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Video documentaries with an emphasis on home economics, tech, and renewables.
Tesla Solar Roof | 2-Year Review
Catch up on the Tesla Solar Roof's performance and longevity, at the two year mark. Are solar shingles feasible? Will home batteries ever make sense? Has our power bill gone to zero?
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The Unforeseeable Negative Costs of EV Charging!
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Your MILEAGE may vary. We probably did a few thousand miles in the Leaf over the last year. Our rolling-electric cost is still dropping, but this was a perfect opportunity, since 100 is an easy number to do maths with. I DO NOT RECOMMEND JUICBOX OR ENEL! They just forced a terrible and unnecessary app migration. Charger still works, but the app is broken. NACS is the best charging standard, but...
Infrared Heating Panels: Our Experience and Cost Savings after One Year
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We've used a set of (1) 600w, (1) 400w, and (1) 250w infrared heating panels for a whole heating season. This is a summary and explanation of our findings! #energy #renewableenergy #heating #electric
Christmas Time in Munchen
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We set out on a Christmas journey to Bavaria, with stops in Salzburg, Dachau, Nuremburg, and even a zoo!
Tesla Powerwall Update | BIG $ Time FAQ #1
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We've had a game-changing setting pushed to the Tesla app, and it could mean way more monies. Also answer questions about snow on Solar Roof, Cleaning solar panels, and EV savings with our system! As always, thumbnail generated by Dalle 2. #Tesla #powerwall #energy
Tesla Solar Roof V. Hail?!*
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*ice and a slinghshot The real science behind slingshot speed: ua-cam.com/video/hN-t96kptXU/v-deo.html Music: "To Loom is to Love" by The Mini Vandals Thumbnail: Dalle 2 AI
Toto Washlet | The Japanese Toilet I WON'T Live Without!
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It's been nearly two years of superior cleanliness. If you're not on the bidet train, maybe it's time to get yourself a ticket! Thumbnail created via Midjourney AI
Tesla Solar Roof | 1-Year Review
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You've probably heard a thing or two about Tesla and their energy division. Do they even really install solar? If so, it would probably never pay itself off in savings! Well, we've been living with the Solar Roof V3 and Powerwall 2.0 for an entire year, and are looking forward to sharing our findings. Thumbnail generated partially via Dalle-2 AI.
great explanation!! thanks
I love this guy. thank you for making something that could be boring very entertaining, fun and easy to follow. great info, editing and visuals! I salute thee.
I wonder what it would be like if you enclosed an infrared panel or put fins on the back like a wet radiator has so it produced convection heat for less power output.
I think the best part is that it's your business and to hell what anyone says.
I am jealous at american enegy prices in the nerherlands we pay 1.23 per m3 natural gas and 0.26 per kwh
@@larsjarredspeetjens don't be jealous it just means they waste more here until they can complain as much!
@@ShortVersion1 True, however our government is scamming its citizens (in the energy transition) we had something called "Salderen" where you would be able to offset any excess energy from the summer in the winter allowing you to pay zero euros for energy (except some non-variable grid taxes). However they are going to remove this policy immediately since its hurting the energy companies now instead of doing it in a period of 8 years slowly building it off like was promised so a lot of us invested in a false promise. Anything thats good for the people must be removed. (the great social-economic lie of Europe)
Arcata, Humboldt County, California: natural gas = $2.38 per therm, electricity = $0.39 per kwh. 1200 kwh per month? ~$500. (avg winter temp here = 48ish)
@@walterkelly thats expensive, even for dutch standards but then again its lost all reality to the rest of America.
Ha ha! Great one! Thanks
UV radiation does not cause cancer. UV skin damage does or it might it depends on your anti inflammatory vit D³ levels in your body cells as well as many other factors... Strong immune system is the key! 💪
Isn't bait & switch illegal? If not, it should be.
The benefits of Solar out weighs any negative. (As long as you paid the right price) There's just a lot of considerations to be had. Considering will you stay on your residence for 10 years or forever. Return of investment might be long, but if you plan to live on the place forever. I think it's worth it. These systems are built to last, not much movable parts, so no sweat at all it breaking. The cheap ones may be questionable though, so if you buy the right items. You're set!
