If you are in DFW, don't hesitate to reach out: 972 675 7725 or shoot me an email: info@solartimeusa.com If you are not, you can also reach out, I do solar consultations and quotes review all the time :) Other than that, leave some thoughts down below! :)

I've timed my 2018 3-ton Lennox AC and been on HOT/HUMID days here in St Louis my AC will run about 2 times an hour for about 7 minutes with my thermostat set at 75F. During an outage, I would probably bump my temp to 77F or 78F. We have an 1800 sq ft 2 bed/bath VILLA with tinted windows and plantation shutters and ceiling fans. I can easily confirm that data with my Enphase and utility apps since we have a smart meter that reports usage in 15-minute intervals. I think most folks faced with an outage in bad weather will cut their consumption considerably.

Awesome video with such key content and clear concise info. Thank you so much

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! So grateful!

I'm a media producer taking a deep dive into the solar market for a new project, and I have to say that your channel is by far the best in the space, in many ways. Your knowledge of the tech, economics, experience etc, plus your attention to production values really serve to set you apart from the rest. I especially appreciate the testing you did between the micros and the optimizers. Keep up the great work! 👍🏻

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

That means so much to me, and I am so grateful for you taking the time to write a comment. I appreciate the feedback, and good luck with the project of yours! :)

Thank you for making this review!

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for being cool and leaving a comment! It helps me so much!!! So grateful!

Thanks for another video Martyna

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

I love your content, you do an awesome job informing the public. I got the power wall 3's in SoCal installed in March 2024. So far, so good

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

YAY! That is so cool!! Thank you for sharing. ALso thank you for leaving a comment.

@harishyala

2 ай бұрын

How much did it cost ?

On a webinar it was reported Tesla confirmed the LFP chemistry of the power wall 3's. And my Tesla installer told me the metal enclosure of the 3's is possible only with LFP as the power wall 2's had expandable material used on the sides

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

I only found this: twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1778135838133547388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1778135838133547388%7Ctwgr%5E890c1195e2ea70a8b5bffb8e29376d5495427fad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F1c0tt28%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse But cant access the video. Nothing official on Tesla's website. :( Why?

@michaelcogliandro6887

2 ай бұрын

I hope it is LFP but I was unable to find the slide referenced in the Twitter article. I logged into the installer portal and watched all the recent webinar recordings for installers but I never saw this slide. Also, as Martyna said, if it was LFP why wouldn't they heavily publicize it? Again, I hope it is LFP but until I can see the info with my own eyes in the installer portal, I am skeptical

thank you for the information.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for leaving a comment :)

Hi Martyna, I am in FL not TX so I can't use your company but I would like to thank you for your straight forward and informative videos on the Tesla products. I have watched many videos and yours are by far the best. Keep up the great work! 👍

@solartimeusa

25 күн бұрын

Thank you so so much Rick, I really appreciate and if you ever need help, don't hesitate to reach out to me :)

Thank you! Have a great day! România-UE

@solartimeusa

Ай бұрын

same to you :)

Good info.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏼

So I currently have 2 x Powerwall 2's, will I be able to install a Powerwall 3 and have them all work nicely together (including the Tesla App). I have 2 x Fronius inverters (6kw with 8kw of Solar and a 10kw with 13 kw of solar) So I could use the extra panels on a Powerwall 3. Or should I just get another Powerwall 2. What would be the Advantages and Disadvantages of this. Thanks and absolutely love your videos.

Very informative! Thanks Martyna! On the battery chemistry, I know they were working to be the first using sodium ion cells this year, but I don't know for sure if it is in the PW3. Maybe they don't want competition to know about it yet.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Hey! Yes that is a fair point! I am very curious to see if it will be confirmed. That would be so exciting if it was a NA battery! :D

@Waldoe16

2 ай бұрын

In the safety instructions, it says "This product can expose you to chemicals including cobalt and lithium compounds..." so sodium cells can be discarded.

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

Sodium ion cells failed miserably years ago so don't hold your breath.

