Bought a Tesla, NOT enough Solar to Charge it.
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2021
- How much electricity does it take to charge a Tesla Model Y? Actually a lot more than I had planned. My Solar panels were not enough and I had to visit Superchargers even while traveling around town. I didn't know how much fun driving this car would be and burned thru kilowatts like water. Lesson learned, I added 5 more solar panels based on my experience and am now lookin' good.
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My wife and I live in Edmonds, WA in an all electric home (2000 sq ft) with 13.2 kWh solar PV system + 2 Powerwall-2 batteries. Installed solar in 2012 and PW2 batteries in 2018. Brought first Tesla (Model S) in 2012 and second one in 2015 (MS85D) and Model 3 in 2018. We have been net producers of energy for last 9 years, which includes charging both Tesla's. I have microinverters because we have shading issues from trees surrounding our home. Last year we generated 350% of our energy needs for home and electric vehicle charging. We have heat pump and heat pump water heater, which provides both heating and cooling and much more energy efficient than conventional air conditioner. We overbuilt our system and I have no regrets about doing that. We are operating as a microgrid for 9+ months of the year, and only use grid energy during winter when we do not get sufficient solar to power our needs. We love the ability to charge our two cars off our roof and would never go back to ICE cars. Haven't been to a gas station in 9 years.
Thanks for the video Ron. Really liked the installation part. I think you've done what I'm thinking of doing, and under similar situations.
really cool to see the install process..... there are a lot of steps, looks like a quality install for sure.
Thank you, this is the best view of the instillation of solar panels that I have seen.
Great filming! Really liked seeing how it was done. Thank you!
I really like your video. You added a whole new dimension to the concerns prospective new Tesla owners may have about how to best accomplish home charging :-)
Love the video, Ron. Hard to find videos on the process of installing that are not trying to sell you something, so thank you for being honest. Happy New Year and Happy Motoring 😊.
Thanks for the education! Great information and I enjoyed watching the install at the end.
Really good Ron! Proud of you doing the install.
Useful info and nice camera work and scripting. Thanks.
Just had our MY over a year .. 26,385 miles 😳 … We’re on a Quest for Superchargers! Need to get better at posting our trips! …. Good stuff here, thanks for sharing! 👊🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This has to be one of the best and well film solar videos I've seen
Gotta Love Jevons paradox! Great video, thanks for sharing 👍
Good detailed example. Thanks for the fresh pointers
thanks grandpa very informative i'll need this when i buy a house sometime in this lifetime i hope
Grandpa Ron. Is a Bad Ass. ✊🏽 keep up the good work.
Did a DIY install of 17 panels in S.D. about 10 yrs ago. Since then, have added two electric cars, so I expanded the system with 6 more panels. The key is use microinverters. They are relaible and allow expansion easily.
Living the dream, Tesla and home Solar! Well done you. Battery next install
Where I live, we have to have the size of the system approved by the electric company before you install it. This is purely based on past usage. I went to them last year and they told me they would only approve a 6 KwH system even though I had an electric car on order and a hot tub on order. They said they can't size a system any bigger based on what might happen in the future. So, I waited a year after getting my EV to actually get my solar system sized correctly. I am now approved for a 10 KwH system and am in the process of having it installed within the next month.
I have a solar and wind generator system. I believe lots of batteries are the key. So on days when there's lots of energy the batteries can store it. Yes my system is stand alone on a boat