Upgrading my Tesla Powerwalls with the Span Smart Panel

[@Pottery4Life]

Another product that should be standard with new homes.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

For everyone asking, the price for this is around 5-7K for the panel plus full installation depending on your setup. The good news is that if you already are getting a panel upgrade due to adding Solar or an EV charger you'd already be spending about 2-3K and it might even qualify for the federal ITC (26% credit) so it could be more affordable if you bundle it. Hope this helps, stay tuned and if you want to learn more check out span.io/bensullins

[@mfaulk6526]

Great product. Thanks for the video. I’m interested in using it for new construction. Can it be installed by any licensed electrician, or is there special requirements? How can you verify whether it qualifies for the federal 26% rebate?

[@00056433]

Do they have to pull a city permit for thi because of new load center. So how much was the labor for this, just want to know so I can calculate how much I need. I know labor is always different on every houses and county

[@cusman]

If I already have Solar / Powerwalls (paid in part by 30% FTC), would installing Span Smart Panel still qualify for any FTC (Federal Tax Credit)? Is it considered a home energy efficiency upgrade and qualifying for any other Tax benefit?

[@nomadzatara]

The SPAN company should in here and read and respond to some of the questions being asked. It does look cool. I'd sure like one, but I don't have that kind of money to even consider spending on one. I'd love a self-sufficient system with batteries that could last me 5 days, that would be amazing. Everyone that can afford to do things like this should. If I bought some Powerwalls, I'd probably get at least 2 or 3.

[@MVPLRJohnson]

Ben, any idea the cost of the panel and enough breakers to load it? Just product cost, materials minus the labor (new self build construction). Thanks

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

Fantastic video Ben. I’ve been eyeing this for sometime... the thought of smart control of each breaker is a dream. So glad there is a company building this! Great overview of what to expect

[@yamamancha]

This embodies the goal of IoT. Definitely the most realistic and effective IoT implementation I've seen thus far. Now, we'll just have to wait to learn about the vulnerabilities and exploits, from big data misuse to down-right hacking.

[@HansMilling]

One cool feature Span could add, was to compare yourself to the average user. Compare your tumble dryer, tv, AC or whatever you have and see if you can get more energy efficient products.

[@theschellerstube]

A “find circuit” feature would be great. Flip the light on & off a few times and it finds which circuit it’s on if you don’t have everything mapped out.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

I was able to do that just by watching it in real-time but yeah agreed, that would be a cool feature

[@kmturley1]

A pulse or a morse code signal could help identify each circuit quickly

[@randalldegges-legacy]

My brother works at Span. They have some of the coolest tech. Can’t wait to see this more widely adopted!

[@fletch1371]

Seems tough to get a hold of these guys. Put a preorder in and still have heard nothing back a week later. Trying to get a timeline to see if I can get it in time for my project that’s starting sooon

[@abd4620]

Whenever i saw a Tesla wall power installation video this always popped up in my head like why doesn't Tesla make their own smart electric panel .. and now Span did it amazingly, glad to see this coming finally

[@cypercharged]

400W+ only for that light bulbs?? 😳 Time to replace with dimmable led bulbs!

[@imho7250]

This is exactly the point Michael Moore was trying to make in his mini documentary Planet of the Humans. While he did cherry pick so much outdated data that his film was almost immediately discredited, the big take away is the blatant waste of energy. If we assume those were 6x 60 watt incandescent bulbs (the only type that work with that sort of dimmer), then he’s wasting 340 watts plus the energy needed to remove that extra heat during the summer when the AC is running. We need to send the California Light Bulb police over to Ben’s house to remove all banned light bulbs. Lol

[@cypercharged]

@@imho7250 incandescent light bulbs are banned for many years now (or at least in Europe). And there are nice led bulb with incandescent-like filaments which are compatible with dimmers

[@imho7250]

