids and overall grid resilience. Other utilities (and state governments) should be paying attention. I wish NH was as far along as you guys are!
Yea,that was pretty neat.
I would absolutely love to see more content regarding solar and battery back up solutions.
I'm in the UK and have had a solar PV+Powerwall 2 installation for three years. I've also had a TMYLR for two years. I have 16x400W Sunpower panels on a south-facing roof, feeding a 6kW SolarEdge inverter. PW is AC connected, so provides up to 5kW. My energy distribution network operator placed an export power limit of 5.4kW, so there's a gizmo to throttle the inverter if necessary - actually rarely happens. We have smart utility meters with 30-minute reporting that allow energy suppliers to offer a range of time of day import and export tariffs tailored to EVs, heat pumps, spot-market pricing, etc. I run the PW with the recommended 20% backup reserve because we rarely get power outages and they don't normally last longer than 30 mins. We did have one event when our electricity supply cable joint broke and the PV+PW ran the house off-grid for three days until power was restored. Good job it didn't happen in December! Storm Watch will charge and hold the battery at 100% if wild weather is forecast. This system provides 75% of house energy annualy, 90% if I include smart overnight charging at cheap-rate in the winter. We export 50% of what we generate. I found that exporting surplus solar during the day and charging the car overnight at cheap rate works best. I have a 7kW myenergi smart EV charger. Tesla and our energy provider make available to download loads of very useful system performance data, which I have squirrelled away over the past few years for analysis:)
Yes please! I would love to see an energy channel! Panel warrantees are based on maintaining 80 percent of the label power so many manufacturer will sandbag the rating to ensure they achieve it long term. However, installers will usually put in an inverter that is less than the systems rated power to reduce clipping at low production times (morning/evening). Not sure what’s going on here.
In San Diego we no longer have net metering for NEW systems. Utility wants to pay 2 or 3 cents a unit and charge 39 cents a unit to replace it! Unless a a battery that has 5 times the storage is installed, the payback period is probably increased by 10+ years. If CATL or another competitor can produce a lower energy density (heavier) battery with excellent cycle life, homeowners have the option to shaft the utility that IS shafting them. Also, joining the Tesla VPP program yields far more income. Converting DC to AC and AC to DC for charging your EV is losing 16% of that power, when a low power DC charge directly to the EV keeps that loss to simple line length.
You can build your own LFP batteries for a 1/4 of the price. If you don't want to build, 5kWh server rack batteries are about double the $/kWh at ~$1300. Which is still about 1/2 cost over tesla. Their system is very nice, but it is pricey!
Upfront costs mean DIY the way to go.
You should consider making a video about Tesla Wall Connector Dynamic Power Management. Adding a power meter allows the wall connector to reduce power when the house is pulling a lot of power and allow peak power when home power draw is low. No one is talking about this. It saves thousands in service upgrades, and gives you peak charging.
Kyle, I was surprised to hear you hadn’t dived into this energy cycle before, specifically because of how you’ve spoken in the past about grid powered, solar enhanced Megapack charging stations and similar. The home scenario is exactly the same just scaled down to the single family home level; solar PV system, Powerwall (or similar) and grid tied.
Getting ready to go with EcoFlow Ultras and ground mount panels because I can install them easily vs Tesla Powerwall 3 only being available through an installer.
Yes Out of Spec Solar would rock, just looking at 16KW system for our house near Vancouver BC for not only charging our EV's also net metering, backup power on outage etc.
Great video. Definitely should do an Energy channel!!! Th reason we didn't go with the Tesla Solar panels because they switched to one main inverter. We went with Tesla PW x3 and SunPower Equinox E20 327W system - 54 panels, with micro inverter on each panel. Our place have lost of shade. Also SunPower provide an architect signed solar generation plan. Planned generation was 11,400 kwh, actual 10.9 in 2022 and 11.2 in 2023. With these panels our ROI is about 17 years.
