I look forward to learning how you build your shed roof out of PV panels. I replaced my patio roof wit PV panels, but I still have gaps, so its not rainproof. Great idea and if your panels have airflow under them, they will be cooler and produce more😊
The breaker size should be at least 125% larger than the load. In other words the the load should not be more than 80% of the breaker rating. So in your case with a 50 amp load the breaker should be bigger than 62.5 amps. This would bring you to a 70 amp breaker. Then you would size the wire for 70 amps.
Your breaker is to protect your wires. This is not a motor control center. In industrial settings yes you can fuse or have a breaker at 125% but your wire size is your determining factor for a breaker or fusing.
Why choose the Ethos battery over the EG4 -wall mount? The Eg4 has more kWh and lower price? Looking forward to seeing teh solar roof build . I'm interested in doing a carport / garage as well.
Hope you don’t have a warranty claim with Big. I’ve had their batteries in our rig for four years and had to do a claim on the batteries once a year for failed cells and bms’s. This last time, they took 2 months to resolve my issue and ended up replacing may batteries completely BUT knowing I was in a pinch, they used my situation as a way to reduce my battery sized and give me less battery than I had. All to save them $500 I will never recommend their products again… which is sad, because I install these systems as a professional
I’m really excited about watching your videos, I have off grid cabin project and this looks like such a great option, thought I would be paying some contractor $20,000, great to think I can do myself I have nice small building that can house equipment and has south facing roofing with good sun access. The question I have is that it’s in Michigan were winters are very cold, how do I keep batteries warm while charging to not damage them? I could try to insulate the small building that will house the equipment, with temperature controlled space heater, but I’m hoping there is better off-grid battery heating option.
Ask my wife, she'll tell you I'm craziness personified. Built an off grid homestead 15 years ago and still working on it. Great vacation place, but she hates being out of touch with her friends.
Pretty funny lol. No, We bought it with our own money, it is not a sponsored or endorsement video, but we talk to the guys all the time, they advertise on our channel, we have a promo code and what not else... They are pitching the batteries like their life depended on it. As if you are getting a compact nuclear power reactor that powers your and 1000 of your neighbor homes forever! I was kind of interested now I am totally turned off.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
just to add my 2 cent, buying used panels have been great for me so far. cheap and they output the same rated power as if they were new, hot weather performance is great too. doesn't drop off much . its a cost effective way to go. if your starting out. just check them out for any cracks if possible before buying, that depends on your situation, i found someone locally so i was able to check them all out and pick the ones i wanted, i was told they used to power a Walgreen's for 8 years. now they serve me well!
What brand of crypto miners are those? I zoomed in but can’t read the logo. Also are you mining Bitcoin, or something else? I used to have Bitmain miners on a 240 circuit but never did much more than break even cuz I had no solar, was just using grid power
ive got an EG4 6000XP and im loving it, it switches over to utility if i overload it, and never have to do anything to it. it just plain works. very happy with it. wish i could have afforded the 18K PV but ill probably go that route in the future, i built my batteries and used T class fuses for safety and BMS on each pack. the communications work with the inverter too, as it should.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
I just bought a 2011 Nissan Leaf and found out that Albuquerque has an EV rate of $0.031 between 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM with a special program. That car may be worth much more now, if I charge this system at night and use batteries all day. Regular "Time-of-Day" rates are over $0.04 on off peak hours. The off peak hours are greater than the 7 hours of EV rate, but if I can get all I need in 7 hours, the EV rate is a huge benefit that I had not foreseen. My new $1200, 30 mile range Leaf, is actually going to save me more than I could have imagined. Making it almost a free car that gives me cheap electric rates for my whole home. As long as it is registered to this address, I qualify for the EV rate.
Your off-peak rate is still a great deal! But even if you charge your 24-kwh Leaf fully every night on the EV rate and then use it all, you're really not saving much. 24 x $0.009 = 0.216, at per year, that's only $78.84. And you can't actually use your car as a car. What's your peak rate? The numbers would improve, but I can't imagine they'd change enough to make it worth it.
