I set up backup inverter power in my House. The wife thought it was silly and pointless... until the power went out in the middle of winter when it was 20 degrees outside. I was out of town at the time and I get a phone call... “thank you honey, you were right...” victory for the husband!
Lol I’m Puerto Rican and my dad always used to cut extensions cords and join outlets and have emergency power when I was younger and you remind me of the good old times 😂 thanks for making great memories and content
I’d like to please reiterate what he said as far as just plugging the inverter to the wall and back-feeding the panel. NEVER DO THIS. Unless it is an absolute emergency. And if you do, make sure 10000% the main breaker is OFF. If you don’t do this, you’re back-feeding the grid and transformers work both ways. So when you back-feed your 120/240 power, it gets stepped up to the 7.2kv/13.8kv in most neighborhood transmission lines. Therefore if the issue is in your line, you can kill the dude trying to fix it. Make sure to use a proper generator panel and transfer switch.
@@everythingcool101 normal the power comes to the grid to youre house if you have a inverter and plug it in youre wall outlet and the main breaker is on the power gows to the line if pp are working on the lines they can die
@@everythingcool101 the transformer on the pole/pad/underground steps the 7.2/13.8KV steps it down to the 120/240 homes use if you back feed on each leg of the circuit back to the transformer it will work in reverse it will take that 240 and turn it back into high voltage that is quite lethal but if you turn the main breaker off it can not throw the voltage back into the grid a proper transfer switch can also prevent back feed into the grid
Even if someone forgets that, the protection of the inverter will be turned on and interrupt its power. Except that if people get their appliances unplugged every time there is power outages then it will not cut the power. Though, it is a safety practice because 1, for the people working in the power line and 2, when the power is back, your inverter will be damaged.
Thanks again Jehu for the blue 10s4p Jump battery pack. My hybrid bike to Ebike conversion has been getting me 15 miles round trip to the hospital where I work as a nurse. Still great power after months of regular use.
One tip: do not store the fire extinguisher directly near the potential fire source. In the case of a fire it may otherwise become inaccessible to you, due to fumes, heat etc. This is standard fire safety. Place it adjacent, not above the potential fire source with enough distance so its unlikely to be rendered inaccessible.
@@jehugarcia Magic batteries with no electro-chemical energy to be released from in a perfect system that will not short, overheat or be physically damage. Praise be!
I like your quality back feed setup, about 15 years ago I did that as well in an emergency! First turn off your main! even if you don’t turn off anything else ..turn off your main .. anyways I got a 7500w generator split phase and I wire up a NEMA 14-50 male to male go I could get my home power quickly .. after that clean up the install putting a dedicated back feed circuit with a blockout plate .. the block out plate prevent you from turning on the back feed circuit without turning off the main breaker .. very cheap and simple setup .. when I added batteries I got a ATS between the generator and the battery connected to the back feed circuit .. Great 👍 content keep the,m coming.. I do need to upgrade my crazy old DIY power wall ..
Can't wait for Vehicle to House technology. When a car is in the garage with a huge battery it would be nice to leverage that power into the house for powerline outages.
As I was watching this vid the power in my building went out lol. It's the first time this happened in over 15 years. Guess who watched vids on yt, started to play arround with small solar panels, dyi batts and now has power for laptop, internet router and phone? 😂 I swear to God this is the first time something learned off yt and my curiosity actually helped me!
Love this video. As someone from New Orleans with bad weather and a seemingly lackluster power company....we lost power all the time. That's why I love flashlights and solar powered power stations. Enjoyed seeing all that stuff being used.
@@jehugarcia Yeah, in case of an emergency, it will wait for several minutes before forcibly removing itself from the wall to go somewhere slightly safer. As it is, it's a risk to anyone attempting effective firefighting.
My ac200 arrives tomorrow. I'll watch your video again on doubling the battery capacity. I miss the Santa Ana winds, I was stationed at MCAS El Toro '72-76.
I was going to join the Professional Procrastinators but figured that I can just do it next week. You should set up automatic or uninterruptible systems on both your home & business...it would be safer than back-feeding.
Cool behind the scenes and thank you for warning people to not backfeed their homes... I've seen a couple of youtubers over the years suggest that idea and it's generally speaking a really bad idea because ya it only takes one missed breaker here or there.... I mean all the ways this could go wrong - miss your disconnect breaker - put both inverters on the same circuit by mistake - overcurrent the circuit (e.g. using a 15A circuit to backfeed multiple 15A circuits) - forget to disconnect 240V circuits - Your inverter might have a GFCI and not like that the circuits neutral doesn't return to the inverter (the breakers only break the live/hot leg) and so on. In a proper sub-panel/transfer you move both the live and neutral over to the inverter so that the grid is 100% disconnected.
I love it. We don’t get power cuts that often in the uk. But I do have a male to male lead to back feed the house luckily we don’t have split phase so everything works in the house 👌 it’s naughty but in emergencies you do what you have to do
Jehu, this is epic!. This is the reality of life today in California. Every house and business needs back-up power. We have all been waiting for you to do this. Of course, we all know that this whole thing is boot-leg to the max. The monopoly absolutely does not want you fools doing this. But that is outdated thinking! CCAs will show the monopolies that their reign is over! Power to the people!
