Thanks for making your videos. I am a subscriber :) We are looking at everything Solar as we are retiring to the Carribean and will have an off grid solar system with pool pumps, air conditioning, fridges, freezers, hot water heaters, laundry, so wattage use will be a concern. So when watching your video about tankless hot water heater in conjunction with solar panels it was of great interest. In my continued research, I came across from Rheem a hot water heater that incorporates a heat pump, which dramatically reduces energy consumption never having to worry about potentially popping the circuit breaker. Did you look into these when deciding on a hot water heater ? Any thoughts on these hot water /heat pump heaters ? Thanks 🙏
Hello Ian and congratulations on not only retiring but moving to the Caribbean, that is amazing! Sorry I am not familiar with the heat pumps but on my "living with solar" video I received a bunch of input in reference to heat pumps. Only thing I can attest to is Rheem makes excellent products (our main house water heater will be Rheem) I would suggest going through those comments and asking them directly since they seem to have personal experience with them. Right now I gotta go but I have vital information if you are looking at CENTRAL AC in your new home with solar. Our main house will have central AC and you will need a specific type of unit otherwise you likely will overload your inverter at start up with the typical AC compressor (especially if other hi draw items are running) Ill get back to you with the type you will need. I believe it's basically a soft start, like an auto transformer but smoother.
@@HomesteadOnThePreserve Thanks for your reply :). With regards to air conditioning, we most likely will not go with central air conditioning as the Villa we will be building will not have a throughout Villa air ducting system but rather we will use ductless air conditioners and as such will go with high efficiency inverter style heat pumps, so when running will not create a large load on our solar system as would regular ductless mini splits. I never knew there were so many appliances that lend themselves perfectly with an off grid solar panel with multiple storage battery systems. I wish for you that when you bought your Solark 12k, that the Solark 15k inverter system was available. That extra 3000 watts output the Solark 15k allows you to use, makes a world of difference for whole home off grid solar systems. Great work with your channel !!! Thanks again for all the videos you make for us all to learn from :)
@@IanH-fn1gn Just so you have the info, if you decide on a central AC you'll need a VFD (variable frequency drive) compressor which has no LRA (locked rotor amperage) Our main house will have an Allied Lynx 3 ton. Example of it's smooth start, a similar 3 ton Rudd under multiple loads would surge draw 18,720 watts at start up but the Allied will only peak at 3,672! Our SolArk 12k has been just amazing after solving the tankless heater flow issue and swapping to a soft start pump in the well. We had a couple times with lots of stuff running at once (AC, tankless water heater, clothes dryer, well pump) and the SA12 popped it's breaker. After swapping out the "2 pole" well pump motor for a 4 pole with soft start we never had a problem even running everything at once. That's going to be a must for you too. Make sure your well has a 4 pole soft start! Our main house will also get one, it's very important.
We bought a Symmons Temptrol shower valve that has adjustable flow control. We also use a High Sierra shower head with optional trickle valve to stop 99% of flow while soaping up. Very low water usage.
some one I know in cold climate uses solar tubes on roof and gets all the hot water they need for family 5 even in winter when it's cloudy they can get 2 showers for the rest they have electric shower in one bathroom
My wife and I will be doing EXACTLY this with a water heater that will turn on only when the water temperature dips below 104F. We are in Northern Nevada where solar hot water works 90% of the time in the winter and 100% in the Spring to Fall.
i took the heating element out of my hot water system and replaced it with an 1800watt element. i run it for 3 or 4 hours is plenty.on my 5000watt inverter , i did have it hooked direct to five or 6 pannels (yes dc panels to ac element) but it would boil over some times after a few good days of sun, or cloudy weeks would suck.
How about one of those dedicated heat pump water heaters? They only need a 120V outlet with a 15 amp breaker. When heating water with solar and batteries it seems to make more since. Love your videos by the way.
Now that I modified the shower head the draw fluctuates between 3100 and 3400k so that means I could take a one hour hot shower and draw 3400 watts maximum. That flow valve transferred our system!
Thanks for making your videos. I am a subscriber :) We are looking at everything Solar as we are retiring to the Carribean and will have an off grid solar system with pool pumps, air conditioning, fridges, freezers, hot water heaters, laundry, so wattage use will be a concern. So when watching your video about tankless hot water heater in conjunction with solar panels it was of great interest.