I'm doing a net metered system with this inverter right now with 35 panels at 395 watts. No battery. Looking like all in its going to be about $17.5k to $18k ish..
@@balanwyt $117 ish per panel. New. Bought a pallet of 30 panels for $3495 added 5 extra for $602. Panels were actually the cheapest part of the system. The inverter and racking cost more then the panels do.
Like to hear how your making the solar roof water proof ? I'm planning on using the poly-carbon corrugated panels under the solar. PS buy the SunPower 400watt AC panels , you'll get 6K from 15 panels. Direct connect to your sub panel
Subscribed! AMAZING information, easy to understand and well presented, and may I say: THANK YOU for not having any music in the background! I had TWENTY videos queued and didn't have to go any further than YOUR channel!! We are in FLORIDA and need to install backup power with plans for going "off grid" as soon as we can. Thanks again!
And this quality for 30% Federal tax credit - correct ? I have sub-panel already; and have 14 PV solar panels mounted (14 in 2 arrays); Tesla m3; no commute / work from home; StarLink dish. This sounds perfect. But rural area where Tesla solar & PW will not be coming. One comment in prior video said “Inverter is noisy ?? - hope you will discuss that and potential inverter outside by panel. Thanks so much
May I recommend something like the emporium vue to do a power audit on your whole house and different breakers like the big items. This can later be transferred to your sub panel that you install to monitor how much individual breakers are doing for certain items to go with your over all usage logs from the battery/solar and inverter logs.
The algorithm blessed me with your video today. It's been a month since you put this video out. Did you build the roof yet? I'm asking because I'm thinking about building a pergola type structure in my back yard and I've been thinking about this very thing, a solar roof, for it. I'm asking because I looked on your channel but I didn't see a video for the roof.
I was just recently watching a video by a UA-cam channel called The Penny Wise Guys who built a solar pergola roof that is water tight. They use mounts on the top and bottom of the panels, and seal the sides, then use a gutter system at the seams where the top and bottom panels meet that doubles as the mounting rails... You can see here, they start describing the mounting system at about a minute thirty: ua-cam.com/video/Y37-Q0e_FbA/v-deo.htmlsi=2aFBvCvGCqE35t9I
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
I'm getting ready to start a new home which will be facing south and probably will not be using any solar panels so, if I use this configuration for powering my air conditioner would I have any savings in power usage since the batteries are being charged by the grid? Or would this only serve as a backup power for the air conditioner during a power outage? By the way I will only have electric so the unit is also a heat pump for my winter heat.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
I assume you mean the battery? I don't think the battery interfaces with the house at all. It interfaces with the inverter via the cat cable and the settings on the inverter. If my understanding is right their are several battery options that work with this inverter. This is inverter is actually sold as a kit of 14KW of Solar, EG4 18kpv inverter, with a EG4 14.3KWH battery on the Santan website. would still have to source a racking system for the solar though. I imagine they used that battery because they are working with big battery. They probably got the battery for free or are getting a % of the sales from people who use the 5% savings code. Also they mention in the video that big battery is a US company and they want to support them over the Chinese company.
To wire off your mains safely, just pull your meter and that disconnects the whole house. Just make sure you have adequate battery powered lighting to do your work until you are ready to plug the meter back in. Take your time and recheck all your connections before powering back up and always make safety your #1 priority. You can do this.
We live in north Texas and in the spring, summer, and fall, it is not unusual to have thunderstorms come through and deliver hail stones as large as baseballs. So, my question is how do those solar panels hold up to being pelted with baseball sized balls of ice? Or larger?
