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simple payback calculation. in our case, was 5.5 yrs. based on electricity and fuel prices now 7 years ago and commuting 100Km a day as i was. We have had the system for 7 years. so well past the 100% return on investment period. in that time the cost of fuel and home energy has gone up significantly. making the savings even better. not only that, it is an investment in your home that improves cashflow, and the fact we never have a blackout, and i have energy freedom, is priceless. if you look at it this way, obviously the solar panels and infrastructure has a cost, but the energy the system it generates, is free, we dont pay for the sunlight. If you use gas, or fossil fuels, you still have to pay for that infrastructure when the home is built. build a new home, you are paying for that gas connection, you are paying for the upkeep of coal power plants in your bills, and the same for petrol. add in the costs of the raw fuel stock as well, and exposure to the price variability involved with that, you will never have a payback period.

@@SydneyEV My comment still valid. It's not free, it costs, there's a capital cost many people can't afford, or would find hard, and a potential maintenance cost (I was a solar installer for 10 years)

for sure. the new place will be a new build, and we have already started collecting info and quotes for both on grid and complete off grid systems. as of now, it waiting for settlement before we can go further

we have bene looking into off grid and new solar systems for our new build when it gets started, and the export limit seems to be dictated by the energy local provider, as some quote we have have told us we cant have more than 5kw inverters (this also includes in the batteries) which is an issue as we are looking at 30 to 40Kw systems! the provider in our sold home in the video, is Endeavour, and they seem fine with 10Kw inverters we already have as well as the inverters in the powerwalls. As for the battery state of health, i haven't looked into that yet. i know one is only 12 months old as its DC/DC converter failed internally and Tesla replaced it under warranty.

You think that will only apply to EV? Even with that, still fuel will free. And I make it myself. Proper energy freedom

@@SydneyEV And now check out the rapid devaluation of the Tesla brand... may be worth selling it on.

no point in selling it on, we already paid for it, (6 yrs ag) so why punish ourselves because the company CEO looses his crapola. not buying new makes an impact. even so, elon wasn't a factor in our decision to buy, I'm not going to let him be an influence in what we buy next either. all i will say, is the competition is coming if not already surpassing in many areas, when it comes time to buy new, we will weight up what suits us best regardless of who runs the company. just as everyone else does with every other company they buy from.

@ because it will never be worth more than it s now

And here the best part. It has a payback period. When you return on investment hits 100%. Which in our case happened 2 years ago. If burning petrol or gas. There will never be a payback period.

What a rude thing to say! Surely you would have heard he has had the system for 7 years so it has paid itself off and is now operating for free!

@@chrisbridgland7212 Seven years is insufficient to pay off a AU$40,000 install cost unless this guy is using electricity like its going out of fashion! The key to net zero is careful and minimal use of resource, not virtue signalling about how much energy you are able to waste in the space of 7 years, with two electric cars! Disgraceful profligacy, no wonder there's a climate crisis.

@@chrisbridgland7212 yep, love how so many commentors just assume they know exactly how much you paid for it as well.

oh you salty about having to buy fossil fuels constantly? no wonder there's a climate crisis.

Wow. That’s sounds like what we will be doing soon. Depending on cost to connect to grid 150 mtrs away we will be entirely off grid. Needing to power EVs as well as a lot of other electric equipment. Who did your install?

@@SydneyEV Self install, built my own lifepo4 battery banks @ about $3,500 per 16kwh, and just recently installed a aircon in the battery room for 24/7 temp control, I had the grid with solar for 14 years, it was becoming not worth it due to avaiabilty charges and poor FIT. I an only west of the Blue Mountians

very cool but 3500 for 16kwh is a bargain! we have been buying up Samsung rack mounted batteries, have 48Kwh now to use in our new build. by the looks of it we most likely will go off grid, and our new place is near Mt Bindo.

yep, sadly homes in OZ aren't built for efficiency, even new today, while better, still a long way to go. we need to build new, but will include upgraded insulation, and double glazing as a minimum, but its crazy expensive here. if you have heaps of free power, from solar, then the efficiency thing isnt so bad, we used to use the excess to create a thermal battery, just turn on all air cons to really cold/warm. then at sunset, turn them off. house will warm/cool over night. and in most cases would be ok all night. unless it was really cold or hot

@@SydneyEV Everything is crazy expensive in Australia hey! Have a 6kW PV system and using Home Assistant to use excess energy to charge our EV. Works out at about $0.04/kWh to charge accounting for the incredibly low FIT. Using about 30kWh/day during summer with computers and airconditioning running 24/7. So still have a substantial power bill. Can't justify home battery at the moment as we can't install more PVs as our house footprint is too small for any more to be fitted. Again thanks for showing us your home energy setup - or should I say the new owners' energy setup. Keep cranking them out and we'll keep watching!

