Stepping Up Our Solar w/ Home Battery Storage!

[@drew_canada]

Kim's videos are so good. No BS, No drama... Just quality! Thank You!

[@budmartin3344]

Is it that hard to tell us the price of the whole setup of this Anker SOLIX?

[@georgew8586]

My brother in law does land development, does all the upfront paperwork and permits, then turns it over to a builder. He just built a small number of townhomes, being in California he needs to include solar. He beefed up the solar and the battery packs that service the units. He calculated that if they lost power and had no sun for week, the system, should keep the units going for the week. His thought is that in the Bay Area, they rarely go without sun for more than 3 days in a row. Plus the utility company now takes weeks or more to attach new homes to the grid, especially on small builds.

[@walkerdarin2003]

Get this man a span panel!

[@Beakerzor]

in Georgia (on "Georgia Power") we only earn just over 8 cents per kwh as power-to-grid (same as it costs from 11pm-7am) yet from June through the end of September electricity costs almost 30 cents/kwh, so a battery really helps keep the energy you capture from the sun

[@wt9653]

Hire a kid to take the garden hose and sprinkler up on the roof. He will do it for a cookie and an attaboy 😊 Before coming down, have him clean the needles out the gutters. My 5,000 dollar solar setup offsets the cost of my Tesla model 3. It's also my backup power when the grid goes down.

[@Yanquetino]

Nice, Kim! Are you ever going to install solar on your home? My array paid for itself years ago, and it's now paying back my 2 Powerwalls. They'll also be paid off in the next couple of months, I'm sure. Even better, we've put a few more kWh into our grid than we've take out of it. I've found that an occasional rain storm is all that's needed to keep our panels clean -but, of course, we don't have the "southern pollen" that turns everything green in your area!

[@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY]

Those look cool on the Brick

[@croomcas]

Thanks. I'm leaning towards 2 Tesla Powerwall 3's with their gateway. I see their prices online and that helps.

[@thewaterboy2013]

Thanks for the video Kim. Cross shopping this with enphase and Tesla powerwall in the next year. Are you able to tell us pricing info? Can't seem to find it on their site and haven't heard from their teams yet.

[@ItsKimJava]

Thanks, I think it’s all being finalized but the link will get you a quote with the correct info.

[@Beakerzor]

I have my batteries set to charge to 100% starting at 11pm since the cost at night is the same as the cost I earn selling back to the grid. This way I always have a full battery in case of a grid failure (which happens at least once a month in Georgia).

[@jimmynguyen2720]

Same here! I get free nights 9-7am. You never know when you’ll need it.

[@ishare1446]

@@jimmynguyen2720 @Beakerzor what systems are you running in georgia with georgia power?

[@robfelts8076]

So... just using solar alone, without any battery optimization, he earned his money back in 8 years. That's much shorter than I assumed.

[@navystalker3083]

Remember that is if the electric company buys it back from you at the same rate as it charges you. In Jacksonville, Florida the electric company buys the energy back from you at such a low rate it makes it hard to make any money, you definitely need a good battery backup in place.

[@MissingNumb]

If you adapt your lifestyle you can still drop your bill low enough to justify purchase even if your getting reduced rate buyback. Consume during the day, cut back after sundown, sticking to an efficient routine I've gotten my bill as low as $20-40 with $.40kwh rates. I've also tested the opposite side of the coin with an " above average" routine (multiple ac run over night), and that lands us anywhere from $120-190. Most people no solar here are paying at least $400+ for that consumption.

[@TheKickBeck]

Got my ROI with my solar panels, which is 5.5years in Australia. No battery.

[@LlyleHunter]

@NuttGreez. That’s my case in South Florida. I sell my electricity back to the power grid and the highest electric bill I’ve had in years is $45.00 where my neighbors pay hundreds.

[@ween4314]

WHATS THE PRICE. I've watched like ten videos nobody says the dang price. It looks great but what we talking 20k 30k 50k what damn

[@johnpoldo8817]

Agree. I want to know cost of solar, cost of batteries, and cost for an electrician to connect everything.

