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This panel can put out close to 100 watts th-cam.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.
Extremely well made video. I wish everyone would condense their videos just like this with data and video of the actual things being discussed. Voice was perfect, audio was great. Less than 6 minutes from the time I wondered about solar to getting a bunch of questions answered. Thanks!
since nothing is ever free, my questions would be 1. How much was the cost of the panels, if you bought them or were they through a business? 2. How much is the cost of installation? 3. How much of those 2000+ savings were spent on repairs and/or maintenace? 4. Does house insurance cover the panels, or do you have to get another plan for them? such as fire, floods or anything? and last question... 5. what were the drawbacks from your experience with it? Thanks. im thinking about getting solar panels now, so trying to do some research, for my benefit.... the enviroment, don't care to much.
I think they youtube pay structure somewhat forces content creators to drag out videos. Some videos could literally be completed in 30 seconds with a list or whatever but they drag them out over 15 minutes to get paid.
@@aceace605 Yes, totally. Just watched/used a laptop battery-replacement how-to video, it was great, but 80% of it was the guy cleaning up excess adhesive goo. To be fair he says “go ahead and skip the next twelve minutes...”. My laptop is like new.
A couple of questions: 1-How much does it cost to clean and how often do you think this cleaning is needed? 2. Any other maintenance expenses during normal use?
he only really cleaned them duo to environmental reasons on his region, i would guess if there are no forest fires and it rains periodically where you live it should be fine to just... never clean it
I can't imagine it being terrible difficult to clean, a electric pressure washer with an extended wand should be able to knock off any dust or soot you might have on it.
The video really has a 2012 feel to it, in the best way. The algorithms back then were favoring shorter content, leading to most videos being straight to the point with very fast paced editing. Didn't know how much I missed that until I watched this vid lol
Great presentation but the big unanswered question is how much was the total cost of the the roof and all related expenses and how long will it take you to break even?
What I'm wondering is if your roof was actually creating surplus power that meant more went to the power grid than to your own home why were you paying them instead of being the one getitng paid? Even if you account for times when it was downcast and you couldn't get enough sun to power your home it should still balance out to where you got paid not the other way around.
I know. Every roof in the whole state should have solar tiles and storage batteries for overcast days and 0 sun. That would make a lot of lobbyists wealthy....
@@ronaldjoseph4425 Why would that make lobbyists wealthy? Seems like utility companies and Big Oil would be strongly lobbying against everyone having solar and batteries.
@@YourMom-vl2sp Your Mom, just like the devil, you lie. He is a created being, finite and limited. He simply, therefore cannot be everywhere. Never, never listen to a liar. They lead astray.
@@kathleennorton6108 Is this bible class now ? Satan was gods second cast down upon us by god , as I recall from my studies god condemns , caused plague’s, and so on . And as stated all mankind will go through hell to get to heaven. So in the Theory it would be reversed rolls of god and his brother . But that’s just my op and 23 years of study. Lots keep the Bible thumping to Thor’s channels and focus on what the initial cost of installing this along with the labor, lone apr and maintenance expense
Why do people put "imagine" infront of statements describing things they are just observing. No one has to imagine becuase they literally just saw it. Also, he stated pretty clearly his system doesnt power his house completely and he doesnt have adequate storage. Do the math.
that is actually impressive on the savings there. It's like you paid 1 months worth of energy for an entire year. I'll certainly be getting solar panels in the future when I get my own house. If they aren't commonly installed by then.
@@TheCartWizard no increases in efficiency will cost more the solar panel market is saturated at its present efficiency and cost - dont expect miracles that defy physics and economics
He got ripped off by LADPW though. They would have sold that 67 % for around 4,600 $ for doing absolutely nothing but he still had a small bill at the end. What if i told you my friend is splitting his with his nieghbour and they are both much better off. Yes they both have a storage system but they have never ran out and are now considering ways to sell thier extra power to locals.
@@kockarot6362 they obviously will charge more for selling electricity than from buying it, also there have to be costs due to being in the grid right?
yah, not sure if it still applies but that TH-cam algorithm in the past basically forced big channels to target 10min videos...forcing the rest of us to have our time wasted getting to the info we wanted. This video is perfect!
Austin! What a work making this great video. Our average house ( like yours) has 16 solar panels and convertor for 4,8 kwh. Each year we got our 4,8 kwh. The whole system cost about 7000 euros, 3 years ago. We’re content but I think that solar actived roof panels are the future. Grts from Belgium
What really is missing here is a comparison to "traditional" solar roof installations. I get about the same amount of Energy from a much smaller Installation with 15 Year old Solar tiles.
@@danielfink3695 "Europe" is a very big place. It can be north Norway or southeen Italy. The sun range is huge from northern Norway to south in Italy. You have to be a little more spesific then "europe"
And if everyone shopped around for the current more effective solar panels instead of waiting to pay 3x more for 40 percent worse energy ratings form Tesla: We'd already be less worried about the grid and the outages.
I truly don't understand this. I like to hear people talk. I like to put things on in the background as I do house work and longer videos are great for that. Different strokes for different folks. I'd leav youtube if it all got short videos.
We have a regular solar power system in our house in Washington state. I have a risk of 40 panels and I produced a lot more power than this roof. 2021 I produced 13,702 kw, which 10,208 went to the grid. For the whole year I paid for 1142 kw from the power company. That is it.
so 60% of your electricity went to the grid and they still had the audacity to charge you 154$? Fuckkkkk energy companies/government enforced monopolies
I don't even own a house and I watched this all the way through. You deserve WAY more subscribers good sir. Very clean video and straight to the point!
Very few people own a house they get the bank to buy it then pay massively over cost rent with the hope the bank never kicks them out or steal their money
Yeah that’s my question as well. I could imagine you end up with costs from days without much sun, but I’d assumed the energy you sell back to the grid would substantially overcome that considering the ratio of energy used versus sent back to the grid.
Well, it is California we are talking about. 😂 Need to find a State that doesn't steal from it's citizens. Not an easy task this day and age but sure there are probably a few around.
They pay you for the electricity you put into the grid but it’s much less then you pay them for the same amount of electricity, the money they pay you just gets subtracted from the bill
What was the cost of the roof? If it was around 40k then over 25 years it would be worth it for the net gain. But I have been hearing these roofs are 60k minimum.
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did you add in to your canulations that all of the Tesla gear will end up in a land fill? Where it won't decompose, and its parts are non-recyclable. Did you calculate reality into your equations? Electric is the past not the future.
If you have solar installed on your home, your power will not necessarily stay on in an outage. I worked for a company out of Southern California, and some people with solar were outraged when their power turned off during an outage, whether it was a rolling blackout or a failure of some sort. That was a few years ago so things may have changed. I'm just saying read the fine print.
This is a safety feature in the UK. If the grid goes out you want domestic microgeneration disconnected so you don't risk electrocuting repair workers. If you want to go off grid you need an installation that cuts off the export current if the grid goes down
I really like how this solar installation just blend in seamlessly with your house/ roof and the surrounding neighborhood. At first I was like " where are these solar- panels he is talking about?"
We have had our Tesla Solar Roof for 2 years. We have one Tesla Wall back up battery. We did adjust the pool filter timer so it runs in the middle of the day when the roof is putting out power. The backup battery will not power the pool pump and car charger. The bill from SCE is about $20 per month. The bill shows a potential payment at the end of the year based on the retail price of electricity. HOWEVER, when the time comes for payment, we get a check or credit based on the wholesale price of electricity at the beginning of the year. The roof is very slick and we now hire someone to put up the Christmas lights. I plan to install permanent controllable lights on the eves. There is some electrical noise when I listen to AM 790 and, if you listen carefully in the bedroom my younger son used, you can hear relays clicking.
