Kettles, Particulates & Flexible Grid | Fully Charged News

[@FishplateFilms]

Another great news update Robert! Thanks for the shout out too!! more than happy to be a part of the show's support. Cheers Gregg.

[@JoshuaPritt]

I love seeing what sorts of crazy, insane myths and misunderstanding gets created to try to slow down the coming tide of EVs. Good job putting them to rest! More like this!

[@AaronSchwarz42]

The real world proof starts accumulating with evidence galore from Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S and others : though the flat earth folks seem to believe myths without any emperical evidence, so I am sure the tail pipe huffing types will keep inhaling lies from dishonest entrenched folks in the petro-burning sector... though the number of fools following these deranged lines of reasoning are bound to be very limited in number. The average human has a voracious appetite for information and the truth thereby eventually makes its way to most open minds willing to examine reality objectively even though everyone has their own special unique individual bias.

[@busog97641]

+Joshua Pritt, you don't actually think that what Robert said in this video will be putting it to rest, do you? I mean, think about it, those idiots will keep saying it just like the trolls here on KZbin do... say it on one video, go to another video and say it all over again... they just say it without any worries as to just how untrue their comments are.

[@Piemasteratron]

Joshua Pritt hopefully I will remember how these fallacies are debunked for when somebody who has read about kettles accosts me in the street

[@calmeilles]

In 2013 the Spanish Gemasolar plant in Andalucia ran 24 hours per day for 36 consecutive days using the molten salt storage technology.

[@LetsDoBetterNow]

Love your videos 😁 I really think that you are doing an amazing job informing the public 😊

[@yankey4]

So I live in USA and in SC. We have 110 F days and 100% humidity Just about all summer. I love my AC and would not live with out it. I must keep my temps down due to health troubles. So we would have big power bills. $400 to 500 dollars in the summer months. Over the past 3 years as I could. I have been Buying and bulding up my solar power. Now I am up to 2600 watts of PV with 12 Trojan t105 Batteries and a 2400 watts 24 volt inviter. My power bills are now down to 120 a month in the summer and 80 ish in the winner. Top that off with 2016 are power was out 68 days that year. Not all at the same time. 28 was from a hurricane. Point is that solar works well if I can do it on a income of less than $720 bucks a month. Most can do the same. For me solar makes my life so much beater. Top that off with it being a hobby that pays me back that is hard to beet. Thanks for the video sir. Love your show keep up the good work. God Bless

[@Dawt_Calm]

+yankey4 That's what I want to do next, get a PV system. At least as big as the one you have.

[@rogerheuckeroth7456]

Yankey4 - I also live in SC. Summer bill is about $250, winter is under $100. I'm looking into solar system, not because of financial reasons, but just seams like a good/right thing to do. Your numbers don't add up though. What kind of A/C do you run on a 2400 watt inverter. I'm assuming not central air. My central air would take a 10,000 watt inverter. Glad its working for you though!

[@Dawt_Calm]

+Roger Heuckeroth I think you can run a 5000 or 9000 BTU AC window unit from a 2400 watt inverter without trouble. As long as people know that wattage jumps up to two to three fold for a few seconds when an AC unit starts. But the average 5000 BTU unit only draws 450 to 650 watts to run. And as long as the unit is reasonably efficient. 9000 BTU unit is doable on a 2400 watt inverter. My brother runs his RV air conditioner on a 2000 watt Honda generator when he's camping. But his AC unit is pretty efficient. It only draws 11.5 amps. The Honda handles the extra amp load for a few seconds when it starts. Wattage spikes well below 2000 when the fan is running and the compressor kicks in, it peaks at around 1800 or so. But yeah it's true the technology varies. Some 2000 watt generators won't work with some AC units. Either the AC unit wont start or it trips a breaker. My brother had to change up AC units a few times before he found one that worked with the Honda. (He wanted the Honda because it was small and quiet. And just for the record I don't consider camping with an RV that has AC true camping. Just my opinion.)

[@yankey4]

I run 2 5000 BTU window ac's off my invinert with all the rest of my loads. Most od the time both are not on at the same time. One runs as a dump load. So when the bank is full the AC kicks on the burn off some of the power. That ac will run about 2 or 3 hrs a day. The main acr runs about 10 ish hrs from the batts and the rest from the grid. My home is just 800 SF.. So not all that big. I have videos on it. So where about are you in SC? Thanks and God bless.