Hi Jehu, love your videos, I'm an electrician, listening to your "split phase" and some of your other thought on 240 volt: residential and commercial 240volt power is all single phase, typically it's all a 240volt power source with the center tapped "neutral or white", this neutral is then bonded / grounded so it has power but no potential power to ground which is why you don't get shocked from touching the white, it's referred to as the "grounded" conductor. Three phase is found in commercial and industrial situations 208/120v and 480/277 systems
Mechanic's personal car is almost always two stop signs away from breaking down. This is because he knows he can always fix it. Why bother doing the extra work until it's needed.
One of the most power-outage prone states in the US also has laws against off-grid solar and discourages backup battery systems. Y'all ought to slap your lawmakers.
It's worse than that - the state raises taxes on off-grid solar systems but their power grid can't keep up with demand, issues rolling blackouts. You can't win in California.
@@brucebugbee6604 One of my voting criteria is actually if the candidate will renegotiate our water rights in Colorado so that we can re-use our water, but my vote usually gets overruled by voters in Denver.
You could approach the neighbors to build a battery and solar installation for them. Being without power must hurt them if normally 24/7. Actually, you might flyer around the industrial estate to tell them you watch your video and see that you were simply working, no pain at all. City and State govt don't seem to care much for infrastructure or anything that's good.
Thanks for telling people not to back feed. My pops was a lineman for almost 40 years. Just retired a few months ago. Im a General Contractor, and have a “manual” system where we back feed our home, however we DO know what we are doing and safety is absolutely the top priority. We have some fail safes in place so that we dont hurt or kill the lineman, and also dont set our home on fire. That would be no good.
remember watching you first working on the samba, I am gearing up to install a electric jet-drive twin in a catamaran being built and I will install solar panels on the wheelhouse and powerwall battery packs to power the system.
Actually, California power companies turn off some circuits during Santa Ana winds to avoid their equipment from starting a fire. These past years, several power companies were found financially responsible for some wildfires. Forced blackouts due to not enough capacity normally happens in the heat of the summer.
Can't wait for Vehicle to House technology. When a car is in the garage with a huge battery it would be nice to leverage that power into the house for powerline outages.
@@ZeoCyberG how? They tap the battery directly? I want to do some mods to by PHEV, but Hyundai had a lifetime warranty on the battery when I bought it... so I'll probably never touch it. Unless I can keep the warranty in tact.
@@justinroysdon2630 Depends on the Hybrid, some essentially give you an built in inverter that you can hook up to the house like a generator, which it basically functions as in that configuration. Like the upcoming 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid has a 3K outlet in the rear truck bed... pickuptrucktalk.com/2020/10/generator-or-inverter-2021-ford-f-150-pro-power-onboard-explained/ So long as you are using it in a way that it's intended, it shouldn't void warranty, which should also only be a issue if you damage the vehicle... While warranty eventually expires and you can then do whatever you want, within reason...
Awesome job !! The only thing I would do is reinforce your stairs. You should either have a third stringer in the middle, or box in the riser for added strength. 2x10(or whatever size the tread is) should be supported every 24 inches minimum. I wouldn't want to see someone get hurt because of that ! Love your show, keep up the good work !!
You're putting power to a male plug? A transfer switch like comes with a Generac backup generator would be a better idea. I'm sure someone makes inverters with a "link" feature to connect two together for split phase and 220v.
That's how it is, the power don't go off often, but if it does, it's usually either off for a minute, or a few hours, or a few days, luckally it's not often!
Great pack. If I could make a recommendation it would be to have the BMS as part of the battery stack. This would allow it to be moved into and out of another solution and only use one plug for it all. Great job though I live seeing your videos.
Ppl should atleast get a couple tiny ups, with extra battery, for light and phone charger, but a 1500 watt or larger inverter, to get the fridge going, so you don't loose food, and can use a microwave, or toaster, is a big help, and a generator works, but that thing running all-day gets old fast! SILENT POWER is awesome!!
Very well powerwall, I have a Chevrolet volt 2016 battery bank and I would like your recommendations on what to get to build me a powerwall my seft (Inverter/charge, bms etc ) ? Appreciate you response in advance.
Let's say someone is building a brand new 4 bedroom house and wants to have solar roof and battery backup, but doesn't want all the electrical infrastructure on the outside of the house or visible in the garage. How much enclosed space, like a utility room, should they plan to build? Like a 4x6 walk in closet off of the garage?
I am 1 battery away from completing my 14 packs of 100p 18650 cells, should finish tomorrow, will install 7 packs series 3.7V and then 2 7 packs in parallel. For a 24 V 3000 watt off-grid inverter with utility back-up, amazing how everything is available to order online from lazada here in the Philippines and delivered door to door.
I wired a 50amp rv plug and back feed from my generator into my panel to power my house when power is down. DON'T forget to shut off the main! And don't do it if you don't know what you're doing
Hi Jehugarcia, I’m trying to recall if you had once done a review of the Drok Vac9010h Hall effect meter. Please send me a link especially where you may have explained the functionality settings or relay. I recently purchased the item at amazon and need to program the relay settings. Unfortunately, the product manual that comes with it, is written in such poor English, that trying to comprehend what the manufacturer is conveying in the settings section is simply impossible. I’m ok with the electrical wiring of the device though. Regards, and thank you for your good work... Yours subscriber, Jesse.