15K definitely ain’t bad, but you rarely see someone with a 15k subscriber count get 6.6 million views on a video! That’s 🔥 results. I hope this guy is making bank from these ads!
The other reason for lower production during the California fires was that the smoke actually produced more "cloudy" days than normal during those months.
@No rude duh, of course not. All the thousands of people with solar roofs are totally lying to you. Because what else do they have to do with their lives?
@Endangered121 I have been here since 2006 and I have seen little by little how this platform has lost its shine. Finding videos like this, you don't do it every day.
Looks to me like 9 years according to the installation video. Assuming the yearly savings stay the same. IMO a fair assumption since apparently it's warrantied for 95% up to 5 years and a maximum drop off of 0.5% yearly after that.
@@ruukinen The way power prices are ... moving, at least where I'm at (Berlin, Germany) it's even fair to assume that the savings per year will actually rise.
@@JinFreeks I mean already the savings are calculated against last years equivalent time periods electricity bill when the correct calculation is to use the rates from this year multiplied with the usage from this year, actual usage not the 0 it shows since they produced it all themselves, to get the actual savings. I'm just saying that the savings being at least equivalent is a fair assumption since I actually expect the savings to get bigger year by year even if the efficiency of the panels slowly deteriorates.
I wouldn't be entirely sure of that. Due to the power production shutting off at night, which is when most power is used, and falling off during winter, again when most power is used, I'd expect them to still be using a noticable Chunk of mains electricity each Day. Depending on what the arranged, they could have gotten Lower cost's per KWH, or gotten money off there bill based on how much excess power they sent there. Alternatively, the power company could be a dick, and say that because they are taking the excess power off there hands, they don't need to give them any/extremely Little financial composition for the power they generated, in which case your probably right.
They sent 67% of the power generated to the city and yet the city still bills them. The homeowner should send the city a notice to disconnect unless LA pays their overdue bill, with late fees of course.
@@Santisima_Trinidad But that's not true. Power gets stored in the Tesla batteries for use when there isn't clear skies or sufficient daylight available.
@@Santisima_Trinidad most of the power is used during the day... It's a general rule but I think it's especially true in California where if you don't have your AC on 9 months of the year old people risk heat strokes since the whole state is basically a desert
@@fixafix69 not here power isn't. AC is bassically unheard of, and heating is normally only used in the evening/night. That, plus almost everyone is out all day for most of the year. Still, thanks for correcting me about power usage in California, was just assuming power use was bassically the same everywhere, hence me forgetting about AC and such.
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I wish you talked about pricing when factoring the amount of savings. I would’ve gotten a power wall so that way 67% of the roofs production didn’t go straight back to the grid.
His bill probably would have been about the same. And even could have been higher, as he was selling during peak rates and buying during base rates. A power wall is good if you want a backup incase the power outages, or if you want to try to go off grid. For pure cost savings sell to grid is probably best. But it will depend on your rates and usage times.
@@Dysan72 That is one of the most disgusting things being done. Buying and selling. No. There should be a 1:1 standard. A kWh credit line if you will. You use and give back kWh for a month and at the end of the month you draw the line. That is a fair practice.
@Brian the government doesn't pay crap for it. You get 23% of your yearly solar panel expense as a tax write off. That means you don't get anything from them, you just don't have to pay as much in tax. To be clear, you're still paying plenty of tax, just a small fraction less than you were before the solar panel install. I don't blame you for thinking that though, solar panel companies make it out like you're going to get a huge check from the government. Nope. Not even close.
Excellent video, Thank you. Very helpful. I looked back at your previous video where you mentioned that the original Tesla quote for this project was approximately $33,700, and here you say you saved $2000 the first year. So I'm wondering what the actual cost of the project was so we could confirm the estimated time for it to pay for itself. Again, thank you for adding some customer perspective to Tesla Solar Roof!
One thing to keep in mind energy costs have gone up from utilities. In his area it went from $0.218 per kwh in 2021 to $0.273 Jun 2023 at an 8000 kwh output that is $440. So his savings will go up each year. This is often not taken into account. www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/averageenergyprices_losangeles.htm
@@mikebalentine Everyone says they save on their electric bill yet they never say how much they are having to pay monthly for the the actual solar panels.
@@ericerickson592 yes they do all the time. I paid $8,285 for mine cash. With a warranty of 25 years to still be 90% of new at 25 years. That is $331/year. The reason most do not go into it is because the savings are so extreme it’s obvious. Like any investment it’s a large upfront cost for a long term benefit.
So, your panels produced power, which you gave to the power company. They gave you a fraction of it back and still charged you for power? Sure seems like a win win for the energy cartel.
you had to pay $156.62 at the end of the year to your utility company, but 67.8% of your power went to the grid.... does that mean you sell power to the grid at a lower rate than what you buy it at? and does this mean that your utility company does not tally up your energy use for a whole year vs your production for that year and then you buy or sell the difference?
I read another comment that addressed this. They had said yes what you said is true HOWEVER the energy you contribute gets pulled back out during the night while the roof is not producing
Here in Southern California SDG&E the system works differently that's why I was a little confused. At least for my solar setup it's based off of a year where you sum up everything you produce, you subtract everything that you use and if you're a net positive you get paid (at 1/3 the rate for KWH) and if it's a net negative you pay at the full rate for KWH. So in my case you don't really sell anything if you have to pay for electricity in the end. I guess up in la it's a bit different
I also appreciated the efficiency of your solar report!!! And the links to the short vlog were great. Transparency and efficiency together - wow. You carried out the task of clearly answering questions about Tesla solar roofs (upbeat but not gushing). I will recommend your site to others and look into Tesla roofing for myself.
So 2000$ a year on electricity bill savings in sunny California while it costs around $50k to install on such small single story house... Thanks but no thanks.
I'm a bit confused... Ok so there is no batteries so sometimes you/he uses the city grid for his electricity needs. Hence why he still paid 150 bucks. But 32% of the production for your home needs and 68% to the electricity grid. That means he gets paid for that 68%, right ? Because if he went from 2.2k> to less than 200$ saving 200$ and a third of the panels productions is sufficient to cover almost all the home needs. It means overall the panels produce 6k$ and 4k$ are donated to the elec grid while 2k$ worth of elec is used by the home owners. I'm missing something here? It can't be just simple donation, right ? I'm from France and I do remember you get paid for the kwh you do not use and provide to the city.
Not sure how it is in California where this guy is but in Colorado the electric company will pay you for whatever you put into the grid. So likely he's actually using more then the $200 or so worth of grid energy then lowering the payment with the energy he puts into the grid.
It may also be access fees. Where I live, I have to pay a monthly fee just to be hooked into the electrical grid at all (~$22/month) regardless of how much power I actually use in the month (or if I use any at all). Then there is also the fact the electrical company probably doesn't pay the same rate they charge the public per KWH.
most likely he's selling back during daytime cheaper hours, and buys power during the evening or night when the rates are higher. so it does not balance out
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The most important questions: 1) What was the total cost of purchase plus installation? 2) Did the insurance company pay for it? 3) Do you get rebate or credit from the insurance company for the roof? I ask this question because I believe you do get some credit if you install a metal roof based on its durability.
A lot of these solar roofs, solar glass roofs and power wall videos don’t include those important answers. I wonder why? Probably the same dumb and self-defeating reason people don’t talk to their coworkers about their salaries.
