How To save $1000 off your electric bill using DIY Solar
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tell your graphics editor mW is milliwatt. MW is megawatt.
it must be someone from the iPhone generation
@@gf6368 -- or the iDon'tknow generation?
@@Nic7320 lmao :-D :-D :-D
Thank god i thought it was just me .... really annoying when you can't get the basics right
You beat me to it. I'm 13 seconds into the video. Also considering a tangential rant on "mcg" (yuck!) over ug for microgram.
mW is Milliwatt (0.001) MW is Megawatt (1,000,00)
Get over it ...
Heat needs to vent out the top not bottom, maybe try old dryer vent on side near top of box with a screen
yeah a hole on the side near the top with a cover 90* and from the front to stop water should be fine and could probably even just be passive.
High pressure next to low pressure. You'd think he'd figure out the shortcircut :)
Also the hot air coming out the bottom seems too close to the intake and it may just recirculate the hot air back in. Out the top would be better. A fan to push out would help as well.
You have to remember this guy is someone with no education who thinks hes smarter than he really is. He really has no idea..
but his content is entertaining
The bottom would still work if he sealed everything in there better than with cardboard and a little box tape, but also partitioned the air coming out the bottom to not just swirl back into the intake like it will now.. Or some portion of it anyway.
Thank god!!! Finally, some one explaining the box in a way I can understand. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️
Don't forget permits!!! My hater neighbors are certified SNITCHES. Wishing you the best
Your neighbours need to get some STITCHES.
My neighbors are horses and cows. Leave the cities then you dont need permits.
Since I know whereabouts he lives, I know that permitting me install is just as good as aborting it. That being said, the oversight process is intended to be sure that there are safety devices installed and labeled. You should not have any standard inverters running, they must be grid tie so they that they wont produce any power when the mains go out. This is intended to protect lineman who may be exposed to the source of energy when they are expecting the lines to be cold. You also want to have some electrical disconnects so that emergency responders know that you have a source of power and can activate the disconnect before performing Emergency Operations in the home.
Other than that they like to make sure those panels aren't going to slide off the roof and give you a unnecessary headache.
Permitting is a huge deal. Jehu is taking a massive risk putting energy into the grid without a permit. The electric company needs to know which homes are pushing to grid because if they are doing electrical work on what they think is a dead line if jehu starts pumping electricity into it it will kill someone
His install seems fine, but there is a reason for the permitting process...
You may want to add an exhaust fan to your inverter box with a draw tube that is at the top of the box.
That way you can get more of the hot air out of the box.
Ideally you would have an exhaust on the top maybe think about a U shaped pipe that faces down so rain water will not be a problem.
Cool. 2 fans. Push/Pull cooling. Heat is the biggest enemy of inverters.
I think it's one fan and a port for it to exit.
@@specialk22tt Right, but adding another fan on the left to pull the air should make for better airflow & cooling.
@@briandowling8372 Agreed, but that's not what he did. lol
Inlet and outlet too close together, hot air from outlet get pulled into inlet.
@William Striker ...better pull-in fresh cool air than same air from hot outlet.
You said 2.8 mega wats. It should be 2.8MW. 2.8mw is 2.8 mili wats
Its better to extract heat (with the fan) and have a cool air vent when you have one fan. When thats the case, baffling becomes especially important to ensure the integrity of the cool and exhaust air columns... to prevent recirculation of exhaust to intake and/or leakage of intake to exhaust.
M- Mega
m - milli
Как метролог тебе говорю;)
Agree with you... i was reading milliwatt and was thinking: wtf
Wanted to write this
in Germany we write Megawatt MW and milliwatt mW. You see the diffence is marginal :)
Just saw this after I comented that.
I don't want seem like an ass but an exhaust fan is of greater importance than in intake. if you have an exhaust fan it will push hot air out and pull cool air in. Put a thermostat in your case and test this by switching the leads on your fan motor. would make a good quick video.
Tyler Brooks You are exactly right. If the heat outside is hotter than the heat inside the enclosure, you are not cooling down the inverter.