Please for a plan D get a generator that runs on diesel or move out of California. The reason for diesel it is what most national guard units have with them to give out and then you can keep your bus charged up
It's crazy you get so many powers cuts in the US, I'm in the UK and can't even remember when my last one was, maybe 2 years ago? - even then it was 2 hours at most. I also don't understand why you don't use 240v like most of the world, I have a washer/dryer that plugs in a normal plug and even newer ovens now can too! We also only need a little bit extra done to fit a 7.4kw EV charger.
There was a land hurricane in the midwest that knocked my power out for 4 days. Whole city was out. Power banks, car cigarette port and random 18650s I had is what got me through
@Mark Reed - It is caused by very bad decisions made by very stupid California State Government officials. The other 49 States are are much better. We do use 240 Volts - Split Phase. All large appliances are 240 Volts.
LOL! Come to South Africa. Our power is out so much we have an app telling us when the power will go off. They call it load shedding. The app's name is Eskom se push.
The neutral should also be pulled from grid-tie as if the house/building as an island. The backfeed of the neutral could cause a linemen injury otherwise
If you just plug an inverter in to an electric outlet and feed back to a panel without proper steps taken it can backfeed to the grid and delay the power being turned back on in a timely fashion. I've witnessed it myself. In this case however it a generator plugged in the way you described of using the extension cords with the male plugs on each end. Two hours they searched the block studying the trees looking for an why the neutral was showing current. As soon as I asked my neighbor if he had pulled off the leeds from generator the guy called cleared on the radio. Within a minute the power was restored...
@@jehugarcia I've been an electrician since age 19 am now 54 years old. I don't need advice on circuitry. You just need to listen to others in some subjects
Why else do the utility companies have a separate style of meters and switch gear for any building with a solar or generator applications being added to a building? It's because they want your system isolated for their safety. If there is an power outage and your system is working properly they themselves will not get electrocuted by your equipment.
you are lucky to have power outages now and then. South africa where i live has like every day power issues and average goes from 2hrs to 4hrs and where i live it goes to about 10hrs every other day.
Most people wait until there is a crisis before they " Hook stuff up " etc etc . Im glad I had my auxilary power stations charged when my power went out .
just get an old 24V or better 48V 5KVA APC UPS and forget about mains switching. They are not expensive on ebay. Time tested, quality high end stuff. Or if you can afford it just get a low frequency inverter with UPS function.
i actually have space in my moms breaker panel if i ever needed to do something like this if i ever had the encouragement to attempt to build the system if i had the cash as the extra breaker right now once went to a whole house AC system...that system was antique and only thing that is 240v is my moms stove and the fun fact about the way this house is wired there is 2 main disconnects the breaker in the panel itself and there is a fused switch as well i cant think what that is called though
Hello! I seen you on Vice Impact on You Tube 📺 I see you have a electric VW that you build. Do you do electric car builds? I have a 2004 Scion Xb and I am interested in making it electric ⚡️ 🚙 Well thank you!
Hey, Jehu. Remember a while back I sent you a copy of my book "99 Ways to Fire Your Boss", because it has a whole chapter about your business? I didn't realize you had a storefront. If you're looking for something to stock there, you could do worse than my book. Your customers are my readers! Talk to your brother about it...
Just a thought you could backfeed ac couple your 3000w 36v inverter with your 24v system the the 4 blue inverters on the wall. But I wouldnt use all 4 you will push to much back
Glad i'm intelligent and educated enough to have realized the utmost importance of throwing the main breaker switch off prior to attaching lines from that battery combobulation into the house wiring. You want to know such things and its good you included that tidbit of useful vulcan knowledge upfront, or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated. Rock on, oh, and cool 2nd floor level to the shop with full carpeting even. Ok, install the zipline, or the skateboard park pools that can be raised or folded when not in use, folding like those special camera lens covers with the 5 or so segments that spin to create or turn the pool shape into a out of the way wall mounted chair rail. This concludes this interactive dialogue using this digital telegram, while practicing safe social distancing in a manner of which you have no requirement to even reply back to, though can though i don't think you will.
You could *NOT* ever power your house, during a black-out, without first disconnecting the Main Breaker. Therefore, your scenario of the Power re-activating and burning up your Inverter simply cannot ever happen in the real world.
@@MrSummitville You misunderstood what i meant there, i was talking about it being while the power was still active. "the utmost importance of throwing the main breaker switch off prior to attaching lines".
@@truetech4158 No, I did understand. So, I will repeat, what you actually wrote, "... or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated ...".
@@truetech4158 If you fail to turn off your Main Breaker first, then your Inverter will fail IMMEDIATELY when powered up. It will either blow its Circuit Breaker or it will Smoke. Either way, your inverter cannot back feed the grid and therefore it cannot be ON and connect to the grid when the Grid power is restored. So, there is no possibility that your scenario "... or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated ..." can ever happen.
Good Day Sir. I would like to suggest you to make a masterclass course on battery in Skillshare or Udemy so that we will all learn from you at the same time you will earn. I would highly appreciate if you make a course on battery and I surely do buy that course thank you!
Set up a 220 15 amp breaker for your panel box wire in with 14/3wire to a double box and put 2 male plugs with cover and caps hang 2 6 foot extension cords on the wall beside it then all you have to do is shut off main breaker turn on the double 15 amp breaker and plug in the backup power if you put in an interlock so that the double 15 can't be on unless the main breaker is off then you can either leave the backup power hooked up or hook it up turn the backup power on then go and shut the main power switch off and turn on the 15 amp double pole breaker if you don't have an interlocking mechanism you must always turn the main breaker off first before hooking up otherwise you could find someone has turned the 15 amp double breaker on and if you hook up and turn the backup first you'd have a very dangerous situation could also if the power comes back on before you get to the panel box fry your backup since I'm planning to cut the grid I'll hook mine up to where the old dryer plug was
It was very stupid decisions made by the State Government, that screwed up the grid. This is ONLY a California problem, caused by California State Government Regulations = unintended (bad) consequences !