@@cypercharged, yes, some are specially designed to work with dimmers, but the basic LED bulb is either on or off, or flashing when there is a small current. I have a light switch with a tiny light that comes on when the switch it off, so you can see it easier at night. But with LED light, when I turn the switch off it lets enough current through to let the bulb blink every 10 seconds. Lol I just found this on Google: “If you live in California, you can say goodbye to some incandescent and halogen light bulbs. The California Energy Commission banned the sale of inefficient light bulbs starting January 1, 2020. This decision didn't just suddenly happen. It's the result of years of work to make the state more energy efficient.” So Ben’s wasteful days are numbers. Lol

[@cypercharged]

@@imho7250 the flickering should not be an issue with a 6 bulbs setup (have that same issue on 1 or 2 bulbs setup)

[@imho7250]

@@cypercharged, I just have one switch (on/off) and one bulb. Perhaps there are newer bulbs with the circuit needed to prevent it. I need to change my switch back to normal switch because I just wedge something in the switch to open the main switch without closing the switch for the indicator light. So I can’t see the light anyway, lol

[@polarbearliver]

It's pretty common sense to have one of these when you think about, but I've never really thought about it. Cool video!

[@beesod6412]

wow! kinda surprised powerwalls don't come with this as a option!

[@Speedlimitreviews]

I might need to look into this for our new home. This would be a great addition to our power walls

[@andreipendle1778]

I run a small inn & would jump at the chance to install one of these!

[@ericcarlson678]

it's a must have if you have solar + storage. People with solar + storage see 40% more backup power availability when a span is in the home. The app is so intuitive and the ability to drag and drop circuits is amazing. Gone are the days of having to make the choice of which circuits you want to go on you back up panel.

[@TagiukGold]

For a new home this would be very nice. Also, if you are going to have a backup system (battery or generator) be conscious when doing the wiring layout to have the circuits be configured in an optimal way to take advantage of this control, such as lights on their own circuit, and one circuit that has outlets in key places instead of the typical one circuit per room. Typically refrigerators and freezers are already on their own circuits, so that's good.

[@winstonfoto6505]

This is freaking awesome! I can see the future. Smart Home panels, Smart micro grids, Smart grids. Can't wait to see new homes and all the retrofit job's.

[@robertpowellj]

I have this in Levitron and love it!

[@GregHassler]

*Leviton Load Center

[@jpvdl9312]

Nice features! This British fellow in his TED talk mentioned that a similar gizmo great advantage was to reduce drastically his consumption as it made him aware of the potential for energy savings.

[@LarryTranSD]

Great timing on video, I have a home battery and solar but was looking at a critical loads panel. This look like it might do the trick too.

[@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY]

This is amazing. I need this.

[@williamanderson9525]

Get it then

[@fredsmodel3n192]

Bro you just built that beautiful energy efficient home, you should get it for sure, sell that Red or Blue Roadster and you got it. Best video was that trip from Vegas to Orange County, that’s how I learned about Eddie World. Great videos thanks.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Eddie World was my suggestion!! haha

[@TylerHilliard]

32 circuit limit might not work for a big house, at least easily

[@bwillan]

@@TylerHilliard I suspect you could link multiple smart panels together just like powerwalls.

[@msbgone]

Ok, this is really cool!

[@mattthomas4024]

This is outstanding! I’d love to see a cost/benefit analysis. I’m building a home in a year or two and this is definitely going on the wishlist.

[@ericcarlson678]

Get it off the wishlist and into the must have. You can install a "dumb can" with no reporting, not A.I, no payback or a Span, that will teach you and your house hold, how to curb your electrical usage. Also, people with solar + storage see 40% more backup power availability when a span is in the home.

[@daveborinski3021]

@@ericcarlson678 Please explain how you arrived at the 40%. Span doesn’t create or store energy, it just consumes it.

[@ericcarlson678]

@@daveborinski3021 Hey, I own a large PV and Smart Home company here in Hawaii. We have thousands of powerwall installs and powerbacks etc under our belt, as well as a number of other battery products. We are working with span to educate the market here on their product. As far as how homeowners are able to see longer lasting times with a span, versus a traditional setup, its simple....it comes down to the ability to drag and drop loads via the app, the lengthening the back up time in grid outage situation. The 40% number came from spans team, to us. They have done their own studies and passed that along to our team.