[@YTYTYTY7]

I guess it’s free from solix as it just launched.

[@MichaelHayesagent]

She says it. 20k. In 9 years it will pay for itself.

[@johnpoldo8817]

@@MichaelHayesagent 9 years, that’s an awful long time period.

[@jimjr9143]

Do people not understand how this works ? Apparently not . Anything that requires professional installation will never have a shown price . It can’t . To many things change the price even with the same storage capacity . Price are different from region to region . Cost of labor is also hugely different from region to region . You could buy the exact same storage as your own neighbor and get a different quote depending on if someone has to upgrade there electrical panel , wiring , etc . I have no idea how these work but even i can figure this out . Come on already . We all claim we are adults

[@Martocciaweb]

This set up is a lot better than a gasoline generator backup.

[@79bnice]

What is the price for the battery storage unit?

[@michaelmomanyi6861]

This is something Anker and anyone is not disclosing I don't know why

[@KRM85]

Because they know you won't make your money back

[@alexherrera3918]

Never mentioned how long batteries last powering the house or cost of the unit. Thanks

[@MrTommyKimes]

Did your BIL have to terminate his net metering with the grid company to be able to charge the batteries with the rooftop solar?

[@fuentes38]

If you clean all those panel you will gain so much more

[@MatrixDeception722]

No Kim, we don’t all have our roofs and gutters looking like that. I’m just outside nyc and my roof and gutters look spotless.

[@movingforward20]

Thank you for the video! You can use a water hose to gently clean the solar panels? Also are the batteries cooled like the Tesla Powerwall is?

[@pinkelephants1421]

How well insulated is his home, and is there a heat pump/s installed to deal with hot water and or air conditioning? If this is in Georgia, in that climate, air to air heat pumps make a great apples to apples replacement for traditional air conditioning units for a fraction of the running costs due to their higher COP meaning they use less energy than traditional units. Have the family opted for LED light bulbs? The savings on electricity is significant; the UK's electricity usage dropped by about ⅓-½ due to people swapping out their old light bulbs for LED and they also last a gazillion times longer. Only asking as I was so surprised at his comments about household electricity consumption going up instead of down or remaining more or less the same. Most people who get solar, batteries, EV's and other eco tech tend to become very energy consumption/efficiency conscious/aware, often to the point of nerdy geekness... 🤓 🤓 🤓 😅 Can't quite understand why he'd bothered to get the panels professionally cleaned in the first place. Given the relatively easy access, he could (easily) do it himself using one of those extendable brushes with a hose attachment hooked up to a tap. It's fairly quick and easy to use and can be used at one's own convenience.

[@IvanGonick-yw5km]

And we were the installer! SunRite Solar!

[@SirD1]

what's the price of the batteries?

[@JSM-bb80u]

But why did he installed the batteries outside? Wouldn't they last longer if they were installed inside?

[@movingforward20]

You can use a water hose to gently clean the solar panels? Also are the batteries cooled like the Tesla Powerwall is?

[@AMACHiiBiong]

Are the panels around 8 years old? Or along with the Solix stuff? Wait. Didn’t Anker just recently release that system?

[@_chex]

My OCD honed in on the dents both units have towards the middle. The right unit seems to be worse.

[@HughMcBrideDonegalFlyer]

Got a payback in a very short period of time, that is great. But if they are charging 2 evs and running a house they would need some more solar panels , thats a massive energy demand.

[@drz400sm5]

Priceless.

[@learnprogress6618]

Brilliant & very educational

[@MC-bm3cy]

12.3kWh system with 3 EVs, 80% paid off (pay back) after 16 months. Keep charging!

[@SirD1]

What's the price?

[@Bigphatphil]

Not including the cost of the battery, is he now able to offset the entire power bill by using the batteries during overnight? Probably not generating enough power with the solar to recharge the batteries every day.