@@garylovesbeer thanks for watching, i wont be making much content on this old house now, as its no longer our (except electric lawn care stuff as a last vid) but i plan on documenting the new build and setup in the near future.

nice, also with some EVs capable of V2L, will help a lot. We used the little single induction cookers for a few months while rebuilding our kitchen, they work surprisingly well and were surprised at what we could cook up on them. highly recommended.

sadly no, just a cheap decorative thermometer i was given as a gift. in our new place, that will be a IOT device to monitor everything.

Thanks for going all electric yourself, better for everyone! and make life so much easier. its a life hack!

not sure, i think the 9 looks better instead of the 6. my old flying school boos had ALT12D.

yep, Sydney real estate has gone stupid. new blocks far smaller nearby are selling for near $1m

not sure, haven't met the buyers, but they wanted the Powerwalls to stay, and paid more in negotiations for them, they were not part of the sale contract, and a negotiable item. to get them to come up the the price we wanted, we had to include the wall charger as well. so I am assuming they will already have, or are going to buy an EV soon if they wanted the wall charger. We like automating everything, so its mostly set and forget. the secret is, the oven and cooktop were factory seconds, so were about 60% off new price for small un noticeable damage. the Heat pump we picked up from an auction of a closing down business, and the system was un used still on pallet, just sat in back of the workshop covered in dust, rust stains and grease for a few years and never installed. it cost $400. +500 for our local plumber to install it.

nice, i forgot to mention in the vid about all our electric lawn care stuff, lucky we dont have much lawn!

not exactly sure, i think there are rebates available from batteries in some states, when we installed our system there were no rebates or incentives, so we paid full price, we calculated payback was over 5.5 years based on prices for electricity 7 yrs ago. fortunately, as we had no rebates of incentives, we could remove the powerwalls and take them with us. if they were installed under a rebate program, they would have to stay and be an inclusion on the home contract of sale.

yep, we love it, its one of those things where once you go induction, you never go back

How do I convince the wife who has used gas all her life......?

Gas is cheaper...

@Humanity101-zp4sqno. It’s not. Do you get gas for free?

@Humanity101-zp4sq $1 a day just for the supply charge isn’t cheaper. And then usage is very expensive. And gas is just going to keep going up a lot

no, we considered that, but also decided that if we were to sell (we did) then its still there for the new owner if they want to use it. the gas plumber just sealed off all the gas pipes from the hot water booster, and external BBQ outlet, the gas line was removed from the kitchen when we got the new circuit done for the induction and over. i think the gas lines are still there, just capped off.

thanks, had the licence plate for a few decades now. it suite my career, and also the car with its performance

yep, our consumer laws are quite good, also good for Tesla to allow for FSD transfers to new cars, essentially a licence, i think they should do that for all countries that dont have FSD yet. once FSD becomes released in Oz, or wherever, then revert back to the FSD is attached to the car. WE tried Amber a while ago as well, for about 18 months, it was Ok, but we have found OVO works better for our situation. but will be cool to see where Amber can go with ChargeHQ, especially as you mentioned, allowing charging when prices ar negative, or allow you to set a price point to start charging. so can save your solar for export for more profit. so many opportunities.

the data was taken from over 27 Million MOT tests in the UK. so im sure the data would capture the outliers you suggested. Being a UK study, it probably wont have much data on high speed, or extreme winter motoring. Also dont forget the MiEV, mine is 15 yrs old, battery has fared MUCH better than a similar age Nissan LEAF, Nissan obviously had issues with thermal management and chemistry, probably more a chemistry thing as the new LEAF has no thermal management either, but seems to have avoided the same degradation issues.

My ford top of line 2012 model $58.000 when new now insurance value $9000 trad in value $2000 car yard $ 10.000 so my new BYD sealion6 is much better value today than the ford back then

agree, even though 2030 seems a long way away, its very close, only 5 yrs, less than 2 lease cycles away now. as most leases are 3 yrs, the second hand boom might last that long at least. but once the flood of ex lease EVs hit the market, and no petrol or diesel can replace them, the collapse in second hand market will happen

What's that got to do with Net Zero? good cherries?

same here, i still love our Tesla, its still fit for purpose, but Elon, arrgghh... dont care for him at all (we sold our TSLA shares recently its obvious he's not doing much with Tesla and wish he would move on from it to do whatever he wants. but im not going to let his politics influence my experiences and fun driving EVs and renewable adventures

@@darrenyorston EV charging: You just get your electrician to install a 32A outlet and buy a $500 portable charger with a wall bracket. Then you find an EV retailer offering timed cheap EV charging. Why waiting for the gov to do your homework?

@@moestrei I was being facetious. My meaning was that if the government feels our transition to EV is so critical then they should subsidise the purchase of EVs and the cost of electricity substantially.

some interesting points. you dont really needed a dedicated home charger, jsut a 10 amp power outlet will cover 99% of use cases, (remember you only charge what you drive that day) and there are now EV only plans that allow $0.00 power rate for EV charging at home, and in most cases you can schedule your charging for off peak times so you pay the cheapest rates. if you can or have solar, that reduces even more.

they do have some incentives, like FBT exemptions for EVS on a lease, and you can control your electricity rates somewhat. get them to zero with some investment in home batteries and solar, which you can get rebates for. but otherwise, total cost of ownership you will make significant savings, also, its not always about the $$ otherwise everyone would be drivng Kia Picantos. but the best thing is EVs are just far more responsive, smoother and fun to drive with far lower centre of gravity.