[@daveborinski3021]

@@ericcarlson678 that makes more sense; the people that spent the extra $ on Span are the ones actively managing their house load during an outage vs Span making any more backup power available. And you’re not observing the 40%, that number comes from Span. Thx for the reply.

[@TylerHilliard]

I saw this a little while back and thought it was cool, but seeing it in use is next level. Good partnership Span. One feature I would suggest if it doesn't exist already: "extra off" (or other name) that makes that circuit off and require some extra deliberate action (like typing "Turn On") in order to turn it on. If I was working with electricity I wouldn't want it to just be a single tap or voice command keeping the flow of electricity from coming back. Tesla should acquire them. Their scale making it a bit cheaper & integrated would be nice.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Funny enough the founder was the lead product designer of the Powerwall at Tesla until he left to start this company

[@justinfigley4867]

I think this is so flipping cool! I didn't even think about making the breaker panel smart like that to see what electricity is going where. Brilliant! Thanks

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

same!

[@kanewoodward4276]

This thing is awesome. I need to redo my panel for solar and storage so this is a must now.

[@smallbusinessdreams]

Same here. My panel is very outdated. I'd have to add this for sure

[@khoapham7955]

Flipping circuit with an apps is great but for safety reason mechanically flipping a breaker is safer.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Good point, that's probably why they still have manual switches

[@rybfish76]

Hey - long-time listener/watcher of your content, first-time posting - thank you for this - I'm totally getting this for our house before we get solar. Cheers!

[@HisLoveArmy]

Great product and idea, surprised there are not more people doing this.

[@rasberry4739]

Crazy product. Definitely the future. Just so expensive right now.

[@ericcarlson678]

It's the now...Builders, Electricians and Homeowners are eating this up here in Hawaii.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

@@ericcarlson678 yeah or if you're already doing a panel upgrade it makes a lot of sense then

[@jojodroid31]

I mean you can just buy a power meter for 10 dollars or euros and you'll get about the same result... It's just not as nicely shown on an app. And yeah I might save 5min when changing a light bulb but who would spend 5k for that lol.

[@rasberry4739]

@@jojodroid31 it does a lot more then read your usage. If you have a battery system from solar you avoid needing a 2nd panel. You don’t need to permanently pick what you want to run off the battery system. You can change it in real time. And from my research it’s a lot more the $5k. Installed it looks closer to $15,000.

[@andreipendle1778]

I'm blown away. The future is now, my man!

[@damonknutson2855]

Nice! Span is awesome. They also designed their faceplate to match the newTesla gateway and inverter.

[@TL-xv9of]

Fantastic product that can really help to reduce/optimize the energy consumption. I am not sure that using a software switch to turn a circuit off for work to be carried out as you demonstrated does meet safety rules. Lock out, tag out is necessary because what if a family member turns the circuit on while you working on it? I would recommend SPAN to add a safety feature here (if not already in place) such as a pin locked switch off state with warning message or a dedicated maintenance switch off state that can only unlocked by the person who switched the circuit off. Best practise still is to switch it off in the panel.

[@That-Guy_]

My Tesla solar panels and powerwalls got me through the 44hr Houston blackout ☀️⚡🏡 A Span would have helped reduce my stress a lot

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

agreed! that's still amazing tho

[@johnemerson3674]

I currently have two service panels. One connects to the meter, and controls circuits that aren’t backed by the Powerwall. The other connects to the Gateway and controls circuits that are backed up by the Powerwall. 1) Does this thing replace one or both service panels? 2) Will installation invalidate Tesla support?

[@googlemeetaccount4870]

Convenience vs Security Please make follow up video about security risks of everything online system.

[@jacobbrozenick8366]

My exact concern. Generally the trade-off for convince is security. If someone got on your WiFi do they have full control over your homes power?

[@GarretL757]

This is incredible, must have!

[@MrSilas2012]

This is awesome! I have a meeting with them today 😁 thank you for doing this

[@neverendinghobbies]

90% for the AC to DC switch mode power supply is fairly reasonable. It's probably even more efficient than that as you do have some heat losses in the batteries themselves. Although perhaps the cars energy monitoring is just monitoring what is coming out of the cars charger and not what specifically is stored in the batteries. So perhaps the ac to dc switch mode power supply is indeed 90% efficient.

