Our First Days with a Tesla Solar Roof
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Hey, I'm Sven from This Guy Edits, a YT channel with over 350K subs. I've recently become a Tesla fan boy and want to document my experience with the Tesla Solar Glass Roof as it is being installed on my house.
It's been years in the making and this version three roof is supposed to be finally ready for prime-time. Generally, I try not to be an early adopter, and would rather like to see proof of concept first. But since the Federal Tax Credit is about to run out, I decided to take the plunge now and see if it works out.
How long will the process take? Will there be any problems along the way? Will it perform? These are all question I'm eager to share with you and finally get to the answer: Was it worth it? So if you're into that kind of stuff, subscribe. I'll post update videos as the project unfolds.
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I work for Tesla in the Solar Roof department and we’re based here in Utah. Love seeing these videos to see how other crews are doing roofs. I’m glad you enjoy the product. This is definitely the future!
Good luck!
Very cool! Thanks for watching :)
Yes great product, still waiting for it to become available in Germany!
Yall hiring 😂
Jordan are you hiring
@@Blessedinmynest Tesla is always hiring.
if we get this in Kenya with an average of 10hrs sunlight along the equator its gonna be a game changer
@@RolexBabyy america and europe use 3 times the amount of power Africans use on average so how powerfull the solar panels are is not a problem, maybe price
@@RolexBabyy current solar panels have an average 10 - 15 year warranty
@@RolexBabyy Top 5 solar manufactures are giving 25 years product warranties. for every country. We can now recycle around 90% of a solar panel. Stop spreading false information. If you want to research the 25 years warranty its "SunPower, Q.Cells (G6+ panels), LG, Rec, Panasonic".
@@hayes433 But is it affordable? That's the question.
@@jeettrivedii It would be very hard for a solar panel to not be affordable purely because of the vast amount of money it can save, plus the implications on not using coal makes the cost involved in solar very hollow.
This is the most comprehensive walk-through of tesla solar roof, I LOVE that you walk us through the way the electric branching/junctions connect and how the energy actually travels - will be referring back to these vids in the future when I get mine hopefully!
I think that here in Italy almost NOBODY would choose to self-destroy the aesthetical integrity of his home with this tentacular metal monster
@@zdenekburian1366 what metal? It’s glass!
@@metalmickyturnson In some photos of this system completely installed, what was absolutely unbearable to me for the aesthetics of the house were the tentacular metal piping and wiring incorporated all around it, not possible for the italian property mentality imo
Wow! I didn’t realize until I was 75% completed that the roof it’s self was the solar panels
Great update. Quite a moment when your house switched off the grid and on to solar. Congratulations!
yeee finally some data data. it took only a year
Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. Our system will be getting installed in the next few weeks. I already had Solar Panels but I am removing them and putting on a new roof. We have three power walls and our current system is running our home entirely off the grid. It looks like you need to cut down some trees in your yard however. We removed several of them over the years. Been running solar for about eight years but the slick Tesla Roof will double our capacity. Thanks again for very well done videos!
Thx! Today is day one of my Tesla solar roof and Powerwall being active. 19.7kW system that should have us 100% off-grid!! Super Pumped!!!!!
This panel can put out close to 100 watts czcams.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.
Congrats! We just started the process, so we’ll use your code. Thank you so much for your videos!!! We’re in Northridge CA in a 1400 sq. Ft. home. Our roof only has another 5 years on it so solar panels can’t be placed on it without a new roof. This turned out to be a game changer because now we’re headed to a Tesla solar roof!
Very nice results and that on the shortest day. I was waiting for this. My production with my 5.1 kWp was on the same day 3.25 kwh but i live in the Netherlands so more north (roughly the same between Calgary and Edmonton. Hope to see more of your videos, like to see if you can live off grid now :) Next a video of a while week?
Thank you for sharing your data. It'll be good to see how everybody's system is performing in different locations, positioning, and sizing.
I am from india I installed 6 kw on grid system & it is generating more than 20 kwh on 🌞 days & 15 on ☁️ days.
@@valardohaeris8527hi...bhai company konsi hai?😊👍🇮🇳
@@sandeshmanchekar3317 har state me alag firms hai bro alne state ki dekho govt. Approved
@Sagar Chauhan 280000
Do they go for the "Industrial" look.
The sheer number of boxes on your walls is bizarre, haven't the installers come up with a proper integrated panel rather that the "throw the boxes at the wall look".
Love the beauty and elegance of the integrated tiles, they look fabulous.
