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Hey there, i’ve been watching your video for solar. Is there any calculation payment for retirement people that want to install solar. It seems like buying outright with finance a little bit high for retirement people.

Rip Sunpower (filed bankruptcy today). I've enjoyed selling against them this last 10 years. Writing was on the wall a mile away. Sunrun ftw! Fyi I push ownership as a personal preference yet many customers CHOOSE the PPA.

Got ppa and equipment directly from Tesla

As consumers all these solar companies need oversight like utilities and to be regulated! If my electric company serviced the community this way, we'd all be in an uproar! But if I call my eletric company, they respond quite quickly! Great customer service!

You forgot the cost to replace the Tesla power when the batteries are finally dead

Pure scammer just like elon himself

Hey bro, i appreciate your videos. Im in the industry and your videos have made me actually a better sales rep and im the top rep in my company because im honest and transparent with customers vs the bs that i see everyone else do. Thank you

So this guy is in favor of purchasing

Good video. Door to door sales people typically do not go over this. Any good Energy Consultant/Sales person should explain this and find which option provides the best value.

This is the best explanation I’ve come across. Thanks!

How long does the solar panel last? If I buy it and I have to buy a new one 20 years later

One of these is going broke/bankrupt. Another on is facing several lawsuits suits from state attorney. They both start with Sun.

which of these 2 panels is best in the northern virginia area such as Centreville VA

You compared a 20 years vs a 25 year. Of course there will be more cost when you borrow for an additional 5 years. Let’s see an apples to apples for true transparency.

Thanks. I will reach out to you soon.

Fuk a solar loan

Impressed and very helpful

Biased

lol do more homework lol u fools

You seem to know your stuff. SunPower is not doing good atm. Should know more in this coming month.

Good information - thank you. Two big questions: Where is the temperature measured - ambient temperature or the glass surface, or the silicon surface? Here in Phoenix 112 F is nothing. I'm guessing the silicon is in the 140s or higher. Also, what does one of these panels cost the installer, and what should a consumer expect to pay?

Now the tax rebate is 30% ..lol

Given that atleast one solar guy every month knocks my door, I think this solar is super high margin business and it's a wild west unregulated sector.

Our Enphase microinverters are 4 years old, ZERO issues. This video is fantastic, you have talked me out of adding a battery to our solar panels for now, we are in PG&E area with NEM2.

The long run. When you don’t have a long run. If I’m 70 years old. It makes no sense for me to pay 30k for electric for 10 years. I won’t out live the loan. Not everyone is 35 years old.

Had my Solaredge inverter last 9 months. The failure rate is real.

I want to buy these brands cor my DIY system, but I don’t see anywhere sale them. Can you give me a link or store to go buy these?

😀👍Good Stuff, Great Tips

Thank you, you've convinced me to not get solar panels installed on my home. I remember when; if you wanted satellite TV you had to install these very large receiving dishes on your property. Then skip a decade and the dishes were 1/100 the size for the same service at a fraction of the price. Now, I no longer need those small dishes as I have high bandwidth cable and can stream and enjoy internet access at speeds we never dreamed of back then. These solar panels on your roof are going to be obsolete well before the 25-year lifespan when you sell your house and no buyer is going to consider them a value, because the new technology will be far better and cheaper than the old stuff.

What we really need to know more about is the Rec 460 as that is the panel everyone is pushing and if its worth it.

Yup I'm getting mine replaced for the 2nd time

I noticed the REC 430 has better efficiency, NMOT, and power density values. I've also noticed those seem to be unavailable in comparison to the 420s, which is too bad. Of course, I guess by next year the alpha pure-RXs should finally be in wider availability.

It was in part thanks to your panel rankings that I grabbed the 420W Alpha Pure-Rs to replace LG on my system. Probably a little wasteful, but I sold them off so it wasn't a complete loss.

Could you do a review of the Aikos brand solar panels. I believe they developed the N type topcon and sell to everyone else.

No EG4 PowerPro? Isn't that like one of the best ones out there? Outdoor rated, UL listed, and CHEAP!

Thanks for the information you provided in this video. It made clear what the specs mean and how they relate to panel performance.