[@幕晓明]

As a detective novelist, after you showed the feature at 3:57, I had an idea for a case plot in less than a second. But as an audience, I prefer to call it a potential risk. Indeed, the remote control feature is very convenient, but this also means that there is a risk of getting electric shock by accidentally touching the switch, program error, or being attacked by hackers (this possibility of realization is relatively low, so I put It serves as the plot of my novel). Based on the above reasons, maybe SPAN can make a mechanical device on the switchboard. When the circuit breaker is disconnected for any reason, it can only be reset manually in front of the switchboard. I know this idea is the enemy of convenience, but as human beings, our enemy is a risk.

[@RyanZohoury]

It’s cool but how much power does the Span consume? This could be important when the power goes out and you need to conserve energy. Also can you connect directly to the Span through Bluetooth or it’s own WiFi network?

[@santiagodraco]

I'll reply since no one else has, probably because they were kind of afraid to say the obvious... an insignificant amount. It's not a device that does real work, like an appliance (heater, fridge, ac, tesla charger...) it's just a device that monitors power draw. Switching circuits requires zero power until you "trigger" the switch. The wireless? How much power does your router consume and that's doing a lot more "work" sending/receiving packets for a myriad of devices. Span, like any of these kinds of devices, would use your existing wifi.

[@jehugarcia]

Pretty amazing

[@Arcticwhir]

4:30 Should really use a voltage tester just in case, very cheap and takes 2 seconds to check. Also first verify if the voltage tester works.

[@retartedfreak]

That seems really dangerous. Physical lock outs exist for a reason and that ain't it chief.

[@markaboyce]

Yay... No more clanky Old timers to run pool pumps... Alexa turn on the hot tub! There's currently not a very good selection of 240 volt smart switches. Looks like SPAN fixes that.

[@jimsbagels1991]

Like 99% of new pool pumps have a scheduler built in anyway

[@markaboyce]

@@jimsbagels1991 Intermatic timers are dinosaurs! And while they may maintain the pumps and temperature I still have to manually turn on the hot tub or waterfalls. And I guess my stuff is not that new. Are the newer pumps smart devices? WiFi?

[@Former_Texan]

With my Aqualink I can control my pool light, pump, spa mode, and spa blower with Alexa. I can also ask what the pool temperature is (if the pump is running). Span would only be turning power on and off to the entire pool sub panel, and this doesn't seem like what I'd want.

[@smallbusinessdreams]

Wow. When. I get my EV power panel upgraded.... I may have to add this. Do they upgrade breaker panels? I'm in San Diego too.

[@Maladriel]

Brilliant piece of tech! Thank you Ben

[@gnahapet]

Thank you for sharing. I have a consultation scheduled for Monday. Will make sure to associate my order - if any - with your referral link. Smart Electric Panels are a no-brainer! I wonder if we can eventually communicate to each device through the outlet like through existing electric signals or some new electric signal protocol. This would mean that we could be hard-wired to our smart devices instead of relying on all of them being WiFi enabled. Circuit level control is awesome, but outlet level control and device-connected-to-outlet level control would be even cooler!

[@zman4444]

👍 excellent timing, was just looking for upgrade with full integration for sub-panel. Pre-order already placed.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@gforce2002]

This is seriously cool.

[@pashko90]

Awesome panel. I'm really curious to see what is inside. Does it uses some custom smart curcuit brakers or they have a dedicated pcb doing all work?

[@mikal4452]

It really feels like we are in a smart home/power golden age. Things are changing so fast, almost too fast. We are putting more power and information in the hands of homeowners, but also fear how many of these technologies/tools/companies will be obsolete before we finish paying for them.

[@brianswenson2686]

I wish I knew about this when I got my solar last year, but it is still pretty pricy at $5-$7k installed cost. Do they allow API access to your consumption data? Or at least give you a way to download it?

