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What do you think about the ecoflow smart panel 2? It's basically a subpanel and has an input for their Delta Pro Ultra inverter battery combo. I'm curious about this one because it can make use of the solar panels for the circuits within this smart subpanel and your main panel stays connected to the grid and is also capable of feeding grid energy into the subpanel.

Not going so well. Clever saying North America.. or. Not USA

What about the cost of panel upgrade by an outside contractor, but it is in relation to having a complete solar system installed?

WTF Jinko is a Chinese based company. Liar

Don’t forget Solar4America!

My bill is 600 a month in California. Solar saves me 200 a month. Solar is a joke.

I have a 38 W Sharp solar panel at the cottage, bought in 1985 and still working.

Thank you I’m using this info because I got a job at Sunrun

They don't last 20 years. You'd be lucky to get 10 years out of them.

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Yes

any difference between the 400w, 420w, 450w panels?

What's the regular upkeep of the heat pump? Do you have to do yearly maintenance, just like with a furnace? And who could service it? Thanks for the answers in advance :-)

I thought TOU only applied to the distribution charges part of the bill(separate from the provider's stated kwh rate).In other words, if you use more power during off peak hours than someone else who uses the sqme monthly kwh as you, then that your distribution/delivery rate is subject to monthly variations over and above what is stated in the label. Im with 4change energy in Texas and my delivery rate is never the same percentage as stated per the label. Seems unfair to me as I have no way of knowing my time of usage relative to peak/off peak times cause that metric is hidden to me. So they can essentially make up a monthly delivery rate as they see fit, whether its legitimate/legal or just used to pad their profits.

If the mainstream media had told the truth about these horrors two years ago the crash would have happened a lot sooner.

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The ridiculous cost of battery is the main roadblock. You can buy a used ICE vehicle and fix it up for less than $5K.

So!.... be more precise.... how much "greener" are EV... At what mileage do they become greener?

Let's say 75% of drivers switch to EV... Will there be enough minerals, copper etc for the batteries and charging infrastructure??

My only concern with the myths is that you left a myth unbusted. Tires don't wear out nearly as fast as you state and don't leave extra particulate matter as the brakes are being used less, another channel covered this with scientists busting that myth. Plus I know a Leaf owner who has over 60k km on his tires and hasn't yet changed them out. Plus as Jason from Engineering Explained channel covers off on EV specific tires very well in several videos, they are designed for EV's some from the ground up as well.

You can plug into a dryer outlet, but you should upgrade the outlet to an industrial grade. Your dryer outlet isn't made to have uninterrupted full power drawn for hours at a time. Mine melted. Mostly contained in the steel box, so no fire spread to the garage.

EVs just dont have the qualities I am looking for.

Lol EVs are a joke.

The issue with the charging infrastructure stems from the fact most people purchase EVs with the expectation of home charging. Unlike with gas/diesel vehicles, using public charging is an option when driving locally. This makes electric charging stations less profitable to operate--not enough volume. Every gas/diesel-powered vehicle on the road will eventually have to visit a fuel station. That's 100% of the cars, SUVs, trucks, vans, etc., driving around. Less than ten percent of EVs on the road will have any reason to utilize a public charger station unless they don't have enough range to make it home. The vast majority of those users are long-distance drivers, not local commuters. The charging infrastructure will always be inadequate as there won't be sufficient demand for them. The ratio of vehicles to changing locations will be too low for anything more than the bare minimum. --- Fast-charging batteries won't impact the process. The bottleneck is with the charger, not the battery. It's like filling a swimming pool with a garden hose. The time needed is determined by how much water the hose can deliver, not by how quickly the pool can receive it. Individual chargers have fixed kilowatt ratings, which cannot be exceeded. Existing fast chargers are close to the practical limit for what they can deliver now. They are already rated at a quarter of a megawatt of power at some locations as it is (250kW). That's per cable. The local Tesla charging station near where I live has eight chargers. If all of those are ever in use and delivering 250kW each, that's two megawatts of power for one location. Existing batteries are already charged at rates below their capacity. The chargers can't accommodate more. Fast-charging batteries may eventually appear in small appliances like smartphones or laptops. However, larger applications like EVs will need some other advantage to justify their use (cost, safety, energy density, etc.). --- Lithium-ion batteries are thermodynamically unstable. There is a lot of fearmongering by EV critics over their fire hazards, but there is an underlying truth to what they're saying. All it takes is for one cell in a pack of hundreds (or thousands) to become defective. An internal current flow generates heat, which makes the chemicals in the cell more reactive. This generates more heat, which makes them more reactive, leading to positive feedback. So long as the current-induced heat isn't too great, the battery pack can dissipate it safely. However, once the cell reaches a high enough internal temperature, the additional heat it generates exceeds what can be managed, and thermal runaway is unpreventable. Once the cell is on fire, it ignites nearby cells which ignites those near them, and the fire spreads through the pack exponentially. The fire is difficult to put out at that point. It has its own fuel and oxygen source, and it burns too hot for anything other than copious amounts of water to deal with. The general strategy is to prevent the fire from spreading while it burns itself out. Once extinguished, the cells are sufficiently damaged that further current leakage is possible, and the fire can reignite at a later time. I don't believe EVs are rolling time bombs, but they represent a fire hazard unique from gas/diesel vehicles. --- EVs are likely here to stay, especially if hybrids are included in the mix. However, they are ultimately nothing more than a drive-train option. That's fine for people who are interested in them and can take advantage of what they offer, but they're not for everyone. EVs will have their place in the larger fleet, but they aren't going to save the planet or push conventional vehicles out of the market. Not even the artificial demand generated by government subsidies and sales mandates will bring that about. Figure 10~15% market saturation by the end of the decade and perhaps 25% if there is some unexpected technology improvement by then. It'll take many decades, most likely not until the last quarter of this century, before EVs approach 50% of the vehicles on the road (assuming they ever do).