Have some of those fire extinguisher firework ball things near it. Then at least they will go off automatically if there's a fire and cover everything in fire-retardant powder.
At least 4 states are going though this, no power pain, due to Hurricane Zeta, today. Also Louisiana is suffering from it's 3rd Hurricane this year. It's no joke. #stopburingstuff
The loss of power in California is not about demand, it's about poor management. The California government has forced unreliable solar and wind power on Californians. In addition, the overregulation has prevented new energy supply into the grid. But I don't think I should have had to write this, it should have been obvious by now
Question. Do you need a smart meter from power company, to use a grid tie inverter.. I live in an apartment, I use off grid inverter to power small things. . I know grid tie must detect the grid b4 it turns on.. dont want to cause accident on LineMan that's working on power lines
When the linemen isolate the lines they open the breakers and the inverter would detect the loss of voltage/amps/frequency and shit down. Unless it’s faulty but line do check if there’s power on the circuit and can pull additional breakers if needed.
I like the thought of wind power helping to recharge your batteries, since the Santa Ana winds are the culprit use the wind power to recharge your system even if you don't have solar. I would suggest a few lantern style wind generators that can give you the power you need. Besides, they are not huge blade units and you could consider dumping the excess power after your system is charged into a hot water tank to reduce your natural gas if you are using natural gas to heat your hot water. Keep up the great vidz and it would seem to have a system in place activity ready for a grid down event would be the better way to encourage your watchers to be best. To help us not just build battery systems and arrays but to make them practical and usable. Like you did in Puerto Rico to help them get through their power crisis and survive the challenges they faced at that time they were without power. I salute you for your efforts because you did they darn thang helping them through.
New normal. Reality 2.0 : IRMARIA 2017: Back to back Hurricanes spelled it out for us. Two Tesla Modules and an MPPsolar 48V 5KW split phase inverter later, Been running on sunlight almost a year. The Grid is on standby for backup. ...Made possible by people such as yourself who share their experience openly. ~Gracias! BTW your Volky collection is legendary. 🤙🏽
UPS nice. Question: Is there an inverter which will take input DC voltages of 12, 24, and 48VDC and output 115VAC? 500 to 1000Watts is fine and costs about $200.00.
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I set up backup inverter power in my House. The wife thought it was silly and pointless... until the power went out in the middle of winter when it was 20 degrees outside. I was out of town at the time and I get a phone call... “thank you honey, you were right...” victory for the husband!
Treasure that moment will never happen again
same with me...from malaysia...i have backup power storage...
only Jehu would actually get excited when the power goes out for 5+ hours :D I am the same way though
Lol I’m Puerto Rican and my dad always used to cut extensions cords and join outlets and have emergency power when I was younger and you remind me of the good old times 😂 thanks for making great memories and content
I’d like to please reiterate what he said as far as just plugging the inverter to the wall and back-feeding the panel. NEVER DO THIS. Unless it is an absolute emergency. And if you do, make sure 10000% the main breaker is OFF. If you don’t do this, you’re back-feeding the grid and transformers work both ways. So when you back-feed your 120/240 power, it gets stepped up to the 7.2kv/13.8kv in most neighborhood transmission lines. Therefore if the issue is in your line, you can kill the dude trying to fix it. Make sure to use a proper generator panel and transfer switch.
Hate to be a pain but could you explain it a little bit better? What does "back feeding" mean im a lil bit of a noob to this so
@@everythingcool101 normal the power comes to the grid to youre house if you have a inverter and plug it in youre wall outlet and the main breaker is on the power gows to the line if pp are working on the lines they can die
This is really important and needs to be known. Please don't kill the guys working on restoring your power.
@@everythingcool101 the transformer on the pole/pad/underground steps the 7.2/13.8KV steps it down to the 120/240 homes use if you back feed on each leg of the circuit back to the transformer it will work in reverse it will take that 240 and turn it back into high voltage that is quite lethal but if you turn the main breaker off it can not throw the voltage back into the grid a proper transfer switch can also prevent back feed into the grid
Even if someone forgets that, the protection of the inverter will be turned on and interrupt its power. Except that if people get their appliances unplugged every time there is power outages then it will not cut the power. Though, it is a safety practice because 1, for the people working in the power line and 2, when the power is back, your inverter will be damaged.
Thanks again Jehu for the blue 10s4p Jump battery pack. My hybrid bike to Ebike conversion has been getting me 15 miles round trip to the hospital where I work as a nurse. Still great power after months of regular use.
Very good, The battery tech doesn’t have a Powerwall set up automatically. I love it.
This is a great resource for all diy selfers
One tip: do not store the fire extinguisher directly near the potential fire source. In the case of a fire it may otherwise become inaccessible to you, due to fumes, heat etc. This is standard fire safety. Place it adjacent, not above the potential fire source with enough distance so its unlikely to be rendered inaccessible.
Was thinking the exact same thing, if the batteries burst in a small toxic volcano it won't be of any use.