Okay so I live in an apartment but here I am geeking at this idea because I love nature and harnessing it’s power stuff intrigues me. I so want this... guess I need a house first huh? lol
See if it is plausible for your apartment building and then try to talk the owner into installing panels on the roof. You will help nature and maybe the landlord will adjust your rent because you helped him cut his overhead costs down.
I'm glad you had a better experience than I did. I called Telsa several times asking for solar. They told me no, your house isn't big enough to be worth it for us. Then they ghosted me... :-(
Good luck getting it installed. Also, regular solar doesn't degrade as much as these roofs do. REC panels degrade at a 0.25% a year. Also, costs you way more than regular solar. Also, you put tiles in areas that don't get great sun if your whole roof doesn't get the same sun.
@@AustinFlack One of the things I have thought is having neighbors whom you don't get along with. They can throw rocks at your glass roof damaging it at 2 - 4 am
@@AustinFlack I had bought a property 3 years ago and had envious neighbors of me fixing my property. Later I found out 3 neighbors were secretly in cahoots. And had a little game with every person who ever lived at my property before me. Every scenario is different but possibility of out of the blue hater neighbors exist that may damage your solar roof. They even shot my roof with a high powered bb rifle at night.
@@sevnlight6313 Cameras and a lawyer should fix that. Your neighbor problems have zero to do with the solar roof. Stones and bb rifle shots are more likely to damage your windows than your solar roof.
@@allenz7688 Lawyers won't return your calls unless it's a big case they think they can easily win. A lawyer will charge you 7, 8 thousand dollars or more for a small claims case.
@@Quickcat21MK what you said makes perfect sense, unfortunately commercial drone operation does not. Operating a drone commercially (which includes using it in a TH-cam video with ads) requires a part 107 license regardless of location, drone size, or drone weight.
@@Quickcat21MK I have my faa certification. They can be very annoying especially in places like LA. Also you only legally own about 200 ft of air space above your property.
Maybe had a professional licensed drone operator to capture videos and use footage... otherwise, a hefty fine along with video evidence from FAA to your door step. XD
Probably makes sense to get this in sunny California but in colder climes you'd have less sun and greater energy needs for the heating. Not sure it's financially viable for the majority of folks
Most Tesla stuff isn't really useful in colder climates, on one car the door handle can get frozen shut so people have to chip away ice to open their car door.
does the power department not give you any credits/refund since you give so much back to grid? I mean, you get charged when you use their electricity but you get nothing when you give them extra. I was expecting you get negative electric bill or they pay you back for what you gave them.
This has me extremely upset lol caz they didn’t pay for the roof or anything yet they benefit from it HEAVILY, and some small tax cut still wouldn’t be fair so please sir help us understand this (:
@@bigworm7979 They probably used energy as well. Since they don't have a powerwall they'd require grid power during the night/evening/winter cloudy days. So it probably balanced out at the end and left them with a net $150 charge.
Think of it like a bank stored in la w&p. The energy the panels produce usually produce and excess of power during the day. When it's night and the panels aren't producing power, the house pulls its power from LA. The panels the he got generate an extra 1,000 or so kwh annually. The excess power then turns into credit for your energy bill Or it can be rolled over to the next year so you have that extra offset of power. Usually the credit isn't even that much because la would only buy the power back from you at around 3 or 4 cents. The bill he got from LA is probably all the fees you pay for being interconnected to the grid. Service fees and such which are usually $12 a month.
I read that cost of purchasing this roof has gone up by 114%. We are talking upwards of $75,000.00 or More. I'm not sure about the rest of you folks but where I live (Midwest) the standard of living is much lower here... meaning, that $75K usually comes with a mortgage payment.
Covered the cost in depth in my first video: th-cam.com/video/LRPy8UZv9V0/w-d-xo.html Short answer: $33k, about $21k more than if we had just gotten a conventional roof and about $3k more than if we had gotten a conventional roof + standard solar panels.
I’ve actually been on the waiting list for this roof for over 6 months and just last week got notified that cost will be higher now. They haven’t told me how much higher yet though.
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i dont know where you live but here in Quebec you cannot install a power box outside in the open . You can either have them inside the house away from heat sources and water source or install them in a power house or shed outside the house as long as the are not in the open . Because of safety regulations and fire regulations . If you were in Quebec they would order you to build a little cabine arround your power boxes
I swear this videos have more comments of how people think this would be a 20+ minute but it’s done in 5 mins instead of questions about the product lol
What you need is a 5year analysis. Costs, maintenance, overall savings. Maintenance cleaning like u stated is big since this a new industry. How much did the service man charge u to clean roof and how frequently is it recommended to clean such a roof?
I have to say this video is well produced I thought I was watching a video by someone with millions of subscribers at first. If you are reading this you have a lot of potential to be big on TH-cam. Also here before 100,000 subscribers
I don’t care if the videos 30 minutes long, as long as that not it’s Full of fluff. If there is a video that needs to be 30 minutes long and it’s to the point and interesting then I’m cool. But a 30 minute BS video.... no
For anyone wondering its roughly £40,000 for an average size UK house just for the tiles so youd make your money back on them in the 25 years in the contract but wouldnt make that much back. However if you’re wanting to help the environment then they could be a good investment
Covered the cost in depth in my first video: th-cam.com/video/LRPy8UZv9V0/w-d-xo.html Short answer: $33k, about $21k more than if we had just gotten a conventional roof and about $3k more than if we had gotten a conventional roof + standard solar panels. Will pay for itself in ~10 years. (I deduct the cost of a conventional roof when I calculate ROI-I needed a new roof!)
I know each house will have a different cost based on roof lines, shape, local laws, etc. But do you mind me asking how much the roof installation cost you all in, as well as an annual roof cleaning? Basically, for those who are more financially motivated, how many years would it take for the electric bill savings to cover the cost of the roof. And of course, given the fires, your savings could have been larger, but curious where the break even point is. I'm sure it's at least a decade out?
My guess is about 40k before any incentives. You can go to Tesla's website and use their solar roof calculator. Now you'd get 30% off from the feds so I'm thinking without powerwalls it's around 28k. Not sure what incentives CA does.
Right? How is that possible. Shouldn't he be getting paid for his investment? If he opened up a coal plant the electric company would pay him for his coal.
Lots of questions about why you are still paying for electricity etc. To clear that up - because you dont have a battery storage system, you only get 'free' electrcicity when your panels are producing it. So at night time, any electric usage wont come from the panels - it will come from the grid and cost you. If the panels are producing 2kwh and you're using 4kwh at the time - it will cost you. Also, only certain places pay you for any excess usage sent to the grid. So if you are producing 4kwh, but using 2kwh - the 'spare' 2kwh will go into the grid. You can setup schemes in certain countries where electric companies pay you for this excess. I'm in the UK and we have a scheme although its not worth as much as it used to be. At this stage I still think traditional panels will be the better choice for most, unless you're building new or needing to replace your roof anyway. Each house is different. The slope of your roof matters, the amount of sun it gets, whether your roof faces south etc. - all this affects how much solar you can produce.
Lots of approval and oversight for solar installs... precious little for rural runs and transformers left to cause massive forest fires, loss of property, and human life.
When we send energy to the grid, get energy credits, which "pay for" the energy we use at night, cloudy days, etc. (energy at night, during peak demand periods, is more expensive that the energy we generate during the day). We can bank credits (sort of like roll-over minutes) but can't cash them out. Instead of spending roughly $60k to ensure I was totally off the grid, (for a maximum savings of $156/yr) we just trade daytime energy for night time energy. We also charge the Tesla late at night (after peak demand hours), which is a lot of kWs, which helps explain how the daytime disparity evens out.
