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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2023
- Join me today on a remote island in london where I was commisioned to repair a botched tesla power wall Install. I also repaired the broken solar edge setup. Join for banter, hard work, and some great electrical content!
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Trevor Graham Baylis CBE had a house on the island, he is famous for the invention of the wind-up radio. I met him at a conference in 1999, a fascinating guy.
There’s alot of cool history there for a small spot of land 😁
Brilliant start to your new job, career and channel . All the best to you Cory....you deserve it buddy. Your sparky skills are first class and your one liners are superb!!!
Thanks Eddie!
I went school just round the corner from there, about 20 years ago we always used to go over to eel pie island as one of the houses had about 100 naked dolls and doll heads hanging from the trees! Was real creepy at the time 😂
My whole family lives here on this island I can’t believe it missed you! Really interesting spot, check out eel pie island museum in the high street.
That’s cool! I’ll have to go there next time I’m back 😄👍🏼
Also, next time you’re back, check out Umi (a sushi restaurant) on York Street (it is just across from the bridge you went across). Bobby the owner is fantastic and it is genuinely the best sushi I have ever had! I used to live next door and it is the biggest thing I miss about living in Twickenham.
Great workmanship Cory and fantastic banter 🤣🇮🇪👏
Thank you!
We did the pv slate install on the place opposite that. Realised where you were when i saw the ice cream!
Getting materials on site was a pain, but it was a beautiful place to work over the river.
Got some great pictures, wish I'd had a drone though. Marking out and ordering bespoke cut infills around the openings and velux took a while, but the result was worth it!
Nice work!
Just admiring the workmanship in person! Looks great
Haha, nice one! Cheers 😎
I grew up in Twickenham... Love it :))
The Renusol clamps are easy to move! Just back out the fastner and push the clamp together (ever so slightly) and it'll slide like butter in a hot pan!
When you have done thousands it is
Great film as always, much appreciated, thank you. 🍻👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome that you made it to Twickenham and found the excellent Water Lane Coffee!
Thanks Ben!
First try of hygge was the best pronunciation, what you said afterwards hikke means to have a hiccup, greetings from Denmark .
Amazing video 🎉 - so interesting and educational as always. Still waiting for this channel to blow up 💯
Thankyou! Working on it!
"My Fiancee is Norwegian " now stop right there. Amid ell pies,hermit crabs and Higge rum you drop that nugget. So happy for you Cory. I hope Gretta will not be disappointed .Or maybe Gretta is not Swedish after all. Your vlogs are all a double watch. First for the contend and the verbal overlay and secondly for the projects and their uniqueness . "my father gave me crabs" and "i cried my eyes out when I lost them " Coryisms .
Could you pick a more miserable day in winter . Nature follows you whereever you go .Bees ,pigeos and parakeets. Crack on Guys. Happy New Year
Thanks bro!
Another great video, you are smashing it!
Thanks Richie!
Used to go to the concerts there back in the 60s. As I lived locally saw so many bands back then. Pink Floyd. The Stones John Mayall to name a few. It definitely didn’t look as posh as now and the bridge across was fun
Awesome!! 👏🏼
I was a car mechanic (not fitter). Have you ever done fault finding on car electrics. I moved on to work shop manager so at long last didn’t have to do found it very frustrating car electric work
Great video Cory, and I can’t believe you were working on Eel Pie Island. I do a lot of work round Twickenham area and quite often park up down there for lunch. I would have popped down to say hello if I’d have known 🤣
Look forward to the next video
Thanks mate! Next time
Mate this is mad nostalgic, we used to get pissed by the river on a Friday night as a teenagers, and believe it or not we got chased of that island one night by an old fella with a shotgun!! The good old days 😂
😂😂
Can create EMF/eddi currents if tails not in through one entry 👍 good video mate
Its starts to happen around 200amps plus and heats up the surrounding metal large 3phase installs most at risk with big loads as creates eddies currents In to the surrounding metal.
Shocking work by last installer unfortunately seen this alot over the years
Great job on the repair work, you'll have to invest in a bigger drone to lift the solar panels up!
Crabs, moist, and a few loose screws... Oh and awesome electrical content. Cheers Cory
Haha!! Thanks Jim!!
Beware of high tides at full and new moon the road where the bridge is can under to 2 feet underwater briefly at high tide. Deep Purple played wearing wellies at the ells pie island club. I
Haha, that’s a gem of a fact right there
Another Resident of EEL Pie Island was a Chap Called Trevor Bayliss - Inventor of the Clockwork Radio
That’s cool 😎
Good luck with your “sideline” venture. I’m coming up to 67 years old and still crawling around in lofts and don’t enjoy it as much as I used to.