My batteries are the least likely source of fire in this room, plus there’s other extinguishers in my shop
@@jehugarcia Magic batteries with no electro-chemical energy to be released from in a perfect system that will not short, overheat or be physically damage. Praise be!
@@arkatub yes please do tell more
@@arkatub The extinguischer in the video is also automatic ....
When it burns it bursts and puts out the fire :D
I finally got a new job. Building signs for businesses. 1st paycheck I will be buying stuff to finish my powerwalls. I'm so pumped
I like your quality back feed setup, about 15 years ago I did that as well in an emergency! First turn off your main! even if you don’t turn off anything else ..turn off your main .. anyways I got a 7500w generator split phase and I wire up a NEMA 14-50 male to male go I could get my home power quickly .. after that clean up the install putting a dedicated back feed circuit with a blockout plate .. the block out plate prevent you from turning on the back feed circuit without turning off the main breaker .. very cheap and simple setup .. when I added batteries I got a ATS between the generator and the battery connected to the back feed circuit ..
Great 👍 content keep the,m coming.. I do need to upgrade my crazy old DIY power wall ..
Can't wait for Vehicle to House technology. When a car is in the garage with a huge battery it would be nice to leverage that power into the house for powerline outages.
@@rickytorres4017 very true .. Lucid already have V2X .. will be out mid next year .. if you can afford the price tag of the Lucid Air..
As I was watching this vid the power in my building went out lol. It's the first time this happened in over 15 years. Guess who watched vids on yt, started to play arround with small solar panels, dyi batts and now has power for laptop, internet router and phone? 😂
I swear to God this is the first time something learned off yt and my curiosity actually helped me!
Love this video. As someone from New Orleans with bad weather and a seemingly lackluster power company....we lost power all the time. That's why I love flashlights and solar powered power stations.
Enjoyed seeing all that stuff being used.
whenever i watch these videos, i cant seem to stop smiling, its just a beautiful sight to watch the whole energy setup in action
I feel the same way!
That fire extinguisher is precisely where the flames will be.
Automatic deployment
@@jehugarcia Yeah, in case of an emergency, it will wait for several minutes before forcibly removing itself from the wall to go somewhere slightly safer. As it is, it's a risk to anyone attempting effective firefighting.
Nice. Perfect time to test powerwall during a power outage. Lol
My ac200 arrives tomorrow. I'll watch your video again on doubling the battery capacity. I miss the Santa Ana winds, I was stationed at MCAS El Toro '72-76.
I have battery envy...
Done the back feed in the grid a few times in the last 2 years
Life saver and works great
You did NOT back-feed the grid ...
@@MrSummitville what did I do then?
I was going to join the Professional Procrastinators but figured that I can just do it next week.
You should set up automatic or uninterruptible systems on both your home & business...it would be safer than back-feeding.
Cool behind the scenes and thank you for warning people to not backfeed their homes... I've seen a couple of youtubers over the years suggest that idea and it's generally speaking a really bad idea because ya it only takes one missed breaker here or there.... I mean all the ways this could go wrong
- miss your disconnect breaker
- put both inverters on the same circuit by mistake
- overcurrent the circuit (e.g. using a 15A circuit to backfeed multiple 15A circuits)
- forget to disconnect 240V circuits
- Your inverter might have a GFCI and not like that the circuits neutral doesn't return to the inverter (the breakers only break the live/hot leg)
and so on. In a proper sub-panel/transfer you move both the live and neutral over to the inverter so that the grid is 100% disconnected.
He said, "Don't back-feed the Grid". He did not say, "Don't back feed your home". In fact, he did back-feed his home and he showed how ...
I love it. We don’t get power cuts that often in the uk. But I do have a male to male lead to back feed the house luckily we don’t have split phase so everything works in the house 👌 it’s naughty but in emergencies you do what you have to do
Really like that battery you built !!!!
Nice Reliance Transfer Switch
Jehu, this is epic!. This is the reality of life today in California. Every house and business needs back-up power. We have all been waiting for you to do this. Of course, we all know that this whole thing is boot-leg to the max. The monopoly absolutely does not want you fools doing this. But that is outdated thinking! CCAs will show the monopolies that their reign is over! Power to the people!
Hi Jehu, love your videos, I'm an electrician, listening to your "split phase" and some of your other thought on 240 volt:
residential and commercial 240volt power is all single phase, typically it's all a 240volt power source with the center tapped "neutral or white", this neutral is then bonded / grounded so it has power but no potential power to ground which is why you don't get shocked from touching the white, it's referred to as the "grounded" conductor. Three phase is found in commercial and industrial situations 208/120v and 480/277 systems
It is called 240 Volt Split Phase ! How can you be an electrician and not know that?
I thought you, out of all people would have had all the batteries and systems on call, ready to go.
Cobbler's children...
Mechanic's personal car is almost always two stop signs away from breaking down. This is because he knows he can always fix it. Why bother doing the extra work until it's needed.
Thanks for your hard work sharing these videos.
One of the most power-outage prone states in the US also has laws against off-grid solar and discourages backup battery systems.
Y'all ought to slap your lawmakers.
It's worse than that - the state raises taxes on off-grid solar systems but their power grid can't keep up with demand, issues rolling blackouts. You can't win in California.
@@houseofno It's as stupid as Coloradoans not being able to collect our own rainwater.
Why do you folks keep electing politicians that do this to your state? California sounds like it’s becoming a third world country.