@@alfredoduran3946 and the exhaust fan would keep a constant flow of cooler air. Moving the fan to the top and covering the hole at the bottom with mesh or screen would maximize flow instead of fighting the hot air rising intern working with the natural flow of heat. I would love to see him do this in a video. so simple yet it would teach a lot of people something new (new to them)
another great video, it's something Ive been mulling for a while bit never could get the math to work out. I love the diy approach.
This is a great video. Those animations were very informative and interesting!
You should add an exhaust fan just to be sure.
yeah a push/pull configuration would work great and expand the lifetime of your inverter a lot.
Tuxedomakdarien my thoughts exactly
If the inverter is running cool enough, his method works. But i think the baffle should be something that is fireproof.
M for Mega.
m is milli.
So many have already corrected that.
No M stands for Mine
Great video. I see this was an old project. However, I am on a very similar scenario... couple of questions what's the model of the inverter you said is 240V? I can't find it anywhere. Is it 60hz or 50hz? Also, how did you connect it to the AC unit? Just in parallel in that cut off box? I couldn't find any videos of that installation. Thanks
0:15 - the unit Mega is a capital letter M. You wrote 2,8 MiliWatt - that's not that much 😂
Also note domestic consumption is kilowatt hour (symbol kW⋅h, kWh, or kW h)
Time is 0:10.
Umm I admire ur work but wouldn't the city crack down on you cause of no permits?
"Stop being a part of the problem and become a part of the solution"
Love the ideology, like yourself I'm a avid problem solver, video was great!
Can't wait to have my own solar set up!
Jehu this video is absolutely awesome! I am a Master Electrician and I cannot think of a time in my life when someone explained and illustrated the grid and solar integration in an easy to understand way. Yes there is a lot of other 3 phase stuff involved but that is for the advanced class and for the most part the average user does not ever need to be concerned or knowledgeable about that.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what 39 people would have a beef about to thumbs down!!! How do I Gold Star this baby?
As always I love your stuff and the ride..... wishing you much success Jehu and I look forward to meeting you 1 day, I’m just over the state line in Vegas.
As a master electrician you would know shoving power into the grid without safety disconnects is very dangerous, since those same power invertors that decrease high grid power can also work in reverse. When a service worker is working on a line that they think is dead his solar system could make that line live, and kill the worker.
Do you actually watch his videos or are you just a troll. He is always about safety and he just didn’t address it in this particular video.
Dude this guy thinks my little inverter is capable of energizing the grid and killing a linemen...... he is either trolling or missing part of his brain
Bro, let's meet up at EVWest for a crash-course on Solar... tired of these large E-bills
I've watched a LOT of homesteading electrical and solar videos, and read a LOT of books. This is the clearest explanation of wtf is going on I have ever seen. Thank you!
I agree 💯
So @jehugarcia you got a lot of sun, in the NL... we have a lot of wind (and some sun). What about a small windturbine, charging the cells?
Works well for me in Canada a 400 w wind ,200 w solar panel, 1500 w inverter .Cost me 1k to install myself 6 years ago and cut my bills in half it's paid for it's self 2x . Best part is when we have a power outage I have my battery back up and solar out door motion lights installed inside( I use them all the time rarely turn on a grid switch ) I can run my lap top and router. Now the price of batteries are coming down I plan on building a large power wall.
In California's mountain passes, there is a lot of wind too. A wind turbine would work better in those areas.
Loved the illustrations, really beautiful! Thanks as always for the inspiration, been watching for years and just got my first portable system up and running thanks to your vids - been making our videos and running the business with 100% solar power for three weeks now! Thanks Jehu :)
Living the dream
Jehu that airflow is not optimum . The exhast side needs to be directed 90 degrees to the left away from the intake side . Other wise you will suck warm air back in . You can get something like this ECOWITT GW1000 Wi-Fi Weather Station Gateway with Indoor Temperature Humidity Pressure 3-in-1 Sensor from amazon its easy to set up and with the app ws view you can monitor temps from your iphone remotely. You could add a second fan to blow hot air to create positve air flow inside the box. How are those Yi cameras working for outdoor use ? can you do a little video on your setup ?
thank you for educational video, what art/animation program did you use?