Absolutely loved the video. Even being from a underdeveloped country, I feel so happy that these positive steps are being taken around the world, mostly in developed countries. Cant wait to see you summer stats in future videos.
Apni bezzati karte rehna bas, the same country and WTO put restrictions on india for cheap solar panels but tumhe to gareeb feel karna pasand h
Can't wait for spring / summer updates :)
Thank you for the update! Looking forward to more videos!
More to come!
My friend has a solar roof from Tesla and he lives in a place where it snowed all of the houses are covered in snow all the roofs are covered with snow his Tesla roof there’s no snow like there’s no snow on it like the snow just slid off or something like it’s like the piles of snow on the roofs but on the testers he did like the screen thing we looked above it you know we did a little drone thing and you can see that his house is the only one that doesn’t have snow on it it’s so cool I think we did a new story on it but anyway glad I found the channel.
Awesome. . Only negative i see is since you have limited space on the side if your house the electric boxes and switches are not in one flowing central location. But that is a very minor complaint
Its absolutely thrilling! Congratulations!!!
Congrats. It was a great journey.
Thank you!
Yo thats insane!! Thank you for the update 👍🏽
You bet
Thanks for the awesome content!
Glad you enjoy it!
This must be great for someone who likes to have their whole house decorated with boxes :) Good video, thumbs up from me. Cool way tiles are meeting in the valley.
I'm in "the" queue - target this month... but... we'll see.... Thanks for the clear insight! The hardest part for me... to battery or to no battery :-/
nice. keep us posted. Regarding batteries, the question you should answer is how important blackout protection is for you. If it's not important, just consider the grid to be your battery.
@@ThisGuysTesla but then there's the cost as well. You'll pay more of an electric bill coming from the grid than you will from your own batteries. I do get that occasionally you might have to use the grid but your bill will still be way lower by using a battery. At least that's my understanding.
Thank you for the update!!!!
You bet!
There is an important distinction to be made between the pv tiles, for the parts of the roof which get the sun, and the dummy tiles for parts of the roof which do not. These are much cheaper. You could well end up using pv tiles on only half of your roof.
this video is so calming....
My roof install starts on Monday. I am very excited. If they let me I will use your referral code. If not then when I order my M3LR.
This stuff is so cool and looks just amazing. Wish it could be bought over here in the netherlands.
i think it's dont fit the wether in your country.cloudy days almost killed this systerm,you will be bankrupt.
@@kimjim6344 i thought the same, but much houses over here have normal solarpanels on their roof, so i think it will work otherwise nobody would do it. Besides the goverment gives out subsidy's for it aswell so i think it is no problem.
@@kv3513 my house has the solar too,nearly the same weather like netherland ,here east China,my cost is much lower than yours,but it will take 10 years make the money back,esp you use the ele yourself
Trees need a trim
Has this already started paying for itself? Looking at getting this but the price is hard to stomach but if it is something you are very happy with and how has it effected your energy bill does your utility provider give you a rebate for the power it feeds to the grid?
Every time we have a sunny day, we would always wonder how much free solar power you are getting. Good decision and great investment.
Looks like you have Edison (I can tell by the rate schedule you showed) which mean you live in SoCal. Like me and most people in SoCal most of your appliances are probably gas, which is why your kWh per day are not all that high for a house that size. People in other parts of the country that use mostly electric appliances use 2 to 3 times that per day
If this guy wouldnt make utube videos and we didnt watch it plus equipment production cost and power consumption of everything: not watching the video, not making videos etc. would save A LOT MORE energy than installing that roof. Thank you.
Great video! Will you get the crack between the house and the addition fixed when you add the second floor? It was very interesting to get all the electrical appliances explained that are involved!
The crack is in the main building not the garage and it is supported by an earthquake retrofit to the entire home.
Sven, when can we see a new video with a whole week of data. During the lockdown i keep tracking your progress.
Soon my friend.
What did your home owners insurance company say about the roof? I've been wondering how insurance companies will view the Tesla Roof and what changes they will make to your policy costs? When I call insurance agents and ask them about it, they say: What is a Tesla Roof? When I explain it to them and they look it up themselves, they then say: I have no idea what my company will say about it and what they will charge for a policy for a house with a Tesla Roof.
insurance covers the solar system as it is permanently attached tot he house. You may need to increase your coverage to cover the additional replacement costs.
How much did you pay for the system out the door? Very very interested in buying this for my home. Thank you!