@@dealsfromvirginia1773 I’m going to try and find an analysis. So many things to consider. On the one hand you’re saving, well he’s saving $2000 a year it looks like. On the other hand he’s also saving money on roof replacements. But he’s also spending money on roof cleaning. I don’t know
@@Mehwhatevr roof cleaning is dependent on where you live. If you get a lot of rain then you might not need any cleaning. If you live like in Arizona on the other hand sand and dirt is going to build up fast
THIS. I watch maybe 30% of videos I pull up and the other 70% is because the pace is usually way too slow and didn't get to the point in a timely manner.
This video was so concise informative and calming every company should hire you to do informational videos and tutorials for their services and products. Thanks for the awesome information
This or something like it, should come standard on all buildings these days. From the humble home to the tallest building. Especially if some BS happens, we wouldn't be 100% dependent on external energy to fill our needs. If we can make our own energy, cook our food and so on, people won't go feral after afew days and can keep folk less stressed in an emergency.
You condensed everything into 5 minutes instead of stretching it out and rambling for 20+ minutes.... I love you.
except SNOW
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@@stuart6478 you expected him to talk about snow in sunny California?....
@@stuart6478 LA doesn't get snow... lol
and he gave apologies to babies that expect someone they aren't paying to feed them information for a delay.
This panel can put out close to 100 watts th-cam.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.
Extremely well made video. I wish everyone would condense their videos just like this with data and video of the actual things being discussed. Voice was perfect, audio was great. Less than 6 minutes from the time I wondered about solar to getting a bunch of questions answered. Thanks!
since nothing is ever free, my questions would be
1. How much was the cost of the panels, if you bought them or were they through a business?
2. How much is the cost of installation?
3. How much of those 2000+ savings were spent on repairs and/or maintenace?
4. Does house insurance cover the panels, or do you have to get another plan for them? such as fire, floods or anything?
and last question...
5. what were the drawbacks from your experience with it?
Thanks. im thinking about getting solar panels now, so trying to do some research, for my benefit.... the enviroment, don't care to much.
This video taught me, that it is no longer acceptable for youtubers to make 20+ minute videos on a subject when it can be done in 5.
Except for Mark Rober, he can talk science all day
Huge fraction of YT videos are narcissistic look-at-meeeeeeeee. This one just delivers facts. How much did the roof-cleaning guy charge?
I think they youtube pay structure somewhat forces content creators to drag out videos. Some videos could literally be completed in 30 seconds with a list or whatever but they drag them out over 15 minutes to get paid.
@@aceace605 Yes, totally. Just watched/used a laptop battery-replacement how-to video, it was great, but 80% of it was the guy cleaning up excess adhesive goo. To be fair he says “go ahead and skip the next twelve minutes...”. My laptop is like new.
You nailed it!
Honestly the production quality is equivalent to channels having millions of subscribers
After reading this comment I expected there to be at least 100k subs. He should grow tho
I thought the same things
This video showed up in my recommended and I never would have guessed this channel has less than 7k subs with such a well made video
Yess yaar
Very well edited and good quality writing, plus voice over is on point. Very pleasant to watch.
A couple of questions:
1-How much does it cost to clean and how often do you think this cleaning is needed?
2. Any other maintenance expenses during normal use?
he only really cleaned them duo to environmental reasons on his region, i would guess if there are no forest fires and it rains periodically where you live it should be fine to just... never clean it
@@toddhowardfr Never cleaning sounds great, though somehow it is difficult to believe that is correct..
Actually I would go on once per year. It seems reasonable because of dust and other stuff.
I can't imagine it being terrible difficult to clean, a electric pressure washer with an extended wand should be able to knock off any dust or soot you might have on it.
It's the cost that I would like to know
The beauty of the video, you conveyed the required information in six minutes! Great job.
People who keep these videos short and without filler are legendary.
Videos like these I watch entirely
Nowadays vloggers will make this video at least 20 minutes
@@thomsonsunil7394 Cuz they be chasin that bag 💰💰
This is underrated; Without filler is 100% Legendary
I’m going to answer questions about the video content, but first I’m going to pet my cat for the first ten minutes of a 9 minute video
This guy has only 1k sub's and this the most well produced, straight to the point, short video on TH-cam.
Was my first thought as well. Love it
Wtf, now he's got 8.45k
Was it? Your comment is 22 hours old as I'm writing this and he has 8.74k subs.
The video really has a 2012 feel to it, in the best way. The algorithms back then were favoring shorter content, leading to most videos being straight to the point with very fast paced editing. Didn't know how much I missed that until I watched this vid lol
@@bard1847 almost 9k 3 hours later
Great presentation but the big unanswered question is how much was the total cost of the the roof and all related expenses and how long will it take you to break even?
Exactly. My guess is that the total investment becomes a wash at the end of the day.
100%
He said he answered the most asked questions, but didn't answer the BIG one.
Fifteen years is a general rule of thumb
No comment! Lol!
Still waiting for the answer to my question. :)
What I'm wondering is if your roof was actually creating surplus power that meant more went to the power grid than to your own home why were you paying them instead of being the one getitng paid? Even if you account for times when it was downcast and you couldn't get enough sun to power your home it should still balance out to where you got paid not the other way around.
It’s California lol
I know. Every roof in the whole state should have solar tiles and storage batteries for overcast days and 0 sun. That would make a lot of lobbyists wealthy....
@@ronaldjoseph4425 Why would that make lobbyists wealthy? Seems like utility companies and Big Oil would be strongly lobbying against everyone having solar and batteries.
wow, somebody actually made a quick, concise and professional video without any of the nonsense. Way to go.
@Jesus has given you all. Repent or die. I am devil. I am everywhere. Repenting does nothing. Everybody goes to hell.
@Your Mom 😳
Don’t want to waste power on long uploads
@@YourMom-vl2sp Your Mom, just like the devil, you lie. He is a created being, finite and limited. He simply, therefore cannot be everywhere. Never, never listen to a liar. They lead astray.
@@kathleennorton6108
Is this bible class now ? Satan was gods second cast down upon us by god , as I recall from my studies god condemns , caused plague’s, and so on . And as stated all mankind will go through hell to get to heaven. So in the Theory it would be reversed rolls of god and his brother .
But that’s just my op and 23 years of study. Lots keep the Bible thumping to Thor’s channels and focus on what the initial cost of installing this along with the labor, lone apr and maintenance expense
A straight to the point, well organized, edited and concise youtube video? I didn't know such a thing existed.
Also features a paid Tesla promotion without even a disclaimer or statement that he's not providing biased feedback...
fr this is QUALITY
@@RWDtech yeah it always weirds me out when someone reviewing a product says nothing critical of it.
@@RWDtech it doesn't seem to be sponsored, having a link/referral code to get 100 dollars isn't a sponsorship.
He's a television producer. The tightness and conciseness definitely makes sense in that regard
Imagine over 60% of the power output goes to the city and they still charge him $150 instead of paying him for what they’re taking
i was wondering about that too
Me 3. He said power and water co. Perhaps his contribution to the grid offset his waterbill to the kow annual total of 158 dollars
Why do people put "imagine" infront of statements describing things they are just observing. No one has to imagine becuase they literally just saw it.
Also, he stated pretty clearly his system doesnt power his house completely and he doesnt have adequate storage. Do the math.
@@no.9516 It’s not literally “imagine,” this word signifies the audacity of something. Clearly.
that is actually impressive on the savings there. It's like you paid 1 months worth of energy for an entire year. I'll certainly be getting solar panels in the future when I get my own house. If they aren't commonly installed by then.
