Connecting TESLA BATTERIES To Our SOLAR POWER SYSTEM

[@larryfromlincolncountywa3989]

I've watched a ton of KZbin DIY solar systems getting prepped, constructed and hooked up. NONE have been as complete, easy-to-follow and encouraging as yours!!! Its obvious you're very comfortable with basic electricity and comfortable with the cross-over applications between public utility line work and DIY domestic system work. WOW!! Way to go!!

[@lieuwina]

I am just amazed at the two of you. You have made building the cabin, shed and installing the solar system look so easy. Nothing seems to daunt you two. The children help and enjoy it as well. Can not wait for the starting up of the solar system. Well done. You can be proud with what you have achieved.

[@AlPence]

I am fascinated with this. This is the first video series I've found that actually goes in depth with a solar installation.

[@madgrapho]

Great video guys. Josh. Very clearly shows what he is doing without constant talking like some do. Very good to watch.

[@trmarple]

Not disappointed at all! That was a huge job with a lot to take in! Perfect tease for the next video. Great work Josh! Appreciate you sharing your amazing journey!

[@murrayhall908]

Just amazing to see a professional at work, Josh. How well planned the set up is and how neat and tidy the wiring!! But then I would not expect anything less from such a professional who makes it all look so straight forward and simple! I am confident that on the big switch on all will go like a dream!! Looking forward to it as you two will be too! Cheers

[@jacquelinewells7575]

Not disappointed at all. Makes total sense. It's amazing how y'all have built your home and the little building and put this solar power in and explained everything all the way through. I'm sure you've helped many people out. Josh you may think your not perfect at putting this in but you could have fooled me. Can't wait to see you flip that breaker on and see the house light up. I'm sure y'all are very excited as well. Congrats to almost being to 100k subs.

[@clarkkent8830]

Erin you are just as talented as the josh.everybody has the same critical responsibilities irregardless of dissimilar skillsets when it comes to core unit teamwork and mission accomplished with no body count.no man or woman left behind.keep up the good work team mountain goat.

[@candidethirtythree4324]

Hubby says it's better to be safe than sorry, not disappointed, you are showing good sense...that is the reason he watches you.

[@sobodon]

You damn well look like an expert....professional installation. Well done!

[@Nobilangelo]

Yes, Josh has done a great job. It is always a pleasure to watch a knowledgeable, skilled, careful man at work. So no disappointment.

[@usamariner3999]

Josh big thumbs up on your standard of work dude.👍👍👍👍👍. As a qualified marine engineer i'm mighty impressed.

[@raynall3593]

for someone that is not an expert, the system is very impressive and you made putting it in look so easy. I do the same thing, waiting to turn on something when I am there to watch over it. Usually there is no problem but there is always that one time. Cannot wait to see it all work, no disappointment so far. Just great work. Best solar installation set of videos I have seen so far, will be keeping these saved for when I start to do mine.

[@steven7650]

As an electrical engineer I applaud your attention to detail and neatness in wiring. OCD is happy.

[@kevincerce5056]

No, Not disappointed at all, "Patience is a virtue. The ability to wait for something without excessive frustration is a valuable character trait. That's you Josh, and your an amazing, knowledgable and careful homestead builder, you guys make a great team!

[@craigholcomb]

Something very satisfying in watching someone work in their element, that does a job well! My OCD really appreciates the neatness of your work Josh! My favorite channel on youtube!

[@seanoreilly823]

Josh and Erin. Watched and really liked all of your home build videos, but the past few ones on the build and wiring of the solar house have been tremendous. Just an interested observer here in VA, but I truly have been educated with these videos. Props to both of you for the content, editing, and plain-spoken explanations. Thanks for sharing (especially your great chemistry during your builds) and keep up the great work. Ton of fans out here, rooting for you.

[@jimlong527]

The Electrician....excellent clean work.

[@crunchmunch5282]

Saturday is just fine, better safe than sorry, I hope all goes well. Sure looks like a project and josh is the man for the plan. Good luck.

[@canuckyank82]

We had our 9.9kw system for 9 years before we sold our home. We had 48 panels on our two roofs. We produced 13 MW a year, just over 1MW per month. Solar is the way to go and it is so much cheaper now than 9 years ago. Congratulations. Expert work!