Good work Corie been in solar for long time and you did a great job buddy
Thanks mate! 😎
@@corymac welcome buddy be good to team up happy to come help for for a day.
I Enjoy your vids Cory. Brilliant. I a, a former electrician. Medically retired.
Thanks mate 😃
Amazing as always!! You are best😍😍😘
Wait, is this Åse the musician?! I’ve seen your music page 😍
Yes, I’m your biggest inspiration 😉😉😉
If the Tesla powerwall is capable of exporting wouldnt this be included in the export for the G99? so for instance a Tesla Powerwall can export 3.6kW or 5kW depending on how its setup and the PV can export for example 3.6kW that would be a total export of 7.2kW or 8.6kW. Also a myenergi Eddi energy diverter is in breach of Teslas terms of use as it stops export? I Know you cant use Solac 200 or Solar iboosts with them.
Cpry, I have a mate who is a one-man-band but commerical/full-time Beekeeper/Honey Farmer near Bishops Stortford who has a very interesting brand new 18kW array he specc'd and installed himself... Perhaps you two should meet and give each other some useful respective tips/suggestions!?
Tails and main earthing conduductor should always all enter DB through the same knock out and secured in a tails gland to reduce the thermo magnetic effects
The regs say that BUT if you believe that the heating effects from eddy currents will cause a fire or melt the CU or plastic components inside it I would point you to John Wards test at ua-cam.com/video/hg5eZkq2KgE/v-deo.html
The heating effect is negligible and to even see it you have to up the continuous current to 100 Amps.
Another case of Regs, created by people with little or no practical experience, based on theoretical physics.
@@barrieshepherd7694 Absolutely right. Before they write regulations they should at the very least test the theory that the reg is supposed to address to make sure its a real problem.
The theory is correct 👍🏼
In practice I’ve never seen it be an issue on small scale installs like this, but it’s a reg
@@corymac I doubt that you will ever see it 🤣
Eel Pie Island is a weird place, like those remote hippie settlements in the California desert, but with more rain
That’s what I said!
Nice one pal. Sharp hair cut too 😋👍
Thanks bro 😎
Top notch as ever 👏😎
Thank you Neil 😄
Hey! The optimizers on a Solar Edge System aren't connected in parallell, they all add up to a minimum voltage, however individual optimizers can be contributing 0W without effecting the others (unless there's below the minimum amount of them working).
yes, exactly. The optimizers are basically DC to DC transformers and they communicate with eachother to keep a set string voltage.
Wow I would run a mile as last man on job gets the blame and if roof leaks it’s your problem That Said FairPlay
absaloutly love ur vids been watching u since u joined artisan keep up the good work ur a top guy. also 1 question how come u havent put ur branding on ur van?
Thank you! I don’t sign write as I don’t feel I need to advertise any more, and why make an advert for tool thieves? 😁
Ah, this is when you were round my ends (as the youth days 🤣)
Let's watch and find out if your vehicle gets flooded....
Looking forward to the 3 phase upgrade
Me too!
Another smashing video 🤩
Thank you 😁
Yeesh what a mess that one was well done for fixing her up! Hey now dont be going on about quitting that electrical stuff just yet - you got my apartment to do by the summer mun!! 400w perlight's, SMA Sunny Boy, Victron Multiplus - your gonna love it! :D :P
Sounds cool! Have we spoke about it or emailed?
@@corymac Not yet will email you.
Nice!
Fun fact about hermit crabs (maybe?). They're not actually true crabs.
Around the 11:00 mark with blinding pilots - glint and glare reports are a thing, be thankful you haven't had to do one! They're not a thing I like doing.
Ooof 🫣
Your the @konfilms of the electrician world! 😃
I don’t know who that is, but thanks!
Hi man love your videos! Cheers from Norway💯 But using a Norwegian word for the Rum and no shipping to Norway!! Am not angry, just very very disappointed😂
My bad, we’re working on it!! Norway is strict with alcohol!! 😅
Tried to buy. the rum... FAILED as it seems you only ship to the UK. Let me know if you change your mind.
19:33 Isn't it because its over a 3 meter run (coming from a apprentice)
This is not the only island inside of the Thames river as there are a few more inside the Thames if you head towards Thames Ditton (West) instead of Richmond (East)...