So I live in a state where they do not allow homeowners to donthis kind of stuff no matter what I know, what I learn and if I even get an engineer to sign off on it. They will only allow me to go through an electrician or solar company and they charge a minimum of 20k. The sun rises and hits my house bright and early, then at peak 10-2, the sun shines directly on my roof forever. Pretty great if you ask me. How would I go about doing this on my own or how would I word out the plan to do this so that the old law makers understand the technology is safe and that I am capable of doing this in a safe manner without issue? Please don't say move out of Massachusetts.
I charge batteries and use load sensing grid tie inverters so that I don't send any energy to the grid and can use the energy during peak time.
Where u buy them?
@@Coladudetje - ON eBay - they're Chinese, non UL listed, rogue install.
Can anyone recommend a grid tie inverter that DOESNT OVERHEAT? or fans blow up....
Fronius and Outback
You should keep your inverter box in a shadow. Better cooling that way.
I bet that that's not an approved grid-tie inverter. Looks like eBay crap. You should also mention that a permit is requiered to install any micro gen system. Huge fines for doing what you did. Also if you have a newer meter you will be paying for any power that you export, most meters can't tell which way the current is flowing. You need a net meter that can read import and export.
As for the meter charging you for the power he produces, do you have any documentation proving this? I have a new digital meter that was installed a year ago. Only reason I have not grid tied is because of what you just said. But I can find no proof of it. My old meter would just spin backwards.
As for the power company not allowing it. True, but if we have the know how and the ability, you should do it!
@@kevinroberts781 Trust me. I fired up my 9000 watt system in 2014 b4 I got the new net meter. I didn't care because I WANTED TO TEST IT NOW. yOU GUESSED IT
Agreed with the HUGE fines for doing this, easy solution is to buy an inverter system that will not put energy into the grid and keep it only within your house. Will Prose has a video of that setup someplace.
Also, I think he has net metering set up because he normally stores power overnight from the grid in his batteries and discharges them at peak. But, who knows
I was thinking that in trying to cool that inverter it would be more efficient to pull cool air from the bottom and vent it out the top. The way you have it with the intake next to the exhaust, it will be sucking in some warm air too.
What do you think of rather then taking on the whole house with solar just focus the most power hungry appliances like the a/c? do you think it would be worth the effort to just solaize my 12 seer A/C outside compressor and then the air handler with a 2nd smaller set up? maybe one for my window unit first? just thinking about as good place for a noob like me to start.
Could also switch the circuit all to DC to avoid AC conversion losses.
@@Nicholas-f5 would that cause the electrical lines within the walls to heat up more than they would with AC?
6:26 I actually think it's better if you use the fan as an Extractor instead of pusher, this way it creates a negative pressure and is efficient and sucking the hot air out while on the other side the cooler outside air goes in. All computers do this. (Basically Swap fan with the left vent, and flip the fan upside down, done).
true
Yess
Kiss solutions usually work.elevating the panels so there is airgap above the roof helps a lot also
Yep, or one on each side
Actually, negative pressure is less ideal compared to positive pressure as negative pressure = pulling in air from any holes, thus you get dust buildup inside. Same thing with computers, positive pressure > negative pressure. No pressure is the best scenario however.
Where’d you get that nice little meter inside the box there? And how much?
Amazon for $420
An awesome video! I love to learn, so, i love it when the people that actually make the videos don't assume that everyone knows everything about the said subject of the video and actually go to the trouble of explaining things. It's actually really really good. Jehu, thank you for your awesome content! Keep it up, we love it!
Ur awesome as always, thanks for the duck curve chart. :) I am also working on the same project, will let u know the feedback, however got a problem with connecting to grid tie. If you can make video how you connect it physically, that would be great, thank you :)
Also check your local electric and gas, water utility rebates!