I have a video about that here: czcams.com/video/xeFCylWmzhw/video.html
2:56 that moment right there!
Edit: do you get paid for directing energy back into the grid?
It's a net metering agreement: It allows me to receive credits on my electricity bill when my solar panels produce excess electricity and sends that electricity to the power grid.
@@ThisGuysTesla wow! So on a cloudy day when you resort to the grid, you can feel comfortable because youll have some credit saved up 😅
@@ThisGuysTesla is the credit 1:1?
yes, it's a 1:1 credit
@@ThisGuysTesla that’s awesome unfortunately in my state they give a 3:1 credit
When the energy is being fed back to the grid, does the energy company pay you for that?
Sounds like a bussniess opportunity in it self
California gives a credit for sending power back to the grid. Read more here www.cpuc.ca.gov/NEM/.
@@ThisGuysTesla would be cool if they gave a cheque instead.
@@DigitalObserver They do give a check. He has SoCal Edison as his utility company. He has to pay the monthly fees and taxes each month. The usage charges are billed once a year when you have solar. At the end of one year he will pay the net usage rate if he uses more than he produced. If he produced more than he used then he will get a check for the wholesale value of the net production.
Solar panels are actually more efficient in cold temperature. So, as long as it’s sunny, it will produce more energy in winter compared to summer.
might be. But there is more daylight hours and better sun angle during the summer. Production should increase by 50% or so during summer.
Thank you for putting the subtitles in Spanish, we love your videos and we are waiting by the end of 2021 for powerrwall 2 and solar roof to arrive in Spain to be able to install it and be self-sufficient, I want to ask you how many square meters of roof you have? how much has the sunroof and the 2 powerwall cost? thanks for sharing and for creating clean energy with your roof greetings from Barcelona
How has your powerwalls performed since you had it installed outside? Any problems with degraded performance due to varying temps of heat and cold? Any rust or critter problems? If you can redo, will you still install it outside?
By putting extra solar energy(when battery is full and house is solar powered) into the grid, what does Grid mean??
Does it mean that you're giving power to utility company??
California gives a credit for sending power back to the grid. Read more here www.cpuc.ca.gov/NEM/.
Have you tried running in self-powered mode and reducing your backup percentage, using your Powerwalls when the sun goes down is amazing. We’re in Northern CA and hardly use any grid power ever since we got authorization to operate.
I have. I let it run down to 70% percent which usually gets me through the night and then starts recharging the next day. Have been off-grid for most of the time.
You are saving the earth
it is a big benefit to human kind
Is it worth it to give energy back to the grid?
Or should you just keep it for cloudy days?
yes, the excess energy has to go somewhere, when your battery is full and your immediate consumption is met. The grid acts like an extended battery that you can draw from (usually at night when you're not producing). Google net-metering for the concept.
So if you had 3-4 packs you would be able to stay off the grid completely? assuming you could store enough to cover cloudy/rainy days and nights?
probably and only once we double the system size.
I know we are at different latitudes and have different angles for our roofs, but I have a better angle to the sun in the winter than summer, but obviously far less time. My peak production is slightly higher in winter, but overall production is, again obviously, better in summer.
Just as a simple comparison, I have a 3kw system.
On Dec 29, 2020 (a mostly sunny day) my peak was 2.048 kW, with an overall production of 10.995 kWh.
On Jul 8, 2019 my peak was 2.336 kW, with an overall production of 18.906 kWh.
That's good to know. My system is projected to produce 9500 kWh for the year. Once we remodel the garage we should more than double that, since I asked the architect to optimize the roof towards the South with a slightly steeper pitch.
@@ThisGuysTesla Angle makes a real difference. And you are at a better latitude for solar than I am to begin with. I am averaging about 5 mWh for the year without an optimal angle at all. I would expect you to exceed that for each 3 kW of solar system you have (I don't remember what the total is expected to be).
BTW, I love watching these. It's nice to see what someone else is getting where I can trust the numbers. :^)
I wish solar roofs be installed by government in all houses for free!
Modi hay toh mumkin hay
That’s in year 4000
Then push your representative to vote for the Green New Deal !
Why would the government give you anything for free
Getting solar panels and battery storage will save money on utilities month after month, year after year.
A natural gas backup generator has no payback for the money spent.
I do have to say the output is a bit disappointing for the solar panels. I'm here in the Bay Area and on the 21st my traditional solar system (8.1kw) produced 33.4kWh. So if yours is a 7.8kw system and only producing 14.6kWh they aren't very efficient. Do you think that is because so much is non-south facing? Good news it that was the shortest day, so it's all uphill from here!
