SYSTEM ACTIVATED! Tesla Solar + Powerwall Week 1
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2018
- SYSTEM ACTIVATED! Tesla Solar + Powerwall Week 1
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This panel can put out close to 100 watts ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.
All these switches makes me feel like in Jurassic Park
I know how to read a schematic!
Was thinking exactly the same xD
For such a vital system, I would take a bunch of good old switches any day over a fancy web-based interface... :)
You have to pump up the charging handle in order to get the charge, its large flat and grey!
I used to be a panel builder and the irony is that Jurrassic Park is one of the few movies that actually GOT IT RIGHT. The electric part at least, the whole 3D computer crap for rebooting the system was garbage. I worked on +2000A motorized breakers where you had to do the exact procedure as shown in the movie.
www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-subcategory/4220-high-current-air-circuit-breakers/
3:10 Don't forget to turn on the perimeter fence of the Raptor cage!
It's actually incredible how just purchasing and using the solar power that you "own" made you immediately more conscious about your power usage and prompting you to make adjustments to save on power. That is not only great for you, but also for everyone else as it reduces the excess use of electricity overall. Cool!
Dont forget to pump the primer before switching the systems on
I always forget to prime the pump 😆
You didnt say the magic password, thats all :P
It's a Unix system. I know this.
love the O.G. Jurassic Park reference here.
Hammerslap you're a clever girl
yay i been waiting for this 1. great work at computex by the way paul
Thanks Matt! It's been just over a week since I got back so the jetlag is almost completely gone
Indeed a great video. Thanks for letting us inside your house Paul and giving us a 20/20 on Tesla Solar.
Paul, buddy. I can't even tell you the envy with which I am watching this video. Solar is so amazing! Keep the solar updates coming!!
4:25 the pencil graphite is conductive... i know this from experience...
It is but not enough to cause any damages
Contact is made with the rubber at the end of the pencil, not the graphite itself. Enough Megaohms there.
so you rely on 1/8" of wood as a high voltage insulator?
Graphite is crazy conductive moreso than even copper.
Yes, you can rely on anything that is enough, if you are thorough and calculate it. After which you develop an intuition. High voltages are typically used on power device PCB's as well, where the insulation is even less than 1/8''. Here's an example of a calculator circuitcalculator.com/wordpress/?p=25/. We're not talking kV range power lines, this is a household device.
Watching the kw/h's wanting to hit 5k lol. Time to overclock the Tesla power wall.
You could get an LED night light to use instead of that light string. Use less power and be less distracting while you are doing stuff with the TV.
4:36 Non Conductive??? Graphite inside a pencil is conductive, but at least you had that small rubber
But the wood is kind of an insulator though right 😳
stick the small rubber in the hole...that's what she said.
Catson graphite is only conductive in one direction.
Wood is conductive at high voltage like 400+ because of the water inside wood, so you are okay here probably like 220volts. Hard straws like coffee stirrer are safe.
Conductive in one direction? You must be thinking of something else.
In 2016 we put on the Tesla/SolarCity panels (16 Total), in 2017 we installed 2 Powerwalls (14 Kwh each), and in 2018 picked-up a Model 3. Bye bye fossil fuels.
Sweet set up! You mentioned AC might tank the power wall's charge in the late summer and will need grid power for a bit. IIRC SCE has fluctuating energy rates based on grid demand. Knowing when energy is cheapest and then setting your power wall to charge then would be a good way to further reduce energy costs!
that's what i was thinking. during peak demand he's running off the solar, but at night, power is typically cheaper so it's ok to draw from the grid. i'm from ny, so it may be different.
Should've designed and sized system properly....FIX THE PROBLEM....don't work around it
John Hull He is in the high 90s in self powered. I think he's probably fine... Diminishing returns.
Shane Farmer if the goal is to be renewable AND be cost effective and he's at 96% design a total need system and cut the fucking cord already....and save the $40 - $50 a month they charge juat for use of a meter and service drop....if it don't make dollars??? It don't make sense!!!
John Hull but then you have winter months so you don't want to cut the cord.
This is absolutely beautiful. When I buy a home in the next few years I'll try and budget myself to include this system. Good on you for investing Paul!
I got to hand it to you Paul, I'm a huge fan of your regular Tech videos. But I'm also really digging these kind of branch out episodes that you do about your adventures with this solar panel stuff and Japan. You got a good style and your inspirational for those who aspire to be streamers also.
