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Equipment used or mentioned in this video:
* Solar panels: Tenesol Total Energy – TE250-60M+ – 250 watt monocrystalline
* The solar array is 2250 watts (9x 250 watt mono crystalline panels)
* The battery bank is 8 x 150 Ah lead crystal batteries. Configured for 48v DC 300 Ah, it can safely provide about 7.5 kWh.
* A Victron Energy Quattro inverter – Quattro Inverter / Charger 48/5000/70 5 KVA 230v
* A Victron Energy Grid tie inverter – BlueSolar Grid Inverter 4000 Watt / 2800 Watt
* A Victron Energy battery monitor- BMV-602S / BMV-600S
* Earth leakage, DB board, high voltage, trip switch.
* How to solar power your house / home
* Backup Power
* Emergency power
* Power outage
* Power blackout
* Power outage
![EEVblog #724 - Home Solar Power System Analysis & Update](https://gogreenenergyforhome.com/wp-content/uploads/default-344.jpg)
Dave looks at his 3kW home solar power system after being in operation for 18 months and analyses the results.
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGENVguQQmo
Timelapse install video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQAd7nposJQ
How much energy was produced?
How does net and gross metering work?
What is the payback period?
What is solar insolation?
The 3kW system uses 12 x 250W LG MonoX panels
http://www.solarclarity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Data-Sheet-LG-Mono-and-Multi-X-ENG.pdf
and an SMA Sunnyboy 3000TL inverter.
http://files.sma.de/dl/15330/SB5000TL-21-DAU131211W.pdf
Uploading data to PVoutput.org using PVbeancounter and bluetooth from the Sunnyboy inverter.
PVoutput data: http://pvoutput.org/list.jsp?sid=20402
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I love your videos, I have learnt so much from your research videos. Thank you very much for taking the time to research and make videos to benefit your viewers. Very much appreciated.
I had mine installed in 2012 and we have a net feed in tariff which means the kWh's I feed into the grid gets deducted from my energy bill. Even in the Netherlands climate it is worth the investment. I'm past 75% on return of investment. It works baie goed! Thanks for the video.
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Hi, I am fron Jhb SA and have 1500 watts of panels(6x 250W Canadian Solar panels in 2 strings of 3 each in series) Have a Axpert aka PIP4048 and lots of batteries. My question is: Only have house lights on solar currently with max load about 250w. My panels do not show anything more than 755w max with 10A since install a month ago. Have been told that panels will not go to capacity or close to it because batteries have not been drained enough, would this stm be correct.
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Hi MJlorton! What a lovely video this is. Thanks for sharing. I would like to get an indicative figure, I mean how much it can cost me now to do the solar solution that you have in your home.
Can we connect 5pv 100 w in series with 3pv 100w in parallel, any problem with the type ofconnection.?
Thank you very much for the info.
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dude, you have a bit of a multimeter problem!! 😂
otherwise, very useful video, thank you!
How many square feet is your house and I presume you use centralized AC?
Nice
thank you sir
You should go to WoodPrix if you'd like to make it yourself guys.
what about a lithium-ion battery bank attach to your panels
Thank you for sharing. I just found your videos and will be watching to learn all I can. Your explanations are very good. Best wishes, Linda
nice
thank you.
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I have a video detailing my solar panel installation on my channel if anyone is interested.
Nice video. mine is smaller. I use 12kw per day. my panels bring in on a good day 9kw. it is cheaper to run it straight to grid. I also have 400 watts dedicated to 8- 6volt batteries (at)24 volts, that go to 2 dedicated lines in the house, 2 dedicated outlets that can be used if power outage. great savings. my electric bill has gone from 170.00 per month to about 40.00. I take what I save each month from power company and add more panels. I will soon have power company paying me. best investment I ever made. power company and all its employees hate solar, it cuts into their profits. my sujestion is they need to start building and selling and installing solar panels and keep their profits in clean energy.
Do you have a battery or 2 and more panels now?
cheesus, what kind of demon posessed you to skip the batteriebank? you could have payed it back in like 2-3 years, including the batteriebank….
27:40 the controlled supply charge is for that electric hot water switch controller you're not using, might be a good idea to cancel that!
I've seen that Google has some monster huge server farm facilities and solar panels.
In that scenario why even bother to try to sell power to the grid at a low rate?
Every watt hour their solar array produces just replaces what would have cost them the full rate from the grid.
Would placing these on a gazebo or picnic shelter 20 feet from the house solve the firefighter problem?
Piss poor install, dektites shocking. Rooftop iso screwed into panel. No. Conduit entry in the tops of all isolators
Here in Sask Canada, we are charged 14 cents a Kwh but also basic charge and taxes so 500 kwh is 100 bucks or really 20 cents. You could easily pay off an electric water heater with the extra power your not using and put it as a pre-tank to your gas one. But without a battery bank to store and reuse your power when you need it your giving your savings away. over 7 years to pay off 5000 is pretty crappy. one day selling excess for 6 cents next day buying it back for 24 plus taxes sounds pretty ridiculous. I wouldn't want a system like that.
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So wow my energy company for net metering only gives you 2.47 cents USD for every kWh when they charge 8.40 cents per kWh during winter or 32 cents per kWh (during peak hours) wow. I guess that this is what you get when companies have a monopoly
have you done a tear down of the grid tie inverter that you are using?
how many do I need to run the 80 horsepower blower in my shop?
Just 8c per kWh? F*ck that, store it in some batteries and use energy from those.
.06 dollara doos!! can't you force higher pay rates like the power companies do? theres gotta be a way to get more money for the power u generate.
SELL YOUR EXCESS POWER TO A NEIGHBOR????
Why not get a battery system? One would think that you would want something like that because it would pay for itself fairly quickly. Also, you could also set up a cryptocurrency mining rig to use the excess. It would be a complex setup, but you generate a LOT of extra energy, why not turn it into coins?
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That meter cupboard is interesting. In the uk it'd be completely unacceptable to mount your own gear to the meter board. I'm guessing with this setup any additions mean removing that board to connect everything up? Can a general electrician do this? And those individual mcbs? Don't you have a distribution board?
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