@@abmbarry Inform yourself first before sprouting garbage.....or was it meant to be funny ?

tell us you have never driven an EV without telling us.

Plug in and drop out! That’s me. lol

awesome, we work from home so thinking a grid connection as last resort backup might be good, but most places we are looking at are single phase, so might need a transformer upgrade and some distance of cable installed for 3 phase, we are happy with not exporting anything, export is so low now its not worth it anyway. for the price of the system we have at home now (sold, 9.6Kw with 2 powerwalls 27Kwh) we can now get a 30Kw system and 3 powerwalls! we also have 48kwh of Samsung batteries we plan to use as workshop power, home backup. at this stage it looks like a complete off grid system might be the better option as connection costs alone are more than double urban prices. still dong a lot or research and collecting quotes at the moment, but cant really move ahead until we buy a place.

@SydneyEV The grid is an expensive backup. Chances are there is a black out when you need it or you get a surge from a lightning strike into an overhead power line even far away zapping your gear. You don't need 3 phase, Single phase 32A gives 7.4kW which easily charges an EV.

in cooling off period at the moment, but we are happy, we obviously would be happier with a bit more. but market cooling a bit, interest rates not coming down for a while, it is what it is.

hahah, i Love Americans, and have friends IRL, and online in the USA... but sadly could never actually live there. but will be interesting to see the soon to be petrol car museum of the USA like cuba cars i guess

suggest a look few old servers to make those home automations work with your power and appliances

yep we already have a large powerful home server and running a lot of automation on home assistant. (its also running my uni work and experiments and a lab for sally to use for work) but with the new place we will start from the beginning and show how we are doing it, and what we will try to automate. but we have narrowed down a location to around Oberon and the Oberon Plateau, close to family close to services and close enough to Sydney to be easy day trip.

yep! lots more cool stuff to come now!

wait, i should start an only fans! Wang news only! maybe not

@@SydneyEV 🤔

I wonder if anyone has started an only fans, that is actually just for fans of a car type?

Agree. The situation in Armidale is particularly dire, especially for a seemingly progressive education city. Tesla's Superchargers have been "coming soon" for that it seems like years

not good to hear about the norther mid NSW NRMA chargers not working. not a good sign. i was really hoping a change of government would see more outback and rural Ev charger installs.

I wonder if there is a Barnaby influence in Armidale? though i doubt it. im surprised more NEw England Highway sites haven't been added.

@SydneyEV I know someone living in Armidale and the council is just terrible. Barnaby the wind and solar slayer won't help either.

Sounds like Bathurst region, very strong anti renewables pushes there, and lots of NO WIND FARMS signs etc. but talking to ppl there, it seems the usual small very noisy minority who just dont shut up.

im not so sure, they are BYD. a sub brand of BYD. so i think they will be one of the long term players, most of the strange Chinese brands are subs of larger companies like Geely etc. i really hope they rebrand though if they sell in Australia, and just keep it BYD U9 or something.

so glad you enjoyed it. thank you for watching.

no idea, they had such a good head start! and even after all this time, the batteries have had no issues, a little degradation but nothing as bad as the early LEAF had.

we have advanced autopilot with FSD features, so best you can get in Australia without full FSD, so get the traffic light recognition, navigate on AP, smart (sort of awake) summon. unfortunately, until FSD actually gets released in OZ, i cant recommend paying the extra for it at the moment.

a lot has to do with tax incentives, ABN holder can write off their costs in less time than normal cars, and also, their advertising appealing the to great aussie outdoors manly men men works well. dont need to actually go bush every weekend, just as long as you have the side awning.

Im sure we wont see it next year, but the Autopilot system has been collecting driving data for almost a decade so that has to be worth something. im sure they are not just ignoring it all, and will start if a cybercab hits the road. time will tell.

especially when 99% of the prototypes we see never come to market.

Foxconn, which is an apple supplier are still pressing ahead with their EV. which i think is odd if apple pulled the plug.

well yes, all events like this are to build hype, its not a unique tesla thing, but yes, his timelines are very flexible.

seems to be a good mix of options, some using LIDAR, others going with Camera vision (including some big name Chinese manufacturers)

tyres have remote monitoring, been in use for some time now on heaps of cars, but yes, daily inspections are needed if used by public as public transport, maybe panes removable with quick release fasteners? who knows, But from what i saw, the van did have large windows. I saw another comment about ground clearance, but there are already busses with suspension that adjusts and lower to the road level when passengers are getting on and off. If they make it ll work, great, if Not, hope someone will eventually.