I asked about the QTRON 425 in your last video because I had just had them installed in December. Thanks for covering them now. I'm in NH, and so far my highest real "NMOT" was more than 327.8W. I say that because I get clipping from my Enphase IQ8M inverters (330VA peak). That was in the colder months and the sun was close to 90degrees to the panels. My panels are on a 40degree pitch roof - close to my latitude of 43.5 degrees. Now that it is hotter and the sun is higher, I'm seeing almost no inverter clipping - meaning the panels are probably generating about 328W at peak sun. The inverters were sized to the NMOT of the panels, and sometimes I wish I had the IQ8As that go to 366VA. So if you want to capture all of the power from the QTRON 425s (i.e.. no clipping), go with IQ8As if you are in a colder climate and you roof pitch is close to your map latitude.

Thank you for the information. I am considering these two panels. It just reinforce to me to go with the REC panels. I live in southern Arizona.

This poor guy, if SunPower goes belly up, the rest will be shortly behind. California has ruined it for these solar companies, the rest of the world is going to follow californias terrible mandates . I love my solar but it’s scary to see what’s happening, this won’t just be sunpower.

Why do solar companies go bankrupt? Is it the large sales force commissions?

only Tesla has the virtual power plant so you can make money off your install even long after it’s paid for

I bought from SunRun a company one should run away from. Extra un-needed costs. I bought the house three years ago, and was told by the SunRun rep who came out and looked at the house that I had to replace the roof because it was probably the same tar paper from when it was built in the 70s. After they did it, a neighbor told me that it had been replaced a few months before I bought the house. I was told I had to move the A/C condenser to the other side of the house, for Code issues (too close to the fuse box) and because I would be getting three batteries, since I told the sales rep my sister is on a ventilator and I need to ensure that I have backup that would last 48hrs so I could arrange for her to get to a hospital if the power was out for more than 24 hrs. First power outage we had the battery (only one not the three they charged for) lasted less than four hours. I ended up having to hand bag her (Hand held ventilation bag) for almost six hours over night until the Sun came out in the AM and her machine came back on. The caring folks at SunRun who told me I would not need the gas backup power once I had the Solar in place could not have been more rude when I complained. I told the Coordinator that I have Rescue dogs, they had history of abuse so wanted at least 48 hrs advanced notice when work would occur so I could board them. Nope showed up at 7AM started pounding on the roof without any notice. Frightened dogs and poop all over as well as regression. The paperwork for the work and the load through another bad provider (Goodleap) was thick enough to choke a horse, when I wanted to read through it the Notary they sent kept saying, "SunRun is careful to make sure you get what you agreed to." Never got the copies that I was promised, and when I questioned SunRun over not getting three batteries, and why the Electric Company drains the battery to less than 50% each night they said, Oh we have you agreeing to that on a recorded call. I've got a fairly good memory, and with the issues I have with my sister, I would not have agreed to it.

Sunpower is dead, 70% drop in stock today.

Does the Panasonic have Generator capacity like the FranklinWH and enphase do?

I personally use 'Activated Alumina' for my 3d printing filaments, you can bake it at very high temperatures to drive off moisture safely and very effectively. Whether or not it also can hold up to 30% of its weight in water I've never personally tested. Thank you for sharing this video, very informative

all at the end you are down playing all the big names and to promote your own shxt! what a waste of time listening to this, this guy didn't get deep into any of the main points at all. This is ridiculous. How are your small local contractors can satisfied all the homeowners' needs on Solar? you telling them not to trust the big company but to trust you????

My only regret is that I didn't buy a bigger inverter, and should have gotten ~13 kW instead of 10.6. I'm thinking I may replace some of the panels with higher wattage panels later if system output falls, or add some on my east facing rooftop. My electricity bill is now about $400 (fees another $400) a year. There is no way I'm going to be able to zero out those $400 in electricity costs in any cost effective manner, as they are all from off peak or super off peak.

Having competent installers is 75% of the deal. Next, do you go with micro inverters or micro-optimizers. Next, Battery and software. I don't think the solar panel. type is that important. 375 and up should be good enough 400 W is better. I went with a local guy who turns out didn't know how to connect batteries. System sat for 4 months before he found someone. Tesla not answering the phone scared me away from them. So agreed - don't use the big boys.

Except no one is going to want to wait 6-12 months or longer for a Tesla battery. And for the record, Tesla is horrible to work with even if you are a Tesla approved dealer.

As solar, wind and wave power generation increases around the world, utility companies will raise rates at first to compensate for their loses... As these technologies gain market share, improve on reliability and Schale bringing cost down... The market will see complete disruption.. it's well on it's way now... visionaries like me lol see it all clear as a bell... The Liberty Bell !