@@brucebugbee6604 One of my voting criteria is actually if the candidate will renegotiate our water rights in Colorado so that we can re-use our water, but my vote usually gets overruled by voters in Denver.
@@brucebugbee6604 You're not wrong, though. India used to hold the title for most people pooping in the street, now San Francisco does.
Making your own power = independence!
You could approach the neighbors to build a battery and solar installation for them. Being without power must hurt them if normally 24/7.
Actually, you might flyer around the industrial estate to tell them you watch your video and see that you were simply working, no pain at all. City and State govt don't seem to care much for infrastructure or anything that's good.
Thanks for telling people not to back feed. My pops was a lineman for almost 40 years. Just retired a few months ago. Im a General Contractor, and have a “manual” system where we back feed our home, however we DO know what we are doing and safety is absolutely the top priority. We have some fail safes in place so that we dont hurt or kill the lineman, and also dont set our home on fire. That would be no good.
10:25 the famous widow maker cable!
remember watching you first working on the samba, I am gearing up to install a electric jet-drive twin in a catamaran being built and I will install solar panels on the wheelhouse and powerwall battery packs to power the system.
Actually, California power companies turn off some circuits during Santa Ana winds to avoid their equipment from starting a fire. These past years, several power companies were found financially responsible for some wildfires.
Forced blackouts due to not enough capacity normally happens in the heat of the summer.
Can't wait for Vehicle to House technology. When a car is in the garage with a huge battery it would be nice to leverage that power into the house for powerline outages.
Some people are already doing that with their hybrids...
Bi-directional charging. That’s the word you’re describing :)
@@ZeoCyberG how? They tap the battery directly? I want to do some mods to by PHEV, but Hyundai had a lifetime warranty on the battery when I bought it... so I'll probably never touch it. Unless I can keep the warranty in tact.
@@justinroysdon2630 Depends on the Hybrid, some essentially give you an built in inverter that you can hook up to the house like a generator, which it basically functions as in that configuration. Like the upcoming 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid has a 3K outlet in the rear truck bed...
pickuptrucktalk.com/2020/10/generator-or-inverter-2021-ford-f-150-pro-power-onboard-explained/
So long as you are using it in a way that it's intended, it shouldn't void warranty, which should also only be a issue if you damage the vehicle... While warranty eventually expires and you can then do whatever you want, within reason...
some vehicles alredy have this feature built in i believe
Oh wow, we had wind knock out our power this morning as well. I'm in flagstaff, AZ.
Awesome proof of concept for you!
Awesome job !! The only thing I would do is reinforce your stairs. You should either have a third stringer in the middle, or box in the riser for added strength. 2x10(or whatever size the tread is) should be supported every 24 inches minimum. I wouldn't want to see someone get hurt because of that ! Love your show, keep up the good work !!
You're putting power to a male plug? A transfer switch like comes with a Generac backup generator would be a better idea. I'm sure someone makes inverters with a "link" feature to connect two together for split phase and 220v.
just had a 24hr power outage, thank god for my 50kwh powerwall, no issues here.
That's how it is, the power don't go off often, but if it does, it's usually either off for a minute, or a few hours, or a few days, luckally it's not often!
In California, rhe power does go off and often. The State politicians made very bad regulations ...
Finally, the moment we've been waiting for!
Cool place.. man so happy for you !
Place is very comfortable
Great pack. If I could make a recommendation it would be to have the BMS as part of the battery stack. This would allow it to be moved into and out of another solution and only use one plug for it all. Great job though I live seeing your videos.
Pay off time😘😍😋 Go DIYers👌build your power walls😍Go JEHU💋
Soooo... A diy powerwall, what is the cost of it, compared to a Tesla wall?
I need to hire you to have my set-up of my new home once it's complited
Try grounding that inverter and see if you get 120 on hot leg only. Mine did that until I grounded it then it work proper
yes DO NOT make a suicide cord, its called a suicide cord for a reason. You need to wire a transfer switch with a male plug or hardwire the inverter.
You are an inspiration
Ppl should atleast get a couple tiny ups, with extra battery, for light and phone charger, but a 1500 watt or larger inverter, to get the fridge going, so you don't loose food, and can use a microwave, or toaster, is a big help, and a generator works, but that thing running all-day gets old fast! SILENT POWER is awesome!!
Very well powerwall, I have a Chevrolet volt 2016 battery bank and I would like your recommendations on what to get to build me a powerwall my seft (Inverter/charge, bms etc ) ? Appreciate you response in advance.
Jehu, how did you wire the transfer switch plug, if the inverter only has 120v out did you only wire 1/2 of the box.
Sun wind water and batteries things I need every day
Let's say someone is building a brand new 4 bedroom house and wants to have solar roof and battery backup, but doesn't want all the electrical infrastructure on the outside of the house or visible in the garage. How much enclosed space, like a utility room, should they plan to build? Like a 4x6 walk in closet off of the garage?
News: “Santa Ana winds knock out power for 9hrs…”
Jehu: “You haven’t even seen my final form.”
We ALL wait for this day!😂
I am 1 battery away from completing my 14 packs of 100p 18650 cells, should finish tomorrow, will install 7 packs series 3.7V and then 2 7 packs in parallel. For a 24 V 3000 watt off-grid inverter with utility back-up, amazing how everything is available to order online from lazada here in the Philippines and delivered door to door.
Great video, Thanks for sharing!