90's? that's a cool day! over 110 daily here in Phoenix now. I've had Solar City for 5 years now and never looked back! 7Kw system myself. Unfortunately, existing customers can not get a power wall, only new install customers.
Hi Paul, congrats on getting the solar system running! Can you make a video on the economics of solar and the powerwall? What were the costs and how much do you expect to save? I would also love to see how your projections compare to your bills.
It might be a good idea to number the switches in order of shutdown(red)/startup(green) just in case you dont have the manual on hand.
The time lapse with the split screen was a nice touch. That really drove home what you were demonstrating.
Edit: if you want to track the power usage of an individual outlet, a Wemo insight is very handy. It can track how much power a device uses. It also doesn’t need a hub because it connects directly to WiFi.
We keep our microwave unplugged unless being used and we unplug the entertainment center from the wall every evening. When we started doing that initially, we noticed a 20-30 buck per month drop in the electric bill. When we replaced our ancient AC unit outside we noticed a $30 drop. If our house was better insulated we'd be able to save more money from heating/cooling and thus have even cheaper electric bills. There's just so much that goes into our daily usage.
This is definitely needed for Hawaii. Our utility company is so expensive.
13:20 onwards is one of the most important points in your video. This system has encouraged you (and others I guess) to more closely analyze how much energy you are using. If everyone did that (even without a solar system), overall energy consumption and associated carbon generation would drop dramatically. Great video.
The biggest consumer of long term energy is the refrigerator(s). Lights don't add up to much. Small devices don't either however, those cable TV boxes do, almost sure they are using 85 watts each so over time...those count for a lot. We all could cut off a lot of conveniences however, this isn't the solution, power generation is the solution but the Government(s) put limits on generation so they can tax it, attach penalties to it, charge different rates over 5 times a day and so on. Thats pure b.s. since power doesn't cost the producers in that method. It's all a very fake market because of the regulators and various states who want to make money off of it thus, they create these "reasons" to charge the very many fees. Power gets generated at one fee, then it is transmitted to the many power distributions companies...no extra cost to make power at night, day, afternoon etc. as it's a consistent cost. In the long run, just use the grid and pay the piper. Going solar is expensive but has it's features if someone is interested in it.
About 10 years off grid here. The trickle draw stuff doesn't do much, but PC and TV monitor backlighting can make a real-time multi-amp difference!
4:34 "Make sure to use something nonconductive" uses a pencil which is graphite, which is very conductive. Paul come on...
Jimmy thats the joke
I can't hear any sarcasm in his voice, but it might be. Just said it because I don't wanna lose Paul. Who would?
Rubber eraser I guess for insulator
with the metal ring that holds the eraser on still in place....
with all that tech you need a stick to reset it somethings wrong here
VLAN the solar city box
Also - only in america could you run up and down two columns of breaker switches, and have both sides flip opposite directions for "off"
Happens in the UK too. Confused me at work for a while when something tripped.
Yep, this is perfectly common practise in vertical mounted breakers. Simplifies the wiring hidden behind the panels.
Paul, pencil has a graphite which is conductive. So be careful next time.
Purifier
But the wood surrounding it is not.
Pretty much anything is conductive if there is enough potential difference.
Those switches are soooo satisfying.
Each Summer we put up outdoor thick fabric blinds to keep most of the walls of the house in full shadow. This cuts our need for AC dramatically, and it was dirt cheap!
My guess is that the AC is pulling from the grid on one of the phases, while the powerwall is delivering the same amount of energy to the grid on the other phase. Domestic consumers often pay for the energy rather than for the current, so the net effect is 0 so that would help keep the meter not running. Industrial customers, however, might pay for the actual current and reactance (inductance and capacitance) that they're putting on the grid - so those industrial users might want to invest in power factor correcting devices both to save money and reduce losses.
I think this explains it, and does so much better than I did. The info on the industrial side is also quite interesting, thank you!
Thanks. Electricity/magnetism is weird. Balancing the grid is so much more than having enough energy at the right time of day. It's also about capacitance/phase balance, frequency stability and avoiding harmonics. With all the switch mode devices these days, I think solar inverters and grid batteries can actually help clean up the grid in more ways than one.