Cool!
silicon ?
Hi Cory, I tried to connect on LinkedIn where I saw your post about the rum… retraining as an electrician but spent many years in retail and was going to message you some things that may help when you go to sell to a supermarket but you can’t message without being connected or paying for premium 😒
I’ve added you 😁👍🏼 thanks!
Tesla Power wall.......in testing, lost 30% capacity in the first 4 years. Thats a code violation in Oz, having panel leads touching the roof.....but we also dont have them so incredibly close to the roof.
With the new joint venture I think you need a members only series called Drunk Electrics or similar!
Perhaps a podcast? 😂
@@corymac 😂 you could watch videos of DIY electrics and drink every time you see a violation.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I haven't watched the whole video yet but if all your panels are in series then your new higher output panels will be limited by the power going through the old panels as series current is all the same
We’ve used voltage optimisers
@@corymac I'll have to have a look at how voltage optimisers work with different wattage panels. Interesting to learn
Great vlog cory
Thanks Allan!
Thanks Allan!
Top guy,…top vid
17:09 That metasol seems to teleport 👀👀👀
😉😉
Hygge is not Norwegian it is in fact Danish. I love you channel!
Sorry Anders, I hate to take this from your country, but… It derives from a sixteenth-century Norwegian term, hugga, meaning “to comfort” or “to console,” which is related to the English word “hug.” It’s originally from then before the uniting of kingdoms with Denmark… could be wrong though!
Gotta love an "approved installer". The approved guy who installed our car charger "hadn't done one with solar before" - he fitted the wrong brand of CT clamps the wrong way round, and didn't terminate them properly into the connector. Until we got it sorted it regularly thought our 3.68kw solar PV system was generating 10kw...
It’s useless if they’re not testing against standards and enforcing it! Who was he approved with?
@@corymac EO Charging, but huge buyer's remorse on that decision anyway 😑 - this was back before HyperVolt had launched, and none of the others offering PV integration passed the visual aesthetics factor. It's _technically_ smart, but in the same way as Carling is _technically_ beer
Fair play to them, EO did eventually send out a competent technician when I explained how my readings were literally impossible
Cory throw that ladder away those extendable ladders are deadly
Learned this now the hard way 😂😅👍🏼 - death traps
Your Unilight link and code don't seem to be working Cory.
Hi mate, go on Unilite and use the code OYELEC for a discount 😎👍🏼
Tease me with Hygge and I can’t get it in California. Any suggestions, I’d like to support you.
Coming soon bro. Thank you!
Why would anyone put solar panels where the sun barely shines?
It does still have a yield albeit much lower than average
I was wondering the same thing. They will only help when the other panels are starting up. They cannot produce power on their own. (Unless I’m mistaken. See minimum required number of, active / producing, optimizer’s.)
Can optimisers be fitted to a 4kw system fitted about 8 years ago? Also is a 4kw system the max that can be fitted to a domestic house? I would love my system to app capabilities
Probably! But depends on the design. App can be used with a modbus. Email me!
You can fit optimisers but I really wouldn't. They cause a lot of problems and the cost will be almost the same as putting the system up to start with as every module will have to come off the roof. Then when they fail you've got to work out how to get back up and change them.
Tigo or Huawei optimisers might be more reliable than Solaredge but it's still a load of electronics and extra connectors you're putting out in the elements somewhere they're difficult to service.
To be slightly less negative, depending on what inverter you've already got there's a small chance it might already be compatible with optimisers, the Tigo TS4 is compatible with a lot of different brands. If you are going to pull the system off the roof, you might work out that you'd be better off replacing all your old 250W modules with new 420W modules.
On the "app capabilities" front, have a think about what you want out of it. You might find that your existing inverter can talk to a manufacturer portal but if not there are lots of third party devices out there. They can be for monitoring solar alone or for monitoring solar as part of a larger ecosystem. Whether that's a MyEnergi system for combining renewables, charging and variable loads or a whole house energy monitoring system.
Finally on the 4kW thing... 16A (3.68kW) AC capacity is a number that's very easy to get through what used to be G83 approval and is now G98 approval from the DNO. For more than 16A per phase you need to fill in slightly more onerous G99 paperwork and a lot of people don't want the hassle of doing that.
Generally you don't want more than about 30% more DC capacity than AC inverter capacity. You run in to limits of the inverter in summer, less than 125% in the UK you won't notice but yield per kWp starts getting noticeably affected beyond 130%. That means that most domestic installs end up being around the 4-5kWp mark which happens to be a nice size for most house roofs and typical house energy consumption. You can get a 6kW single phase hybrid inverter, put 8kW DC on it with a battery and have a lovely system provided you've got someone to fill in the forms for you and your local DNO is amenable.