Depending on when that'll be, they should be way more efficient and cheaper.
@@TheCartWizard no
increases in efficiency will cost more
the solar panel market is saturated at its present efficiency and cost - dont expect miracles that defy physics and economics
@@kenwittlief255 current prices seemed to have reached equilibrium so it's likely that price will remain constant but efficiency will still increase
He got ripped off by LADPW though. They would have sold that 67 % for around 4,600 $ for doing absolutely nothing but he still had a small bill at the end.
What if i told you my friend is splitting his with his nieghbour and they are both much better off. Yes they both have a storage system but they have never ran out and are now considering ways to sell thier extra power to locals.
@@kockarot6362 they obviously will charge more for selling electricity than from buying it, also there have to be costs due to being in the grid right?
The quality of this video is insane
Thanks!
@@AustinFlack It is great. Graphics look good and that mic sounds great. No surprise the editing is good, but production is just well executed.
@@AustinFlack flawless pacing
Hi Zach! Hope you're well!
Agreed, would’ve been perfect if he included the price of the roof and install
Super high-quality video answering the questions without faffing about for 10 minutes. Well done!
yah, not sure if it still applies but that TH-cam algorithm in the past basically forced big channels to target 10min videos...forcing the rest of us to have our time wasted getting to the info we wanted. This video is perfect!
No it doesn't how much does he pay Tesla?
@@satguy conveniently left out information, ya know?
Austin! What a work making this great video. Our average house ( like yours) has 16 solar panels and convertor for 4,8 kwh. Each year we got our 4,8 kwh. The whole system cost about 7000 euros, 3 years ago. We’re content but I think that solar actived roof panels are the future. Grts from Belgium
I think you meant 4.8 megawatt per year.
What really is missing here is a comparison to "traditional" solar roof installations. I get about the same amount of Energy from a much smaller Installation with 15 Year old Solar tiles.
That’s cuz you’re based unlike Tesla fanboys
Do you also live in southern California? The comparison wouldn't be fair if you live, say, in a desert for instance.
@@bonaaq86 I am living in Europe. For sure it is not as sunny. Which makes this roof even worse. That was my point.
@@danielfink3695 "Europe" is a very big place. It can be north Norway or southeen Italy. The sun range is huge from northern Norway to south in Italy. You have to be a little more spesific then "europe"
Obvious Tesla shill
If every review was this clean and concise, youtube would be a better place. Good shit dude
The almighty algorithm wants them to make 10-20 minute videos
And if everyone shopped around for the current more effective solar panels instead of waiting to pay 3x more for 40 percent worse energy ratings form Tesla: We'd already be less worried about the grid and the outages.
I truly don't understand this. I like to hear people talk. I like to put things on in the background as I do house work and longer videos are great for that.
Different strokes for different folks. I'd leav youtube if it all got short videos.
current yt generation has now begun looking into quality instead of rambling. that we all like
It seems like the algorithm is also leaning towards shorter and better videos again, like the old days
@@Jxden Yeah, I've been finding more good small creator recently too, this is a welcome change
@@Jxden reminds me of youtube from 8 years ago
@@vanshbharadwaj9829 Easier access than ever to quality recording equipment helps that along.
Just begun? You don’t know what you’re talking about
Usually skip to the important parts. I watched the whole thing. Very good job.
Best video in awhile.
Take notes. This is how to make a straight to the point, no bullshit video.
Thank you Austin for the shout out. We look forward to cleaning your roof again when needed. Great video!
Thanks for the great work!
Pretty slippery surface. Y'all be careful!
@@ffmedic95073 Safety is #1 which is why we cleaned this roof without stepping foot on it.
@@enlighteneddoggo5803 Ok.
@@enlighteneddoggo5803 Das racist. Bro enlightened is in ur name. No head scratches for doggo.
The fact that it's solar and it's pleasing on the eyes is very impressive!
@tab:
yeah.....i was wondering why would anyone put an expensive roof on an ugly ass house?
Not pleasing to the wallet tho. Initial cost is high.
yea but how much? I've seen this going for like 500k. Who can afford that? Costs more than my house.
@@Daddywood2230 55k u mean?
We have a regular solar power system in our house in Washington state. I have a risk of 40 panels and I produced a lot more power than this roof. 2021 I produced 13,702 kw, which 10,208 went to the grid. For the whole year I paid for 1142 kw from the power company. That is it.
so 60% of your electricity went to the grid and they still had the audacity to charge you 154$? Fuckkkkk energy companies/government enforced monopolies
I don't even own a house and I watched this all the way through. You deserve WAY more subscribers good sir. Very clean video and straight to the point!
Same 🤣
Very few people own a house they get the bank to buy it then pay massively over cost rent with the hope the bank never kicks them out or steal their money
Why the hell would u do a stupid thing like that? I own and cant watch it all.
67% of the energy produced went back into the grid yet you still had to pay them $156? Surely, they should be paying you?
Yeah that’s my question as well. I could imagine you end up with costs from days without much sun, but I’d assumed the energy you sell back to the grid would substantially overcome that considering the ratio of energy used versus sent back to the grid.
Well, it is California we are talking about. 😂
Need to find a State that doesn't steal from it's citizens. Not an easy task this day and age but sure there are probably a few around.
Same question
They pay you for the electricity you put into the grid but it’s much less then you pay them for the same amount of electricity, the money they pay you just gets subtracted from the bill
@@daknbow5960 is it really how it works?
What was the cost of the roof? If it was around 40k then over 25 years it would be worth it for the net gain. But I have been hearing these roofs are 60k minimum.
looks like we need a part 2..
Google it guys its not hard
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@@poitiers2853 nobody asked
did you add in to your canulations that all of the Tesla gear will end up in a land fill? Where it won't decompose, and its parts are non-recyclable. Did you calculate reality into your equations? Electric is the past not the future.
If you have solar installed on your home, your power will not necessarily stay on in an outage. I worked for a company out of Southern California, and some people with solar were outraged when their power turned off during an outage, whether it was a rolling blackout or a failure of some sort. That was a few years ago so things may have changed. I'm just saying read the fine print.
This is a safety feature in the UK. If the grid goes out you want domestic microgeneration disconnected so you don't risk electrocuting repair workers. If you want to go off grid you need an installation that cuts off the export current if the grid goes down
@@cmsdengl Makes sense, thanks for the information
you would need a switch that can isolate the house from the grid. Generator sub panels can do this
the production of this video is a lot better than what most youtubers do
I really like how this solar installation just blend in seamlessly with your house/ roof and the surrounding neighborhood. At first I was like " where are these solar- panels he is talking about?"
Amazing how engineering works. It's almost like Tesla designed it that way. Crazy huh?
@@rovertrobert3180 well you always think of solar panels as a bright blue grid.
We have had our Tesla Solar Roof for 2 years. We have one Tesla Wall back up battery. We did adjust the pool filter timer so it runs in the middle of the day when the roof is putting out power. The backup battery will not power the pool pump and car charger.
The bill from SCE is about $20 per month. The bill shows a potential payment at the end of the year based on the retail price of electricity. HOWEVER, when the time comes for payment, we get a check or credit based on the wholesale price of electricity at the beginning of the year.
The roof is very slick and we now hire someone to put up the Christmas lights. I plan to install permanent controllable lights on the eves.
There is some electrical noise when I listen to AM 790 and, if you listen carefully in the bedroom my younger son used, you can hear relays clicking.
15K definitely ain’t bad, but you rarely see someone with a 15k subscriber count get 6.6 million views on a video! That’s 🔥 results. I hope this guy is making bank from these ads!