Yeah. It looks like it's one phase inverter. That's why it can't provide more juice to sustain powerwall and a/c. So most likely it takes one more phase from grid
The US has single phase for residential buildings. It goes through a center tap transformer to make Neutral, +120V, and - 120V. (hence the double pole breakers on 240v circuits). I suspect the gateway is backfeeding both bus bars in the meter box. In the event of a power loss, the gateway has a disconnect built in which will open the backfeed circuit and hence no AC when running on backup power.
Wow, you guys are good I was going to assume the furnace/ air handler was on the gateway and the condenser is not. This is why you would see draw on both sides. What's the amperage when this happens?
4:33 You mean like a pencil with a conductive graphite core?! :D
your scientific A B comparison still makes sense. Users are a big part of the system you are analysing. The installation heightens your awareness and motivates you to optimise your power usage.
Awesome Video as always Paul! I just watched all the 3 parts and realized this one was out too ;) We're also in southern cal, and made a solar video that has been our #1 video. Great work, and I LOVE that you're not just about computers, but tech and home stuff as well. Awesome channel, can't wait to see more!
I though you were going to use Tesla's 'ceramic-styled' glass tiles instead of the traditional panels.
those are crazy expensive and have a long wait time
Would have made way more sense given he removed the whole roof anyway...
It's the ONLY way I know of to make ANY sense of Musk's Solar venture.
Silicon Tiles with esthetical appeal and current output : that's Innovation.
Using Lithium instead of LeadAcid : that's Science Fiction vs Economics.
Don G how expensive r they per unit, and why?
Arnò Mezzanotte fun
I paused a documentary about space-time and dark energy to watch this. That didn't make my head ache. This did. Do you have to take an exam to operate this thing?
turning on some swithces is too complicated for you?
Sure, sure it's just turning on some switches. And writing a thesis is just typing some characters, driving is just turning a wheel and pushing a pedal, god forbid you attribute any importance to the rules that determine the sequence in which you must do those things, no, we can't do that, otherwise you wouldn't have anything to comment on.
wow if you think driving is an example of a complicated process then living must be so complicated for you, i bet you struggle following the shampoo instructions lol, maybe you should stick to 'advanced physics for dummies' and let the turning off/on for someone competent.
I just pulled two examples out of my ass without thinking twice, seems to be how you operate on the internet.
Try turning the A/C on earlier on earlier in the day when you have surplus solar. This would avoid heat buildup in the house that you need to remove as you near end of day solar production. Something to play with.
Finally a better informative and truthful source I can rely on about Tesla SC and the powerwall. Ty Paul
The draw you notice when the AC runs is the fan unit. In your distribution panel fed by the gateway you have a breaker labeled F.A.U., this is the fan unit inside that distributes the cooled air. The AC breaker in the main panel runs the outdoor compressor unit and gets a 24vac signal to run from your thermostat powered by a control transformer located in the fan unit.
Paul, would a Tesla Powerwall, or setup you have, would be something for a country like Holland? We have all kinds of weather here like rain, snow, sun, clouds etc... Also, we are quite a bit further up north (53N) in comparison to Ca. Do you need to be in a really sunny part of the world to be self sustaining??? Love to hear yr comments on that
Germany has tons of residential solar, don't see why the Netherlands would be too radically different.
I'm in a particularly good area for it, we get a lot of clear sunny days here in southern CA. Your location will have a big impact on how much power you can generate with solar so I would spend a lot of time researching your local conditions, as you might need more panels to cover your usage.
Gideon Sanders im from ireland and have installed quite a few solar systems. Solar still works in countries with not much sunlight. They're just set up differently to those in California.Btw you will still never make money off solar unless your government subsidies the installation of solar panels. 3.7 kw is not that much power. For instance an electric shower uses 8.5 kw of power when on.
Thanks Jamie. Good to hear it can also work in a country like Ireland, with all its ups and downs in the climate. NL has quite a similar climate as yours. BTW, I am not in it for the cash, it's more an environmental thing, and trying to see what I can do
The further north you go, the longer days you have in summer, so it's economical further north than one would think. Weather and the local electricity market is even more important than the latitude.
Also don't forget to consider solar heating for water if you don't have district heating. A vacuum tube solar heat collector can boil water even in freezing temperatures. A combination of solar vacuum tubes, and a wood burning water heating furnace might be ideal for a place like Norway - because the same tanks, tubes, and space heaters can be used with wood in the darkest winter and the sun in the rest of the year. In fact, for some it makes more sense than photovoltaic panels on your house, especially in Norway where we have almost 100% renewable electricity.