WHY feed back, thats totally ficked up with all the battery pack and shit you have, make a battery back up whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Wow my off grid system(about 6kw pv) only did 2150 kwh in 1 year. But Im in Canada and no 240vac loads. Check my channel.
And that is why California is called ... The Sunshine State !
I know you'll probably not see this comment, but that fan on your inverter box may have issues running in that orientation. The shaft gets dry at the top, and will seize up. Certain fans have bearings that don't suffer with this issue because they've got grooves which move oil up the shaft when it's running.
It'll probably be okay for a while, just maybe keep an eye on it and replace the fan when it gets noisy.
Hi Jehu I like this video.
in Denmark where I live we pay about $0,37 per Kwh.
and it's not allowed to put up a grid tie inverter without agreement with the electric company
Here in Denmark
It's not allowed in the US either. Jehu is just doing it anyway. It's potentially dangerous.
You came to Maui and didn't say "hi"?
Some other important parts to a grid tie inverter that weren’t mentioned. A grid tie inverter must automatically switch off when it doesn’t sense mains otherwise you risk electrocuting linesmen working on lines in a blackout. There didn’t appear to be an isolation switch between the solar system DC and inverter which is normally required by law. It might only be a low voltage system so it’s probably OK but Jehu knows what he’s doing. The point is, if you don’t, don’t even attempt to do it yourself. I wouldn’t be advising anyone to DIY their solar as what Jehu did there definitely does not translate to a typical HV DC array (say 5 kW) with a typical grid tie inverter with 300 - 400V DC input. I do know what I’m doing but even if I did all the wiring myself I’d still pay a licensed electrician to inspect it and do the final connections to the board. In Australia, with the generous solar rebate scheme we have here, it simply wouldn’t pay to do it yourself. For the same money Jehu spent I could get a 3kW array installed.
YES THIS! A shutoff is extremely important and you can KILL someone if you don't have one! Pay a professional and please don't do this yourself. Even a small amount of voltage will backfeed to the transformer and the voltage will go to primary voltage, it can be 13800 volts or more. That will kill someone working on a downed line. Unlike a generator, a solar panel will always push voltage whenever there is sun.
@@Alucardbsm Where is your proof this GTI can beak-feed a dead GRID? Oh, thats right, you have no proof ...
Jehu, where are you getting your outdoor enclosures for electronics like a Tesla Module, Inverter, etc?? I live in Placentia, Thanks, Tom
kit.com/jehu/diy-powerwall-enclosures
Grid Tie is idea, but for your energy, you barely get anything for it. Better to buy more batteries, so that when you have far less Sun, you can go a week or two without having to charge up your batteries! If your system were setup like that of an RV, yes that works, because if you ran out of stored battery power, your system, will automatically draw energy from the grid.
No, adding batteries is a *financial* *nightmare*, when compare to his Grid-Tie system
anyone know if you have to notify your utility company before just putting up solar yourself? I have PG&E in California if that matters.
Yes, permits are needed in most places
Everyone is a pro based on the comments. Great video.
I like the way you use the animations, very reminiscent of the old Disney cartoons with Professor Duck, nice overview.
You know if you had to go for the 'rigid' panels and install them a good 2 to 3ft above your roof, you can literally create shade onto your roof and cool your house further.
Beware: LOTS of utilities are feeling pinched by solar.... They are wanting to put a $10 per KW generated locally as a "convenience charge for on site equipment".. Doesn't get you anything, but if you have a 10 kw set of panels, they will hit you for $100 a month for energy not sold to you. Yep. Monopolies know how to extract $$$$$ from customers. Try to drop the grid entirely? They pull your certificate of Occupancy.. so you can't live in your own house... The duck curve is a huge problem. They are hitting it here on the East coast...Duke is trying to get pumped storage in more places, but finding a big river with a mountain next to it is not necessarily easy.....