If you want to ground mount solar panels, they make plastic mounts that you fill with dirt or rocks to hold them down, then mount the panels on the mounts. This is a great, non-permanent solar panel system if you have sunny ground that can be used for panels.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
Hands down the Power Wall was easier to install, each power wall has a built in inverter and the gateway was simple to wire also.. I happen to install my own system, 3 power walls and gateway, with 19Kw worth of solar. SunPower panels. Please cover how the Cyber truck is going to back feed the house ? Does the CT require a Version 3 gateway to feed the house ?
i ask why did you not get 6 x SPF 3000TL LVM-ES (growatt 3k) and just do a 3 inverters in each of the 2 phases or 6 on single phase or 2 per phase and do 3 phase system for a total cost of $3960 and got an extra 6kw of power for more offset for cheaper
I look forward to learning how you build your shed roof out of PV panels. I replaced my patio roof wit PV panels, but I still have gaps, so its not rainproof. Great idea and if your panels have airflow under them, they will be cooler and produce more😊
The breaker size should be at least 125% larger than the load. In other words the the load should not be more than 80% of the breaker rating. So in your case with a 50 amp load the breaker should be bigger than 62.5 amps. This would bring you to a 70 amp breaker. Then you would size the wire for 70 amps.
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Your breaker is to protect your wires. This is not a motor control center. In industrial settings yes you can fuse or have a breaker at 125% but your wire size is your determining factor for a breaker or fusing.
@@pgogel8974 Exactly. The wire size and breaker rating are chosen based on the intended load.
Why choose the Ethos battery over the EG4 -wall mount? The Eg4 has more kWh and lower price?
Looking forward to seeing teh solar roof build . I'm interested in doing a carport / garage as well.
Hope you don’t have a warranty claim with Big. I’ve had their batteries in our rig for four years and had to do a claim on the batteries once a year for failed cells and bms’s. This last time, they took 2 months to resolve my issue and ended up replacing may batteries completely BUT knowing I was in a pinch, they used my situation as a way to reduce my battery sized and give me less battery than I had. All to save them $500
I will never recommend their products again… which is sad, because I install these systems as a professional
Good Stuff!! Building Occupancy Codes in this state would inhibit the use of solar panels for roofing!!
Very interested in the solar roof project. I'd like to make a solar car port, DC coupled, for ev charging.
I’m really excited about watching your videos, I have off grid cabin project and this looks like such a great option, thought I would be paying some contractor $20,000, great to think I can do myself I have nice small building that can house equipment and has south facing roofing with good sun access. The question I have is that it’s in Michigan were winters are very cold, how do I keep batteries warm while charging to not damage them? I could try to insulate the small building that will house the equipment, with temperature controlled space heater, but I’m hoping there is better off-grid battery heating option.
Ask my wife, she'll tell you I'm craziness personified. Built an off grid homestead 15 years ago and still working on it. Great vacation place, but she hates being out of touch with her friends.
Does the "Grid" input flow two ways? If so, how did you ensure no back-feed?
What is the expected lifetime of the batteries?
Good question
I just googled it. the battery can last over 10 years
Looks like a 3 battery system is more like $11K not +/- $5K as you show?🤔
Your installation looks illegal as you covered up the outlet on the wall.
3:12 *Cries in $0.22/kWh "off-peak" prices*.
Can this Ethos System take power from a Turbine?
Pretty funny lol. No, We bought it with our own money, it is not a sponsored or endorsement video, but we talk to the guys all the time, they advertise on our channel, we have a promo code and what not else...
They are pitching the batteries like their life depended on it.
As if you are getting a compact nuclear power reactor that powers your and 1000 of your neighbor homes forever!
I was kind of interested now I am totally turned off.
Now did you use a sole poled home or an Electric connect home?
My Uncle might use this for the lodge he's building.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
just to add my 2 cent, buying used panels have been great for me so far. cheap and they output the same rated power as if they were new, hot weather performance is great too. doesn't drop off much . its a cost effective way to go. if your starting out. just check them out for any cracks if possible before buying, that depends on your situation, i found someone locally so i was able to check them all out and pick the ones i wanted, i was told they used to power a Walgreen's for 8 years. now they serve me well!
Did I miss the programing of the inverter?
Can I hire you guys to do the installation at my house
Love your videos
can you post your item list from big battery. I would like to price out your system up in canada, but don't want to miss a part.
What brand of crypto miners are those? I zoomed in but can’t read the logo. Also are you mining Bitcoin, or something else? I used to have Bitmain miners on a 240 circuit but never did much more than break even cuz I had no solar, was just using grid power
Back feed breaker should be a 70 amp breaker not a 50. Should size cable for 70 amp also.