Yay! A completed project!
.....cough......HTPC.....cough.....
That sky timelapse was dope
"Use something non conductive" and grabs a pencil with nice conductive graphite LOL ohhh Paul
PAUL HAS THE POWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!!!!!
Paul, you know what this means right?
It's time to water-cool & overclock a Tesla Power Wall.
I just got my power wall and solar panels installed in Oakland Ca. Just waiting on inspections from PG&E to turn it all on. thanks for the great video coverage of the process.
Thanks for the video Paul I started looking into solar panels a couple years ago because my girlfriend and I are planning on building an A-frame facing it north so that both sides of the roof are covered in solar panels, Our goal is to live with his little overhead as possible.
When's the update video coming out
Wow! How much whole system costs?
The reason i think you see AC usage is because the blower fan in the furnace is connected to the power wall with the outside AC compressor unit being isolated from the rest of the system.
Excellent update. I did the smart outlet for the garage door opener. It draws 25 watts on standby. Over night there is no need to keep it on.
So what did this entire setup and infrastructure cost you? I'm located in so-cal as well.
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what is the difference between the tesla solar pannels and the tesla solar roof
+Jesse Holloway Do you mean as in what they are, or in something else like performance?
If the former, the difference is that the Tesla solar roof refers specifically to where the roof tiles /themselves/ are solar panels, as opposed to solar panels on top of a traditional roof.
well yeah i know the obvious part XD. upsides and downsides of having the roof opposed to the panels, which is is more efficient for your money?
They did a phenomenal job patching up that hole and paint matching!
In Arizona the sun destroys everything after 3+ years outside, wondering how the gloss/poly cover on the Powerwall would hold up. I imagine we would need to do garage installs out here. This was an awesome video, thank you!
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your support is much appreciated 🙏 I hope the video proves to be like-worthy!
It would be interesting if you could tell us how much time until you make your investment back. Nice video.
very simple, the system cost powerwall(6600$),panel(16X 400$) total 13K$ with work about 30K$. one KWH cost 0.20$ and in day had 12 hour light in 4 hour peak 5KW. avr about let say 1.6KWH in 12 light hours . about 32KWH per day, 0.2$ X 32 = 6.4$ per day eran. 30K$/6.4=4687 days, about 13 years
simple, cool, thank you
you need to take into account winter months when the sun wont be quite as strong. Still, good work.
Never....he'll nevever break even....why people installing these systems are fucking themselves and everyone else....pricing would be much more attractive if we let them know that we know corporations require projects to pay for themselves in 9 to 12 months....
Oren you forgot about feed in. Most power companies will pay you for feeding back you've worked that over 13 years of him being offgrid it would pay for itself. I am in australia and our feed in is 50c per kwh on a 3 month bill we had a 200$ credit ie we fed in more electricity than we used. Sometime going completely offgrid isnt the best use of power. I personally with a setup like this would configure for offpeak charging. Utilizing and saving the power wall for peak usage times. Feeding in as much as I can for as long as I can at a rate higher than consumption
Sooo stoked for you! Great to see the system working. I have an almost identical system up here in the Pacific Northwest and I LOVE the 99% self-powered days! First electric bill we got when we moved in last summer was $130, and last month’s bill was $15. Now I want an electric car and a MyEnergi Zappi charger (allows for programming to just charge the car from solar).
So glad everything is working well for you. I've learned a lot watching these Tesla solar videos.
You didn't touch on how much power your batteries are drawing?
**Robot Paul conspiracy theories intensifies*
Great Video - First
Just love how you can hear Hiro in the beginning.
I watched every minute of your video because of how informative and to the point it was. Many thanks!
*PAUL: A few thoughts*
1. Let's see how this runs in Winter, when the available amount of light decreases. (Maybe not so much depending on what latitude you live in.)
2. Yeah, dust is going to be a problem, but I don't think you need to be hosing them down daily or even weekly. Maybe monthly. Remember, California is IN A DROUGHT. (So is your neighbor, Arizona. And, as a Crazy Zonie, I'm telling ya to watch your water usage.)
3. Does your house's ridge run North/South? Did they put those panels facing East or West? If East, why? West would have been much better (or half an half) to catch the most sun when your AC fires... Grr...
