1 Week Living with Tesla Powerwall 3

[@flyshacker]

Thank you for this update! We will be getting our Powerwall3 and solar panels installed in perhaps 2 months. Great to hear how well you are adjusting to your new system! I look forward to more updates.

[@clintwilliams8026]

Man I loooove your house, looks amazing. Thank you for all your Telsa content, i think im slowing being converted into buying a used model 3 over a camry.

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks Clint. Hope you decide to get the Tesla, you'll love it.

[@oggyoggy1299]

Haha! 😂 A Camry.

[@USNEM]

Camert will outlast 5 teslas in its lifetime.

[@xploration1437]

@@USNEMlol, no

[@KiwiShoot]

Don’t buy the Camry. Guess where fuel prices will be in 10years time

[@jacobheinz8236]

Congrats Ryan and wifey on your new home! Thanks for the video. Oh, Happy New Year!

[@Aarav_Vispute]

OMG CONGRATULATIONS Ryan on your new house 🏠 🎉✨️ Amazing Video, it has some very good information about the powerwall which I need here in Australia Thanks 🎉🎉

[@RobET1145]

I just yelled to my wife, LOOK! It’s Ryan on A Current Affair. I love your new house and power setup. Well done and congratulations.

[@RyanCowan]

haha thanks

[@Truthfulnerd]

those are some brilliant insights into the 1st week of using the powerwall 3.

[@214lilley]

Well done and congrats on moving into your new home. The PowerWall 3 looks like an incredible system, looking forward to further updates on it. Thanks.

[@8366arthur]

Congrats! The house looks fantastic, and I am now convinced about the power-wall. I remember subscribing to your channel when you first got your Model 3; it's great to see how far you've come and to view your excellent content.

[@michaelgatti3948]

Congratulations on the new house Ryan. It looks fantastic! And another great vid. Well done. 👍🏼

[@go4thewin531]

Ryan I just absolutely love everything about your house. The location, the energy system, and the style of it. You go into in depth perfectly for people who may not understand this sort of stuff. I absolutely love your styles of video. Being an og, 15k subscribers on wards, watching every one of your videos I've just watched you continue to grow, and you deserve nothing short of that! Out of every KZbin channel I've ever watched, on every topic, even people that make videos on topics you do as well, you just take the cake. I'm so happy for you Ryan, you're truly living the dream life. What a beautiful family! Willow will just absolutely love growing up there, just the nature in the background is just so calming even listening to it!. Luckily we live a 20 minute drive from the mountains! I messaged you on Insta today about the Dyson floor mop, and then talked about the Teslas rim being damaged from that pot hole, quick update, Tesla mobile service came out, they took the wheel off and there was actually a dent in the rim, they suggested we go to a 3rd party wheel repair shop. :) Have a good one Ryan! Keep up all the good work!

[@RyanCowan]

Wow, thank you so much. That means a lot. And yes, we agree-should be a great spot for Willow to grow up. We are so glad to finally be in the new home after so many years of waiting. I'll message you on insta.

[@go4thewin531]

@@RyanCowan Anytime mate, you really deserve it!

[@SaxonWeiss]

thanks so much for all the videos about the tesla Ryan! We are thinking about getting the tesla!! cant wait for more vids!😀

[@ea3928]

Congratulations on the new house! Looks really nice. Keep up the good work.

[@peterwundersitz3715]

I have a 9 kW battery that drops to 20% which is the minimum on some nights them imports from the grid, but most nights with the bedroom AC on, it gets through until the sun comes back. I love it. With the main AC on through the day, I watch the graph and modify what I put into the Model Y, just using solar.....and of course the dish washer cycles only when there is plenty of free power. I do wish I had bought a Tesla power wall.

[@hotherside]

Happy new year and congratulations on the new home Ryan and Ryan's family!

[@traill8040]

congratulations on the new house, well deserved.

[@ricoschmidheiny]

Really informative video! And I loooove minimalist vibe of your new home!! Keep it up Ryan!