I wired a 50amp rv plug and back feed from my generator into my panel to power my house when power is down. DON'T forget to shut off the main! And don't do it if you don't know what you're doing
Love this video
Hi Jehugarcia,
I’m trying to recall if you had once done a review of the Drok Vac9010h Hall effect meter. Please send me a link especially where you may have explained the functionality settings or relay.
I recently purchased the item at amazon and need to program the relay settings. Unfortunately, the product manual that comes with it, is written in such poor English, that trying to comprehend what the manufacturer is conveying in the settings section is simply impossible. I’m ok with the electrical wiring of the device though.
Regards,
and thank you for your good work...
Yours subscriber, Jesse.
Please for a plan D get a generator that runs on diesel or move out of California. The reason for diesel it is what most national guard units have with them to give out and then you can keep your bus charged up
It's crazy you get so many powers cuts in the US, I'm in the UK and can't even remember when my last one was, maybe 2 years ago? - even then it was 2 hours at most. I also don't understand why you don't use 240v like most of the world, I have a washer/dryer that plugs in a normal plug and even newer ovens now can too! We also only need a little bit extra done to fit a 7.4kw EV charger.
There was a land hurricane in the midwest that knocked my power out for 4 days. Whole city was out. Power banks, car cigarette port and random 18650s I had is what got me through
@Mark Reed - It is caused by very bad decisions made by very stupid California State Government officials. The other 49 States are are much better. We do use 240 Volts - Split Phase. All large appliances are 240 Volts.
LOL! Come to South Africa. Our power is out so much we have an app telling us when the power will go off. They call it load shedding. The app's name is Eskom se push.
Going Green 🌞+🔋=💡
Quite surprised your battery ssytem was not active. Thought you would take advantage of your batteries to avoid the peak time power cost.
I peak shave with solar as my tou schedule matches solar production
10:35 In Australia, we call this M-M power lead a "Suicide Lead"....
The neutral should also be pulled from grid-tie as if the house/building as an island. The backfeed of the neutral could cause a linemen injury otherwise
No you can’t transmit with a single line, the conviction from people who have zero understanding about a subject is an incredible thing.
If you just plug an inverter in to an electric outlet and feed back to a panel without proper steps taken it can backfeed to the grid and delay the power being turned back on in a timely fashion. I've witnessed it myself. In this case however it a generator plugged in the way you described of using the extension cords with the male plugs on each end. Two hours they searched the block studying the trees looking for an why the neutral was showing current. As soon as I asked my neighbor if he had pulled off the leeds from generator the guy called cleared on the radio. Within a minute the power was restored...
Do you know how a circuit works? You need two path ways to complete it.
@@jehugarcia I've been an electrician since age 19 am now 54 years old. I don't need advice on circuitry. You just need to listen to others in some subjects
Why else do the utility companies have a separate style of meters and switch gear for any building with a solar or generator applications being added to a building? It's because they want your system isolated for their safety. If there is an power outage and your system is working properly they themselves will not get electrocuted by your equipment.
you are lucky to have power outages now and then. South africa where i live has like every day power issues and average goes from 2hrs to 4hrs and where i live it goes to about 10hrs every other day.
Nice shop! Are those customer vans you're converting?
Only my cars in this shop
@@jehugarcia Right on man. Keep it up!
Most people wait until there is a crisis before they " Hook stuff up " etc etc . Im glad I had my auxilary power stations charged when my power went out .
didn't the governor say they were going to shut down power to a lot of areas because of the fires?
just get an old 24V or better 48V 5KVA APC UPS and forget about mains switching. They are not expensive on ebay. Time tested, quality high end stuff. Or if you can afford it just get a low frequency inverter with UPS function.
You need some solar to keep them going for any prolong outages plus to just be automatic
Where did you get that big metal box for the scooter batteries
i actually have space in my moms breaker panel if i ever needed to do something like this if i ever had the encouragement to attempt to build the system if i had the cash as the extra breaker right now once went to a whole house AC system...that system was antique and only thing that is 240v is my moms stove and the fun fact about the way this house is wired there is 2 main disconnects the breaker in the panel itself and there is a fused switch as well i cant think what that is called though
it's no joke losing power it is great what you are doing here
Hello! I seen you on Vice Impact on You Tube 📺 I see you have a electric VW that you build. Do you do electric car builds? I have a 2004 Scion Xb and I am interested in making it electric ⚡️ 🚙 Well thank you!
Hey, Jehu. Remember a while back I sent you a copy of my book "99 Ways to Fire Your Boss", because it has a whole chapter about your business? I didn't realize you had a storefront. If you're looking for something to stock there, you could do worse than my book. Your customers are my readers! Talk to your brother about it...
Just a thought you could backfeed ac couple your 3000w 36v inverter with your 24v system the the 4 blue inverters on the wall. But I wouldnt use all 4 you will push to much back
I would put the fire extinguisher some other place as you would have to lean over a battery fire to reach it
spare batteries for spare emergencies awesome
Glad i'm intelligent and educated enough to have realized the utmost importance of throwing the main breaker switch off prior to attaching lines from that battery combobulation into the house wiring. You want to know such things and its good you included that tidbit of useful vulcan knowledge upfront, or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated.
Rock on, oh, and cool 2nd floor level to the shop with full carpeting even. Ok, install the zipline, or the skateboard park pools that can be raised or folded when not in use, folding like those special camera lens covers with the 5 or so segments that spin to create or turn the pool shape into a out of the way wall mounted chair rail.