Hi, I’m very inspired by your videos. Thank you for the video. I live in San Diego. Did you get permission from the electric company to send them energy? or you use grid tie limiter?
I really hope he addresses this question, I have viewed a bunch of his videos regarding this California solar install, but he doesn't address this burning question.
@@stirlingfromla I might be wrong, but I remember him saying that solar system was kinda illegal
San Diego is being choked in the area of solar since the local power company has so much political control. I would also like to know the answer to this.
I've checked and my utility company doesn't want to install a meter that runs both ways unless it's a large system. I'm interested in knowing the answer to the original question.
@@stirlingfromla I have no problems, I think that electric companies are criminals. They do everything to harm those who have solar panels. I have legal panels and produce 800 kW per month. But simply, if there is no permission, then you cannot send energy to the network. If the electric company detects this, then you will have problems.
Loved this new video and the style of your animations. Did you do that yourself, what did you use? Very effective for the explanations!
Great video jehu. Did you mix high drain and low drain batteries on your power wall?
do you have a step by step guide on what needs to be bought and installed to make something like this happen? it would be amazing to find all this knowledge organized in one document with supporting links as necessary.
Lots and lots of variables, one day perhaps but I do what I can
Where is your website..or send me the link..
Check out the T240 Duo battery charger on UK eBay
Jehu, partner collab with rhandsom channel, he’s an engineer and he built the simplest yet most kickass DIY home solar system with battery storage and app monitoring.
Nice video! What are you using to see your home energy use on your phone? I like it.
I'm just going to have to shoot jehu an e-mail and ask him
You should really add an outtake fan or swap the intake to outtake to improve airflow over the inverter!
How does moving the fan to an outlet help? Surely with the fan in its current position the bottom of the inverter actually gets a more directed stream of air?
I'd say if anything, rather add a second inlet fan to move nearly twice the amount of air through the case in parallel. That way each fan is moving its own stream of air. You'd just need to make sure there's enough exit holes to not restrict the airflow.
Your videos are always awesome!!!
If there's a power surplus during the day, why are the rates higher then?
Great video and the explanation with graphics was Awesome 👏🏼
You should try pc water cooling for your inverter. No need of fan...
Exceptionally well done! In my area, if you generate more than you use, i.e. put energy back on the grid you will be charged for that electricity the same as if you were consuming it. Unless they change out the meter to a different type which keeps track of what is coming in and what is going out. Which, obviously, they won't do unless you jump thru the permit hassle. Therefore, I just learned I need to measure what my base (retired live at home) use is and generate exactly that much! Stealth solar here I come!!
Research ... Net-Zero Grid-Tie Inverter !
i think u mentioned why you don't put the panels on the other side of the roof in a previous video.. why not more panels on a separate system to run your always on base stuff?
Yup I’m the works
Wow am glad UK saves the messing about. Straight 240 volt. Somar panels are welcomed
Excellent video tnx
I love the graphics. :D
So...you aren't actually feeding back to the grid? My understanding is that you can't do DIY grid-tie in CA as you need permits, licensed electrician, anti-islanding, etc.
What kind of solar panels are those? Some sort of rollable panel? I'm wondering why these were chosen as they would likely to be less efficient and more $/watt.
Thanks for the great info!
He has a complete video telling you about his solar panels (about a year ago) Just search his videos.
@@stirlingfromla doesn't cover how he got permitting
I think one of the biggest first goals should be distributed storage for peak shaving. This tackles the biggest issue facing power companies and allows for an easy path to adding solar if and when the decision is made to do so.
The Outback Radian charger/inverters and the Schneider Conexant systems are capable of being used with all forms of power and backup power all at once and sorts out what to send where, when, based on time of day and demand in the house. So that means you can have service, solar, a battery system AND a backup generator all managed from one device. This is what I am saving for. Starting with a charger/inverter, a small bank of batteries and a backup generator. Then from there, expand the batteries and perhaps add solar in the future.
Don't you need a contract/netmetering with power company to actually get credit for your surplus power that is "sold" to the power company?