That was indeed the inverter you identified on the side of the house. There is no reason not to charge in off peak hours when you are on a net metering system. Love the free power on my system, for the house and the car. So far, we are in the green by a long way with no power bill, just a monthly connection fee.
Wow, beautiful installation! 😀
How high is his ceiling???
I, too, plan my solarroof power to come inside the attic and then to the garage from a gable peak roof connection.
Cheers, Eric
Definitely would be interested in an energy channel! I always thought that you should be integrating this into your RUclips videos. I remember the video where you showed the Tesla Powerwall that you had still boxed in your garage and was hoping at the time that you would show how it would be used (without solar) to flatten the load. Tesla has gone back and forth about allowing the purchase of the powerwall without installing solar. A solar installation just doesn't make sense for some houses and the powerwall has many advantages especially when the utility all allows you to sell back electricity at peak times. One issue that no one seems to talk about that I would like you to cover is dealing with roof repair and replacement once you have solar panels on the roof. This will happen and would like more information on how people deal with this.
Yes to out of spec energy! Tesla/EVs was my gateway drug, but now I'm a full-blown green energy nerd
You can force the powerwalls to charge by moving the slider then just before charging completes go into the utility rate plan and manually adjust export price and force grid export. Do this all day every day and make bank. Our electricity bill last month in UK was -£40.
Cheers guys
Most definitely interested
Pretty interesting. The way I look at the net metering thing, it may not be making HIM more green/as green as he could be, but it's helping OTHERS be more green, so it's still a net positive over all
That’s a dream garage! And Yes I would love to see more content like this. I’m thinking of adding solar panels and this is exactly what I would do minus the Porsche lol
It is fantastic that you are constantly learning-there are others like Matt Ferrell that cover power very well-so dipping into this area could be helpful - but a full channel?
Nice to see an tightly integrated system. I have a disparate one where nothing talks to nothing and it is a bit of a faff, but that's what you get when you go incremental (and don't want to pay Tesla prices on the energy stuff).
Yes - energy channel please! This was great & would love more on this charging topic. Alternative channels seem offer personal bias. Go Kyle!
Loved that! More - please!
Our friends in Hawaii run the America Savings Bank
The new Solar system keeps them running off the sun!
For free!!
Homes and Americans are starting to get it.
Wish I could do it in my rainy Vancouver condo… 😒
It's correct to say Driving on Sunshine 😊
This is so great!!!
Great video - We just got almost exactly the same setup (8.1KW system with 2 power walls all Tesla $37K total cost - 30% Federal Government Incentive). Most of our stuff is mounted on the south-facing side of the house, outside, directly next to the main panel.
While you can't really justify the system from a cost-savings perspective (at $150/month it would take 250+ months (21+ years) to amortize, people spend money on standby backup generators (like Generac), which cost between 5K for a partial backup and 20K for a whole house backup + installation cost. If you consider that, it does make fiscal sense. Add to that the 30% Federal Government incentive (which applies to the entire project (including power walls)), and it is a no-brainer.
+++ on an energy channel - it would be a neat way to bring the entire "solar-electrical revolution" together.
I have a 4.8kW Powerwall+ system with my MYP and love it. I plan to expand my system if Tesla does bidirectional charging on its other models.
Yes!
Fantastic video
his 2 inverters are 7.6kw each. Great video!! I have a 6kw system with 2 power wall 2's installed last March.
The new Powerwall 3 are 13.5 kW each!
I have contracted for a dual Powerwall 3s with 18 panels. The onsite survey was completed last week and we are waiting for the engineers to draw up plans and will modify from there. Lots of learning in the next few months. Hopefully you’ll be a great resource or I can be a resource to you. Have a Model Y today and have a deposit on a Cybertruck, so every thing must be designed with that in mind.
Lovely house. Brilliant installation. Got to video on Porsche 👍
Yes. Yes. Yes. An alternative energy channel would be wonderful. On some days in Texas, alternative energy provides 90% of the energy to the Texas grid.