[@brianliska6470]

Great job on the battery cables. I liked your use of cold shrink on them, so much better than using heat shrink. From one electrician to another, good idea on waiting to energize until you are there to monitor it.

[@rhensworld5935]

Good job Josh & Erin. Love you guys...

[@blong257]

Erin, how excited are you? I am sure that this has been a long journey! I am sure you, Josh, and the kids are ready to get this done? Stay positive, keep moving forward, and the reward is going to be tremendous! Bill

[@Okimyhome]

GREAT job !!! Can’t wait for you to fire this thing up😀 thank you for explaining every step of the installation👍 I’ve learned so much 😎 Thank you for sharing your adventure.

[@geordiemark7901]

no not disappointed at all, its just common sence to have josh about when its turned on cant wait really looking foward to it

[@clarkclarke]

YES Erin..we agree with you ....Josh has done a GREAT..... an EXCELLENT Job... It is said that slow and steady wins the race.😉…

[@clarkclarke]

@Billy Joe Mac Allister LOL!!!

[@edwardryan9801]

I love watching you two banter. It's obvious that you're tied together at the heart.

[@jacksak]

The electrical work and video edits are so beautifully done and informative. And, these solar videos are some of the all-time best builds on KZbin.

[@rickyjordan5723]

You make what you're doing so easy to follow! Two thumbs up!

[@ralphwilmot6351]

You both continue to do professional work with everything you undertake. The solar install and wire up is informative to those considering solar. Josh your cable and connectors, show and take account of expected load and future expansions and minimize losses. Your style of connecting cables will never be loose or run hot. Brilliant.

[@ruthardt4adventure995]

Looking great guys!! Great clean setup for sure.

[@oldrocker5609]

Great job, Josh !! Great camera work, Erin !!

[@SC-nw7nj]

One sparky to another.....great job, love the hi-press ends & cold shrink! It's clear brother, in the process of securing property as well in WV. Appreciate the work friend 👍

[@gregfoster4541]

Enjoy watching your electrical work, I'm a electrician of 20years but not in solar power, am interested and awesome to see you doing this, thanks for sharing 😃😃and "Howdy from Texas "

[@tonylough7033]

Totally agree UK qualified spark !

[@SuperParve]

Nearly at 100k subscribers, we’ll done, and as always, great channel!

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

You guys are - The Best!!! No sleazily click bait, no cheap looking crap building methods, no sorry excuses why you not doing something in the best possible manner!!! I envy your parents! They must be so dang proud to tell all of their friends about you guys!!! When your children grow up and share Grandma & Grandpa’s Off-Grid Story; no one else could be so proud of their heritage!

[@DougZaga]

@@BrianBriCurInTheOC I agree there is one channel I stopped watching his videos always have these soap opera Click Bait titles and he has a very high sub count.

[@sweetkellymay]

@@BrianBriCurInTheOC Can you say, "Pure Living for Life...."

[@milcotto4153]

@@DougZaga - I unsubscribe to all of those channels.

[@kensharp5954]

You could have fooled me. It sure looks like an expert job to me. It is really neat how you went through it step by step to show how it was done. (not that I will remember) . I am looking forward to the start up video. Great job Josh.

[@robertrockwell7581]

Josh is the man with a plan. nice job on the hook up.

[@brandonturner2128]

The way you guys work together everything will always work out!

[@susanh.352]

Can't wait till it's all fired up. Give Josh a Debbie Cake. He deserves it for sure. :)

[@craikey1]

honestly watching you guys go through the process of building your own home is a joy to watch, simply amazing!. I hope one day i could do the same, keep up the hard work guys

[@kevchard5214]

Better safe than sorry. I agree completely on waiting especially when using used batteries. We can wait a little longer. Thanks for sharing.

[@jerrypeal653]

Not disappointing it’s perfectly understandable! Looks like a awesome system.

[@annamaybeekman5152]

Joshs great workmanship as usual

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

Go lefty go! Need more of us! Grest job.

[@TechVidGuy]

Pretty sweet install Josh! Nice job!