Great video Martyna! I know this is a Tesla video but you also mentioned AMA, so I was wondering if you would do a review of AMA's new hybrid inverters? Kind of too late for me; I signed a contract for a Sol-Ark 15K last week. Don't worry... I live in Virginia not in Texas :)

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Hey Andy! Sol-ark is a good choice. I like their units a ton. One downside, they don't offer labor warranty for installers yet, but i am sure they will catch up with that. I dont think you are going wrong with it. :) WHat batteries? or no batteries just yet? I will be doing an unboxing a review of the sma hybrid! interested in it for sure! :) Thank you for leaving a comment!

@andypaine7489

2 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa I'm going with six (30KwH) Pytes batteries. I like how they have two BMS per battery, heaters, are modular so that if I lose one I still have five operational ones, and they are relitively inexpensive.

Hi Martyna good info and thanks for researching and sharing. what is the price point for PW3 and Extended Battery pack each ? TIA

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Tesla is saing $1,000 less for the DC pack. The current PW3 with gateway sits below 10k in material costs, now we also have to add other electrical materials such as wires and breakers, and combiner boxes etc, but I think 14-16k is a fair price for the PW3, now this also already includes your solar inverter as well. Let me know if that makes sense.

PV Magazine In a new paper, researchers from the University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, and the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom have conducted a detailed meta-analysis of 60 papers to investigate the most influential battery parameters and the probable off-gas characteristics to determine what kind of battery would be least hazardous. They have found that while NMC batteries release more gas than LFP, but that LFP batteries are significantly more toxic than NMC ones in absolute terms.

@solartimeusa

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing! That's very interesting thought. Will be looking into it for sure!!!

❤️🙏👍 From India, in Kerala State

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

CHeers and greeting! Thank you!!!

I like the flexibility of DC expansion. Are any other manufacturers offering similar options?

@solartimeusa

Ай бұрын

SMA is rolling out their hybrid. A sof now its not yet fully available. WIll keep you posted Frank :)

Hi Martyna, could you do some testing on different solar panel brands of same wattage on their output performance with microinvers and string inverter with no shading . Thanks Alan

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

YES! i AM WORKING ON A FEW TESTS COMING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS :) :) tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT :)

Hi Martina what is your opinion about deye inverters?

@solartimeusa

Ай бұрын

Hi! They are actually who makes Sol-Ark in USA. I like them. Of course depends what country you are in and who will support warranty but I think Sol-Ark and EG4 are similar products that have a lot of luck in US market! :)

When will the AC coupled versions be available?

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Hey! It is said that that will be an update done to the actual unit software that will allow this feature. It is said that it will be April/May of 2024.

@MacSweaty

2 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa I’m currently in a wait status with a company because they said it won’t have the inverter and they’re waiting on it to come available. I don’t know who to believe now lol

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

@@MacSweaty it is “said” by distributors that the ac coupled features will be an update, but your installer probably wants to wait so they make sure they don’t install it in a a wrong way. Some software updates require different add ons too. Also the pw3 are on big demand now so I’m sure that’s part of the issue but don’t worry! If will be worth the wait!;) Where in USA ? 🇺🇸

I wonder if they are concerned about perceptions of not working in the cold.

@solartimeusa

3 күн бұрын

I wish they were... if youre in a blizzard in a power outage, and your battery will not work due to cold, was it worth anything ?:D

Please consider doing a Tesla Power 3 vs Mango Power M comparison

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

I will! There is a lot of people asking about this battery, where did you see marketing for it? If you dont mind me asking/?

Hi what do think Anker Soir X It’s new in the market. What is different from Tesla Power 3 ?

@wthharrison7233

2 ай бұрын

Tesla has better app and power managment.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Not a huge fan because they don't have a big customer service presence yet. Tesla at least has local to US presence with service, as bad as their customer service is. Anker is a pretty cool and good product, nothing against it really. Its more of a concern, that if in 2 or 3 years they don't gain much market share they will leave the business and homeowners will be left with no warranties. So I like it much but I am a bit concern to spend money on those products. There is always some risk.

