Great system but he added a Tesla!
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Built a beautiful system sized to the customer's needs, but then he added a Tesla.
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I have 13kW of panels and a 30kWh battery and with that I can get 50 miles/day on my model Y and run most of my house. Note: That's charging the car at night off battery. I can get a lot more if the car is home during the day.
Nice
I cant' agree more with the car being home during the day! I can hit 14kW at mid day during the summer and it's enough to run the house and charge the car
Great experience for the kid. I get to enjoy seeing my son work with us and gain experience. Your voice says, Proud Father.
Lol Savage comment "Those that can't work Don't" Your crew is awesome.
Wes is a super nice guy, but he comes with the zingers.
Scott, another awesome installation. Cheers, Mate.
It's good to see you stay busy!
I love my Tesla with my solar. I drive for fun now.
Nice and clean.
Great Job!
Ronk makes a semi-affordable 400A double throw. That's what I'm gonna use when I reinstall my system soon to cover the whole property instead of just half.
Love your videos.
Nice!
5:50 Kids….They rarely appreciate all the work it took/takes to make it look easy😂😎
Nice work
Have you looked into vertical mounted bifacial panels on a north-south line? Less production mid day but higher in the morning and evening. Also panels run cooler.
The Netherlands does this for fences.
We are setting up xw pro dual inverter dc coupled and have whole house smart switch for current generator. Would love more info on repurposing for use as disconnect .
Beautiful. Nice install. (@10:50) That LNB cover coming out of the meter center looks wonkie. Is that on right?
We fixed it
Your boy has gotten big
The last several videos have shown mounting clamps on the panels rather than using the Sinclair direct mount system. Any particular reason?
Certain module sizes aren’t compatible with Sinclair direct tie
I know you dont do 12k's much anymore, but what is an ideal string config? Seems to be aging out with higher current panels these days.
Does the 400amp service run all the time?
Do you service south Alabama?
How much is the cost of a system like this?
Ashe county?
Why do you use PVC pipes instead of corrugated conduit for under ground line?
Because schedule 40 PVC is the standard for underground wire. Other accepted methods are HDPE, direct burial USE cables, UF direct burial cable, coated RMC, etc. Corrugated black tube isn’t an accepted electrical conduit, and pulling through it would be awful.
if you ever find yourself in Bee county Tx .. I'll take you for Mexican food :) I know a couple great places here..
did you say 60 mega watts of batteries? 🤣
SCOTT, ANOTHER GREAT JOB & TEACHING FOR US!
HAS SOL-ARK CHANGED THE MPPT’S OR JUST ADDED COLOR TO THE STRING CONNECTORS.
Love the channel
Why do you dislike Tesla so much?
American made more than any other cars. I have one for commuting. It has been very reliable. To each his own. Thanks for great content. I live in central VA. Wish I was closer. Moving into another house soon and want to get solar.
Also with solar they have freedom from the gas companies 😀
I don't think he dislikes the Tesla - he was merely commenting that the house owner had planned the system without long miles on the Tesla, but had changed jobs which now required him to drive a lot further (11:07). So the system was now undersized.
He made some comments before when he test drove the Taycan about Tesla made me think he didn’t like them much but you may be correct. Thank you for the perspective.
Who cares if he doesn't like Tesla? What matters is your preference.
He likes Tesla
yolo hope everyone is doing great
I have 72kwh's of batteries now and just added a Chevy bolt with a 65kwh battery in it. Im thinking I need add 30kwh's more batteries to my current system. Will add 6k more panels to help my 21k of panels in my system.
What State was this in?
If you’re willing to, what county.
3:08
NC
nice n neat
Connecting EV's: I'd like to see some heavy duty DC-DC converter/chargers that can be powered from the typical 48V battery bus instead of going out to an AC powered Charger via the Inverter, seems a waste.
Choose an inverter with a HV battery, you dont use 48V anymore for larger installs, up/down conversion has much less losses and much less amps on cables and everything
@@t.d.5804 That may be the case but most systems out there are 48V. There is also safety advantages to thst
Hi Scott: You seem to be an old school kind of tradesman... Prescribe what is best for the client. Do what you say you will, when you say you will, and at a cost you quoted. No need to ever advertise... especially in this twisted world where this is becoming rare. Is there a forum where I might find an engineer like you in Oregon?
If he needs power just add batteries for the overnight charging the Tesla!
Are you kidding me? You have what looks like a 20 KW solar panel array and a 120 KW of battery backup and you are claiming that you need soft-starts on the two AC units? My Trane 5-Ton, two-stage unit uses 19 Amps at start-up, but even if that was doubled to 38 Amps, a single Sol-Ark 15K would easily power it without a soft-start module. This guy has TWO Sol-Ark 15K units, he could easily start three or four AC units all at once. I am not sure how your "math" worked these numbers out. I have a 200 Amp grid connected panel and it could start two of my Trane units at once if I had two on the house, and that is without battery backup and sun-power flowing to the two inverters. In the day, the two Sol-Ark inverters can bring in something like 19 KW each directly from the panels to power the house. I don't see a need for soft-starts on the AC units, unless you are trying to extend their lifespan.
He has 4 AC units. They are not trane units with low lra. Each unit had an lra over 110 amps except for the ton and 1/2 unit which was around 80.
@@engineer775 Okay, that makes more sense. These units must be monumentally inefficient.
@@franklong6269They are older units (~20 years) We took the LRA down from 75a to 24a in each unit using the microaire soft starts.