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Can you make a video on how you switch your grid tied inverter on remotely or automatically for your excess solar
I have a free screenshots of this in the $10/month electric bill video.
Nice job man, don't forget, if the power does go out you never know who's going to notice your power and come over.
I'm so confused I'm so confused
How many years do you expect the batteries to last before needing to be replaced?
I wish for 20 years but I am prepared for it to fail at any time. It's an experiment.
You live in CA, try doing that in Texas when the AC is on 20 hours per day..... I'd be interested to see how that would change the cost
I would try to balance out the solar size to the exact AC usage plus some more for when the sun is down. You can even use the hybrid inverter I have on 'batteryless' mode and it can further reduce cost.
this would be a bit cheaper for me because i already have some parts. i have the wire cutter, hammer crimper and a hydraulic crimper, 0 gauge ring terminals. 0 gauge wire. i already have a small bank of 3 lead acid batteries on a solar panel and a 2400w inverter.
If you have all of those, you totally should put it together and put it into service!
none of these worked for me but its just because im stupid. good video man thanks
The base 'delivery' fee gets me. It's $50 here no matter the usage, and well, it keeps climbing.
You could backfeed into main panel with CT's and set export to zero. This would get your entire house on solar/batteries with no net metering or export. If power ever went out you can then manually change over to be off grid.
Honest question.. how does a self-employed person such as yourself get health insurance? Do you pay for it yourself and if so how much?
Really cool setup. Make sure to at least diagonally brace your solar panel structure.
He knows little about how much you should discharge the batteries. The 20%discharge rule is really applicable to lead acid batteries. Lithium are quite capable of being heavily discharged without any serious negative effects on a regular basis. Please do your own investigation folks.
Im a old electrician and failing at my math / this is my idea i need help with / i want to use the grid to charge batteries to run a inverter to power a two 30amp 120v outlets (one for my camper and the other for a shed for my goats)and i want to know if it will cut down on my grid cost to do this / so far no one can answer this / i live in the woods so solar is not a good way to go
Clark Griswold did the wiring....
I just spent $80k on an off-grid system to eliminate my $180/month average bill... The system won't return before equipment end of life...
How much investment return do you get from your car? Most people have to count it as a loss if not used as a business expense. If you use your computer for your buisness , maybe you can use solor as a buisness expense.
I’m amazed at how little electricity you use
why even 10, sounds like you are paying a participation fee only
How is this legal?
Nothing illegal about it. It is completely off grid but it gets connected to the grid only to charge if needed like a vacuum cleaner would.
I like your setup, but does this mean you are dragging extension cords all over the house whenever you need to use a device? Also, what about air conditioning? I’m assuming you don’t need it? (That sounds crazy to a guy that lives in S Florida).
Yes, there are currently 3 extension cords dragged across the floor but I intend to make those disappear after wiring it into the house in the next iteration.
@@BeatTheBush you could probably add a small generator manual transfer panel.. doesn’t seem like you a lot to power. I hate to tell you what we pay per kWh in Tampa, FL… .13 cents per kWh.
You are the reason people hate Tesla. Just plug it in!
Dang I wish I seen this a few days ago before I bought the purple bottles
Very cool
We have to use proper terminology when talking about kW vs kWh. These are two different things.
Great video! When sodium ion arrives everything will change. Hard to know what the payback time will be but probably shorter since the utility rate will likely go up.
Do you direct cool your batteries ?
I don't.
Yeah but how did you spend on the setup and maintenance? It's only worth if your electric bill is 400/month.
I prefer to talk in break even times or ROI. This factors in the cost of the system and what you would have spent on utilities.
Nice Job !? , Liked, subscribed and commented :)
I'm getting 4.5 percent with cash app savings
Good vid . Appreciate you showing the simpler side and benefits of solar.
Uncle roger will disown you haiyaa. But seriously fried rice is my go to when I'm too lazy to do anything else...which happens quite often.
Tesla can add solar roof which can charge a smaller battery which can be used for Sentry mode and Cabin Overheat protection that why it does not impact your actual range.