Wiring diagram and how to do video would be good
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for !
ive got an EG4 6000XP and im loving it, it switches over to utility if i overload it, and never have to do anything to it. it just plain works. very happy with it. wish i could have afforded the 18K PV but ill probably go that route in the future, i built my batteries and used T class fuses for safety and BMS on each pack. the communications work with the inverter too, as it should.
and my DIY battery capacity is roughly 35 KWH
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
Nice install. The solar car port will be great.
I just bought a 2011 Nissan Leaf and found out that Albuquerque has an EV rate of $0.031 between 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM with a special program. That car may be worth much more now, if I charge this system at night and use batteries all day. Regular "Time-of-Day" rates are over $0.04 on off peak hours. The off peak hours are greater than the 7 hours of EV rate, but if I can get all I need in 7 hours, the EV rate is a huge benefit that I had not foreseen.
My new $1200, 30 mile range Leaf, is actually going to save me more than I could have imagined. Making it almost a free car that gives me cheap electric rates for my whole home. As long as it is registered to this address, I qualify for the EV rate.
Your off-peak rate is still a great deal! But even if you charge your 24-kwh Leaf fully every night on the EV rate and then use it all, you're really not saving much. 24 x $0.009 = 0.216, at per year, that's only $78.84. And you can't actually use your car as a car. What's your peak rate? The numbers would improve, but I can't imagine they'd change enough to make it worth it.
What was the inverter model and type that you used?
Thank you again for the awesome video!
Came with battery, go to website.
Didnt see anything mentioned here but can these batteries be charged by a gas generator in the event of a total power outage ?
I am pretty sure it can. The LuxPower inverter has inputs labelled "Generator"
I'm doing a net metered system with this inverter right now with 35 panels at 395 watts. No battery. Looking like all in its going to be about $17.5k to $18k ish..
New panels prices have dropped significantly in the last 6 months but will most likely go back up in the near future. What did you pay per panel?
@@balanwyt $117 ish per panel. New. Bought a pallet of 30 panels for $3495 added 5 extra for $602. Panels were actually the cheapest part of the system. The inverter and racking cost more then the panels do.
Like to hear how your making the solar roof water proof ? I'm planning on using the poly-carbon corrugated panels under the solar.
PS buy the SunPower 400watt AC panels , you'll get 6K from 15 panels. Direct connect to your sub panel
Subscribed! AMAZING information, easy to understand and well presented, and may I say: THANK YOU for not having any music in the background! I had TWENTY videos queued and didn't have to go any further than YOUR channel!! We are in FLORIDA and need to install backup power with plans for going "off grid" as soon as we can. Thanks again!
And this quality for 30% Federal tax credit - correct ?
I have sub-panel already; and have 14 PV solar panels mounted (14 in 2 arrays); Tesla m3; no commute / work from home; StarLink dish. This sounds perfect. But rural area where Tesla solar & PW will not be coming.
One comment in prior video said “Inverter is noisy ?? - hope you will discuss that and potential inverter outside by panel.
Thanks so much
May I recommend something like the emporium vue to do a power audit on your whole house and different breakers like the big items. This can later be transferred to your sub panel that you install to monitor how much individual breakers are doing for certain items to go with your over all usage logs from the battery/solar and inverter logs.
The algorithm blessed me with your video today. It's been a month since you put this video out. Did you build the roof yet? I'm asking because I'm thinking about building a pergola type structure in my back yard and I've been thinking about this very thing, a solar roof, for it. I'm asking because I looked on your channel but I didn't see a video for the roof.
I was just recently watching a video by a UA-cam channel called The Penny Wise Guys who built a solar pergola roof that is water tight. They use mounts on the top and bottom of the panels, and seal the sides, then use a gutter system at the seams where the top and bottom panels meet that doubles as the mounting rails... You can see here, they start describing the mounting system at about a minute thirty: ua-cam.com/video/Y37-Q0e_FbA/v-deo.htmlsi=2aFBvCvGCqE35t9I
i did a 30kw battery and 3.5kw solar system.... for car charging and mining 😏😏
I didn't hear or read if a wind turbine can be added to the Ethos
I've been looking into to that. Have an email to LuxPowerTek technical support.