The key is to not produce surplus
@@jehugarcia What would be my best option if we use ~2500kWh /month to offset some cost?
12.5 kW Solar City here @ my house Cambria, CA. 2 Tesla’s, love to go off the grid but not allowed 😢
you don't want to go off grid, it's a good backup to have, you want Selfish Solar, lookup Jack Rickards videos here, he explained how he does it. All energy for you, none sold to the Power Company
Thank you jehu for your effort!!
jehu, I must tell you, your simplicity and animation on explaining how the power supply works with the various phases, etc is simply fantastic. Thanks man
Agreed wholeheartedly!
Agreed. As an electrical engineer, I agree his illustrations were pretty good!
MW (MegaWatt) not mW( miliWatt)
The power company also likes you using a 240v inverter. A 120v inverter will unbalance your 2 legs coming from the street. This is the situation that causes the neutral wire from the street to be used. Which does work but is not optimal.
The power company does not care, if you use the Neutral wire or not ...
No they don’t mind a 200amp 120v load blowing up half their equipment when a 100amp 240v load would have saved their equipment. They don’t mind that at all.
SCE has changed it's time of use plans effective July 26 2019. New prime times are 4-9pm or 5-8pm. Customers that are currently enrolled in a TOU plan experience no change and are grandfathered in their existing plan. Thanks Jehu for another great video just wanted to share this fyi. I was inspired to go look at the rate schedules at SCE after watching your previous videos and looking at my bill.
Aren’t there externalities though to solar tech, like the batteries only last 25 years?
whatabout Grid tie 2 gen invertor with limiter? or MPP all in one?
Still doesn’t make much sense here in Oklahoma where the utilities sell wind power outside the region. Lots of recent political activity about transmission lines to Tennessee valley. We don’t have peak power rates and I haven’t experienced any brownouts on our recent 100°F days. Add to that our 10¢/kW rates and I’ve never seen a large home solar installation here just tinkerers and small panels for metering natural gas.
Link to your original video at the end isn't working. Please fix it, I would like to watch it. Thank you.
You gotta click that "i" in the corner. th-cam.com/video/qtCo9R4DaVY/w-d-xo.html
If everyone thought and acted this way. We would be living in a golden age, however, we are in a tarnished bronze agecat best... I'd likely me to see you get some real panels, I hulope to get some this spring, I have 1500 watts, of 150 watt panels, with 5kw inverter, my house is off grid, I have 1400 cell 7s lithium bank, and 800 ah lead acid Bank, by real panels , I'm meaning 300w plus, panels, I understand your decision, but maybe you could get by with a ground mount, disguised as a small car shed, or something, maybe at the pool? I hope to build a below ground pool soon, fed by spring water, so I have a bit to figure out, but being completely off grid, it would take a decent amount of power for pumping water, I also plan a solar heater!
I also plan to build up the lithium bank, to about 200kwh, I also have a 4kwh LIFePo 12v bank for 12v stereo ,lighting and that sort, but still use 120v lighting when needed, basically all that is powered by the inverter is fridge, microwave, TV, well pump, the water is heated by tankless gas heater, with wood heat in mid winter, but working on a solar thermal storage for heat, using wood to heat the water for backup heating, I'm about halfway up the east coast, so it can hit 0°F in mid winter commonly, keep at it man, maybe soon you will have no power bill!!
Top notch content! Very inspirational.
what are those panels at at the end of your video? do you have a website i am amazed that you do that by yourself, where can i start can you teach me?
Facebook sales page, look for used panels. I found a bunch of 5 year old 300-350 watt panels for $100 each. A lot where located in CA
Moral of the story, work locations, not homes should have the solar panels.