This concludes this interactive dialogue using this digital telegram, while practicing safe social distancing in a manner of which you have no requirement to even reply back to, though can though i don't think you will.
You could *NOT* ever power your house, during a black-out, without first disconnecting the Main Breaker. Therefore, your scenario of the Power re-activating and burning up your Inverter simply cannot ever happen in the real world.
@@MrSummitville You misunderstood what i meant there, i was talking about it being while the power was still active.
"the utmost importance of throwing the main breaker switch off prior to attaching lines".
@@truetech4158 No, I did understand. So, I will repeat, what you actually wrote, "... or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated ...".
@@MrSummitville Well as i understand to be, you can blow things up if you dont wire them properly, 'the real world magic smoke'.
@@truetech4158 If you fail to turn off your Main Breaker first, then your Inverter will fail IMMEDIATELY when powered up. It will either blow its Circuit Breaker or it will Smoke. Either way, your inverter cannot back feed the grid and therefore it cannot be ON and connect to the grid when the Grid power is restored. So, there is no possibility that your scenario "... or things would end up going boom when the grid power lines suddenly became reactivated ..." can ever happen.
Good Day Sir. I would like to suggest you to make a masterclass course on battery in Skillshare or Udemy so that we will all learn from you at the same time you will earn. I would highly appreciate if you make a course on battery and I surely do buy that course thank you!
Mr Garcia, I live in Canada and have no way to order your build kits could you please help me with this.
Set up a 220 15 amp breaker for your panel box wire in with 14/3wire to a double box and put 2 male plugs with cover and caps hang 2 6 foot extension cords on the wall beside it then all you have to do is shut off main breaker turn on the double 15 amp breaker and plug in the backup power if you put in an interlock so that the double 15 can't be on unless the main breaker is off then you can either leave the backup power hooked up or hook it up turn the backup power on then go and shut the main power switch off and turn on the 15 amp double pole breaker if you don't have an interlocking mechanism you must always turn the main breaker off first before hooking up otherwise you could find someone has turned the 15 amp double breaker on and if you hook up and turn the backup first you'd have a very dangerous situation could also if the power comes back on before you get to the panel box fry your backup since I'm planning to cut the grid I'll hook mine up to where the old dryer plug was
Banana Republic Man! Privatizing the electric company was a huge mistake!
It was very stupid decisions made by the State Government, that screwed up the grid. This is ONLY a California problem, caused by California State Government Regulations = unintended (bad) consequences !
Have some of those fire extinguisher firework ball things near it. Then at least they will go off automatically if there's a fire and cover everything in fire-retardant powder.
At least 4 states are going though this, no power pain, due to Hurricane Zeta, today.
Also Louisiana is suffering from it's 3rd Hurricane this year. It's no joke. #stopburingstuff
California's problems are mostly SELF INFLICTED ...
The loss of power in California is not about demand, it's about poor management. The California government has forced unreliable solar and wind power on Californians. In addition, the overregulation has prevented new energy supply into the grid. But I don't think I should have had to write this, it should have been obvious by now
I agree, the inevitable outcome of wokeness for wokeness sake.
So do you have a gas generator if everything goes down the drain?
Question. Do you need a smart meter from power company, to use a grid tie inverter.. I live in an apartment, I use off grid inverter to power small things. . I know grid tie must detect the grid b4 it turns on.. dont want to cause accident on LineMan that's working on power lines
If a transfer switch is wired correctly it wont back feed into the system.
When the linemen isolate the lines they open the breakers and the inverter would detect the loss of voltage/amps/frequency and shit down. Unless it’s faulty but line do check if there’s power on the circuit and can pull additional breakers if needed.
Have you thought of wind power to charge your batteries?
I like the thought of wind power helping to recharge your batteries, since the Santa Ana winds are the culprit use the wind power to recharge your system even if you don't have solar. I would suggest a few lantern style wind generators that can give you the power you need. Besides, they are not huge blade units and you could consider dumping the excess power after your system is charged into a hot water tank to reduce your natural gas if you are using natural gas to heat your hot water. Keep up the great vidz and it would seem to have a system in place activity ready for a grid down event would be the better way to encourage your watchers to be best. To help us not just build battery systems and arrays but to make them practical and usable. Like you did in Puerto Rico to help them get through their power crisis and survive the challenges they faced at that time they were without power. I salute you for your efforts because you did they darn thang helping them through.
Backup to the backup.
Reverse.
Should be running on battery full time and use the grid for back up.
Not a bad idea these days
New normal.
Reality 2.0 : IRMARIA 2017: Back to back Hurricanes spelled it out for us.
Two Tesla Modules and an MPPsolar 48V 5KW split phase inverter later,
Been running on sunlight almost a year.
The Grid is on standby for backup.
...Made possible by people such as yourself who share their experience openly.
~Gracias!
BTW your Volky collection is legendary. 🤙🏽
sir im just concern about your fire extinguisher. i think you put it on the wrong place.
Sounds like South Africa.... lol. we are used to no power, and it sucks
Why don't you have PV on your home and office ?
Because I don't own them and I do not have permission to install solar on them.
So essentially a couple boxes of batteries ran all that for 5+ hours? That's a lotta juice!
I'm slowly collecting all of my batteries to build my own powerwall.
UPS nice.
Question: Is there an inverter which will take input DC voltages of 12, 24, and 48VDC and output 115VAC? 500 to 1000Watts is fine and costs about $200.00.