[@Aarav_Vispute]

Ryan breaking new THE REFRESHED MODEL Y IS OUT IN AUSTRALIA 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Although they are starting with limited launch series which is more costly than the normal refresh model y 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@stevestesla9120]

Thanks Ryan, I’ve had my Powerwall 3 in Wollonging for 2 months now and I learned a few tips from your video. Thanks. Steve

[@RyanCowan]

Nice ! Congrats. Thanks

[@squintywhisper8247]

You’re house is beautiful and I love the details about power wall 3! Thank you for making this content, I share it all the time with friends and family. 😊

[@RyanCowan]

Thank you ! 🙏

[@lordsimquad]

Congrats on the new house mate. Looking forward to more videos like this.

[@mackymaxy]

Looks great.need details on how you get this,cost and installation and total cost.

[@That-Guy_]

I have Tesla solar panels and powerwalls on my house and it's been amazing. Has gotten me through the winter blackout and hurricane power outages.

[@simonbell6745]

Wow a house, car and lifestyle of the future. Excellent.

[@SydneyEV]

Very nice, we are looking to move rural very soon, will be very interested to hear more about the build, costs and pitfalls etc. When it comes to using excess solar energy, we have installed heat pump hot water, and set to heat at 12 pm to 3 pm, and now cook and eat main meals at lunch time, so we are cooking with induction using excess, and not eating at night, (also lost weight doing that) and use air condition to turn the house into a thermal battery, cool the house to low temp, so when solar stops for the day, no need to run air con through night as home is already cool.

[@nareshkrishnakumar9819]

Congrats on your new house Ryan!

[@thopham13]

The house looks so nice! Blends in well with the environment. Good use of colorbond 😊. Can't wait to see the house tour

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks mate ! How's the charger going ? 😉

[@LairdTesla]

Love your videos Ryan. We have just installed a Tesla Powerwall too. It's been great!

[@RyanCowan]

Oh amazing, nice work !! And thank you !

[@TheRobins1m]

Beautiful mate. Well done.

[@aaronkay101kinetic]

Thank you for making energy efficient content with an Aussie twist! Congrats on your new home! It looks incredible and keep the Tesla videos coming!

[@RyanCowan]

Appreciate that Aaron !

[@Pinogris]

Would love to know the economics of when you estimate to break even and then actually net save versus pulling from the grid.

[@wazakiYEAH]

Hi mate, thanks for sharing this. I’m now interested in getting a Tesla Powerwall for my house in the near future. Keep us updated. Cheers

[@Mr.Monta77]

You sound like a bot.

[@hellhole7422]

Gratz on the house! Cheers for the info also, i didn't even know we had PW3 in AU's yet. I have the PW2 atm and am about to order a 2nd PW2 and will have max 10kw output during peak loads. Most I ever pull during evenings is around 8kw.

[@RyanCowan]

Cheers, glad you found it useful! Nice work on PW2, that will be a great setup

[@ultanbrady]

This is the dream! Amazing

[@locksmack]

House looks amazing Ryan. Winter is sure to be a good test for the Powerwall (and the house) - it gets very chilly up this way! Can I ask what the system cost? The installers looked pretty pro.

[@WhiteEvo6]

Congrats to the family on your new home 👍 Thanks for the review on the powerwall 3 I really wanted the Powerwall 3 but it only supports a single phase and my homes 3 phase 😞 Wish Tesla would create power walls for 3 phase homes, unfortunately I’m looking at models from BYD but I just can’t make myself buy it as from the reviews like anything not Tesla the software isn’t up to spec and they don’t instantly switch over in a power outage 😢

[@henvan8737]

Hi Ryan , congratulations on your new home. I live in the Lilydale area and from the mountains in your video shots it appears you may also be in the area. We have been at your Tesla get together's in the past. Look forward to catching up again in the future. Cheers Henny

[@RyanCowan]

We are about 3 hours away from Lilydale 😅

[@J.Edemann]

Lets get that video of the house! Really gorgeous! Please in depth 😁👌 id like to have one just like that here in Denmark.