I've had two Powerwall 3's for about 4 months now. For some reason both inverters went down 2 weeks ago.

@solartimeusa

25 күн бұрын

was it the solar inverter or the whole thing? how did that affect the home? Can you share more?

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

No surprise!

I am thinking about creating an off grid system here in Austin. If it is 11.5 KW continuous power, then what kind of home systems can be used for 3 power wall 3’s. If I want to turn on AC + dryer + charge a car simultaneously (Some other small things too but these are the major electric components in any house) I feel like this requires something like 20KW continuous power, so technically 3 powerwall3’s should be good enough, right ?

@wthharrison7233

2 ай бұрын

you probably don't need that much continuous power. If your loads take more than the PW can supply then it will just take it from the grid. In a power outage you should be conserving power so your continuous power probably wont go over 11.5 kw.

@harishyala

2 ай бұрын

@@wthharrison7233 I am looking at on off grid system too if possible not just during outages but I more interested in theory and what is possible.

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

Be careful using products like this in completely off grid applications. It might not be under warranty and it might not be able to get firmware updates over the Internet that are absolutely necessary.

@harishyala

5 күн бұрын

@@boblatkey7160 I mean I will use internet, obviously no one is living without internet in this day and age especially after breakthrough of something like starlink.

NYC firecode doesn't allow the ability to install a power wall. They are starting to make exceptions if it's part of a new solar install.

@solartimeusa

Ай бұрын

WOW... I wonder why though....

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

I work for another manufacturer and we have been trying for a long time. It's gonna cost many thousand dollars to get certifications. NYC is unto themselves.

@dkroen17

4 күн бұрын

@@boblatkey7160 There's been some high-profile fires in NYC originating from batteries. Mainly the cheap scooter variety, but I believe that's triggering insurance rates.

@boblatkey7160

3 күн бұрын

@@dkroen17 same thing happening here on the West Coast. The regulatory agencies are not interested in differentiating different types of batteries and in my opinion are going completely overboard with the safety rules.

5 ton AC - 5 KW Clothes Dryer - 5 KW Charging a car - 10KW Other things - 5KW Can 3 powerwall3’s handle this usage simultaneously without depending on the grid ?

@tristramsnowdon5256

2 ай бұрын

What sort of fool would try to do that with home battery storage? The powerwalls would be empty in 1h40m Just dumb

@egg399.

2 ай бұрын

Yes, but you might want to limit the charge on the car so you don’t deplete the battery. As previous poster said you don’t want to have every5hing on at the same time.

@harishyala

2 ай бұрын

@@egg399. Ofcourse, thats a given. 3 Powerwall's will only have 39KWH total battery storage. I am more interested in its ability to handle load and simultaneous use.

@wthharrison7233

2 ай бұрын

In a power outage you should be conserving power so your continuous power probably wont go over 11.5 kw.

@marcfruchtman9473

2 ай бұрын

So, according to the specification sheet, the "Continuous" output of a single powerwall 3 (@1:28) is 11.5kW or 11,500 watts. So yes, if you have 3 of them it would handle all 4 loads, provided that you split up your loads properly. Just remember that they only store about 13.5 kWh (kilowatt hours) per unit. For example if you are using 1000 watts for 10 hours that's 10 kilowatt hours and if you use 10,000 watts for 1 hour, that is equal to 10 kilowatt hours. So, 3 of those powerwalls has about ~40.5 kWh combined (and you usually cannot use ALL of that), so if you ran all of those devices 5+5+10+5 at one time that's 25kW -- You would completely drain the batteries in about 1.6 hours. (actually less because most systems don't let you bottom out the storage). You wouldn't want to combine heavy inductive loads on the same unit, in case they both needed to start at the same time. Please note that a 5 Ton AC unit would be OK, but just be aware that of 2 things: #1, unless it is very old, it probably doesn't use 5000 watts to cool. However, if it is a HEAT PUMP type AC (not just an A/C alone) -- then you might run into trouble if the temperatures got very low... because there's emergency heat generating "resistance coils" built into those... and depending on the size of those coils, you might overload your Powerwall.

