Tesla Solar System (2024 Updated)

[@scottv3711]

I live in Illinois, we have 1-1 net metering at the moment. My contractor is installing 20 Q-cells panels and the powerwall 3, with Gateway 2. Updating 100 amp to 200 amp service. Hope I made the correct choice.

[@beefitter]

you may find that the Gateway 3 is a better choice. That is if the new Gateway is available.

[@IKidTheSolar]

Why would you choose solar power modules that have anything but the best long term guaranty? Why choose a battery at all if you d9nt need one now? Do you suffer power outages? Why not wait for the never ending progression of battery changes to settle in a year or two? You are choosing batteries that have been rushed to market due to panic reactions about net metering in other places? Also, not hearing any of the important details. It never ceases to amaze me that people on these videos amand threads only talk about the equipment as they explain what they're doing. Never sharing the more important questions! The equipment choices are obvious. And usually wrong. The important questions, well, you didn't ask if you did them right.

[@Mr_Nobody_CA]

The backup switch is really a game changer with the backup switch to lower the cost. Unfortunately, my gas meter is too close to my electric meter, so my installer had to add Tesla gateway 2 and new main panel. I believe the installation went from 1.5 days with backup switch to 3 full days from not able to utilize the Tesla backup switch.

[@bladerunner1458]

Thank you for all the good information. I’m currently designing my system and will be using the Tesla 3 batteries. . Three batteries with a ground mounted system will use bifacial solar collectors.. these collectors have glass on both sides and produces energy from the front and the reflected light from the back. . The rating of these collectors does not include what you could get from reflected light that go to the back of the collectors. will keep you posted on the final design and will be installing end of August.

[@TheDavid19691969]

I own a model. Y. And will be installing a 10 kW.Tesla solar system with two power wall 3 batteries. Tesla is supposed to be showing up to my house on August 22nd to do the site evaluation.

[@Rotakor]

I would encourage you to also shop local intallers in your area. Tesla is going to sub it out to one anyways and you often get a much quicker service from going direct to one!

[@TheDavid19691969]

I'm more concerned about the smaller and large local installers going out of business, and there goes my warranty. I have already signing my contract with Tesla and it is Tesla directly installing my system. I'm thinking and hoping Tesla never going out of business.

[@JBoy340a]

@@TheDavid19691969 good point. We signed up with a massive solar company, Petersen- Dean, figuring since they were in 7 or so states the were safe. They were slow to respond and Tesla was much quicker. So we dropped PD and went with Tesla. 2 months later PD went out of business. Tesla still answers emails quickly and has rolls trucks to fix things. Not as quick as I would like, but at least they still do warranty work.

[@solargod3671]

1 year out install with Tesla lol

[@solargod3671]

It’s about the manufacture staying in business and what warranty you have. Tesla has one of the worse customer service and low quality solar panels equipment for profits

[@Quidproquo07093]

Tesla needs to step up their vehicles to offer bi-directional charging. This will hopefully eliminate the need for an emergency generator.

[@UnCannyValley67]

💯

[@chrisone8283]

I’m with you. But then what does that mean for the 120k mile battery warranty? LFP batteries can handle a lot of cycles but nickel batteries not so much.

[@JBoy340a]

The Cybertruck has this capability. The rumor is 2025 for the rest of the models.

[@wolfpackFTW17]

You will be able to do that (for a small subscription fee of course) /s

[@davidorcutt9246]

FIREMAN!!! You’re killing it my Brother… Hope business is still moving along well for ya:-)

[@MarkF-kq9ld]

If power is out and my battery is running low (even though it’s connected to the panels) can I charge the battery via a portable generator that I have wired into my panel?

[@markcampanelli]

This was super great! So informative, thanks 🙂.

[@SolarSurge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@whatsupsor]

You also mentioned in a previous video that if you get a 2nd PW3 that uou cant use the meter collared back up switch. Why is that?

[@GastanlogieLogie]

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[@garyjones101]

How important is panel level monitoring in your view? I can see that it would be nice to monitor each panel, but power optimizers and microinverters heat exposure on the roof are the most likely candidates for failure over the panel. And that means service calls, which inconvenience homeowners and cut profits to installers. If you don't have shading issues, would just a set of string inverters suffice for monitoring overall power of the panels on the string? Thanks!