[@Gizmo1251]

Nice home and a great solution for Going of grid

[@MatthewBayard]

What a great house tour! I would like to highlight the installation of an indoor fireplace. It will make for terrible indoor and outdoor air quality. Indoor fireplaces also create really bad draughts.

[@RyanCowan]

You're not wrong !! 😂 Not even sure if we'll use it with the little one.

[@Pepper.123]

i thought the same, it doesn't fit the eco-friendly nature of the rest of ryans setup :) I would discourage anyone from using wood fires, as they smoke up the nice countryside. Here in the Dandenong's its terrible in winter, with every 5th house having a smoking chimney.

[@alannapier3868]

Hi Ryan, thanks for another very informative video! Love what you have done with your new home. We will similarly be building a new all electric, 3 Phase home this year and will be installing 14KW Solar + Tesla PW3 Battery and Gateway to provide power to charge similar appliances to what you have covered, including our Tesla MY via a Tesla 3 Phase Wall Charger. Interested to know how you approached Back-up power to your 3 Phase home from the PW3's single phase supply. We plan to just have the essential things like fridge, lighting, and power to the kitchen/living room, network eqt on the backup phase. Thanks again, and Happy New Year!

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks mate. Our house is single phase.

[@Pepper.123]

@@RyanCowan how do you charge your car at 10kw then? does the pw enable faster charging on the wall charger?

[@tonyoz1]

As an elec eng, the most important upgrade of PW3 is the DC coupling of the panels via the in-built MPPT's - saves the cost of external AC coupled inverters and provides armageddon capability. 10kW single phase sustained is still too low IMHO. In my setup, I have a large house on acreage in NW Sydney - 64kWh LFP, 3 x Victron inverter/chargers (8kW sustained and 20kW peak per phase) sharing the battery (yes, sharing is the vitally important as phase loads are never balanced), 40kW AC coupled and 10kW DC coupled panels. For overcast skies mid-winter, battery struggles to fully charge daily, so you'll face the same challenge. I can export to the grid and this pays for the daily connection charge from August to May. Also, I chose a 3 phase aircon that has a wide ramping capability (MHI 20kW -> 22kW max and 5kW min) - this is important to optimise energy usage when turned on and each room is a separate zone.

[@RyanCowan]

Nice !! Sounds like an amazing setup. We only have single phase available in our rural location. The installer mentioned multiple times how good to the DC coupling is with PW3, so will be sure to mention this in future content.

[@fasihur-rehman7695]

love your passion man

[@wyx087]

For Tesla’s charge on solar feature to appear. You need to set permission to export to yes. As soon as I set it, the feature appeared on the car page. I tested backup power feature, it took a few seconds to switch over. Not quick enough for computers, still need UPS on critical infrastructure such as NAS and Home Assistant server. What water tank is that? They are usually indoors only, would be good to install it outside when I change over to heat pump heating.

[@miananuk]

Beautiful House, congratulations!! 😊

[@techreview8661]

Huge congratulations on the completion of the new place. Made me laugh when you said you wanted it by the frount door 😂. Hopefully after the farm is finished we can do a similar thing in malvern. How many kWh is your solar? Also yes our friends don’t use three heated flooring in bathrooms because of how much energy it costs. Congrats again!🎉

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks mate ! 9.24kW solar system.

[@ronwinn879]

Great video - howdy from Texas.

[@oldchev2850]

Ryan, you appreciate having the Powerwall during those power outages. Sorry if you did mention the size of your solar but how many kilowatts is it and is it three phase. I'd love to know the figures like peak output in the middle of the day and production for a day. Is it ok to charge your car from the battery? I guess if you're not home through the day, you can't go direct from solar. I just thought I'd heard it wasn't that great to charge an ev from the Powerwall. You'll be set when you get your excess exported to the grid. That'll help pay down the initial outlay

[@EMERGENCYRESPONSEVIC]

Yeah that would be awesome to know. I have solar panels on my home, not Tesla ones though, and we are operating with the largest amount we can without upgrading our inverter and power system and whatnot. The 22 panels can still struggle to power our hot water, dishwasher and washing machine at the same time, though we don't have a battery yet because we are waiting on the price to get smaller and the tech to get safer.