[@yankey4]

Just did a test and yes my solar will run a 1200 btu wall ac 120 volts .. Uses about 800 ish watts to run and start is 2300. will be u loading the video soon..

[@andywoof7360]

As someone who knows a bit about electricity, here is the maths re 11kw chargers and kettles. Most domestic supplies in the UK are 240 volts single phase, rated at 100 Amps, some are 80A. Power = volts x amps, so a little algebra tells us that amps = power/volts, so : Current draw for an 11kw charger is 11,000/240 = 45.8 Amps Wafty kettle is 3kw, so 3000/240 = 12.5 Amps. Add the two together and we have 58.3 Amps. This still leaves a pretty big margin for extra appliances running at the same time, so an average domestic supply should cope. Local distribution infrastructure may struggle if everyone was doing it at the same time though.

[@MacGuyver85]

Robert, thanks for fixing the audio! This is back to the high quality we've come to expect and appreciate!

[@philaskey5788]

My 1800's Victorian house has a 3-phase supply. When I bought my first Tesla back in 2014 I had a 22 kW (3 x 32A) charger installed and the dual charger option on my car. The electrician who installed made sure that the primary fuses were sufficient to run the house and the charger at the same time (no change or increase of fuse or cabling was required). Each phase as a 100A fuse. I have successfully and numerous times charged at full 22 kW as well as running electric underfloor heating, an electric oven and kettle. No issues at all.

[@MrGoogle87]

Hi, I use an 11kW 3-phase charger at my household, which is very common for Dutch people! You can even go up to 3x25A in total for a household easily (or up it to 3x32/64for a major yearly fee). I use my kettle, washing machine, solar panels and everything else without a problem! 11kW is really easy to do, charger can scale down easily if needed for those who need it..

[@VantagePointVideoGarage]

When I left school I lived off grid on my fathers organic farm for a year to save money , while I built a racing car. I used to use the battery power from my road cars starter battery to run lights and a radio every night in my caravan. Another friend nearby did the same while he was building his house. Plugging in the battery to use residual power from driving during the day. More recently it is amazing what use a leisure battery in a camper will give you hooked up to an inverter for 220v power. I know what your saying is the reverse of my example, but it shows the transfer of power between our transport and domestic needs, just the other way round. We have to get smart about how we use energy and luckily switching around a sharing at different times can all be automated. It's an exciting future, I would be interested in racing EV's to prove their abilities and change their image.

[@VantagePointVideoGarage]

There's a beaper on my inverter, so once it gains anywhere near to low it warns you to shut it off, so always keeps enough to start the car. I once used one on a car to run a grinder and sander to repair that car. Self healing autos!

[@SardiPax]

Thanks Robert, I really enjoy these videos and could listen to you for hours :)

[@advandermeer740]

When I bought my EV 4 years ago there were smart chargers on the market that dynamically adjust the charging power to the available power in the house. Should the kettle and the EV pull too much power, the charger would automatically lower the charging power until there is enough power to go back to full blast. If there was a problem to begin with, that problem was solved years ago.

[@tgm9991]

The Zappi charger from Myenergi can be set up to do that, which Robert has now and has been featured on this channel.

[@Sub-Zero-Homes]

13amp fuses are the maximum you can use on our 240v system meaning you can consume up to 3120watts per socket (13x240). Electrical sockets are connected in parallel so you can use another 3120watts in the next one. Using adapter plugs or extensions is serial and therefore all the plugs in that master socket can not exceed 3120watts, otherwise the fuse will blow. A kettle generally uses the maximum heater element it can to boil the water quickly, so many are 3kW or 3000watts. A homes main board will have numerous master fuses or circuit breakers separated in to lighting, downstairs, upstairs or whatever the electrician or home owner wanted. These are generally 5amps for lighting, 25amps per floor, 30amps for an electric cooker on its own circuit. If you overload any of the circuits the fuse or circuit breaker will blow. If you switch too many things on that will happen. There is also a master fuse for the master fuses which is the property of the national grid and you can't mess with it because it has a tag attached. If you look where your main board it fitted, where the electricity meter will be you will notice that has an 80amp or 100amp fitted. If you, for instance, turned on a kettle and 7kWh battery charger that is only 10kW, ignoring anything else plugged in around the house. If you plugged in 80/13 = 6-7 kettles this would blow the master, master fuse, although one of the master fuses would go first because they are lower. Any home could consume (watts = amps x volts) 80x230 =18400 watts or 18.4kW (They use 230 everywhere and not 240 because it is supposed to be between 220-240) 3 Phase supply does let you use more and export more but you can still do a lot on a single phase. The grid monitors everything though and if the harmony of the network is being affected by your consumption/export they will require you to alter your set up to prevent this otherwise it could cause damage to the grid somewhere. I am therefore confused by an 11kWh battery causing problems. That is what it can produce over a sustained period of time, not what energy it gets to recharge it. If it did, it would go from empty to full in 1 hour. Which is more likely to melt the battery than anything else.

