Understanding Solar Batteries - A Beginner's Guide - 2022 Edition

Thanks, very complicated, so much to worry about

Who can help me with incorporating my deep cycle lead acid latest battery bank to my domestic recent solar panel array...jon..

If brownout blackout is a reason or a thing in your area look at switch over speed.... don't go Fronius it's crazy slow at 90 seconds... also it's uses the grid for any increase till it actually works it out...

Love the hair cut is so yum? stupid dumb and stupid.

Thanks for breaking this information down into simple language I can understand.

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Hi... I love watching your videos. I have a very odd question. I am living in Italy and the cost per KWH are getting out of hand.
I was thinking of getting a solar system..... ok till now nothing special as of a question.
My father lives next door in an attached home and was thinking of sharing my solar system with my dads house with an ats switch without having 2 set ups.
Is this even possible or am I better off with 2 solar systems?
If I have opt for 2 systems is there some way we can share a huge battey instead of having 2 separate ones?

How do you correctly size the solar vs battery capacity? I am getting a 4.3KW system installed with a 9.5Kwh battery and I don't know if I should consider more panels or doubling the storage to 19Kwh (can't afford to do both) I live in the UK and my predicted generation of the system is around 4000Kwh per year.

Learn and install your self. I got charged 16k for solar panels and inverter but when I checked the installed equipment price it was only 4500. They rip you off badly. Get an electrician friend to check everything before powering on. Happy saving

Great video
I recently invented and received a patent for a fire suppression device that protects homes from wildfires. It runs off WiFi I know I will need to consider power shutoffs. What do you recommend to keep my WiFi on so I can activate my suppression device?
I appreciate any help.

Is there a solar calculator for the UK? Great video!

Thanks for explaining the difference between kw and kwh!

If you're grid connected and have solar and a battery, and generating enough to pay your connection fee $1a day, easy at the old rate 12.4c and 10.2c but 8c probably free with a 6.6system, you need to give 12kw a day average per annum, my 6year old 5kw system won't manage that, mind you I started pre battery with 6c feedin and have had a powerwall2 since 1st week August 2017.

Wow, Tesla powerwall2 have gone up in price, my powerwall2 was installed 1st week of August 2017 $10,805.38 fully installed including gateway.
Are pylontech home battery being imported to Australia yet?, there supposed to be really good, used with victron inverter.

One of the under appreciated advantages of using a DC coupled battery is, that by delaying charging the battery until 11.00 am or noon, more power can be exported to the grid in the morning with the battery either being charged by power in excess of the 5 kW grid export limit, or charged after 11.00 am or noon when the amount of power produced often exceeds the 5 kW grid export limit. So dramatic is this that my 13.25 kW pv array with 10 kW inverter can produce 15 kW of power by sending 5 kW to the grid, 5 kW to the battery and 5 kW to my house and EV. In a DC coupled pv system the true limit of a system is therefore not determined so much by the inverter's limit but rather by how the inverter is configured and whether the array can produce more that 10 kW of power.

July 2025 is when mandatory export tariffs come into effect according to the Draft AER guidelines. Might be a good idea to get a battery to avoid export tariff when it comes in. Hopefully by then individual households will be energy independant and use ZERO energy from the grid.... Good Riddence Grid!

Surprised he didn't talk about max ampere usage like his Tesla that only has 30amps, even if you got usable 5kw from the inverter if you use something that uses over 30amps with low KW you'll shut off your battery

after watching few of your videos, I came to the conclusion thats it's too hard and costly to get dependable solar system upgrade. too many gangsters in the industry.

Thank you for the wonderful presentation

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Stanford engineers develop solar panels that can generate electricity at night

Power generation at night is produced from radiative cooling of a photovoltaic cell

04/08/2022

Jose A. Roca

Greeting from Seattle. Recently saw a video on honeycomb solar panels. What are your thoughts, are these the future? If so how far out in time until they are sold to the public?

Just installed an AlphaESS 13.5Kw battery coupled with an 8.1 solar array. AGL reduced our feed in to 5 cents (plus a monthly charge of around $20) This resulted in us ‘giving’ tons on KWH’s away and still getting bills from AGL. Three months in with our battery and it seems to have been the right move. While it doesn’t have the intelligence’ of the Tesla, it has the blackout protection and the ability for me to look at the weather and the battery (through the app) and make a decision to charge from the grid during the shoulder period (19c / KWH) to attain 100% for the peak evening period.

Nice video for an overview. Im german and it was interesting to see how grids are build in other countries. In germany we dont have time of use tarifs. We pay 24/7 the same amount. With an old contract its 30 Cent/ kWh. If your electricity provider raises it the price its more like 40-60 Cent / kWh or more
participateing in a VPP is currently also not possible

Very good video for home owners who want solar energy to their houses. Thanks.

About time you got better thumbnails! Your CTR is now going to be so much better. Now hurry up and make better use of your green screen! 😂😊

Great video, thank you.

Love all these videos! Thanks Finn!