[@RyanCowan]

9.24kW solar system, single phase power. You can 'top up' your car from Powerwall like I was, but the cars battery is MUCH bigger, so wouldn't normally do this. It was just because we hadn't moved in yet.

[@oldchev2850]

That's good to know Ryan, thank you. Mine is also single phase and maxed out in Queensland as 10kw. I'm seriously thinking about a new y. I have a fair bit of excess power that does get fed into the grid but given the difference between feed in tariff and cost of night time power, I need to feed in 2.5 times what I buy to break even. A battery changes all that but it's just that initial outlay. Good on you for taking the leap with it all. Something I would have done is go solar hot water We've had our system for just under 20 years and still performs well. (Touch wood) Thanks for the reply. Cheers Peter

[@ZachSolar]

Such a cool house! Well done 🔋 Powerwall looks clean too

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks !

[@melbourneplanespotter3631]

That's an amazing house and in an even better location! Looking forward to seeing more about it! P.S. Just got solar installed in my house. I wish I'd known about potentially going the Tesla route (I don't drive a Tesla), though, perhaps I can get the Tesla battery in the future, as I've not installed a battery for now (waiting for possible Vic Gov incentives).

[@shannonmccartan4070]

Hi Ryan, can you share details on your solar system setup and any other smart home devices installed? We are building in Perth and looking to do a complete smart home setup. First quote for a PW3 supply and install was $18k and that’s without solar panels. Thanks 🙏

[@zenth]

Would be interested to know the details of the setup too.

[@olyalphy]

Log out of your Tesla App and back in, and it will then prompt you to enable the Charge On Solar feature. I think there is also a setting within the car to enable this… maybe have a dig around in the charging menu.

[@aususer]

You’re REALLY going to love those blackouts when you can connect your car as a battery too!

[@mrwezbo]

Stumbled upon this vid, house looks amazing. Whereabouts in vic you live? Really interested to see how it goes in winter

[@RyanCowan]

Thank you ! We're Mount Macedon region.

[@Billywoo12]

This is very cool! Great video.

[@RyanCowan]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@BEN_HARDY]

Just saw you on a current affair channel 9 keep up the great work mate!

[@Myyoutube99-h9w]

You are so privileged to live this kind of life. I envy you ! You should be very proud

[@RyanCowan]

Feeling very lucky and grateful.

[@Sensei_Sifu]

🎶🎶 Ryan livin his best lyfe, for you teslas 🎶🎶

[@breakb]

Hey Ryan, great video, congrats on the new house. How long on average does it take to charge your Model Y from the PW3?

[@RyanCowan]

Model Y is 60kWh and Powerwall is 13kWh .. so only can be used to top up when in need and don't want to pull from grid.

[@joenet69]

Thanks for this video and congrats on your new home :) One question: What would happen if you wanted to draw more power from the Powerwall than it can handle during a power outage?

[@RyanCowan]

Great question, will have to try ! The app does a good job of showing current power usage during outage

[@didipkerabat]

The house is ballin.

[@Chozzer]

Nice. Zero export, Ryan. Is that a limitation from the grid operator in that area. I like the flexibility of the powerwall to sign up to Virtual Power Plant plans as well.

[@boraoku]

Hey there! Thanks for the video. Brilliant as usual… I’m just curious about one thing: how did you manage to drill holes on the roof without compromising the waterproofing?

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks. Asked installer about this and he gave me a detailed answer 😅 Basically, with a pitched metal roof like ours, it's the easiest install they can do. He guaranteed me waterproofing is not compromised in any way.

[@nilesuser802]

Dream house for me! Some land and a nice house 100% on solar. Congrats man!

[@MrRoxal]

Wow, I want the same set up :) Nice!