[@maskarade9320]

I wonder how this would integrate with a home that already has an 18kwh Natural gas generator

[@alancadorette3447]

had rain at my place and wash all pollen off, turned drive orange lol

[@aerodyneservices]

At 5:20, nearly lost Kim as she put her hand in the junction box..

[@MonirulIslam-fc5lv]

Put tiny roofs over the batteries?

[@ericmarquez6747]

How does this differ from tesla battery system.

[@Afronaut64]

Why the hell is it that none of the people who are reviewing the anker solix are telling the price?

[@escapetoparadise2226]

Where to buy this?

[@danmccoy6164]

I just got 71.5 kwh batteries for $16,885 delivered. Powerpro. 390watt brand new panels $112 apiece delivered. 18k inverter $3556 delivered. Right now is the time to go solar. Lots of overstock reductions going on Right Now. And those prices are without the 30% tax rebate. I installed 2" of insulation and 8000ft of pex in my driveway. To melt snow in wisconsin. Was going to use solar hydronic panels. But couldn't find drain back panels for under $900 apiece. So just going to use 24 of the 390watt photovoltaic panels hooked up to 2 electric hot water heaters. With solar pumps. About $4000. Way less than the hydronic panels. Needed 10 of those. Will never shovel snow again. And other than initial investment won't cost anything to heat my driveway.

[@droomagon]

@0:45 naw you dont need a good rain, just need to grab some water and cleaning kit and some gloves, can always do it yourself

[@XX-166]

Teller to clean out his gutters while he’s up there.

[@phenom354]

So like the 4th youtube video out there with no pricing... i wonder whyyyyyyyyyyy

[@XX-166]

Because the price isn’t worth the savings with the install.

[@Coog61]

Listen closer @3:20

[@snakecreepsdown]

Wondering the same here and I can't seem to nail down anker even to talk with them

[@YTYTYTY7]

Because it was free…

[@xxBLKSNXxx]

@@XX-166Enjoy giving your money to the greedy power companies

[@joegernentz]

Just clean the solar panels yourself!! Very easy and you should recover minimal 10% generation or better!!

[@dieroute]

Ecoflows PowerOcean with same 5kWh modules cost 2300 Euros 2200 USD (battery module 1x) i hope x1 cost 1500 per module

[@YouTubetail]

Great 😮

[@KronosFPS]

4:10 wash your panel = 5% more energy

[@msbgone]

So these are not made for Chicago or anything Northern, oh well....

[@justinburcaw1426]

So how much will it cost to dispose of. No one talks about the disposal cost and the #1 reason why houses are being sold with dead solar panels.

[@aussie2uGA]

Dead solar panels? How long are we talking about - 30 years?

[@justinburcaw1426]

@@aussie2uGA I don't have an answer to specifics. All I know is solar panels contain mercury and they require proper disposal. I have heard it costing between $5k to $15k.

[@aussie2uGA]

@@justinburcaw1426 They still last 25 years and then continue to work but fall under minimum efficiency. Most people want the latest and greatest by that point.

[@danmccoy6164]

​​​ No mercury. Myth. Some may contain cadmium and or lead. Some will pass TCLP tests. There are companies that are now recycling them and are able to separate materials to resell them to Manufacturers for profit.@@justinburcaw1426

[@johnpoldo8817]

Hire a gutter cleaning company immediately before there’s house damage. My northern house had gutters cleaned twice per year.

[@hightechreviewstv]

I don't really like how she said 5.9" is small...

[@igaraider]

ty kj

[@abpccpba]

Hope it does not end up burning you house down. They have the potential to self ignite.

[@badtoro]

Nasty gutters. Dude needs to learn how to do home maintenance

[@jacktheman1989]

Waste of money imho

[@walkerdarin2003]

IMHO powerwall 3 would integrate better.

[@danmccoy6164]

Except you have to use tesla approved installer to have a warranty.

[@riopato2009]

Dude needs to get on the roof more often and clean his gutters.