I'm building my solar system as we speak in Southern Colorado.
My initial setup is 8kw of panels, ~15 kwh of battery, and an 18k PV/12k inverter. I will double my battery bank probably at the end of summer 2024, and also probably add another 4kw of panels for a total of 12k worth of panels.
For about a year my solar system has been online and I do not regret having done that for a minute.
I have a similar setup. 12 kW peak power and 28kWh of energy storage and I am also charging my EV. I am not familiar with the current prices in the US but $40 000 seems a little bit expensive to me. My system is based on Victron components and I spent about 24000€ for that.
These are the kinds of videos I want to see
Yes to the new channel
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For sure add solar system or energy plants in general. Would be a awesome addition. I have diy a 11kw system I run 9 months out of the year mostly off grid. I run my model 3 performance on solar as much as possible. Living in Minnesota is tough from November to February to get enough solar power. It would be cool if u interviewed other youtube solar channels, Some are interested in evs also.
Love it more solar videos😁
What a massive house in NY!
Nice, I didn't know you're from LI originally. This must be like 15 minutes away from me. My friend by me also has Tesla Solar a Model 3 and Lightning. I'm getting a tree cut that hangs over my house and then planning my Tesla solar install soon.
yes
Yes to OOSE!
As a home owner with solar and a whole house battery AND two Teslas yes I would like to see you guys expand another channel to include energy. :-)
BTW we paid for a 6.5 system and we produce 6.5 max under ideal sun. Typically closer to 5.6. Interesting your friends system is making more than rated. The power company here in So Cal would consider you a power generating station if you exceed the “approved” rate.
I always use my battery to power the house 24/7. That means we take the battery down to 35% unless I charge a car. To be honest with only one battery I have found in the winter with limited sun you better off putting that excess solar into the grid and taking it back out of the grid after midnight.
I try to balance everything so I bank a little power every day or at least break even while keeping both cars charged and the house running off the battery at night. Does that make sense?
Let me say great video, I love the fact that it’s a great way to draw energy and have a peace of mind, and an energy channel would be nice. Thanks for the education
Great video! In order to use charge with solar with my Tesla is the Tesla Wall Charger required or would this work with any charger?
I have an Enphase Micro-inverter setup on 2 houses.
First is 4.5kW Solar running for 11.5years and produced 65MWh, no storage.
Second is 12kW solar and 20kWh storage running for just 7 months and produced 10.4MWh.
I have a Chargepoint Home Flex hardwired and 48 amp capable so the Taycan can get 11kW.
Is very neat. Battery and solar panel prices have plummeted over the last 12-24 mos too
New Channel sounds like a great idea. Buying into home energy generation has scary prospect because of the high final cost numbers. $300 light bill seems better than a $40,000 solar install. Trading a loan payment for a light bill makes so much more sense when you realize that the final cost of solar is set and cost of electricity from the grid is not. Living in NC where new net metering will go into affect soon, I will be upgrading my system with battery backup and makes the purchase of a monsterous truck like the silverado ev and its 215kw battery more appealing to me. Not only as a vehicle, but as a means to go offgrid in the future using the teucks massive battery to get through the winter months without paying Duke Energy $28 a month just for the privilege of being connected to their grid and taking my solar for pennies in the summer
I have one Tesla vehicle. Tesla model y performance. I have 60 panels on my roof and I went with enphase. I will be doing the power wall also with the same company.
I'm very interested in energy storage/production. I'm in an area where solar, hydro, or a combined setup would be feasible. I would love to educate myself to the point where I can make it happen.
It is like having your own gas station with your own oil grid and your own oil refinery at home. Whoever can afford it , definitely worth it!!
wrong!!! its not even a comparison! oil is refined to make literally millions of byproducts from car tires to plastics for cable insulation, fuel for mining, construction, agriculture, transport... even launching rockets for internet, asphalt roads, aviation and tousands of other applications.