Also, are you going to be applying for the SGiP rebate on your batteries?
That's good to know. A good 35-40% of my tiles are facing to the North plus your panel efficiency rating could be higher. Do you know your projected yearly output for your system? Mine comes in at 9500kwH.
@@ThisGuysTesla PVwatts showed I'd have a yearly output of about 14.3MWh and I just crossed the 1 year mark and it as 14.5MWh, so pretty close (24 panels, 330w each, 186 degrees south) Sounds like it may be the percent of the tiles on the north side of your house. When you get that garage done, since it is south facing, you'll be much better off. Are you in PGE country, or SCE? The PGE peak rates are so late in the day, that if anything to the WNW is really good for net-metering offsets.
Congratulations 🎉 We have the same inverters. I’m currently waiting on PTO. So we’re you charging your Powerwalls with storm watch? I have mine on backup but they are at 20% and I decided to turn them off until I get PTO.
yes, it just so happened that the day we got our PTO that there was a stormwatch in place so it immediately charged the battery via the grid. Without a stormwatch activated it can only charge the battery through the solar. How long did it take for you from ordering to get to this point?
What inverter did you get?
@@RussellSquire I got the Delta inverter, I was told from Tesla employee that Tesla is making their now inverters.
@@ThisGuysTesla I ordered on 10/7/20 and I got them installed on 12/30-12/31. I kinda jumped the gun and I was counting on my HOA to approve me and they denied me on 1/5/21. I just sent them a loss of production letter today. I hope they approve my layout because I already have it installed. I was trying to get that 26% fed credit which has been extended.
@@supertesla19 It's on their website - www.tesla.com/support/energy/solar-inverter/tesla-solar-inverter
I need something like this.
Have we got a ball point figure on the total cost from the tesla batteries to tesla solar tiles and electrical equipment please?
I'm not getting the figures for his electricity usage. The UK average is 8-10kwh per day. He's using 20kwh/day without charging the car
That's the future
What does mean putting the energy to the grid? There are paying you for the energy you sent?
Some country allowed u to supply the power grid using your solar and u get paid.
@@shabilimran793 thats crazy
California gives a credit for sending power back to the grid. Read more here www.cpuc.ca.gov/NEM/.
This is the future! no questions ask
Yup it is a gamechanger
Show the graph when you charging your car plz
I would be interested in the planning, development, building of the garage and if you make any specific design choices to optimize the tesla roof.
I'm building a 26' Tinyhouse trailer. with conventional panels only a 3KW system will fit due to the size of the panels. I wonder how much would fit with this system, what the weight would be and how much it would cost.
and now imagine it would be "photovoltaic Roof. "
Do you get paid by your utility company for electricity that you are putting back into the grid? If so is it same rate as if you were using the electricity from the grid?
I have a question that I have not heard any similar videos discuss: Does the DC Inverter, gateway or batteries make any noise? From my experience with large UPS systems, I can always tell when they switched to battery power because the inverters emit a high pitched whine that some people can not hear at all. But it bothers me quite a bit. I would hate to go through all of the expense of such a system only to discover the system produces a high pitched noise that gives me a headache. Your thoughts?
No noise whatsoever.
Need a power production update please
so quickly will this become the new norm!
Awesome video!
I was so excited about the solar roof and Powerwall that I put in a purchase for a 12.04 kW Solar Roof and 3 Powerwalls. Signed purchase agreement back on 1/24 and having been waiting since. Got an email today saying prices have gone up and if I still want it I have to agree to the new purchase price. THEY RAISED THE PRICE over 30% on me! What a bait and switch scam. Completely betrayed by the company I loved.
To raise the price on you after a finalized purchase agreement is a really bad move on the part of Tesla. I can understand a price increase for new customers but to back out of a signed agreement is an absolute no-go. This will hurt them badly. I hope Tesla quickly realizes this and reconsiders its game plan here. HEre is an article about the situation btw: www.theverge.com/2021/4/12/22380057/tesla-solar-roof-price-increase-contract-amount
How many years of saving money by using this solar system untill you start saving money ? After all your costs ?
This Shaking hands a Little Bit uncomfortable.
I'm astaunished I just thought it ;it's been implemented dream come through very anxious to see technology but I would suggest you add one more feature to this is ac as we utilise in car, which could provide centralize cooling to the houses during summer to keep cool; which could there by help all the other countries suffering from hotness too.... Like gulf countries more than 36 degrees." Great feature its like dream house" resolving daily hassle more over save's our earth 🌍 from global warming.