Finally! Someone who doesn't milk the video out too long.
The other reason for lower production during the California fires was that the smoke actually produced more "cloudy" days than normal during those months.
Because it seeds the clouds right, Mr powers.
@@rogan-joesloan451 more nucleation points👍 correct
.....just blocks or partially blocks sunshine.
@No rude just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it doesn't work
@No rude duh, of course not. All the thousands of people with solar roofs are totally lying to you. Because what else do they have to do with their lives?
99% of the comments are talking about how good the video was edited and layed out.
1% solar roof
Had mine for a year as well. Your video was one of the reasons that helped me make the decision.
What the high-end production quality did I just watch?
YOU DESERVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS.
I have to admit, I haven't seen such quality and dedication in a TH-cam video in years, I almost got a tear. Amazing!
LMAO!
@Endangered121 I have been here since 2006 and I have seen little by little how this platform has lost its shine. Finding videos like this, you don't do it every day.
5 mil views and only a couple of subs, cmon guys the production quality is top notch
It'd be cool to see a total cost of ownership over time. What's the projected time for this roof to pay for itself?
Looks to me like 9 years according to the installation video. Assuming the yearly savings stay the same. IMO a fair assumption since apparently it's warrantied for 95% up to 5 years and a maximum drop off of 0.5% yearly after that.
@@ruukinen The way power prices are ... moving, at least where I'm at (Berlin, Germany) it's even fair to assume that the savings per year will actually rise.
@@JinFreeks I mean already the savings are calculated against last years equivalent time periods electricity bill when the correct calculation is to use the rates from this year multiplied with the usage from this year, actual usage not the 0 it shows since they produced it all themselves, to get the actual savings.
I'm just saying that the savings being at least equivalent is a fair assumption since I actually expect the savings to get bigger year by year even if the efficiency of the panels slowly deteriorates.
@@ruukinen Fair enough. Also, I'm just being to be a bit of a punk smartass so don't take it to heart. kthxbye
Average cost for two story 2000 sq ft roof is 55,300
That electricity bill should have been +1,800$ as the power company is mooching off your excess.
I wouldn't be entirely sure of that. Due to the power production shutting off at night, which is when most power is used, and falling off during winter, again when most power is used, I'd expect them to still be using a noticable Chunk of mains electricity each Day. Depending on what the arranged, they could have gotten Lower cost's per KWH, or gotten money off there bill based on how much excess power they sent there. Alternatively, the power company could be a dick, and say that because they are taking the excess power off there hands, they don't need to give them any/extremely Little financial composition for the power they generated, in which case your probably right.
They sent 67% of the power generated to the city and yet the city still bills them. The homeowner should send the city a notice to disconnect unless LA pays their overdue bill, with late fees of course.
@@Santisima_Trinidad But that's not true. Power gets stored in the Tesla batteries for use when there isn't clear skies or sufficient daylight available.
@@Santisima_Trinidad most of the power is used during the day...
It's a general rule but I think it's especially true in California where if you don't have your AC on 9 months of the year old people risk heat strokes since the whole state is basically a desert
@@fixafix69 not here power isn't. AC is bassically unheard of, and heating is normally only used in the evening/night. That, plus almost everyone is out all day for most of the year.
Still, thanks for correcting me about power usage in California, was just assuming power use was bassically the same everywhere, hence me forgetting about AC and such.
That kind of content is much needed saves people time and gives what they need just in seconds. Great work👍🏻
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I have a similar video on my channel that is also short and sweet, titled "1 year without a Tesla Solar roof" where I explain what is all involved.
@Moderator Hater it's just not economically feasible, which is why only the Musk dickriding nerds do it with their life savings.
I wish you talked about pricing when factoring the amount of savings. I would’ve gotten a power wall so that way 67% of the roofs production didn’t go straight back to the grid.
His bill probably would have been about the same. And even could have been higher, as he was selling during peak rates and buying during base rates. A power wall is good if you want a backup incase the power outages, or if you want to try to go off grid. For pure cost savings sell to grid is probably best. But it will depend on your rates and usage times.
@@Dysan72 That is one of the most disgusting things being done. Buying and selling.
No.
There should be a 1:1 standard. A kWh credit line if you will. You use and give back kWh for a month and at the end of the month you draw the line.
That is a fair practice.
without an install price the annual savings is irrelevant.
@@blakehess8922 it's not irrelevant if you need a new roof anyways. Oh, and electricity.
@Brian the government doesn't pay crap for it. You get 23% of your yearly solar panel expense as a tax write off. That means you don't get anything from them, you just don't have to pay as much in tax. To be clear, you're still paying plenty of tax, just a small fraction less than you were before the solar panel install.
I don't blame you for thinking that though, solar panel companies make it out like you're going to get a huge check from the government. Nope. Not even close.
Excellent video, Thank you. Very helpful. I looked back at your previous video where you mentioned that the original Tesla quote for this project was approximately $33,700, and here you say you saved $2000 the first year. So I'm wondering what the actual cost of the project was so we could confirm the estimated time for it to pay for itself. Again, thank you for adding some customer perspective to Tesla Solar Roof!
One thing to keep in mind energy costs have gone up from utilities. In his area it went from $0.218 per kwh in 2021 to $0.273 Jun 2023 at an 8000 kwh output that is $440. So his savings will go up each year. This is often not taken into account.
www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/averageenergyprices_losangeles.htm
@@mikebalentine Everyone says they save on their electric bill yet they never say how much they are having to pay monthly for the the actual solar panels.
@@mikebalentine The other issue is that California is gradually reducing the amount the electric companies will pay you now. Its no longer 1:1.
@@ericerickson592 yes they do all the time. I paid $8,285 for mine cash. With a warranty of 25 years to still be 90% of new at 25 years. That is $331/year. The reason most do not go into it is because the savings are so extreme it’s obvious. Like any investment it’s a large upfront cost for a long term benefit.
@@ericerickson592 this does not matter when electrical costs have gone up dramatically which in fact makes it even more appealing.
I’ve never seen such a to the point video on TH-cam! Thank you sir!
Thanks!
Never watched a crisp and clear youtube video as this.
Sounds like this is your first time on youtube since this isn't as heavy production as most big channels.
So, your panels produced power, which you gave to the power company. They gave you a fraction of it back and still charged you for power? Sure seems like a win win for the energy cartel.
you had to pay $156.62 at the end of the year to your utility company, but 67.8% of your power went to the grid....
does that mean you sell power to the grid at a lower rate than what you buy it at?
and does this mean that your utility company does not tally up your energy use for a whole year vs your production for that year and then you buy or sell the difference?
Same thought.
I read another comment that addressed this. They had said yes what you said is true HOWEVER the energy you contribute gets pulled back out during the night while the roof is not producing
I could produce 100 kwh, sell 67.8 kwh to the grid, use 32.2 kwh and then still use 80 kwh from the grid. The rate depends on a lot of factors .
Here in Southern California SDG&E the system works differently that's why I was a little confused. At least for my solar setup it's based off of a year where you sum up everything you produce, you subtract everything that you use and if you're a net positive you get paid (at 1/3 the rate for KWH) and if it's a net negative you pay at the full rate for KWH. So in my case you don't really sell anything if you have to pay for electricity in the end. I guess up in la it's a bit different
A lot of places the pud screws you for going green.
It's truly not cost effective for 95% of Americans.
I love that this video is just the facts. No rambling, no announcements etc
Okay, this video needs to be the template for Q&A videos. Short, concise, no filler. Thanks for the information
I wish everyone creates videos like this..genuine, short and informative
I wish all youtube videos were like this. Straight to the point, clear and complete, nice visual presentation of data and a calm voice.