In my continued research, I came across from Rheem a hot water heater that incorporates a heat pump, which dramatically reduces energy consumption never having to worry about potentially popping the circuit breaker. Did you look into these when deciding on a hot water heater ? Any thoughts on these hot water /heat pump heaters ? Thanks 🙏
Hello Ian and congratulations on not only retiring but moving to the Caribbean, that is amazing!
Sorry I am not familiar with the heat pumps but on my "living with solar" video I received a bunch of input in reference to heat pumps. Only thing I can attest to is Rheem makes excellent products (our main house water heater will be Rheem) I would suggest going through those comments and asking them directly since they seem to have personal experience with them.
Right now I gotta go but I have vital information if you are looking at CENTRAL AC in your new home with solar. Our main house will have central AC and you will need a specific type of unit otherwise you likely will overload your inverter at start up with the typical AC compressor (especially if other hi draw items are running)
Ill get back to you with the type you will need. I believe it's basically a soft start, like an auto transformer but smoother.
@@HomesteadOnThePreserve Thanks for your reply :). With regards to air conditioning, we most likely will not go with central air conditioning as the Villa we will be building will not have a throughout Villa air ducting system but rather we will use ductless air conditioners and as such will go with high efficiency inverter style heat pumps, so when running will not create a large load on our solar system as would regular ductless mini splits.
I never knew there were so many appliances that lend themselves perfectly with an off grid solar panel with multiple storage battery systems. I wish for you that when you bought your Solark 12k, that the Solark 15k inverter system was available. That extra 3000 watts output the Solark 15k allows you to use, makes a world of difference for whole home off grid solar systems.
Great work with your channel !!! Thanks again for all the videos you make for us all to learn from :)
@@IanH-fn1gn Just so you have the info, if you decide on a central AC you'll need a VFD (variable frequency drive) compressor which has no LRA (locked rotor amperage) Our main house will have an Allied Lynx 3 ton. Example of it's smooth start, a similar 3 ton Rudd under multiple loads would surge draw 18,720 watts at start up but the Allied will only peak at 3,672!
Our SolArk 12k has been just amazing after solving the tankless heater flow issue and swapping to a soft start pump in the well. We had a couple times with lots of stuff running at once (AC, tankless water heater, clothes dryer, well pump) and the SA12 popped it's breaker. After swapping out the "2 pole" well pump motor for a 4 pole with soft start we never had a problem even running everything at once. That's going to be a must for you too. Make sure your well has a 4 pole soft start! Our main house will also get one, it's very important.
I love simple solutions thanks
We bought a Symmons Temptrol shower valve that has adjustable flow control. We also use a High Sierra shower head with optional trickle valve to stop 99% of flow while soaping up. Very low water usage.
Hey that sounds like a great system!
some one I know
in cold climate uses solar tubes on roof and gets all the hot water they need for family 5 even in winter when it's cloudy they can get 2 showers
for the rest they have electric shower in one bathroom
Very interesting and definitely super coo.....hot!
My wife and I will be doing EXACTLY this with a water heater that will turn on only when the water temperature dips below 104F. We are in Northern Nevada where solar hot water works 90% of the time in the winter and 100% in the Spring to Fall.
i took the heating element out of my hot water system and replaced it with an 1800watt element. i run it for 3 or 4 hours is plenty.on my 5000watt inverter , i did have it hooked direct to five or 6 pannels (yes dc panels to ac element) but it would boil over some times after a few good days of sun, or cloudy weeks would suck.
Hey, that's not only smart, it's very creative!
@@HomesteadOnThePreserve i have to be. those two light bulbs behind you in your video were making me stress. lol
How about one of those dedicated heat pump water heaters? They only need a 120V outlet with a 15 amp breaker. When heating water with solar and batteries it seems to make more since. Love your videos by the way.
Your voice has changed since that last video. Got deeper from chopping wood?
Could be, chopping wood is tough work! I forgot to use the external mic on that vid so that may be why or a combo of both.
electric tankless water heater needs about 3 kWh of electricity to heat a 10-minute shower
Now that I modified the shower head the draw fluctuates between 3100 and 3400k so that means I could take a one hour hot shower and draw 3400 watts maximum.
That flow valve transferred our system!
Keep in mind, rated watt draw is what is used within one hour.