[@jamesnelson2508]

I'm surprised you didn't go all out @RyanCowan and go 3 phase. You would have had faster 11kW EV changing and you could have put in a larger solar/BESS system as well. House looks great btw 👌

[@RyanCowan]

Can't get 3 phase in our rural location

[@lawrencecoleman6998]

Ryan, what’s you take on whether Tesla will allow their cars to supplement the grid via a solar system. Feed in tariff during the day now is rubbish, it’s negative numbers. So if we could take say 10-15kWh from the Mod Y during the evening hours when the tariff is high that would be ideal for us. We have a 10kW solar battery, an LG i’m afraid, but that’s to run the house at night. The car usually charges during the day 3 days/wk. It would be a great disincentive to buy a Tesla EV if they couldn’t supplement the grid even though it’s competing with their own powerwall. Do you think they’ll come to the party or not Ryan. Cheers! Great blog btw👍👍

[@Epic3032]

my household has the Powerwall 2 with our 8kw solar panel system

[@westsiyed]

im an architectural designer, i love this house. nice work!

[@RyanCowan]

Thank you ! 🙏

[@stevieg8503]

Very happy with my PW3, I'm on Amber for grid power and as such have given them control for exports. Still not sure if that is the right choice, only time will tell.

[@RyanCowan]

Nice ! I will be trying out Amber as well once we can export.

[@AdamBavoľár]

Hi your house with that parked tesla outside looks amazing!❤ make more tesla videos i love them

[@Mr.Monta77]

I would never buy a Tesla/Musk product.

[@beeraaaaad]

Do you think the cost of the powerwall is justified? Feels like it would take many years to pay itself off. Would love an update vid once it can feed back into the grid. I wasnt aware it couldnt do that!

[@lorneschultze1901]

Thanks for a great video Ryan. Are you happy to share roughly what the Powerwall alone cost you? Also I was a little confused about "solar nowhere to go" part. Did you mean the grid would not take it at that point in the day? Or that the battery was charged? I'm sure it made sense, just not to me!

[@RyanCowan]

Battery was 100% and cant export to grid yet

[@Hapi2bpba]

Great setup - I assume you are using the car’s battery to increase capacity during peak demand?

[@RyanCowan]

Not possible, yet.

[@lightyearsaway797]

I might have missed the total amount of equipment costs and installation cost. For example how many solar panel’s panels, power wall 3 and labour installation costs. A rough estimate would be great thank you

[@RyanCowan]

Yeah apologies I should have included this. Will mention in next video. 21 panels, 9.24kW

[@CowellChris]

Hey Ryan, just sign out of your Tesla app, close the app, then open it and sign back in again. Charge on solar will then show up for you to set up ✅👍

[@RyanCowan]

Legend ! Thank you !

[@CowellChris]

@ Enjoy your free sunshine ☀️

[@forever060]

Hey Ryan great video! Thanks for sharing your experience. A question, you said you can use air con and charging your car at night and your PW3 never drops below 50%? I would think air con and charing would easily run over 13kwh in 10 hours.

[@RyanCowan]

Just in the first week, we haven't dropped below 50%. Our house is built on passive principles so very rarely do we need heating or cooling. We have only charged the car via solar since we moved in.

[@Drufi]

I was wondering where my Sulfur crested cockatoos had flown off too, mystery solved! Great video Ryan 👍

[@RyanCowan]

haha yeah mate, they are all hanging at our place 😂 hundreds of them

[@andrewblackshaw10]

Good on you mate

[@tbranson9323]

Interesting that you guys stayed on single phase for a new build with an EV. Would take you from 7.3kW/h charging to 11kW/h to really utilise the PV array. Either way, really clean and a versatile system.

[@RyanCowan]

Can't get 3 phase in our area otherwise would have.

[@MrGraceo77]

Nice work Ryan, have you looked at Amber as a power provider that can also sync with your Tesla Powerwall and car??

[@RyanCowan]

Yep ! Once we can export

[@peterkelly1406]

Great info ... I have forwarded to mates ... Thanks

[@JamesPlozza]

Great video boss.