[@MrDuran9000]

Just so proud of you and your family. You embolden the American spirit. An old vet wishes you the best this country has to offer, to produce the next generation of citizens and enjoy yourself while in the here and now, doing it. Life should be enjoyed and with your family, I see why. Godspeed always.

[@edtin1834]

Loved the laid back music. I (almost) felt guilty listing to the music while watching someone else work.

[@obrienmark44]

I am excited to see it power on. Cheers you all .

[@semones57]

While I was watching it’s crazy the knowledge you have on the job you are doing and how much focus to keep everything running smooth. Impressed. You both are great.

[@plutobabe750]

It will be so exciting to see your house lit up! That's for us watching. So we can try to imagine how excited you guys are!! We can wait, if you can, no problem. Like the music, and your butterfly/rainbow visuals.

[@CleberLirio]

You guys are blowing my mind I am following your videos since the 1st one... I am so inspired to build my own house. My brother are lincesed electricians so I will be fine on that side, but thanks so much for showing every step of the way. Much love from Brazil.

[@dcrahn]

Great job and I'm not disappointed one bit. Waiting for Josh to be home makes logical sense. Make sure everything gets locked to keep little fingers out.

[@simonknight4744]

You may not be an expert but you fool me I think you are and all very neat and tidy nice job can't wait till the big switch on God bless you all.

[@markramirez33]

Very professional Josh 👍

[@greggmcclelland8430]

Its great that you point out when you do things because they are code. I like the last video where you did all of the grounding hookups with ground lugs and the horizontal ground rod. That kind of research and knowhow is not common knowledge stuff, so its a joy to see someone who does this stuff for a living explaining to the rest of us why you are doing what you are doing and how that relates back to the NEC.

[@genegoodman5233]

You may not be an expert but your good enough for me. I have advised several off grid people that I watch to check your videos out. I have seen several solar hook ups that may work but they needed some advice. I enjoy watching you work.

[@DeanJohnson67]

Great job! As Susan H. said! once it's all fired up Josh deserves a Little Debbie Cake, heck maybe even two if that video posts here in the next 5 days ;)

[@tonyrum5808]

Josh you are in your element with the wires and the electric systems!!

[@susanfry6517]

I really enjoy watching your progress. I'm sure you are so excited for the power up !!

[@jeffbaker77]

Yes he has done a great job. Keen to see it turned on. Love ya

[@tinaholman8331]

Wow Josh, color me impressed! (My husband's name is Josh also), I know nothing about this yet was glued to the entire video! Can't wait to see it fired up but completely understand your decision. Great job guys!

[@fidenemini111]

It's A LOT of work! Cool vid as always. With each step you are closer to a BIG DAY. I'm not disapointed.

[@LongsQuest]

Great Job! Thanks for sharing your adventure.

[@lawrencehead3722]

I was not disappointed. I enjoyed it as I do all your videos.

[@menace2584]

You are an expert in my book. You make it sound so easy. Didn't know it took so much equipment. Hope it works like a charm.

[@Vantuary]

I've enjoyed the whole adventure and wait excitedly for the next video. It's going to be awesome to see the house lit up!!!

[@johnchan6191]

Wow,4 a guy who's tackling the electrical work of this whole off the grid project, U r GR8, awsome. Thats alot of work U've put in2 solar stuff & w/ gr8 detail. Thx 4 sharing on the internet. Keep up w/ the sun worship.

[@chrishall9497]

Thanks guys

[@SillyMe2718]

Wow, very impressive....Josh. Excited for the start-up. Projects are moving rapidly, won’t be long until your into the homestretch of moving in your new home. Thanks for such great video’s. Sending hugs and blessings!

[@johnp.1916]

So close with a huge milestone. Love your vids and choice of off grid living, can’t wait to see it all come together!

[@MichaelNatrin]

I've said this on another video already, but want to restate it for other people who read comments: I'm a PE at a utility and this is by far the best off grid channel solar system installer that I have ever seen. Excellent work. There are so many other channels teaching bad techniques and incorrect information. Keep it up. Those are some seriously nice battery cables.