There are 2 types of infra red. As long as you feel heat , it is infra red. There are the short wavelength infrared and this is what we get from the sun as well as the yellow electric heater. Short wavelength infrared not only warm your body but also heat up the air in the room. This electric heater will also emit some long wavelength infrared. The long infrared , however, do not heat the air. It reaches your body directly. The long infrared heater will also emit short infrared and this is why it will also warm up the air around it but at a much slower rate. Increasing the ambient temperature for control doesn't do much in controlling the long wavelength infrared.
Amaze 600w, I can only find this on Google as a convection panel, not infrared
I have to laugh at the comment "army of squirrels"!!
You the man there, sounds like a great investment in your home. Thanks for the informative briefing on the project. 😎🤙
Nice job, Thanks for sharing. Would love to have a slick looking roof putting juice out to boot. People complain about the payoff, what's it worth when the grid gos down and you still have power. Sorry to break you whining blue hearts, most red votes are all about being self sufficient. To bad 3rd party installers are jacking high prices into the mix. Thanks again for the info.👍👍👍 Carbon a scam.😮
That was excellent. Thanks for that detailed review. It answered a lot of my own questions. We need both a roof replacement and a solar system, and this video might just push me into getting a Tesla solar roof with batteries.
I was just quoted $62,310 for a 9.288kW system here in Phoenix. After the tax incentives, it would be $43,617. Just in case anyone needs numbers around August 2024. This is through a third party installer.
@@NischGTM thanks! Honestly not that bad! Fwiw, we still get people stopping out front and asking questions etc and it's going stronger than ever after removing a pair of trees that were shading either side.
If you mention carbon, you’re basically a indoctrinated bafoooon
It doesn't matter if this is carbon friendly... this is grid independence which is more important.
Thank you so much. Just what I was looking for. Looking forward to an update on this year.
Sounds great when you look at the monthly savings, but factor in how much it all cost you up front. You’re not saving anything until you break even in your current investment. And what year will that be? Also NJ rate is $0.15/kWh.
@@coolbart66 yeah it's been saving more every year now ~12 years left. Less than the lifespan of a disposable roof anyway! Cheap for a premium product, turns out. They've really raised the price since (I've been seeing 8x-10x quotes). Hardly matters in our zip code, out house goes up that much in value every few months it seems. Gotta love the abstraction of money and math.
Change & technology scares people. Unless you’re Amish or you still drive horse & buggy, use candles for light, walk to the river for water, use an abacus to do your taxes why fight it ?
So it takes 20 years to make your money up?
"I HOPE that it doesn't cause that much cancer" 😅. Good vid though. These seem like a great idea to put near places you plan to be sitting for a long time as they can warm up your body directly like those heatlamps for reptiles lol. Heating all the air inside your room or house is just a huge waste unless you are gonna be constantly walking around. Plus heating the air by convection means it holds more moisture which increases evaporation from the mucous membranes in your nasopharynx, making your nose and throat feel dry. These infrared panels shouldn't have that problem I'm guessing, although I've never tried one
a heatpump is'nt that efficient, when a gasboiler with radiators has a 95+ efficiency, a heatpump has only 55 of efficiency it is great for houses that are completely packed with insulation and floor heating, but otherwise insuficient for heating your home it's also very high in consuming energy, a heatpump is at least 5Kw, and almost stays on constantly where as infrared panels are modulating and directing heat at 300w-1Kw, you can place several around the house to equal the power needed to power 1 heatpump
Heat pumps have an efficiency of 350% typically (using the input power vs heating ratio).
What BS. Heat pumps have over 300% efficiency. Stop spreading misinformation.
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I honestly don't get it. A $32k investment and you are only offsetting your ~$1.5k annual electric bill? Sounds like a case of diminishing returns to me... Imagine if you invested $30k into something else? Low risk ETF? Small business operation? 🤔
chinese made batteries have the lowest carbon due to china's own solar production infrasctructure and use of sustainable energy
you are ok that child slaves from the Congo are being used to power your house? Just to save money and get tax credits that your gov't gives to other genocidal countries to kill other children in the tens of thousands? Nothing has ever said America like your existence.
Beautiful roof! I think I'd be more comfortable with a complete Tesla system solar electric roof and Powerwall batteries system rather than a likely cheaper, but piecemeal system of the same listed capabilities.