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It’s unlikely you will ever find either phase in most households not having some kind of base load on it most times of day and night, but even if you did, the energy pushed out to the grid still rebates you on your bill as long as you have the power-agreement with the utility (which your setup wouldn’t have), or since your setup can’t be approved by the local AHJ (fire department, building inspector and power company) because the equipment is not installed by a licensed contractor and isn’t UL-approved and thus is not permutable, you can do an end-runaround and still get paid for all the power you put back into the grid IF you get the utility to put back an “un-smart” analog-style electrical meter which will spin backwards no matter if you have an agreement with the power company or not (hint, hint!)….. You can use any excuse you want to change the meter back out and they will charge you $8 a month for manual metering and $300 for the meter but in the long run if you over-produce, it will be worth it…. The excuse most people use is that the meters kill the bees or that it gives them headaches from the unfiltered billing frequencies emitted back into the house wiring from the box. There’s plenty of documentation about health issues from smart meters to use as ammo to get them to change the meter. Be insistent if you want to go that route and you’ll get what you want.
Also, tying the inverter into both phases still doesn’t really help if you have no base-load on one of the phases because it is only putting half of the power out on both phases at any one moment, so if one phase don’t have a load, it’s still going to dump half of the power down that phase without the base-load and half on the phase that does have a base load because its output is basically split into two phases by putting it through a low-cost center tapped transformer so unless I missed some unknown facet of low-cost inverter design, I don’t think the cheap Chinese made Amazon and ebay-sold inverters like you and I use on your home-brew solar setups are so smart as to test and provide deferential power output only to the heavier-loaded phase., it will be evenly split via the passive transformer component to both phases. But since lighting and outlets are sometimes on different phases (in a well designed house), and if not there are still plenty of devices on during the day (electronics, cable boxes, computers, refrigerators, pool pumps, fans, air conditioners), split across various different circuits of your home, and because air conditioning is split across both phases, it’s almost assured with that size system, wether you wire for 120V or 240V will not likely make any difference as all of the electricity you put out is going to be used and not sent to the grid unless you are very strict about shutting off devices not in use and actually have base load only on one circuit in your entire house. Heck one flat screen TV (150W+), a cable converter (75W), a fan (50W) and a refrigerator (750W+) can already exceed 1000W handily. Not to mention computers and their accessories (hundreds of watts), alarm clocks, lighting, microwave oven, telecom equipment, clothes washer and driers…. Add battery storage (like I know you have), and it makes double-sure none of your power produced will ever be going to the grid.. and you can keep your smart meter even! :P
I am waiting for Jhon B. Goodenoght battery 23.000 lifecicle. chers from Spain.
how do i save 1k?
So how do you control when your batteries are charging vs discharging?
Lithium Ion changing the game naa Jehu Garcia changing the game lol! haha love your videos man
Thank you!!
ha in Australia you'd be in DEEP shit if you did that kind of grid tie haha.
we have SERIOUS regulations here.
One more reason to not move to Australia
@@jehugarcia pffft yea, we're full, rack off immigrants :P
had an Vietnamese lady at the dog park last week "this is hands down the best country and culture in the world, no whee else is like this, I'm so glad my parents raised me here" haha
and yes, you can have solar here, just installed professionally by accredited installers. I have a 6.35KW system myself.
29.8Kw produced yesterday weee dogie! (and it's winter)
Good job man
Hey Jehu, great job on the animations, fun to watch and I'm sure quite some effort to make. :)
sir jehu.. i love to watch your vids and inspire me more.. i wonder is your battery case for power wall availble?here on philippines?
You should make a hole in the top, above the inverter. Hot air rises. That little fan never will be capable of pushing the hot air down to the outlet. Use the natural convection to cool down the inverter. Like this. shorturl.at/cgrOP
Ugh I hate hawaii...went to one of the islands as a kid...and it blew chunks. Went to the main island its named for last january, a false missle crisis happened, and the cops were both the bane of tourists and the locales. And everything sucked on the island. luckily the locales at least were fairly friendly, but the cops there are a disease. They sell the drugs there en masse, harass folks when they want, and even if somebody needed their help, every police station on the island from end to end was either closed, or shut down most days. Theres more, but to hell with it...hawaii makes me so mad, especially how they treat the native descendents there. *smfh *