[@terrystephens1102]

Great job, Josh, looking forward to the next episode 😃👌👏👏👏👏👏

[@dewbottle]

Not at all disappointed ! I loved the butterflies ;) Awesome job Josh , I don't understand a thing but look forward to seeing the house lit up xx

[@sickmannduane633]

Great Job Team

[@jeffkatzer]

I think Josh is a bit of a solar expert. Cool stuff.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Josh I think you are one of the most informed electricians I've watched.

[@fredyoung4055]

We'll be excited to have ya throw the switch !!!

[@DougKremer]

The cold shrink is a nice touch on the battery cables. A+

[@critter3745]

I look forward to Saturday. Thanks for sharing the progress so far. It must be hard to have to wait for the power turn on.

[@georgevangordonjr8963]

I’m very impressed with the quality of work for this entire build. Sparky knows what he’s doing..

[@weekender38]

Excellent craftmanship on the electrical work. Thanks for taking the time to explain what you were doing as the system was put together.

[@Franzilator1]

Wow, what a huge Knowledge. Fantastic.....

[@kevinjasper415]

Yes! Josh always doe# a good job

[@gregorygordineer22]

Great job, Band of Brothers and Sisters

[@jimfberry]

Good looking, clean installation of everything in your power house!

[@dgr8t1]

I can tell the layman terms to communicate is a struggle at times- BUT- you really ROCK in doing your best at telling those who are interested what we want and need to hear about these hook ups. The importance of proper crimp and shrink wrapping the terminals shows you put some VERY serious thought into not only on what you wanted but the content you conveyed!! You may struggle thinking it is or isn't important but it IS!! Very Impressive Josh!! You put many to shame on HOW to wire, WHERE connections go, And WHY the way you are doing that type of connecting is so important as to the equipment you chose to monitor your system! These are the tidbits That SOO many are contemplating the course of action when buying these systems and even though you may be in the electrical field you made it very interesting and truly educational for Us!! Thank you!!

[@jazzman92478]

That's a pretty damn clean install you got there......

[@thotsaboutGod]

Dude, you make it look easy. It's obvious you are an electrician. Glad to see you finally have juice to your new digs. You will be living on a whole new level now.

[@davidoverfield1249]

Josh, it is amazing cool to watch you work. My step dad is a general contractor and I grew up helping out during the summers. His electrician was this old school crazy guy, think he might have ingested a watt or two in his time. But to see you work and how it all flows together is pretty awesome.

[@rahenkamp1]

Delayed gratification is the mark of most successful people. I'm happy for your family. I have no doubt your system is legit and well done. I'm eager to see how efficient you measured your energy needs.

[@steelwheels327]

Josh...you're a humble dude . You're work is top notch . Can't wait to see how the system performs

[@videolabguy]

A little electrical tape over your sockets and screw drivers while installing the high current cables would have kept me from leaning forward in my seat and getting sweaty! Give me high voltage over high current any day. High current low voltage is very dangerous for its ability to burn you severely before you could blink or drop the tool. An exploding battery pack is probably no fun either! Great installation job, Josh. You are a pro.

[@adampeterson568]

Like watching your guys videos of going off grid. My wife and I are also in the process of going off grid and you are installing pretty much the same setup that I'm been researching other then the batteries. Can't wait for the next video. Keep up the good work.

[@woodswoods3213]

Very cool to watch you build the system

[@blitzburghbilly7813]

AGAIN VERY IMPRESSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND A CLEAN & PROFESSIONAL INSTALL TOO. THE ( ONLY "DISAPPOINTMENT" ) IZZZZZ THERE WERE NO [ Out Takes & Bantering ] 👈🏼 ..... BETWEEN YINZ✌🏼IN THIS VIDEO JOSH & ERIN... ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Wild Wonderful ......

[@was1069]

I LOVE it! cant wait to see you guys doing the inside of the house!! thanks so much for sharing !!

[@maneuschwander6394]

Beautiful Rainbow! A good reminder of God's promise to us - Never to flood the whole world again. Praise God for such beauty!

[@williambromley5451]

You are a ROCKET SCIENTIST...👍

[@travitsilly5107]

Great Job Još.👏👏👏

[@milcotto4153]

Good job, Josh!