[@0my]

Your water heater is outside? Is that normal in your climate? Does it get cold there?

[@nicomario4183]

Very interesting ! Thanks

[@cargeek4777]

Hi what is the price for PW down there ? Denmark here, yet to get to market....

[@edburgler5161]

Thanks for the video. How many square feet is your home and do you know at what point you would need a second power wall 3? Also do you still get a rebate for purchasing a power wall?

[@h2rider953]

What size solar do you have? Loved the Current Affait segment.

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks. 9.24kW

[@h2rider953]

@@RyanCowan I have 8.8 kW hoping to expand to 13.2 kW in the middle of January. I have powerwall 2 and heat pump for hot water, still on credit with my power company. Waiting for my December bill but have about $150 credit. Love your set up.

[@rvecranges]

Congrats on the new build. Can l ask how many kW & brand of your aircon? Thx in advance.

[@captaindasbomb6862]

Looks like a Toshiba Digital Inverter perhaps 14kW Cooling

[@samdimopoulos5981]

Hey Ryan, I am getting a 10.5kW system together with the Powerwall 3 installed at the end of February and just wanted to ask (if you want to share) how much you were quoted for. I was quoted a little over $22,000.

[@anto11b]

I was quoted 20k but have an existing 11.2kw solar panels with. 10kw inverter. The only thing I’m paying for is admin fee and connection fee from Ergon energy which The government rebate pays for with the Federal and State(QLD) rebate. That’s why I never bought one. In 10-12 or even 15 years the solar wouldn’t pay it off or back plus you’re going to have to replace the battery in that time.

[@goliathonscave9834]

I don't know why anyone would send excess power back to the grid. You should have enough batteries to capture all your solar. BTW, the house looks great!

[@RyanCowan]

Yeah especially when they basically pay you nothing for it ! But Tesla Energy and Amber Electric can allow you to make back good money when draining your battery at peak times-something I will explore.

[@edwardm.3710]

Problem is capacity of this powerwall 3 hasn't changed from 2, although it can use 10kw at peak that means can only run 1 hour or so at that level given capacity is about 13kwh, my powerwall 2 during winter sometime can barely last whole night and rarely actually reach peak 5kw capacity, and I suspect one 3 battery won't make that much difference in my or most peoples case for now

[@EverydayChris]

nice house brah!

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks mate ! You're welcome anytime ! haha

[@lorneschultze1901]

Ok rewatched it!!! Lol. Sorry I understand the fact you can't export at all currently.

[@nikolavonfulton5195]

Not to be intrusive but I am fascinated by being self sufficient and I know Australia has different pricing than the states…. But how much with the power wall, solar panels, and house did your total cost come to?

[@Pepper.123]

im in melbourne, and have 13.5kw solar panels + pw3 on order to replace 13 year old 5kw system and cost is around $22k after rebates. had another quote $24k as well.

[@d3luca964]

How many car charges can the power wall sufficiently provide on a full charge? Is this something you've accommodated in the event there is a power outage and a need to evacuate the area (e.g. bushfires) now that you appear to be regional?

[@RyanCowan]

Powerwall is 13.5kWh and Model Y is 60kWh ! So it's really only for emergency top ups

[@mkii9110]

i dont see charge by solar in the app, how did you get it start?

[@offgriddreaming5403]

Hey mate The house looks nice. How many kw of solar do you have there?

[@RyanCowan]

Thanks. 9.24kW

[@westsiyed]

25 amps on solar only is a lot! how many panels is that?

[@RyanCowan]

21 panels

[@kphaboutdy]

Do you have charge on solar yet? If not try logging out of the Tesla app and log back in again.

[@RyanCowan]

Thank you! Will try this today

[@ColeBlack2]

@@RyanCowanAlso try checking in the car itself. Should show up under the charge settings screen in the car. “Charge on Solar at this location”

[@J.Edemann]

Have you tried or maybe thought about the 7 seater model y?

[@RyanCowan]

Not available in AU. But wouldn't be interested anyway for us.