I also appreciated the efficiency of your solar report!!! And the links to the short vlog were great. Transparency and efficiency together - wow. You carried out the task of clearly answering questions about Tesla solar roofs (upbeat but not gushing). I will recommend your site to others and look into Tesla roofing for myself.
So 2000$ a year on electricity bill savings in sunny California while it costs around $50k to install on such small single story house... Thanks but no thanks.
@@zemstafreda seems to be about a wash in the end, if the roof saves $2k/yr lasts 25 yrs and costs $50k.
"does the roof make noise?" I died when he said, "umm, no". lol 😂🤣
I think they meant when it hails, rains.
I'm a bit confused... Ok so there is no batteries so sometimes you/he uses the city grid for his electricity needs. Hence why he still paid 150 bucks.
But 32% of the production for your home needs and 68% to the electricity grid. That means he gets paid for that 68%, right ?
Because if he went from 2.2k> to less than 200$ saving 200$ and a third of the panels productions is sufficient to cover almost all the home needs. It means overall the panels produce 6k$ and 4k$ are donated to the elec grid while 2k$ worth of elec is used by the home owners.
I'm missing something here? It can't be just simple donation, right ?
I'm from France and I do remember you get paid for the kwh you do not use and provide to the city.
Not sure how it is in California where this guy is but in Colorado the electric company will pay you for whatever you put into the grid. So likely he's actually using more then the $200 or so worth of grid energy then lowering the payment with the energy he puts into the grid.
It may also be access fees. Where I live, I have to pay a monthly fee just to be hooked into the electrical grid at all (~$22/month) regardless of how much power I actually use in the month (or if I use any at all).
Then there is also the fact the electrical company probably doesn't pay the same rate they charge the public per KWH.
most likely he's selling back during daytime cheaper hours, and buys power during the evening or night when the rates are higher. so it does not balance out
He lives in Commiefornia, so they add in enough regulatory fees, taxes and charges so they can steal from a citizen w/o the citizen able to sue
+1
Calm voice... Point on point talk... No sugar coat... Straight up facts... Loved it!
I interned at Tesla on this project back in 2018. So happy to see that the installations are meeting expectations.
I don't even a home to put a solar roof on yet I watched the whole video because of how chill and easy to watch it was. Thanks for the video!
@Patrick thanks for your useless contribution little man! Go troll elsewhere since you've made your mark! There's a good boy.
Dear Sir, thank YOU for making this updated report. Your video was bomb! I am one of the people whom watched your original video.
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This dude has crazy production value, excellent audio and he's got a drone!
The most important questions:
1) What was the total cost of purchase plus installation?
2) Did the insurance company pay for it?
3) Do you get rebate or credit from the insurance company for the roof? I ask this question because I believe you do get some credit if you install a metal roof based on its durability.
Yes please! I’d like to know this as well!
A lot of these solar roofs, solar glass roofs and power wall videos don’t include those important answers. I wonder why?
Probably the same dumb and self-defeating reason people don’t talk to their coworkers about their salaries.
@@r.lewisblake7793 that was a lot of aggression for absolutely no reason lol
You can check it his previous video for costs
Previous video he stated cost was ~$34,000. At $2k savings per year breakeven is 17 years roughly.
I felt like seeing a full lenght movie in 5 mins and was deeply hooked into it. Funny thing is... I don't even have a house lmao
Thanks for watching!
You're exaggerating. It's just a informative piece.
You seem to have the only one in the entire country. Big investment for such a modest property
This was the best commercial ever! 💛
Clicked on this not expecting a thing and got an extremely well-produced video! Nicely done Austin!!
Okay so I live in an apartment but here I am geeking at this idea because I love nature and harnessing it’s power stuff intrigues me. I so want this... guess I need a house first huh? lol
I feel you. I don’t own a house but I want this now
Just strap a few tiles to yourself when you walk around. Never charge your phone again
Harnessing the energy around us is literally how we advance to a type 1 civilization
See if it is plausible for your apartment building and then try to talk the owner into installing panels on the roof. You will help nature and maybe the landlord will adjust your rent because you helped him cut his overhead costs down.
Get a portable off-grid system. As long as you have a patio where you can strategically place a couple solar panels.
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The efficiency of this video alone has me in love lmfao guy just gets to the points. Keep up the good work.
Wow, so specific clip! So short and straight to the point, I love this kind of narrative/relation, instead of 20 minutes of idle talk. Great clip!
Wow.
A year's work in a 5 min video...
Thank you for the value provided
Much appreciated
I'm glad you had a better experience than I did. I called Telsa several times asking for solar. They told me no, your house isn't big enough to be worth it for us. Then they ghosted me... :-(
Good luck getting it installed. Also, regular solar doesn't degrade as much as these roofs do. REC panels degrade at a 0.25% a year. Also, costs you way more than regular solar. Also, you put tiles in areas that don't get great sun if your whole roof doesn't get the same sun.
Somethin about those numbers seems inflated. NO power loss?? Who's measuring these numbers? 93%?? That does not seem right.
Great video, thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for watching!
@@AustinFlack One of the things I have thought is having neighbors whom you don't get along with. They can throw rocks at your glass roof damaging it at 2 - 4 am
@@AustinFlack I had bought a property 3 years ago and had envious neighbors of me fixing my property. Later I found out 3 neighbors were secretly in cahoots. And had a little game with every person who ever lived at my property before me. Every scenario is different but possibility of out of the blue hater neighbors exist that may damage your solar roof. They even shot my roof with a high powered bb rifle at night.
@@sevnlight6313 Cameras and a lawyer should fix that. Your neighbor problems have zero to do with the solar roof. Stones and bb rifle shots are more likely to damage your windows than your solar roof.
@@allenz7688 Lawyers won't return your calls unless it's a big case they think they can easily win. A lawyer will charge you 7, 8 thousand dollars or more for a small claims case.
great vid. brief and to the point. drone footage was a huge plus. inbound FAA asking for your part 107 in 3...2...1 :)
@@Quickcat21MK What does the 1A have to do with the FAA regulating airspace for commercial use?
@@Quickcat21MK what you said makes perfect sense, unfortunately commercial drone operation does not.
Operating a drone commercially (which includes using it in a TH-cam video with ads) requires a part 107 license regardless of location, drone size, or drone weight.
@@Quickcat21MK I have my faa certification. They can be very annoying especially in places like LA. Also you only legally own about 200 ft of air space above your property.
@@LoganMaddoxfilms you have your 107 and you think this? That is categorically false.
Maybe had a professional licensed drone operator to capture videos and use footage... otherwise, a hefty fine along with video evidence from FAA to your door step.
XD
Probably makes sense to get this in sunny California but in colder climes you'd have less sun and greater energy needs for the heating. Not sure it's financially viable for the majority of folks
I have ran the numbers in England and it is terrible value for money here.
Most Tesla stuff isn't really useful in colder climates, on one car the door handle can get frozen shut so people have to chip away ice to open their car door.
Hire's guy with experience. . .
The guy with experience 🤣🤣🤣
does the power department not give you any credits/refund since you give so much back to grid? I mean, you get charged when you use their electricity but you get nothing when you give them extra. I was expecting you get negative electric bill or they pay you back for what you gave them.
yea I mean it seems like they should get paid since only 32% of the energy actually went to their home. and the other 67% went to the power grid.