U R LUCKY...
it will take another 10 to 15 years to get his tech in india, bdw my place has immmmmence potential for 🌞 ENRGE
"How you gonna pay that crazy amount you paid for Tesla Solar Roof?" - "I'm gonna make couple of videos for youtube"
Why is it outside? anyone can disconnect it from outside .isn't that a security issue?
Many homes including my own are built with the power boxes on the outside. He could put locks on the boxes if he wanted to.
Sorry if this was covered, how much time did it take between the order date and the date given for the installation? I’m in the Bay Area and heard dates all over the place.
order in october 2019, install was in november 2020
Very good video very informative awesome I'm very happy for you looks very nice and elegant
Idk because my electric bill runs about $100 a month on average, $1200 a year., $30,000 for 25 years .... it's cheaper and less maintenance just to stick with the good old way, and pay the electricity company... this is for me tho idk about everyone 😐 ty for the video brother!
This is the way of the future
I thought you cant add on additional solar roof without removing the entire system per Tesla???
Hi i just calculated you need about 7200 kw per year (20 per day?). That is about double of a German 4 person standard houshold. Are you running some sort of electric heater or AC?
So. The question I know u ain't going to answer is how much is for the whole project or what is the deal a costumer gets with the system. Please answer that in ur future videos. Thx.
I have a video about that here: czcams.com/video/xeFCylWmzhw/video.html
Did the subcontractor re do your gutters as well?
No. we kept the existing gutters.
👍🤗Super video good
A lot of hardware on the outside of the house.
For sure.
I wonder if there is room for innovation there? To miniaturize or do something to better integrate and improve the aesthetics of it.
Keep going waiting for more data...
That’s like summer in the uk
We have better sunlight here in Pakistan even in winters
@@abdullahmehdi90 this what i was thinkin gettin in pakistan. Cuz willin to buy ev in pakistan 🇵🇰
@@r4jchauhan In pak we can have our homes on solar energy by spending maximum of 8k$ instead of tesla 50k$ system which helps us to save like 200-300$ per month which we have to pay when we use multiple Air conditioners.
For the cost of this, you really didnt do the math before hand. Your system KW/h is to small for your consumption. LET ALONE filling a battery up correctly every day, ROI is probably 30 years.
I have a video about that here: czcams.com/video/xeFCylWmzhw/video.html
my model x is due for a October delivery. is it still possible to use the code on this purchase?
Love the video new sub!
Yay! Thank you!
Only a matter of time now, we'll hopefully have pollution free source of energy for homes and cars. Hoping for better solar tech and investors.
Why do people think this is something new? Battery storages, grid tie inverters and energy management systems are around for quite a while now
Looks like only one side of roof has power producing panels. Is that true? It seems like you would want every inch of roof being a power panel, eventually, the sun will hit it, maybe not that well in winter.
It has power producing panels to all for sides. I have a video about that here: czcams.com/video/xeFCylWmzhw/video.html
@@ThisGuysTesla ok, well that’s great.
Yeah I was for it till all the conduit and electrical equipment on the walls .. yikes and I’m a electrician. I just don’t want all that on my exterior of my house
When you put energy back into the grid do you make money?
California gives a credit for sending power back to the grid. Read more here www.cpuc.ca.gov/NEM/.
How much did it cost and what is the surface area of the installed solar roof?
Thank you
I have a video about that here: czcams.com/video/xeFCylWmzhw/video.html
How long did you have to wait to get the solar roof installed?
We placed the order in October of 2019, didn't get a pre-inspection until January of 2020, the permitting process took all the way up to September 2020 and the install date was in early November.
Tesla roof should be in the countries near the equator...
better in desert,fewer rain day,fewer cloudy day
Hot weather reduces solar panel efficiency, FYI, which can offset the gain from more sunlight
How much-install solar panels including the Tesla??$$$$
How does the cleaning roofs part work? Do you do it regularly?
so far no need. I'll anticipate the first cleaning to commence in about 6 months
Will this work in a grid down situation? If you conserve energy how long can you run without the grid?
Yes. If the grid shuts down the system will separate from the grid and run off battery/solar. How long can it last? It depends on the weather. Here is sunny California it can last for weeks. I have been off-grid for all of February just because the solar was able to fully recharge the battery every day plus feed additional electricity into the grid.