[@smallbusinessdreams]

I wonder if this device falls under the solar tax credit?

[@rockdogz44]

Great video Ben, thanks. I really wanted Span but just can’t justify the ~$6K cost right now. Will be watching this for when the price comes down in the future.

[@DavidMDensford]

I called them. $250 and I have an appointment to discuss next week.

[@ob1o675]

Great video and awesome product by Span. Even better by Span to fish you out to demo the product. Something tells me Tesla will either buy out Span or make their own smart panel in their quest slowly create the smart Tesla home. Solar, battery storage, and potential HVAC. If they don't, well, Amazon or Google is be glad to snap this up.

[@SolomanTiger]

Thank you for doing a video that wasn’t “check out my thoughts on this Internet rumor, not that I have any more information than you do”

[@JoeFauthIV]

My inner geek is very envious.

[@stevenmthomas]

You'll have loss converting AC power to DC power charging the car.

[@montevincent1567]

Yes, the powerwall is converting DC power from the batteries to AC power and then the car is taking that AC power and converting it to DC power for it's batteries.

[@HandyC]

There is no dc output on the power walls, so you're kinda screwed unless you hack into it and fit a dc to dc converter direct onto the dc busbar. But I suspect that would then bypass the shunt and you'd lose the ability to track the powerwall input / output.. A lot easier to just take the inefficiency loss on the chin. 😂

[@andreipendle1778]

Didn't know that. Would you know what kind of % loss we talking about?

[@montevincent1567]

@@andreipendle1778 According to the video he's seeing a 10% loss in conversion efficiency which is typical given the process.

[@andreipendle1778]

@@montevincent1567 Nice, thanks.

[@MollyTheLag]

you could make your house the ultimate haunted house for halloween. or if someone breaks into your house you could really mess with them.

[@cusman]

Not the first smart panel system I have seen, but seems like the most advanced and user friendly one I have seen and something I feel might actually be of value. My home actually has 2 electric panels because of the amount of circuits I added in construction (1 normal, and 1 smaller) so I wonder if they have support for such a setup. I think I will be using your referral link to learn more directly from Span. Thanks Ben.

[@chadcconway]

yes, you can absolutely have two Span panels!

[@NorKal530]

Thanks for the vid. Wasn't aware that this type of technology existed and already out there in the market. Going to look into this. Great job!

[@RyanZohoury]

Ok but can you turn off the breaker for the Span through the Span 🤔

[@conyeje2]

My man! Asking the REAL questions!

[@craigdeshler8461]

Another useful reason for installing Span . . . I have a ton of smart devices (Lights Switches, Ceiling Fans, etc.) that often lose connection (I am talking about YOU Leviton!), e.g., the dreaded "No Response" which requires cutting power to reset/reconnect to wifi. Being able to cycle the associated breaker with my phone would be very helpful!

[@mmorgan7212]

💪Thanks Ben!

[@strykerace]

pretty cool. Tesla should already have this type of product, I wouldn't be surprised if they are working on this already.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

the founder was actually the lead engineer of Tesla energy when they built the powerwall. So the idea was birthed out of his experience there.

[@robertmunro4511]

Great review and video. I can see a lot of future uses for Span, like it should be in every new home build going forward. One question that I did have was how did you map out the circuits from your panel? Was it trial and error? Ie your sons room is listed as the island. How long did it take to map out? Finally, if you lost power (all power over an extended period) is it a cloud based system that retains the information so you don’t have to go through that mapping over and over? Thank you!

[@Celestialrob]

Damn, just replaced my panel last year. Would so love to do this.

[@smaldo19]

Nice solution but probably better investing in an additional powerwall and solar. Anyone who cares about their usage has a pretty good idea what is using how much.

[@arleneallen8809]

Making sure I understand this. In a traditional hybrid solar there are two load centers - the original panel with grid attached circuits, and the inverter/battery backed up circuits. This panel would imply you deinstalled both of the prior panels and run all circuits into the Span panel which programmatically determines which bus they should be on - the grid or the battery. The SDG&E meter then immediately preceding the Span panel. True? Thanks.