[@didgerich]

Brilliantly and clearly spoken - thank you. I'm in the solar/battery industry and it certainly is a step towards the future and will only get cleaner and cheaper.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Excellent news Robert. Hope to see you at Blenheim this weekend

[@Geek_Pie]

Robert sir, you're a legend. Come to Bristol and let me buy you a pint. Thanks for the videos!!

[@sparklypidgeon7516]

Robert. Your videos are absolutely quality! Thank you so much for doing what you do

[@AlanStainer]

I am playing catch up after a summer break. There is so much information in this video!

[@simoncanfer5030]

Wow, great concrete balls. They could be the foundation of the wind turbine itself!

[@superdau]

More like an anchor, because a foundation several hundred meters deep won't help much.

[@global_nomad.]

two per turbine perhaps....

[@3rdrock]

Nice one Nobal Gonad

[@collinriley4976]

Certain to keep the Germans in place...

[@peterschlieckmann7899]

Sorry, I am very much mobile... lol

[@andreacaviglia530]

It is fascinating how much bad reporters can mislead people's judgment. Thank you Robert for another great news video.

[@eliasatnapier3399]

I had informed Edinburgh University about that study at the time. I had read the whole paper, it had a number of holes in their methodology as well. It was written by an undergrad student who was an intern in the engine parts manufacturer. Someone called me from the press office of the university, we discussed that they don't want to do anything because it may undermine the student and because it was not widely publicised. I guess this changed now.

[@bassbacke]

Three phase electric installations are very common in Germany. Our house (four appartments) has a 80A main fuse (50kW), every appartment has three phase, which is why I have a three-phase 22kW (32A) charger in my garage and you can not just run kettles at the same time but also ovens.

[@denstoneshorte2715]

wonderful, informative, educational and genuinely entertaining....love your enthusiasm for all forms of alternative energy solutions....keep it up Rob.

[@SteveM-ij8ds]

Hey Fully Charged. Im not sure if you remember, but you did a small segment on Evoke Hire Cars/Limo service in Australia, being all Teslas.... Just used them the other day and wouldnt have known about them if you hadnt done a story. Awesome Cars, Awesome service.....looks like ive got myself a new hire car service to use from now on. Keep up the great work

[@ArneVanhove]

Small note: in Belgium, 3phase is quite common. I think half of all homes have it. I have it in my house and not living in a huge castle :) .

[@صريح-ل3ج]

Greetings from a renewable energy supporter from heart of oil land (Saudi Arabia) :)

[@fullychargedshow]

Greetings to you too sir. I hear there is a lot of solar activity in Saudi, which makes a great deal of sense, long may it continue.

[@صريح-ل3ج]

Yes there is, but still in very small scale.. we are trying our best to push the government towards mega solar project.. but with "monarchy government" we don't expect much unfortunately i found this channel on Twitter last month and i'm so glad Big thanks!!.. it gives me hope for the future

[@sophrapsune]

I live in Australia, but had to come to your channel to hear about the solar thermal plant in Port Augusta... AUD$78/MWhr is now below average in Australia, but we have seen a massive surge in electricity prices (double or triple in some states) due to many factors including closing of coal-fired plants that ran at about AUD$40/MWhr.

[@stephen_101]

Nearly 200k subs - only seems like yesterday you hit 100k. Excellent progress team!

[@TheKeule33]

Just want to they thank you. thank you for what you do.

[@thumper1747]

It's Tony Seba...very encouraging and covers a network of vehicles in Denmark that store and shares energy...G

[@stuarthedges3699]

I'm a member of Co-Wheels Car Club, which I suspect in future we will think of as "web 1.0." I don't own a car but I bloody love having one available when I need it. Right now I'm a bit stuck when all the cars in my town are booked out... as autonomous vehicles become more common one will relocate itself from the next town when we get overbooked here. I can't wait.