Thank you for sharing this message more people should talk about this love this video good work 👍👍
"This is PG&E, we found your lack of electricity usage very suspicious and subversive. We have no choice but to sue you because we need YOUR money to pay for every town we burn down. Kind Regards, PG&E ".
They charge somewhere around $20 as a minimum fee.
How much do the batteries cost ? They last 10 years?
Will your insurance cover electrical fires with diy chargers /etc
Trickle charge your car instead of storing into the batteries. How is your car not using more than 21$?
A 12V 200Ah is roughly $500, $400 if you find a good deal. 2000 cycles is 200 cycles per year until 20% degradation.
You wasted your money on that cheap high frequency, transformerless inverter because you'll never be able to power your home's high inductance loads and you'll be lucky if you get even 2cyears of life expectany from it. You would be far better off replacing it with a low frequency, transformer based inverter charger.
I have an Deye hybride inverter (High frequency) with 10 years of warranty, im not worried at all.
I hear that echoed a lot but I like to give it a try and report back the life of these units. Yes, I have videos from 10 years ago where I still reply to comments. So far, this unit has worked for about 5 months.
lets calculate if Tesla has 85 Kwh battery and you are using solar that provide 0.5kwh that will take 85/0.5 = 170 hours to fully charged
Excellent review!
His payback estimate doesn't take reliability and maintenance into account. This is consumer grade tech and some parts will fail out of warranty and need to be replaced which will increase ROI. I don't think it makes sense yet for the typical household.
It doesn't unfortunately. Even with their crazy 43 cent per kw, now in other countries it's more like 12 cents or even lower. No ROI
I'll report back if anything fails. Seems like the inverter would be most likely to fail first but one year of usage would cover that part in full already.
If I make it until September it will be 3 years. The only issue I have had is with the combiner box. I smoked one of the back flow diodes. And I had a loose wire that caused an arc that melted one of the DC breakers. It's possible that the loose connection is what smoked the back flow diode. The loose connection was my fault. I have purchased a back up solar charge converter in case mine does die. As far as ROI I'm looking at 7 years. With 3 in the bank 4 more years is definitely within reach.
Interesting video. It makes lots of sense that you would not say too much bc you do not want to influence others on such a speculative crypto. Also, good that you did not use your influence to promote any crypto. People do very financially irresponsible things and any crypto is highly speculative. It can ruin a person financially.
I’m sure that you get lots of viewers who are part of the financial independence retire early set. Working is purposeful and quitting a lucrative career like engineering can be tough bc it may be difficult to get back in later on. Whatever you end up doing, hopefully, you find happiness in it. KZread comments can be so toxic bc people are mostly anonymous. Your idea about a way to filter out the nasty comments makes lots of sense. The pandemic was such a major disruption to normal life. Perhaps now you will find ways to feel better and find a purposeful way to use your time to feel fulfilled.
my net worth is 900k, im poor as fuck my parents already disowned me
Hello. Nice video. Definitely reinforce the structure for solar panels. As you said- 10 year ROI for you. But after (probably sooner) 10 years you will need to replace batteries and after about 5-7 years your inverter will break so that is the biggest problem with solar systems. Batteries and inverter will break earlier than you will get your money back. So after 10 years you will need to upgrade system components. I am not against solar systems because it is great idea- but it depends on everybody personal situation.
This man is the pioneer in America, many Americans will start installing solar like you soon
Triangles dude! That solar panel structure is screaming for some triangle bracing to stiffen it up.
I'm on it! Lol.
Great video and would enjoy hearing more about your system. Love your strategy of doing solar, identifying devices to use on battery power with PG&E as a backup. It must make you feel really good every month you receive your PG&E bill 😊 I have PG&E too and this month (May/2024) tier 1 price is 43 cents per kW and tier 2 is 53 cents. Every time the rates go up your pay back period gets shorter. Secure your panels, medium to high winds will lift them right off. Wonderful job.
thanks great job congratulations you very rich now terrific
You forgot one ROI item. Peace of mind which is priceless. No worries about brown outs etc.. Great build!!
Do these unit do power limiting? ( Not feeding back to the grid).
The inverter I use has the ability to become a grid-tie system but I did not enable this since the purpose is it use off-line.
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