Out of Spec Energy. Yes. Keeping the system off grid is tough, more battery or more solar for cloudy days.
Opt for REC panels, Enphase microinverters, Tesla Gateway-2, Tesla Powerwalls-2, and the Tesla Universal Wall Connector. The last three Tesla components are essential for accessing "Powershare" bidirectional charging.
I got that setup, but I'm lucky enough to have the solar roof with powerwalls
Looks like a great system. The price is a head scratcher. I priced adding Powerwalls to my solar system and it was cost prohibitive at more than $30k added to my solar system cost.
The amazing thing is this in NY State. Think if this was in a more sunshine available state down south.
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I am very much interested in learning how to totally generating my own energy.
We added a Tesla Solar and powerwall system to an existing 4 year old solar system. The Tesla app enables us to monitor the old and new system in the Tesla app but I still have the app for the older system running and the two agree on output power and energy generation so no issue with the Tesla app power measurement. In the year we have had our powerwall there have been 16 recorded outages with the longest 45 minutes but most of the other outages were momentary dropouts which we would not even know about unless we were notified by the Tesla app because the switchover to battery is almost instantaneous. The Tesla backup delays the return to the grid for bout 5 minutes after the grid power is restored which is good because often the grid power is unstable when it first comes back on line.
Great video
I was just thinking "Kyle doesn't have enough to do. He needs another channel"
You should do a Tesla Powerwall and maybe Solar install video at your new house and partner with Electric Pro Academy on RUclips!
I have a 7kW solar system (~40kWh per day) and two Powerwalls, with 2 EVs charging from it (a Tesla Model S and a Rivian R1T). I had to write my own software to make it possible - mixing a 2016 Tesla wall charger and an OpenEVSE. But it works great, and I’m in the process of adding automation based on weather forecasts - to prioritize charging the Powerwall from the grid at night if there’s not going to be much sun the next day.
Sound good for the energy channel
You're right though about the potential increased cost from using the batteries more vs selling back to the grid especially if his Utility has a minimum monthly charge. His power plan is quite unique though
I highly recommend something similar to a keshee battey kit (13.4 kwh) for $2500 over the powerwall. I got those and they are excellent.
If you do an Energy channel, I'd be super interested in what people are doing like on Farms with Methane capture, or perhaps small towns are doing either with generators, wind/solar, and or various other types of unique situations. Most energy channels seem to really only be covering experimental potential future stuff just cover "does this make sense for you" type situations.
Absolutely interested in out of spec energy
Very cool setup. I love the integration on the Tesla app. I am curious though, you mentioned net metering as same cost in as what goes out. Is that common? Our electric company pays pennies on exported energy. I eventually want a massive system what can run day to day without touching the grid except for cloudy days or outages. Also is the whole house (all circuits) connected through the Power walls? AC units as well? I would assume so since it can run the EVs. I think I know this next answer... Would this setup control a Non Tesla EV in the same manner? Absolute YES for OOSE!!
So cool to see the integrations between products!
Tesla always nails that!
Really cool you grew up in Dix Hills! I lived there when I was in high school.
I’m having a Tesla install, about same size as Rob’s, 10.53 kW with two Powerwall 3 in July. If you’d like to video the install, let me know!
Awesome! Appreciate all the information you share with us. Very helpful. Thanks for all your hard work and long hours.
Kyle. I’m uk based and have a Givenergy system of 6.2kw solar, 2x9.5kw batteries and givenergy car charger. Not as integrated as Tesla but pretty good. Happy to chat about it
100% interested in an OOS energy channel!
Also, consider photovoltaic thermal, geothermal heat pump (for cooling too), thermal storage, super insulation and isolation/sealing, heated garage(s) and driveway(s)...
The power is limited by panels, and further limited by inverter. Solar is very expensive in US compared to Australia as you have tariffs on cheap Chinese panels that work well. The panels are on the south side as that’s where the sun is, especially in winter. Mine face north as I am in Australia. East and west is okay however facing away from sun is not.