Tesla claims to achieve 30 kW peak power output. How is this different from 11.5 KW AC of Maximum Continuous Discharge Power ?

@michaelcogliandro6887

2 ай бұрын

Peak is for startup surge and can only be maintained for a second or 2 before things overheat or trip. The electronics would have to be much heftier to maintain 30 kW. Say the did design it for 30 kW continuous, then it might have a peak of 60-90 kW

@harishyala

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelcogliandro6887 Very interesting, I just read about it elsewhere but your comment gave me a better idea of what is happening.

I would never put a power wall near or in my home due to fire hazard. I wouldn’t store 100 gallons of gasoline in my home in gas cans either. Unless LFP is not vulnerable to thermal runaway

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. That is a valid concern coming from a lot of homeowners. How do you feel about installing them on the outside wall? Or not even there?

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

You make a very valid point! All batteries have dangers associated with them and a lot of people like to say LFP is safe. It is not. Is storing propane bottles in your children's bedroom safe? I mean the tanks don't leak typically....... 😂

I'll never buy as the Tesla Power Wall 4,5,6,7 will be next, and what I purchase will need to be updated. What I need to be told is that Powerwall 3 is it, and download updates will be all we require for the next 30 years. I would install them away from home as insurance companies could increase costs.

@wthharrison7233

2 ай бұрын

If you get a PW2, you will be set for life. PW2 works good.

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, good idea to not do anything. And maybe you drive an old Volkswagen bug? 😂😂😂

I bet the new power wall is going to have the newest sodium batteries, but they want to wait to disclose that until more people are familiar with sodium batteries.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Wouldnt that be nice......

@boblatkey7160

5 күн бұрын

Well do your homework and you will see that sodium batteries have already been tried in the United States and the companies that deployed them have gone bankrupt. That technology is absolutely not ready for primetime yet.

we dont need the companys to pay for the work in their garenti, the law takes care of that in civilized places.. why would that even be two different things ofcourse all the cost of repair is on the company, how much they use is their problem... and it is no problem getting them to follow the law, goverment paid watchdogs take care of that. you can allways complain to them and they will hold the company responsible but companys like tesla dont find it easy to work in europe, they have to pay their workers a real pay and our garentie works.. their new cars cant be sold in europe for safety reasons, and they are shutting down their factorys in europe not a company i would considder

That thumbnail does not fit this video. You should have a nice pretty smile on your face , not this scared look. I'm not seeing where PW3 is that much better than PW2. If your someone that needs 11.5 kw continuous power you probably going to need more than 1 PW. Then if you have 2 or more PW2, your going to have 10+ kw continuous power. Which is plenty for the average home owner. I would not wait for a PW3 if PW2 in ready now. The average home owner will not notice a difference.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

I do see your point with PW2, and that's why I think it was such a good product that hasn't changed in 7+ years. I do like that they are now combining everything together. Ps. Changed the Thumbnail, let me know if its better. Im so new to youtube so I have to try different things for sure. Feedback is so needed!

Love you Martyna, but I can't and won't support anything to do with Elon Musk.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Hey.... Thank you for at least not being against me. I have to take him out of this and ignore the fact that he is part of this. I personally do not like his guts! Its funny I had this conversation with a friend yesterday, and how I do not like Tom Cruz, but Mission Impossible movies are great.... and How sometimes I cannot get over the fact that he is part of the scientology ...:D Thanks again for supporting me though. I really appreciate it. Martyna

@kasonplayz

2 ай бұрын

Elon bad!!

@SpecV0391

2 ай бұрын

❄️ snowflakes

@mongermong

2 ай бұрын

Free speech bad😂

@Pertence75

Ай бұрын

I understand you, he hurts my feelings too...

hey Martyna, really I'm waiting your video always because you introduce very important information, can I get your email?, I have experience in Solar field and want to get a master degree and other things for work I want to share with you, if you don't mind, thanks.

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Shoot me an email/ info@solartimeusa.com

@HusamAl-haboobi-zm2ee

2 ай бұрын

ok I saw your email thank you