We're about to start a project with 30kW of single phase inverters spread across two phases and that's going to need export limitation. It's going to be fun getting all the communications working on that!
Don’t forget that if your getting the fit tarriff you aren’t allowed to touch the panels, if your inverter has failed it has to be replaced with the same capacity, that’s why if adding more solar installers add there own inverter to keep it separate, since additional solar isn’t covered under fit and will need a second meter
@@ram64man ah that’s good info I didn’t know. Thank you for that. My system is under FIT so I will proceed carefully.
Panels usually have a warranty for 25 years but NOT ALL of them. So have the panels tested to confirm their output. Solar Edge optimisers are good however Very Expensive compared to say Tigo Optimisers. Im assuming the inverter isnt a brand well known or supported today so id suggest replacing the inverter with a 3.6kW Solis inverter (Im assuming your 4kW is at the inverter but the maximum in panels for this inverter id suggest only going to around 4.8kW some people will tell you 5.2kW is fine but youll lose energy in heat unless you go for a larger inverter) with Tigo optimisers. Rough Costing for parts would be around £30 - £35 per panel for optimisers and around £800 - £1000 for the inverter. Say 14 panels youd be looking at a cost price of around £1320 - £1520 and then the installers fee of roughly £300 a day and 40% markup on materials. Id give them 2 days if its just an upgrade. Your estimated cost would be around £2448 - 2728 for this upgrade so id only do it if absolutely necessary.
What’s the tool rig you’re wearing?
It’s a dungaree, and it’s by Jobman ( Swedish brand )
When the title said fixing a "terrible" install, I was thinking you meant average and not the literal meaning of terrible. Now I'm no electrician, but I would have thought that it was a bodge done by someone with no training. It's sooo bad, dreadful, s**t etc etc etc. It's so much worse than terrible.
Unfortunately I find this work very often
@@corymac It genuinely saddens me to hear this. Growing up, my Father was an electrician as was my Grandfather and they often told me how the UK had some of the highest level of standards in the world.
Your channel is more interesting than Artisan now ... and you don't use "Clickbait" BS titling (which is why I've unsubscribed from Artisan!). Keep up the great work! .. Would love you to come and do a Solar PV / Battery install for me! I assume you're too booked up tho?
Yeah I unsubbed from artisan for the same reason. Its a shame what that channel has become to be honest
@@lukehebb 173K subscribers says they're doing ok😅
Happy to help, ping me an email - Cory@oyelectrical.com
should have got a quadbike with a little trailer 🤣😊
I wish 🤩
I think we need to move to the more American system of independent inspectors to sign off a system once installed, removing the need to the property owner to rely upon the installer to have done what they say they have done.
The actual install engineers need to also be listed in certification documentation and held accountable when an install is found to be not up to standard. Hopefully ending the lack of accountability from companies who sub-contract and don't really know who did the work but generate the certs and take your money.
That’s a great idea. Is that in every state?
@@corymac Afraid I'm from the UK so couldn't say (just had a right hassle with my solar system so want to see improvements here), although it does appear from what I've read on forums they can't even turn the system on before inspection in many states.
@@corymac It varies, but generally you get a permit for works from the city or county level govt and whatever it is is then inspected for (a) compliance with regulations* and (b) being in scope of the permit. Inspectors are employed by the city/county.
* "Regulations" will include published NEMA standards plus State, County and City laws that make up locale "code".
Do you have a Unilite code, few bits I’d like to order.
Yes mate! OYELEC
Link in my description
@@corymac cheers. Keep up the content, always decent and entertaining what you share.
Another great video and did I hear correctly re fiancée? Congrats!
Hi I am looking to get solar fitted could you give me a price? I am in Cheam Surrey
Sure! Email cory@oyelectrical.com
2:28 sounded like my Nans hearing aids at Christmas. Bless her
😂
Now Honey Rum is a thing!....and very nice..
14:18 is there a mobile company, marketing and non league football team in your diversification portfolio Van Cory?
Please make a UA-cam short of your crab story 🦀 😂
What boots you wearing? Glad you’re doing your own thing…
They’re steel blue, buy them on tool monster ( link in the description ) 5% off with CORY5
How not to install a Heat Pump I have the perfect example to show you costing a complete fortune to run,what else could it be ??