[@arleneallen8809]

@Evelyn Fisher My thanks. Sounds like you work with Span. This being the case, a Span load center replacement could be done independently of a solar installation. All the circuits would simply be on the grid tied bus. One of the problems I had when I put in my off grid (18 years ago) was quite trivial and yet vexing. Some of the wiring would not reach to the second panel since electrical contractors don't put in expansion coiling like we do in telecomm. Extending the circuits was a minor bit of misery.

[@internalinjectiontrulyhere6182]

Growing getting new as stunted

[@evaheimisdottir2234]

I hope this will be available in Europe in the near future. I would def get this! 😃👍

[@putifaerio]

How does the span box switch off the circuit? I mean, is it mechanical or electronic? In the second option would be nice to know any eventual losses during the "off state"

[@vinsonhelton7141]

I love this device. This is what you should be able to do.

[@steverafferty4114]

Brilliant info thank you Ben.

[@ramblerandy2397]

Very interesting product indeed.

[@vincentmolloy5660]

Tesla missed the boat here🤔

[@howardkearney7989]

Cool stuff! Thanks.

[@bobqzzi]

Great video. I'm going to compare this to the Lumin. FYI- there is absolutely 0 chance I would ever, ever trust that thing to shut off a circuit on which I was working. Just no way

[@bobqzzi]

Alexa? That is at the top of the bad ideas list

[@edd6015]

Isn't the loss on charging due to the conversion of AC to DC? I swear I saw someone's vid that charged at a non-Tesla charger and there was a big discrepancy between what the Tesla was saying on the monitor and the amount of energy that the non-Tesla charger had said it was delivered. It may have been one of Out of Specs vids.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

That's correct

[@richardfstrange]

Great Video Ben, I think you've convinced me to get one, and also try and partner with them too with the solar Company I work for. By the way, it looks like your site link is broken.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Thanks, should be good now.

[@pin65371]

The only thing I would be nervous about is if you are working on the electronics and if somehow that circuit turns back on. Having a repair mode where you actually need to physically flip that breaker back on would be nice.

[@danielpelc3779]

Commercial HVAC tech here. I would not trust that for doing electrical work, having a relay that could just as easily pop back on by some other control whether someone else with access to the app or maybe a schedule/automation control. Most people get electrocuted not because they’re working on a powered electrical circuit but because they thought there was no power but someone or something turned it back on. Maybe a feature to trip the breaker from the app so you have to physically reset the breaker from a locking panel would be much safer. Being able to turn off circuits by phone would help in identifying circuits for sure. Love the idea though. I hope things like this become way more main stream and of course muuuch cheaper!

[@gotlactose]

I'm also a tech and data enthusiast but cautiously approach new technology. Especially with over-the-air updates, what security concerns are there about backdoors allowing bad actors to get into the panel and controlling your electricity? Better yet, since powerline ethernet is a thing, what about the possibility of controlling electronics or gathering surveillance through the electrical circuit? I'm not trying to put on my tinfoil hat, I'm just genuinely curious.

[@MyHomeTech]

Ben, Evelyn - I have a Tesla Solar Roof and 3 Powerwalls that backup the entire home. I'm VERY interested in getting a Span to replace my Sense energy monitor and get true circuit level monitoring. How does Span integrate with my system as there is already a transfer switch in my Tesla Backup gateway and its the gateway that supplies the grid/solar/battery power to my main electrical panel? is this all compatible?

[@chadcconway]

Hi Aaron, your setup sounds perfect for adding Span! The Tesla gateway retains the transfer switch control. Span communicates with the Tesla Gateway to ensure they are synchronized. Please reach out on our website and we can answer any additional questions you have.

[@patrickpk4421]

I have been contemplating getting solar. After watching this and a few other SPAN videos, I just know that I would never install Solar without this. Simple as that. This is really cool technology that will allow me to finally understand and control what I want to control in terms of power utilization as best I can in an environment that is prone to outages; whether that be due to hurricanes, tropical storms, or simply power outages which are manifold in the Caribbean environments. I wonder if there is a distributor in Puerto Rico?