[@jimweigand8183]

for I love the show . thank you for being a voice for change of the way we think about electricity. Change can be hard to accept .But if we talk about it enough it seems to make it easier. What great ideas you have.

[@PatrickKormann]

Here in Spain I almost had the 'kettle problem'. Replace kettle by well pump. Had to install a timer to make sure EV and pump don't draw power at the same time. (I have 3 phase, but in Spain they limit you anyway)

[@zezizarjaars]

@12:05 , I've heard that Marocco wants to become one of the biggest energysellers out there for Europe in the coming few decades with something like that.

[@pleiadesds2012]

I like how this channel grows. I was here years ago when you had 20000 subs. Congrats on 200K soon :)

[@miltonmiller]

Great video. Very pleasant to watch and great information.

[@ohhforgetme]

Thanks for the fact checking and the great content! 👍🏻

[@gabrielphillips-sanchez7837]

Well done Robert! Keep it up!

[@arifqur1965]

man I really love your child like immature British humor. you just made my day. looking forward to the next episode. Peace

[@zezizarjaars]

@4:20 I think a battery swap station for trucks could help to safe such energy, I'll explain. I once had an idea to make electric trucks with like 300kW batteries and have another 700kW battery in the trailer, I think that's possible and will create an up to 1500 mile range or so, on top of that, you can have solar panels on the roof of the trailer which will generate about 10kW a day. Now I think that a lot of compagnies who have a lot of trucks around: Distribution centres for example, or massive warehouses, who some times have over a 1000 trucks for the compagnie, they can have a massive battery swap station, they are allowed to take a long time before the battery should be fully charged again, as long as you got like 10 ready to be taken by trucks, you can keep the other 990 half full. This way they can charge when electricity is cheap (or even free appearantly), and can stop charging (or even offer a bit of the energy) if the demand for electricity is unexpectedly high. The battery capacity for like a 1000 trucks is so big, that it could help the grid massively becoming more stable. I also think only the trailer should be able to swap batteries, this so all parts of the combo continually have electricity. At this moment superchargers are teasing the grid by unexpectedly asking up to a 120kW each car, while possibly using 0 energy just a couple of minits later, it's hard for a power plant to predict such a thing and 120kW is quite something, just google how much energy an avarage family uses a day right now. A massive battery swap system can help the grid massively becoming stable, in both unexpected low, as well as high demand. It's basically what the Australians recently bought, while beïng a massive battery swap system for trucks at the same time.

[@zezizarjaars]

I know, but a compagny that got a 1000 rolling trucks already and massive energysuppliers that get permission to keep their grid in controll using those batteries and on top of that, the government, also have quite a big budget. Especially if they know they will get their money back over time anyway, only have a "charging time" of 90 seconds instead of 90 minits for 700kW and next to all that, knowing and proving it's good for the environment and economy and that's always a good thing to score customers or/and investors with.

[@zezizarjaars]

They can also do it slowly, for example a compagny like Tesco, who got like 25 or so distribution centres, they can make one distribution centre with electric vehicles and such a battery swap station. Then they can also throw away their 5% worst, or broken trucks from all the other centres and replace them by the trucks that used to drive around this swap station. That way they can take their time till all trucks would have been broken anyway.

[@aigarius]

There is no point in having swap stations for trucks. Truck by law drive slowly and have a strict limit of allowed hours driven per day. So you just need enough power in a truck to be able to drive those hours and you will have plenty of time to recharge them overnight during the drivers mandatory break. Even with the increased power consumption it is sufficient for the big trucks to have ~800kWh of batteries to last them trough the day of heavy hauling. And you can still recharge that overnight via a single 150kW CCS connection.

[@zezizarjaars]

Unless you got two drivers, or unless Tesla is going to release their autopilot thing completely within a few years.

[@aigarius]

Two drivers are super rare - 99% of trucks at night are parked at truck stops. You can drive for hours on highways after midnight without seeing a single truck. As for autopilot - that will only decrease range problems as autopilot trucks will just stop, quick charge and go on. Why worry about range - you cargo will get there whenever. But that will not for another decade at least before the legislation actually catches up to technology.

[@snow0x006]

Re: Shared Ownership It worked really well for us we used the car club for quick runs and then hired normally for weekend trips. But then we had kids and getting the car seats in and out was such a pain that it just became impractical. Still a way to go to get round these issues but they will soon.