Danish word mate 😂 good job
Norwegian roots!!
😁
@@corymac 😁😁✌️
To bad I can't order a bottle of hygge.. it's not shipped to the Netherlands. In Dutch we do have a word for the Scandinavian word hygge. It is 'gezellig'! In Danish it's Hyggelig. As far as I know only the Dutch and the Scandinavian language contains a word like it. It indeed is a word for an cosy atmosphere of some sorts. Kind of hard to explain in English... Because there is no such thing that compares to it.
Gemütlich oder Angenehm in Deutsch?
Gemoedelijk of aangenaam ist nicht dasselbe. Gezellig has more fun in it as well
Coming asap 😁👍🏼
I guess the previous installers weren't MCS registered and also charged VAT on that lash-up? Why did the customer choose them? BTW Woods Navy Rum FTW
They were MCS registered and actually follow me on Instagram and only post pictures of nice pretty jobs
Are *
Where's the link to the rum?
Link in my bio! The link tree 😁
Or on Amazon - hygge rum
dont sell to tied houses, you need free house to sell into, the landlord owns and makes descision
I think this guy owned the full property 😃👍🏼
Was the CT on a DC line or AC? If AC it's hard to see how being the wrong way round would affect is as you can only measure the direction of DC power flow like that, AC direction is a bit more complicated.
The power meter determines the direction of power flow by comparing the phase of the current with the phase of the voltage. So reversing the connection of the CT reverses the indicated direction of current flow. There's no such thing as a DC CT.
@@petehiggins33 Hall effect sensors used for DC are still called CT's even though they're not technically transformers, reversing an AC CT won't change the phase measurement also you need both the phase/magnitudes of both the current and voltage, the CT will only.give you the current.
@@mfx1 Reversing a CT will most definitely invert the phase of the current signal and reverse the indicated direction of power flow. The power meter has to obtain the voltage from somewhere else.
What he said ⬆️
That’s one ugly panel, but I guess when it was all split up into units and then back again it was on the cheap. Be good to see it tidied. Want to do a solar job about 5 miles west for me?
Yes sounds good! Ping me an email - Cory@oyelectrical.com
Great solar job Cory , thanks for sharing it great to learn different stuff ⚡️👊
Hang on reverse rewind fiancé? Congrats man!!!
Thanks mate! 😁
"I know nothing" as once said by Manuel
Why use different types of panels together you just killed so much power
We didn’t kill any power, thanks for voltage optimisers… watch the video
We should all try and get Elon's attention regarding his company hiring jokers and clowns for their installations.
Hah! For a professional response you do *_not_* want the Chief Twit involved.
Sorry to burst your bubble Cory, but Hygge is Danish :p
It comes from Norwegian roots! 😜
16th century Norwegian.
Blow up that bubble again Cory 👌🤣
Norway and Denmark share some words. Hygge is a word in the norwegian encyclopedia.
@@corymac Where link... want RUM! ... drink! :)
HONEY RUM!!!
Coming soon 😎
I found a 30sec video saying pronounce it "hue-guh", mind you they were Danish!
Oh, and where is the link {ok, found it!} to the booze, my OH drinks little else than spiced rum... 😉
Grass
what a real star, Cory is who you would like to be your best buddy and best man at your wedding
I agree!!!
10:11 Since he makes a big thing of previous installer's lack of professionalism - catches battery drill ? 10 Points. Smashes PV panel ? Nil Point
No smashed panels to report 🫡
Ah, you uploaded a short of about 3 seconds of this a couple weeks ago by accident, then deleted it
you do know you messed up the fixings on the roof there's no rubber seal under the mounting brackets meaning that they will be getting roof leaks from this !!!!
This is an MCS approved system and method. The rubber washer on the screws sorts it, look it up 😃👌🏼
@@corymac yeh rubber washers on top of the mountings don't work still leaves a gap between the mountings and the roof seriously iv fixed this problem no end of times as a roofer a quick fix would be to simply loosen the bracket and use lead seal sealant underneath around the screw
@@corymac i am not saying your a bad installer your electrics are excellent i am just trying to educate and save you call backs.
I don't use instagram a shame
pink floyd
Did they play there too?
David gilmoe lives very close by
Why did fly your your drone into flock of birds? - you caused serious GBH and life changing injuries to an innocent bird, that's criminal.
My drone was static… they flew from hidden under the bridge into the drone…
not a very responcable drone pilot are you.
you dont fly a drone with that many birds around
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