Today Tesla offered me the opportunity to join its Virtual Power Plant to use my three Powerwalls in the next few months to earn (up to) ~$1,100. Each year SDGE pays me ~ 3 cents per kilowatt hour of my substantial excess production. I suspect Tesla will pay a bit more. I bet other viewers would appreciate your opinion on which is the best option. Care to opine, or make a video to explain these options?
I don't know enough about specific regions and their rates, but I definitely see the posts of VPP members and their huge reimbursement checks. I'd be surprised if any power company gave as good of deals as Tesla collectively bargaining on their network's behalf! I'm jealous! Recently out power company sent out a questionnaire, with one question asking what would get us to allow them control on when we export. I answered "about $3,000/year" based on what I saw from Tesla VPP in Texas.
I’ve been waiting for someone to show and tell the Tesla roof system since reading about the concept in the newspapers. Now I’m hoping that they switch to sodium ion batteries for the added safety features and lower cost. Thanks for posting this.😊❤
Very good info. I really like the sword pointer stick.
Wouldn't the heat pump "switch" need to be mapped against that year's temperatures vs the previous? And are you amortizing battery cost to arbitrage costs?
Yeah exactly I went back to add all the temperature data to my spreadsheet, and it's usually a few degrees different but years don't vary too much. It's splitting hairs to some extent, but switching from gas to heat pump saved so much energy the temperature variations were inconsequential year-to-year. As for the heat pump only year, to the added IR panel year, then yeah the temp difference was more consequential. Not amortizing in any sense that I understand. We paid everything outright and since then have saved ~$2k a year, now our total "remaining cost" is around $26k for the solar and batteries (down from $32k) if that's what you mean.
Sorry if I misunderstood but then you pay sometimes for the electric bill plus the solar panel? 2 bills? Correct me if Im wrong. Im thinking of getting them
So people have those kinds of arrangements if they lease solar panels or finance, and then on months the solar wouldn't produce enough to cover their bills they might have two. Ours were bought outright so we only have the utility bill. Except our utility bill also has water and sewage on it, but those I've removed for data points.
Your job was 32k, average job is apparently like 150k.. gat damn!
Just mentioned this to neighbor yesterday. It is down to about a little over $26k in un-recovered cost now that we're almost three years in. But I'd say the average project isn't on the average house they tend to be wild buildings.
I don’t care about any of the things discussed. I want one just in case of long power outage.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the graph but shouldn't your electricity use drop when you bought the panels?
We're keeping it noticeably warmer, the cost went down even though the usage went up because of how we're using them tactically. Sorry for the confusion! They're still going and very nice about a year later.
@@ShortVersion1 Surely the only way the cost went down while the consumption increased was because the price fell?
Thank you for the plain english version on the topic of infrared heat panels👍✌
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Great video, the TSR price is dependent on the roof size and solar TSR size needed boyond the dummy tiles.
$150,000 for 20kwh with no powerwall. 3rd party installers are a joke.
Everyone has to get rich on every job!
“you’re not allowed to just look into it!” 😠
You were lucky. I also ordered in the beginning (before prices increased), and worked with them for over a year, and then they just canceled my order one day. I had to start over with a third party and it's a lot more expensive.
Ughgh what a nightmare man that sucks!
great video backed with science. Hopefully solar becomes the norm in the future because it would truly make the world a much more efficient place. Not only could we power our homes, but also charge cars, semis, ships, etc.
I know for a fact that several passenger/vehicle ferries in Ontario Canada have converted to all electric propulsion and they are quite happy with the results.
ua-cam.com/video/WRAxpaYh6DA/v-deo.html This is free heat. Come to think of it its enviromently friendly as well you cannot beat reverse cycle airconditioning for cheap running costs.
can you tell how big your house roof is ???
It's a couple thousand square feet between 1800 and 2100, including the garage!
Musk is a conman
What is the annual cost of the burrowed $32K?
We didn't finance
I forgot to say that if you remove the front panel you should receive more infrared.
The problem with infrared heating is that you feel the heat on the parts of your body facing the infrared waves while you feel the cold air on other parts of you body. This is not confortable. However if you can install 2 or 3 panels around you then you will feel great.
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Good to know! 👍
I had this and disconnected it, we were never happy with it