Where I live (South Africa) our electricity produces 708g CO2/kWh.... with home charging losses that's over 800g CO2/kWh. At 3 miles/kWh that's a whole 266g CO2/mile...

Good information with the exception of shorter tire life. I believe the reason for shorter EV tire life is not the weight of the vehicle but of hard acceleration. Semi trucks are heavier than EV's but can get 100k miles on tires. Why? because they use a tire that is rated for the weight being carried just like a heavier car will use different rated tires than a lighter one. My model S got a tire change at 58k miles. I could of run them further but wanted fresh tires for a long trip. Tire pressure, rotation and normal driving.

Aren't ICE vehicle fires easier to put out?

You forgot, they burst into flames,the battery only lasts 2 years, cobalt and child miners, battery cannot be recycled etc, so much negativity. Forgot to mention that cobalt is used in a big way at the oil refineries to make the fuel for ICE cars. We have passed the tipping point, EVs are coming so get used to them.

Nice try. Comparing 2022 to 2023 is a joke. Compare 2024 to 2023 amd then we'll see.

I have swapped to an electric van for my electrical business and I also get the myth from customers that they all set on fire. I try to remind people that all energy dense systems present some risk.Thank for clear factual video r video.

electrical upgrades

Good

It is 36000 in 20 years not 50000

Imagine if our homes ran off of DC. Thanks a lot Tesla lol

Turbo tax says that I qualify for the credit but they say I have to carry it over to next year? They say I don't get any of the credit for this year. Does anyone know why that is?

Go Liam! Sumus Primi buddy!

If you intend to charge an EV with a standalone (off grid) or emergency backup power solar system. It's important to consider the technology that's used in the inverter. High frequency, transformerless inverters provide a much lower surge capacity and a shorter life expectancy than heavy duty, low frequency, transformer-based inverters. Additionally. high frequency, transformerless inverters do not provide any galvanic isolation between its DC boost stage circuitry and its AC output which can allow high amperage DC current to pass through to your EV's onboard charger and damage it. You may be able to use a high frequency inverter to charge an EV short term, but it would just a matter of time before the MOSFETs or IGBTs in this inverter fail and you can kiss your EV's onboard charger goodbye. A much better and safer choice if you want to charge your EV with solar is to use an inverter or power station that uses low frequency, transformer-based technology in its design. Low frequency inverters can handle high surge loads for at least 3x their continuous rated capacity and they can do this repeatedly, without sustaining damages to their MOSFET transistors, for minutes, rather than the milliseconds that a high frequency inverter offers. And because low frequency inverters use a transformer, they provide galvanic isolation which protects your EV's charger. That's why the big-name brand inverter manufacturers like Schneider Electric, Outback Power, Sigineer Power, Magnum Energy and Victron Energy and others, all use a low frequency topology in their design.

Your power meter will not run backwards. This is false information. The meter is a special meter that measures power from the grid to your home on one register and a separate register measures the power from your home to the grid.

anyone else here because of a school research paper?

I claimed it this year and it seems to be holding up my tax return. Has anyone else had this issue?

How many years do the tax credits carry forward? Example: PVs installed in 2023. 30% = $9,000. Federal taxes owed = $4,000. That leaves $5,000 of tax credits. For how many more years after filing in 2024 can that $5,000 be used? Thanks!

How the watt moved into the wire

I eat solar panels

wow that is a bull shit video

So what are the best solar batteries? After watching I'm no further forward. All info we already knew.

They should really give us those tax breaks credit for those that just buy solar.. instead of us having to go to a company to buy and install from the company

Lying sack of shit! The solar panels are made from slave labor in China, mining processes that destroy the earth. You are a piece of shit video

Thx U2 🖐"smart homes" = 38 (Chaldean)👍

very helpful w/ research!!! thnx