Any thoughts of doing GAF Timerline Solar shingles?
Do you have any data on high humidity, fog and light rain effects the unit?
What's the model # inverter you have used
You make it seem easy...but I am still scared.
Does this system support rapid shut down?
Wow, I wish I was only paying 24 cents per kWh! Here in CA I am paying 47 cents per kWh for off peak!
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
I'm getting ready to start a new home which will be facing south and probably will not be using any solar panels so, if I use this configuration for powering my air conditioner would I have any savings in power usage since the batteries are being charged by the grid? Or would this only serve as a backup power for the air conditioner during a power outage? By the way I will only have electric so the unit is also a heat pump for my winter heat.
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
A quick search is showing the EG4 system is 30% cheaper, but does it interface with the house this easily?
I assume you mean the battery? I don't think the battery interfaces with the house at all. It interfaces with the inverter via the cat cable and the settings on the inverter. If my understanding is right their are several battery options that work with this inverter. This is inverter is actually sold as a kit of 14KW of Solar, EG4 18kpv inverter, with a EG4 14.3KWH battery on the Santan website. would still have to source a racking system for the solar though. I imagine they used that battery because they are working with big battery. They probably got the battery for free or are getting a % of the sales from people who use the 5% savings code. Also they mention in the video that big battery is a US company and they want to support them over the Chinese company.
To wire off your mains safely, just pull your meter and that disconnects the whole house. Just make sure you have adequate battery powered lighting to do your work until you are ready to plug the meter back in. Take your time and recheck all your connections before powering back up and always make safety your #1 priority. You can do this.
Doesn't that have to be done by the AHJ (the local utility)?
We live in north Texas and in the spring, summer, and fall, it is not unusual to have thunderstorms come through and deliver hail stones as large as baseballs. So, my question is how do those solar panels hold up to being pelted with baseball sized balls of ice? Or larger?
There is a rating for panels being hail proof. Look it up if you need it.
UL 61730 or IEC 61730
If you want to ground mount solar panels, they make plastic mounts that you fill with dirt or rocks to hold them down, then mount the panels on the mounts. This is a great, non-permanent solar panel system if you have sunny ground that can be used for panels.
I'm looking at the UNIRAC RM10 Ballast Bays 310710 made for flat roof mounting as a possibility for ground mounting as well.
July ?
excellent video guys …thanks 🙏
DO NOT BUY! BIG BATTERY CO IT'S A SCAM!! THEY LIED TO US AND SOLD US A BATTERY THAT DOES NOT COMUNICATE WITH OUR SOLAR INVERTERS EVEN YHOUGH WE WERE SPECIFIC AND ADKED THEM TO CHECK BEFORE WE CONSIDER BUYING. THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YHEIR CLIENTS! WE SPENT THOUSANDS TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK WITH THEIR TECHS GUIDING OUR TECHS OVER AND OVER WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT! IN FACT LAST TIME THEY GUIDED OUR TECHS THEY REALLY MESSED US UP AND THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFF OF ANY REMORSE😮 THEY HAVE LOTS OF BAD REVIEWS ON LINE...CHECK BBB AND OTHER BLOGS ABOUT THIS COMPANY. BEWARE! 😢
Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste
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Hands down the Power Wall was easier to install, each power wall has a built in inverter and the gateway was simple to wire also.. I happen to install my own system, 3 power walls and gateway, with 19Kw worth of solar. SunPower panels. Please cover how the Cyber truck is going to back feed the house ? Does the CT require a Version 3 gateway to feed the house ?
I would want a system where my EV coud be hooked to the Inverter and use the juice in the car as well.
If your EV has onboard ac power it might be able to go into the inverter on the generator hookups.
@@Alexdiaz727 Great idea for easily taking advantage of some cars with 120V CCS handle.
i ask why did you not get 6 x SPF 3000TL LVM-ES (growatt 3k) and just do a 3 inverters in each of the 2 phases or 6 on single phase or 2 per phase and do 3 phase system for a total cost of $3960 and got an extra 6kw of power for more offset for cheaper