[@Eatiron]

This company should work closer with Tesla. Generac just released a similar product for their PV system.

[@ericcarlson678]

The founder left Tesla, to start Span. He was one of the leads on design of the powerwall.

[@alfs3]

ben, we just moved into our brand new house a couple of months ago and i wish we'd known about SPAN beforehand bc i'm absolutely loving this panel setup w/ phone app but the one thing you didn't talk about was cost so how much is that panel? it's not worth me upgrading bc this isn't our forever home but an investment property but still very curious about what the actual cost would be to install this panel.

[@crameraj]

We're there any requirements or permits that were needed for this conversion? How does it flip the breakers?

[@erickessler6094]

Hi Ben So I'm sold on SPAN to go with my PowerWalls. My Architect and I will be installing 2 SPAN panels... but I wonder your opinion on another SPAN soon offering? Regarding their "SPAN EV Charger" ... Based on YOUR PowerWall and Tesla's ... Does your use assessment indicate that the SPAN EV charge could provides some kind of added value over the Tesla Charger? Or do you believe the combo of Tesla app and SPAN Panel provide all you need and so the SPAN EV charger is not really necessary given existing SPAN Panel & Tesla PowerWalls? Cheers, Eric

[@edwardboylan4187]

Out of curiosity how does your drinking water condenser thing you got on your roof a while back do on energy? You still use it/it work OK? There was a lot of data that just called it a giant swamp cooler & only good for certain areas.

[@BenSullinsOfficial]

Posting that soon

[@dillonnoller]

Pricing?

[@ericpisch2732]

What a brilliant idea

[@RedstoneSolar]

Cool tech, enjoyed the video.

[@vivid996]

Would have loved to hear pricing information. Looks like a good product, if its priced well.

[@HisLoveArmy]

Getting a quote today. :)

[@good2go193]

Dude! 370W for that light? Time for some LED bulbs.

[@JohnShannonSD]

What could possibly go wrong? Is the circuit secured 100% off and under your control? Always good questions to ask when working on electrical circuits, and/or manipulating your world through apps and software interfaces. Nice video Ben. You have a good channel and always post insightful and educational videos.

[@gilbrook]

Thx for SPAN rundown. Do I see 16 panels on your roof? Optimizers or micro-inverters? App to monitor each panel’s status?

[@PINTO2O2O]

First off great review, had no idea this existed, Second you mentioned the, I think, 9% diffrence in charging the car and what is shown, im no expert in electrical but when I build PC'S the power supply comes in ratings like bronze, gold, platinum, the higher you go the more efficient it is cause it lessens the loss of electricity that happens. With what you said that seems to line up with the same percentage as PC power supplies so I'm guessing it's the same thing you see. Btw the ratings are between 87%-95%.

[@JonathanRootD]

Alexa, turn on the lights. "Turning off the fridge."

[@coreyeaston6823]

Excellent!

[@RonaldMaxseiner]

Just wanted to dig a bit deeper into the internet down scenario. What is run locally on the box vs on the cloud. This is going to be to very useful during a grid down situation which will likely mean that the internet will be down as well. The last major power outage our internet was down and cell towers were overloaded so how which features are available with no internet connection?

[@justinfitness]

Great review. Would love for you to share pricing though

[@justinfitness]

@Evelyn Fisher so the span is a full panel replacement? @bensullins didn't expound upon that

[@vaggeto]

Pretty awesome, but I would preferred a better dive into the data and a bit less of an ad even though it is sponsored, just felt a bit more like an infomercial than a sponsored video if that makes sense. Definitely a cool product though, sadly very expensive for relatively low utility. I doubt using it as a smart switch to turn things on and off is advised by them since that's not the typical daily use case for breakers and you are shutting off an entire circuit, not necessarily a single outlet or light. So I feel that is a really unrealistic use case compared to something that controls things at the outlet or light level. I'm thinking the difference you are seeing in kWh is the conversion from AC to DC for charging. You car is taking in DC and house is providing AC. 10% seems like a lot but could be legit. I know folks have compared charging at 120v vs 240v even at lower amperage, and higher amps was much more efficiently converted.