This has me extremely upset lol caz they didn’t pay for the roof or anything yet they benefit from it HEAVILY, and some small tax cut still wouldn’t be fair so please sir help us understand this (:
@@bigworm7979 They probably used energy as well. Since they don't have a powerwall they'd require grid power during the night/evening/winter cloudy days. So it probably balanced out at the end and left them with a net $150 charge.
Think of it like a bank stored in la w&p. The energy the panels produce usually produce and excess of power during the day. When it's night and the panels aren't producing power, the house pulls its power from LA. The panels the he got generate an extra 1,000 or so kwh annually. The excess power then turns into credit for your energy bill Or it can be rolled over to the next year so you have that extra offset of power. Usually the credit isn't even that much because la would only buy the power back from you at around 3 or 4 cents. The bill he got from LA is probably all the fees you pay for being interconnected to the grid. Service fees and such which are usually $12 a month.
3 or 4 cents per khw*
I read that cost of purchasing this roof has gone up by 114%. We are talking upwards of $75,000.00 or More. I'm not sure about the rest of you folks but where I live (Midwest) the standard of living is much lower here... meaning, that $75K usually comes with a mortgage payment.
Covered the cost in depth in my first video: th-cam.com/video/LRPy8UZv9V0/w-d-xo.html
Short answer: $33k, about $21k more than if we had just gotten a conventional roof and about $3k more than if we had gotten a conventional roof + standard solar panels.
I’ve actually been on the waiting list for this roof for over 6 months and just last week got notified that cost will be higher now. They haven’t told me how much higher yet though.
If I wasn't already not planning on getting one (I live in MN, so not enough direct sunlight IMO), I'd reconsider getting one now...
Cobuman : It definitely sucks living in a high tax state.
I myself struggle with the higher then normal/average taxes, cost of living etc.
I was actually homeless for a few years not because of drugs or alcohol but just cause the cost of living was so high. I began to learn useful trades/skills
I learned recently how to make my own ammunition, how to make walking canes, bricks for building, pouches to carry stuff, amongst other things.
Ultimately I'm going to move to a less populated rural State in the next few years.
i dont know where you live but here in Quebec you cannot install a power box outside in the open . You can either have them inside the house away from heat sources and water source or install them in a power house or shed outside the house as long as the are not in the open . Because of safety regulations and fire regulations . If you were in Quebec they would order you to build a little cabine arround your power boxes
I wish that one day my country can also have something like this.
I swear this videos have more comments of how people think this would be a 20+ minute but it’s done in 5 mins instead of questions about the product lol
Who is this guy? Why is his voice so good? Why is the quality of this video so good? Subbed.
Thanks!
He is a man with a plan, and will crush all his goals.
The best review short, concise and to the point. thanks man.
What you need is a 5year analysis. Costs, maintenance, overall savings. Maintenance cleaning like u stated is big since this a new industry. How much did the service man charge u to clean roof and how frequently is it recommended to clean such a roof?
I have to say this video is well produced I thought I was watching a video by someone with millions of subscribers at first. If you are reading this you have a lot of potential to be big on TH-cam. Also here before 100,000 subscribers
5 minute videos should be the new standard for content producers. Well done
they once were the standard… the. slowly went to 10 and now sometimes to 15 minutes…
I don’t care if the videos 30 minutes long, as long as that not it’s Full of fluff. If there is a video that needs to be 30 minutes long and it’s to the point and interesting then I’m cool. But a 30 minute BS video.... no
Useless meme channels like this xD
For anyone wondering its roughly £40,000 for an average size UK house just for the tiles so youd make your money back on them in the 25 years in the contract but wouldnt make that much back. However if you’re wanting to help the environment then they could be a good investment
Covered the cost in depth in my first video: th-cam.com/video/LRPy8UZv9V0/w-d-xo.html
Short answer: $33k, about $21k more than if we had just gotten a conventional roof and about $3k more than if we had gotten a conventional roof + standard solar panels.
Will pay for itself in ~10 years. (I deduct the cost of a conventional roof when I calculate ROI-I needed a new roof!)
I know each house will have a different cost based on roof lines, shape, local laws, etc. But do you mind me asking how much the roof installation cost you all in, as well as an annual roof cleaning? Basically, for those who are more financially motivated, how many years would it take for the electric bill savings to cover the cost of the roof. And of course, given the fires, your savings could have been larger, but curious where the break even point is. I'm sure it's at least a decade out?
My guess is about 40k before any incentives. You can go to Tesla's website and use their solar roof calculator. Now you'd get 30% off from the feds so I'm thinking without powerwalls it's around 28k. Not sure what incentives CA does.
Smart, to the point, beautifully edited. You are a rock star!
Great video.
2 takeaways for me
1. Your power company used most of the energy you generated.
2. You still paid for electricity.
Right? How is that possible. Shouldn't he be getting paid for his investment? If he opened up a coal plant the electric company would pay him for his coal.
That's why everyone asked him if he got a Powerwall if he got a Powerwall he would get to keep all the electricity and use it in nonpeak hours.
Lots of questions about why you are still paying for electricity etc.
To clear that up - because you dont have a battery storage system, you only get 'free' electrcicity when your panels are producing it. So at night time, any electric usage wont come from the panels - it will come from the grid and cost you.
If the panels are producing 2kwh and you're using 4kwh at the time - it will cost you.
Also, only certain places pay you for any excess usage sent to the grid.
So if you are producing 4kwh, but using 2kwh - the 'spare' 2kwh will go into the grid. You can setup schemes in certain countries where electric companies pay you for this excess. I'm in the UK and we have a scheme although its not worth as much as it used to be.
At this stage I still think traditional panels will be the better choice for most, unless you're building new or needing to replace your roof anyway. Each house is different. The slope of your roof matters, the amount of sun it gets, whether your roof faces south etc. - all this affects how much solar you can produce.
Lots of approval and oversight for solar installs... precious little for rural runs and transformers left to cause massive forest fires, loss of property, and human life.
Love this, but genuinely want to know why you had to pay anything at all to your electricity company if you sold so much back to them?
When we send energy to the grid, get energy credits, which "pay for" the energy we use at night, cloudy days, etc. (energy at night, during peak demand periods, is more expensive that the energy we generate during the day). We can bank credits (sort of like roll-over minutes) but can't cash them out.
Instead of spending roughly $60k to ensure I was totally off the grid, (for a maximum savings of $156/yr) we just trade daytime energy for night time energy. We also charge the Tesla late at night (after peak demand hours), which is a lot of kWs, which helps explain how the daytime disparity evens out.
Would be even greater if you mentioned the price of roof+installation :3
@@safistype5952 It's probably so expensive that it's a break even in 25 to 30 years making it not worth the hassle and up front costs.
@@dealsfromvirginia1773 I’m going to try and find an analysis. So many things to consider. On the one hand you’re saving, well he’s saving $2000 a year it looks like. On the other hand he’s also saving money on roof replacements. But he’s also spending money on roof cleaning. I don’t know
@@Mehwhatevr roof cleaning is dependent on where you live. If you get a lot of rain then you might not need any cleaning. If you live like in Arizona on the other hand sand and dirt is going to build up fast
Your pacing and editing is so on point - damn respect
THIS. I watch maybe 30% of videos I pull up and the other 70% is because the pace is usually way too slow and didn't get to the point in a timely manner.
This video was so concise informative and calming every company should hire you to do informational videos and tutorials for their services and products. Thanks for the awesome information
This or something like it, should come standard on all buildings these days. From the humble home to the tallest building. Especially if some BS happens, we wouldn't be 100% dependent on external energy to fill our needs. If we can make our own energy, cook our food and so on, people won't go feral after afew days and can keep folk less stressed in an emergency.