[@oj9886]

Great videos and info !

[@teslalou2501]

I was told that Tesla is working on generator support for powerwalls. They have not got all the bugs out yet.

[@walisantana]

Love the explanation

[@JBoy340a]

Tesla needs to definitely incorporate external power support. Be that generators or Tesla vehicles via V2H support. I have heard the cybertruck supports this in some manner, but don't believe their other vehicles do.

[@wilbertog58]

Greetings from Puerto Rico, I have been trying to learn about the solar systems, but I still have very hard to understand how they work and their prices. Therefore I would like to ask you how much a Tesla PB2 or PB3 price is and which is the best one. I hope you could answer my questions.

[@euregiolo]

Hello! When will Tesla offer bidirectional charging?

[@apevny]

We got a very under powered solar system when we had our house built. It’s a SunPower system so the news days isn’t great. Can the powerwall 3 integrate with an existing micro inverter setup? Can I expand it with Tesla solar as well? Just trying to come up with ways to increase our solar array and add battery storage.

[@raymondmontelongo4649]

What happens to the system if the house is struck by lightning?

[@JohnDoe-vh4rt]

What about GM Energy? GM is a large consumer of batteries, I expect they should be able to have competitive pricing for solar battery storage.

[@momojojo85]

Lack of generator connection is not good for people in Hurricane states. How expensive is it to add a manual or auto power switch? Once switched over, I figure the solar system is no longer part of the solution, so the batteries are not being charged. The Franklin Whole House System, the generator can charge the batteries Correct?

[@mytrung]

I have an electric vehicle but not a Tesla. Thinking of having a Tesla PW3 with my solar. Sifting through many different local vendors now to see which loan I can get with the least amount of dealer fees

[@chancestreetman8314]

If the inverter fails in the PW3, can the inverter be replaced or does the whole PW3 need to be replaced?

[@v8eater2]

Not sure but it would be under warranty.

[@georgeturner7565]

08/05/2024 8:46am Could you do a review on the ethos battery from Big Battery Thank you

[@shanvenable6428]

does the Tesla backup switch allow you to do self consumption and TOU ? It looks like you would need the gateway to do that?

[@JBoy340a]

From the description on the Powerwall 3 page, it sounds like all of the functionality of the older PW/PW2 + gateway is in the new system. That page shows the instant takeover, not buying when the rates are high, and selling back to the utility in alerts where they offer high rates for you to send the stored power in your battery system back to the grid. I assume this is one of the same Virtual Power Plant (VPP) programs that current Powerwall owners can participate in in certain locales. We participate in this, and we get from $300-400 check from the utility each year.

[@bertwright1790]

With the Power Wall 3 how difficult is it to all another panel array after installation?

[@austincrumpler9754]

The Powerwall 3 has 6 MPPT's so as long as one of those is free you can add another string(bank of panels) to it.

[@seanrathgeber]

Isn’t it using string inverters though? + on batteries but - on inverter

[@bryancarter4554]

Looking to get solar to charge MY

[@peter-hr1gl]

I like the fact that Powerwall 3 will support microinverters and do wish it would support generators to recharge the battery during a grid down power outage. 4 years ago I was sold on 'cutting edge' Enphase battery backup with generator support'. Little did I know that cutting edge meant 'we aren't ready for primetime yet so you will be a guinea pig for us'. I ended up purchasing a small (too small) Enphase 3kWh battery (they only offered 3kWh and 10kWh options at the time) with a 10kWh generator. The system was installed with a critical load sub-panel to only allow for circuits I had to choose (and that could not include AC power or electric stove circuits). It took over a year before Enphase released support for generators using their switching device. I might consider adding a powerwall 3 in the future, but only if it could support a whole house backup including AC and stove (maybe AC with a soft start device). My current daily usage avg 10-13kWh so adding 13.5 to my 3kWh battery should cover me, but I also need the powerwall to support generators since I have one.