4. Surprised you weren't diving up and switching off all of your vampiric draining devices. I would have thought you were on top of that.
5. You might want to get an energy specialist to rate your house. You may need to add insulation inside the cinderblock cavities and/or the attic. Also be good time to examine your doors and windows, make sure your ac unit (and the ducting) is sized appropriately for the house, etc. You may even want to replace that unit with smaller, room only units that can fire when the rooms needs it, potentially saving cash there. (Something similar to what Samsung has.) An energy specialist could help with that. (Maybe even fire a letter to Ask This Old House to see if they'll be interested in a collaboration project.)
The whole drought issue is way more a problem with the fact that we grow crops for the entire country in California and we also have plenty of livestock. Don't use this as an excuse to waste as much water as you want, but the problem being pushed onto the general public isn't really going to solve our issue
I'd do a raindance, but seeing I spent 10 years in HS and College marching band... Well... Let's just say I don't think the rain dance is a soft shoe routine...
*washes my car profusely*
You should optimize you energy usage. Light's on only on the places you're in.
134lumen/watt filament LED.
Gas powered kitchen
why not invest in a battery instead? genuinely curious
WOW, could you imagine if just about everyone was on this system? The electric company's would start whining and crying that they are losing money lol.
Electrical companies are already working on solutions to that problem. Which is why solar is a complete waste of your money. You won't be saving anything on it. Especially if you're in a liberal hell hole like California.
Enuf Alrdy You actually do save significantly with solar however it takes 5 years usually before you get a return on your investment depending on your system and how it was installed. Any solution the electric companies come up with really ain't going to work as long as your constantly generating more power than you could ever use.
Enuf Alrdy Can you explain why it’s a waste of money? If you judge a place on how liberal it is, then you’re stupid.
@AK - You're gonna pay one way or another in CA. If you don't judge a place on how liberal it is, then you're stupid.
@StarGaming - That's the whole gimmick. Laws and regulations will change before you break even. Wait and see, it's already in the works.
I wish we had this video when ours was installed last year, we had to research as the installers did not understand how to set up so we fumbled our way through the start up and setup. THANK YOU we did do it right eventually
You have some wonderful loud birds in your garden.
The sun is just wasted energy, besides you know powering all life on the Earth. Lol
Trump should build his wall out of solar panels so he can hit two birds with one stone. EDIT: I looked this up and he did actually mention the possibility of doing so. I'm going to assume it was too expensive for his liking.
yes, but suggested design is stupid. At that latitude it makes more sense to put panels on top of the wall, nearly horizontally. Also, some people say that it would be cheaper to build a solar farm right next to the Wall, and one place, rather then stretching line of them along the border
Trump will make the wall from coal.
and the electricity generated is used to fry any illegals attempting to climb, that is a marvelous idea. Crispy fried mexicano!
Why is he worried about cost? Mexico is paying for it.
That's nice you can change the wall directly with solar. I might be wrong but up here in BC solar panels have to be connected to the grid, they can't power your house.
Feels like in Jurassic Park when switching the brakers lolll PUMP IT 3 TIMES!!!!
Thank you for doing and sharing. You are lowering the entry barrier for the masses, and by being open and honest you make it real.
Dude, your time lapse videos were AMAZING!! GG!
One thing to remember if you have central air is the equipment inside your house operates off of a separate 110V circuit so you may not be seeing the Air conditioning compressor which operates on its own 240V circuit but are seeing the fan that moves air throughout the house
This is soooo cool! I just started going to school for electrical engineering and my goal is to be able to work with solar energy. The future is here. I am so excited.
I tried getting a quote for this stuff only to have the site tell me they are not installing Tesla products in my area. Funny thing is that I live 35 minutes from the plant that makes the roof tiles and worked for one of the companies the built the factory.
Like you, once I saw the app and how much other items were wasting like power strips, chargers, etc. I shut them down.
One thing I’ve done is purchase 12v LED lights (dirt cheap), rewired a couple of lamps for dc power and ran a couple dc circuits for them and all exterior lights. DC LEDS lights use less than half the power of regular LED and are bright.
Reason I try to draw dc power directly from the charge controller is because the most energy efficient inverter I can find has a 10% voltage drop meaning that 10% is lost or used by the inverter.
Enjoyed your video and I love my small but great 400w system.