[@johannpeterengels2246]

Continental has developed an alloy break witch is especilly developed for electric cars, because they seldom need breaks, and iron breaks rust. In Germany the latest fairy tale about too many EV charging was spread by Bavarian and Rhineland Pfalzian electric companies. They say the peak demand of EV charging could weaken the south German grid, so they call for money to cope that. The Hamburg Electric company just stated the opposite, and intelligent charging as you told is lowering peak use of electricity. How much false "Angst" P.S. real good channel you're initiated!

[@tompaterson07]

Great video as always. Just been looking at the kettle and car charging at the same time for the house, as I'm getting a large point fitted in a couple of weeks. I have a smart meter and with the 13 amp charger and kettle, computers, microwave on I was using 2.5kwh of energy. So should be alright. Thanks for revealing the truth.

[@emmajnation-emma]

Sinking 80 concrete balls, each 30 metres in diameter, in the North Sea would raise the mean sea level by about 0.0015 millimetres!

[@MercedesAMGsRULE]

Emma Jacobs absolutely brilliant! I love it when people work thing out like this. I do it myself quite often! Thank you! 👍

[@colconn57]

well, that is significant if you are .0013 millimetres tall!

[@fernandoandaluz7705]

All in all a very well thought way to present these concepts and how the will shape the near future landscape if viability allows it.

[@danielwillits2173]

Robert, love your show, so well researched and expressed. Regarding flexible grid I think you'll find a podcast by 99% invisible very interesting... episode 257, Reversing the Grid, 2nd May 2017. You may have heard it already or know it's contents well but if not I assure you you'll enjoy it. I appreciate all you're doing and find it enlightening and inspirational. Keep it up 👍🏻

[@jasonstainer919]

We all know the main problem with renewables not getting more support is the oil industry.

[@benburton3496]

Like You said it 5% of South Australia's demand, sweet FA towards what's required!

[@rustytravelboyrob6181]

Love your take on those German Balls. Big giggle.

[@neilcrook861]

The Times article made the distinction between 7 and 11kw chargers was length of charge time so his dismissal is wrong. Flexi grids require discipline on part of the consumer as it needs the car to be plugged all the time it is not being used.

[@danfry909]

Loving the sound quality!

[@09EvoX]

Loving your videos, Krytey!

[@mgboyes]

The other thing that everyone forgets is that National Grid are a profit-making company. They're not a government department; they're a business, with shareholders and a board of directors and big fat salaries and bonuses to pay. So anything their press department puts out is naturally designed to promote their business interests. In this case, they'd much prefer to run new high voltage supplies to a few thousand charging hubs than for the regional distribution companies to be the ones getting all the business upgrading local substations and home supplies...

[@rolfruisinger6809]

remember: not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win ..

[@RandomActsOfMusic1]

I am not sure if this is different In the uk, but here in North America the standard for household electricity is 200 amps at 240v coming into your home, which is 48kw. You certainly don't need 3 phase power for an 11 kw charger to be installed in your home(its about the same as a high end hot tub) . Just thought I'd pipe up, I really enjoy your show.

[@AaronCunnington]

Robert, I love how you put these annoying stories to bed! It's important that you do so - there's a massive amount of misinformation and, for want of a better word, anti-EV propaganda, that makes the local newspapers. It's frustrating that the papers paint such a negative picture of electric vehicles and fail to mention any of the benefits - not just in driving experience, safety, and convenience, but for the general populous, the grid, and how they can improve the lives even of those who do not drive them. Keep up the good work!

[@antpowell5974]

I may be wrong here, but I think that some US power utility companies make a charge on people with PV Systems in order to recover the cost of their stranded assets, gas powered peaker generating plants etc. Couldn't happen here in UK though.