[@Astersheen]

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[@omarsbitan-q3m]

Yes me the quote is over 40k I'm living in canada can you help

[@willshakespeare38]

Tesla pw3 agree are very advanced , however buyers need to be aware of the plethora of problems it has post install and a wait time of upto 3-4 months for Tesla service. Highly recommend using third party installers to install as Tesla service is getting absolute. Mind you - you will have problems with pw3 100% at least one major one in 2-3 years of install

[@JBoy340a]

Hmm. No issues at all with my PW2s in 4 years. And Tesla service has been fantastic. We thought they output was a little low. They checked it out online, and came out and replaced some tiles (Solarroof) in a week or so. So glad we did not go with the 3rd party we considered. Petersen-Dean, that went bankrupt.

[@Foreverfront]

can i get power wall 3 with my solar with enphase 7 on 24 panels? already has the microinverters system but no power from solar if power out sucks

[@SolarSurge]

Yes you can add the Tesla PW3 to your Enphase system using the Tesla Gateway 3.

[@Foreverfront]

@@SolarSurge ty

[@nanotechnology8439]

@@SolarSurge and @Foreverfront The gateway 3 currently has no external CT ports to my knowledge, so the gateway 2 needs to be used to measure AC coupled solar. Tesla says a remote meter is coming later in the year. Eventually the gateway 2 will be retired but it is still needed for AC coupled and partial backup configurations. The Neurio meter is considered retired as it does not work with the site controller in PW3.

[@solargod3671]

Gateway 3 is out now

[@alaind831]

At 9:25 you imply Tesla battery doesn't support optimize for TOU (use battery when most expensive) I don't believe that's true ..

[@JBoy340a]

That is definitely is not true. There are series of modes including ones that takes into account the TOU charges and selects a mixture of source that yields the lowest customer cost.

[@alaind831]

@@JBoy340a that's what I thought and recall my neighbor saying the same. Makes sense in places like CA where there is a 2x upcharge during the day vs night.

[@JBoy340a]

@@alaind831 Agree. Fortunately the high rates are in a narrow window 3-8 PM M-F, excluding holidays.

[@alaind831]

@@JBoy340a I wish... I get 35c (ev charging midnight-3pm) which jumps to 65c 4-11pm everyday so pretty high and long period - so battery charging at night and empting 3-12 makes $$$ sense.

[@s.lionelmcauley4455]

DC on the roof is not an option. Voltage on the string accumulates, DC arc faults are a real risk.. Plug and play methods are only as safe as the squire chewing your connectors and the Installer splice errors responsible for most DC solar related fires. interestingly your videos are sponsored by an insurance company... DC efficiency and lowest price is a red herring selling point IMO. All the advantages TSLA solar has introduced will be copied industry wide within one or two product upgrade cycles. I wonder out loud what the insurance cost is for a 30 year policy covering products with 10 year life spans?

[@davied5496]

It would be really great if the back up switch had a external plug available so that you can plug a generator into it if you need it too. Are you listening Tesla?

[@dbird29]

How would the PW3 work with a Solar Edge system with micro optimizers? Just remove the Solar Edge inverter and optimizers from the system, panel strings right to PW3?

[@beefitter]

I have a solaredge system with optimizer's. I am having 2 powerwall 3's installed soon. The solar company told me that they still use the solaredge products. I will find out on Monday when the engineering team shows up for a site assessment.

[@SolarSurge]

Exactly. You can deliver the solar oven strings direct to PW3

[@rhinechesshire6583]

For all those microinverter people, there is a reson why Tesla invested billions in string inverter technology and not more roof top electronics.There is a lot "dated" info these days about how much better microinverters are because of shading.etc..with modern solar panels with100+ cell count and 6 MPPTs, its not a thing! What could possibly go wrong with putting power conversion electronics on a roof that gets 150F..?

[@kurtmaxberry7025]

Sol ark 100%

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

How much E.M. paying ya😂

[@SolarSurge]

Actually this video was sponsored by Solar Insure. We don't have a relationship with Tesla.

[@Mr_Nobody_CA]

SolarSurge always objective when it comes to Tesla, often critical against it.

[@whatsupsor]

Great video. Im in southern California with SCE (under TOU- Prime) - is it possible to get a 2nd powerwall 3 and use that one exclusively to discharge during evening times when rates are highest. I'm still in NEM 2.0. Thanks.

[@mjbates]

Lol, I thought you said EDM because of the music. EM doesn't sponsor stuff. Honestly somewhere between a quarter and a half of his net worth is because he doesn't need to advertise. Just making a better product. Whomp whomp.

[@GastanlogieLogie]

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