From what I can gather from my own solar panel config, the reason why some high-powered devices like your vacuum cleaner, AC, heaters etc are not affected is due to the push/pull of electricity within the config. Your Solar/Battery is pushing power to the grid at specific wattage, while your equipment is pulling power from the grid. I don't have a battery, but the logic would suggest the smarts in the system are the grid cutover and overvoltage protection for the battery, just in case you turn high-powered stuff on after the sun goes down. When you have a push and pull of electricity going on, you are left with the net of that result. I hope that helps.
It's great how the app is getting you to conserve power in your house, thanks for sharing!
I think I seen a pool in your backyard.
This old House added a water heat exchanger to a house AC unit. Using your Pool as a heat dump would make it more efficient in cooling down your house.
Never ceases to amaze me how, on one hand, california is so advanced, tesla solar and stuff, and primitive on the other. This guy's house looks like something from provincial Soviet union in 1970s
i need this, everyone needs this.
That switch is a neat idea
Congratulations.
This looks like to be a well worth it project , both in the future as well as today .
The system itself looks very impressive .
Michael Starley you really need to learn how to type .
You should be ashamed of yourself .
Maybe control yourself a little bit .
I don't know , slow down and prove to the world that you did not skip English class .
Good talk .
My system is 5.22 kwh. I had a mid winter problem, with my electric water heating, it started to use huge power, and had to charge the powerwall with cheaper nighttime power, so i installed a sanden heat pump , i didn't want gas waterheating, and now I have gone back to 100% self powered. Even with low winter solar output. My powerwall was installed August 2017. Today's small of winter solar output, a full 250 lt tank of hot water and a full powerwall 2
The powerwall has a meter for the stuff that is not backed by the powerwall (like the AC) and the powerwall supplies the power that the AC is using by sending it to the grid and then using it. That works as long as there is no power outage
Here in the Netherlands we also get temperatures of 30-40 degrees Celsius in the summer with a high humidity, however we have to make do without AC, most of us.
Great video, love to see a real world install with teething problems intact! I'm in the UK and getting an 8.6kWpk array installed with twin 'walls this September with a view to parking a Tesla on the drive within a year or two.
I never thought about, or knew they designed the panels to do this, that you could have three going vertically and have two going horizontally above them and they would be the same width. I did calculations and found it's actually better KW/sq ft doing it this way instead of having them all go vertically. Totally didn't think about this until seeing your setup. Also looks cleaning too, and works on smaller roofs like on a tiny house.
You can get "power centers" for your various setups. I'm sure you know what they are but for those reading that might not, basically it's a glorified surge protector that also helps a little with line conditioning (stabilizing the electricity that flows through it). Good ones have a master device port where you can plug in something like a TV that will once it's turned off, will also turn everything else plugged into it off so truely powering everything down is as simple as turning your TV off. Some also tend to have a readout on the front that can tell you how many amps, watts, voltage, etc you're using thru it, and they also have an override so you can push a button and force everything connected to it to turn off.
How do you deal with the heat on the panels? I think with that seal around the panels you will have reduced airflow.
An effective method to stop electricity 'leaks' is to use those motion activated and light sensitive light switches. Finding a good room/location and getting it set up properly is impossible sometimes but when it works it's perfect. Lights only come on when needed and do so by themselves.
Who would have thought, peanut butter crunch and your videos pair well.
I have solar panels too enjoy your system it’s a great way to go.
Keep em coming Paul!
great video. you know your doing good paul when you can harvest power from the sun. love this concept its just not sunny enough in UK
I would like to control all the output with a separate meter, and see if it is showing the right values.
The AC is on the Grid side of the gateway but your side of the meter, or tap for grid supply data.
Your AC is getting first call on the surplus from the system. Anything left over is still sent to the Grid. If you need more than the surplus, the Grid will supply it.
If you lose the Grid, the AC, being on the Grid side of your gateway, will see the outage.
I believe the secondary panel is for your critical loads. Since you have a grid tied system it will pull energy from the battery as needed for the whole house including AC.... however if the main power from the power company is lost, the battery will only provide power to the critical loads indicated in the panel.
This has been a great series. When I get a house I will have Solar City install the same as you. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing setup.
The new love for sun and hate for clouds is real, haha great video
Weatherstripping...get it so tight you can hear the suction when you open your doors and windows. Then, if you don't have your attic spray insulated, you definitely should consider it.