[@maxtorque2277]

UK houses have, typically an 80A main fuse. Some flats, or very small houses might have a 60A fuse. So lets take that as the worst case (see note at end). 240V (rms) x 60 is 14,400 or 14kW. So assuming you're putting 11kW into your car (which as Bobby says, you can't (7kW is max single phase charger) then you have 3 kW "spare", which is what a (big)kettle takes. So, even with an illegally fitted 11kW charger, and that huge, 3kW kettle, you're still ok! (note, the main fuse fitted to your incoming mains spur is a passive fuse. that has a strip of metal, which is heated by the current passing through it. It's nominal rating, ie 60A is it's HOLDING current under worst case conditions (highest ambient temp) In reality, your primary 60A fuse would not actually "blow" quickly until around twice it's rated current is pulled, most fuses have a time rating of between 2 and 10 seconds at twice there rated current)

[@ollie42]

7:22 ... ayyyyy I live near Camborne 😂👌proper job lads

[@Alrukitaf]

So great to hear perfect sense being spoken, without the vested interests puppeteering all the rubbish that comes from the papers. So good that these events are highlighted. I’d be interested in interviews of the editors who publish such misleading articles and see what they have to say. An apology perhaps?

[@ynk996]

You make laugh man! cheers! and very informative at the same time .

[@doubledutch13]

Just changed my Model S front tyres (70R) after 52500 miles. Better than my other cars in the past.

[@stevedutcher3875]

Thanks, really looking forward to that video. Just so you know you have great videos, look forward for each one!!

[@OriginalPiMan]

I can't run my washer and drier at the same time without a risk of tripping a switch, but I can run either one and the kettle and charge my car without any risk. It does help that my laundry, kitchen and garage are on three different switches within the house's whole circuit.

[@WeirdSeagul]

What makes it complex and exciting is autonomous vehicles are coming hand in hand with electric cars. i love it

[@fredbloggs5822]

My house is single phase but has a 90A incoming line. 11kW is only around 45A. Turning on a 3kW kettle is going to be no problem even with all the lights, TVs and computers switched on.

[@wildcardclothing5233]

Great work as ever Robert and team I love watching your videos. With regards to the misinformation stories at the top of this show, I have a great book to recommend which your viewers might like. Ryan Holiday wrote 'trust me I'm lying ' which is all about how stories of questionable integrity can be posted and traded up the chain to impact mainstream media and circumvent responsible journalistic rigorous. It's a great read, fascinating and truly the scariest book I have ever read.

[@wildcardclothing5233]

Here's a handy link for anyone that's interested books.google.co.uk/books/about/Trust_Me_I_m_Lying.html?id=7447kGFNSOgC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y

[@FerroNeoBoron]

"They're like the early TED talks" oooh, subtle burn.

[@AshMenon]

When we talk about a flexible grid, is there a % of power loss from storage, transfer between various parts of the grid, etc?

[@TinManBushcraft]

Quick calculation regarding rise of the sea level : A 30 m ball has a volume of V = 4/3 * pi * r³ with r = 15m -> V = 14137 m³. Spread over the water-covered surface of the planet (A = approx. 362.000.000 km² or 362.000.000.000.000m²) means V/A = 3,9E-11 Meters or 0,039 Nanometers or 39 Picometers per concrete ball, which is about the atomic radius of a Hydrogen atom. Thats nothing to joke about. :D

[@darkkevind]

I do like these Fully Charged videos Robert, but you shouldn't patronise ALL your viewers/commenters based on a few trolls. I imagine many of your viewers, because of he nature of this channel, actually know what they're talking about, but you mustn't be sarcastic like that otherwise you may alienate those of us who know a thing or two, from interacting. The more comments and the more likes, the more popular the video becomes remember... Keep up the rest of the good work though, I love this channel! :)

[@toeknee182]

Hilarious ending with the German balls raising sea level... Your humour is the best... Thanks...

[@IanEdwards]

I have a 22 mile commute in rural North Wales. No buses, no trains and over some substantial mountains. A car is my only option. I also have three huskies. So what type of autonomous vehicle could I use for my commute and husky meets?

[@JohnnyJAndersen]

I would like to upvote this video more than once. Enjoy the nice debunking of misinformation.

[@MrTheConga]

Awesome video, thank you as always for leaving a smile on my face! Just one quick question about the solar-thermal power plant in Australia: What would have been the power output of the gas powered power plant? Just for comparison

[@rhiadmarhes9291]

Great work Robert

[@restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

You had me right up to "ownership model"...

[@maniaq77]

my Google fu is not up to the task of finding anything that shows that Edinburgh University study was withdrawn, or that it was paid for by Norwegian parts manufacturer? just the study itself and a lot of others, citing it...

[@colsylvester639]

Another great vid but wanted to ask, aren't renewables switched off when there's excess available? Usually the network stability gets protected by switching them off....this would be where we'd need storage, and so a smart / flexible grid would be great.

[@louisewillard5184]

I bought a 2001 Toyota Prius and it had over 200,000 miles when I traded it in never had the brakes changed.

[@OscarLeeMX]

Is there a point in batteries if your country uses a constant electricity tariff?

[@teslafenn]

I live in Germany, most of Installation has three phase I installed a 11 kw Wallbox and could have 22kW Additionally all the house can be surplied with power A Supercharger would be to much😂 Greetings from Germany Hartmuth

[@PaulSmith-zx2ru]

One thing I think people will have to get used to is the diversity of energy storage, supply and generation gone are the day's of one big power station supplying a area. We need to provide power based on what the local natural environment and resources provide.

[@jarlingesandvik9883]

In Norway this summer we cud have don Rain power from Rofftops. 70 days of rain in westcost. By pumping rampump water into conteiner on higer levels. And flus it down som 10meters to a genrator. Orejust have Home made biogass from manure and gras pumpe to bottelgas from old ac compresors

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Another great presentation

[@alexandrefernandes9233]

EV connected to the grid is the future key for the stability of the grid.

[@OghamTheBold]

Freshwater lake - _wud_ : German - BBC (Big Balls : Concrete) - work #OUT #IN - SS (Salty Seas) *_R > G_*

[@machine60]

We have a 100 kw service here in Florida. Charging the car requires 10 kw or less. I will be careful not to use a 90 kw kettle. What is a kettle anyway?

[@MikeDent]

You suggested the cost of a home solar system could be recouped in 2 to 5 years? I admit to being a total beginner at this and have always ignored solar as I imagined it took more like 20 years to see a return? What I am wondering is, coupled with a battery system, what is the average cost of solar panel/battery system for a 4 bed detached house? Sadly our roof faces E/W and I realise this is not optimum but I do see several installs setup on roofs in this direction. I find the whole idea of storing power through the day and keeping it in batteries until it can be used more in the evening to be fascinating!

[@jestronixhanderson9898]

Using your van battery to earn money overnight raises the question of battery degradation by increased use. Current lithium is at best 1500 full cycles ? Great episode :) solar thermal in sunny countries like Australia could easily remove traditional power generation. Or 30klm square of PV.

[@RichardKingADI]

I think I've read that Tesla batteries are expected to last at least the life of the car, and would probably still be useable for other purposes for years after that!

[@Argoon1981]

That is because current normal household and cellphone batteries ARE MADE to last a low amount of time, that is planed obsolescence in action, they are perfectly able to do batteries that live longer and Elon Musk's Tesla did it because they wanted to dismiss all the wrong assumptions about electric cars.

[@m1aws]

Richard King, Hahaha! the master of understatement :) They have an *8 year, unlimited mileage warranty * on the battery pack. techcrunch.com/2016/09/29/tales-from-a-tesla-model-s-at-200k-miles/

[@fullychargedshow]

I will refer to the results of a test in V2G battery use, everything indicates that it increases the life of the battery contrary to everyone's expectations

[@MsSomeonenew]

Full cycles are the big killer, LiIon batteries can last much longer with partial cycles, especially on the upper end. If you never take them past 80% their life span can go well past two decades.

[@zlozlozlo]

FEWER cars, Robert.

[@roberthiggins6401]

Concrete Balls! Goodness, Gracious! Sounds Great!

[@mrjaffar]

Bob, Getting permission from the National Grid to connect your Powerwall was there an issue? Only the Grid appears to be having difficulty giving permission, along with not knowing how to deal with off-peak overnight charging (ie. Economy seven)?

[@richardstevenson6623]

Hope you liked your time in Edinburgh during the festivel

[@JohnC-iv8jo]

Thanks for this, brilliant stuff :-)

[@petedavis8701]

Always fascinating Thanks

[@danthebat666]

Great sound!

[@mrjonas9657]

We have 3 phase .... quite normal here up north :D

[@TheNightwalker247]

i always love to see the show

[@OriginalPiMan]

It wouldn't be the first time German balls almost ruined the world.

[@ellieban]

I thought he was 50% deficient in that area? Isn't there a famous song about it?

[@FritzSchober]

Don't mention the war!

[@naybobdenod]

You started it, no we didn't`t, yes you did, you invaded Poland lol. Good comment F.S. Sincerely.

[@busog97641]

+F. S. "I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it" :'D

[@mbirth]

That guy was an Austrian.