The benefits of Solar out weighs any negative. (As long as you paid the right price) There's just a lot of considerations to be had. Considering will you stay on your residence for 10 years or forever. Return of investment might be long, but if you plan to live on the place forever. I think it's worth it. These systems are built to last, not much movable parts, so no sweat at all it breaking. The cheap ones may be questionable though, so if you buy the right items. You're set!
There are 2 types of infra red. As long as you feel heat , it is infra red. There are the short wavelength infrared and this is what we get from the sun as well as the yellow electric heater. Short wavelength infrared not only warm your body but also heat up the air in the room. This electric heater will also emit some long wavelength infrared. The long infrared , however, do not heat the air. It reaches your body directly. The long infrared heater will also emit short infrared and this is why it will also warm up the air around it but at a much slower rate. Increasing the ambient temperature for control doesn't do much in controlling the long wavelength infrared.
Nice job, Thanks for sharing. Would love to have a slick looking roof putting juice out to boot. People complain about the payoff, what's it worth when the grid gos down and you still have power. Sorry to break you whining blue hearts, most red votes are all about being self sufficient. To bad 3rd party installers are jacking high prices into the mix. Thanks again for the info.👍👍👍 Carbon a scam.😮
That was excellent. Thanks for that detailed review. It answered a lot of my own questions. We need both a roof replacement and a solar system, and this video might just push me into getting a Tesla solar roof with batteries.
I was just quoted $62,310 for a 9.288kW system here in Phoenix. After the tax incentives, it would be $43,617. Just in case anyone needs numbers around August 2024. This is through a third party installer.
@@NischGTM thanks! Honestly not that bad! Fwiw, we still get people stopping out front and asking questions etc and it's going stronger than ever after removing a pair of trees that were shading either side.
Sounds great when you look at the monthly savings, but factor in how much it all cost you up front. You’re not saving anything until you break even in your current investment. And what year will that be? Also NJ rate is $0.15/kWh.
@@coolbart66 yeah it's been saving more every year now ~12 years left. Less than the lifespan of a disposable roof anyway! Cheap for a premium product, turns out. They've really raised the price since (I've been seeing 8x-10x quotes). Hardly matters in our zip code, out house goes up that much in value every few months it seems. Gotta love the abstraction of money and math.
Change & technology scares people. Unless you’re Amish or you still drive horse & buggy, use candles for light, walk to the river for water, use an abacus to do your taxes why fight it ?
"I HOPE that it doesn't cause that much cancer" 😅. Good vid though. These seem like a great idea to put near places you plan to be sitting for a long time as they can warm up your body directly like those heatlamps for reptiles lol. Heating all the air inside your room or house is just a huge waste unless you are gonna be constantly walking around. Plus heating the air by convection means it holds more moisture which increases evaporation from the mucous membranes in your nasopharynx, making your nose and throat feel dry. These infrared panels shouldn't have that problem I'm guessing, although I've never tried one
a heatpump is'nt that efficient, when a gasboiler with radiators has a 95+ efficiency, a heatpump has only 55 of efficiency it is great for houses that are completely packed with insulation and floor heating, but otherwise insuficient for heating your home it's also very high in consuming energy, a heatpump is at least 5Kw, and almost stays on constantly where as infrared panels are modulating and directing heat at 300w-1Kw, you can place several around the house to equal the power needed to power 1 heatpump
I honestly don't get it. A $32k investment and you are only offsetting your ~$1.5k annual electric bill? Sounds like a case of diminishing returns to me... Imagine if you invested $30k into something else? Low risk ETF? Small business operation? 🤔
you are ok that child slaves from the Congo are being used to power your house? Just to save money and get tax credits that your gov't gives to other genocidal countries to kill other children in the tens of thousands? Nothing has ever said America like your existence.
Beautiful roof! I think I'd be more comfortable with a complete Tesla system solar electric roof and Powerwall batteries system rather than a likely cheaper, but piecemeal system of the same listed capabilities.
Today Tesla offered me the opportunity to join its Virtual Power Plant to use my three Powerwalls in the next few months to earn (up to) ~$1,100. Each year SDGE pays me ~ 3 cents per kilowatt hour of my substantial excess production. I suspect Tesla will pay a bit more. I bet other viewers would appreciate your opinion on which is the best option. Care to opine, or make a video to explain these options?
I don't know enough about specific regions and their rates, but I definitely see the posts of VPP members and their huge reimbursement checks. I'd be surprised if any power company gave as good of deals as Tesla collectively bargaining on their network's behalf! I'm jealous! Recently out power company sent out a questionnaire, with one question asking what would get us to allow them control on when we export. I answered "about $3,000/year" based on what I saw from Tesla VPP in Texas.
I’ve been waiting for someone to show and tell the Tesla roof system since reading about the concept in the newspapers. Now I’m hoping that they switch to sodium ion batteries for the added safety features and lower cost. Thanks for posting this.😊❤
Wouldn't the heat pump "switch" need to be mapped against that year's temperatures vs the previous? And are you amortizing battery cost to arbitrage costs?
Yeah exactly I went back to add all the temperature data to my spreadsheet, and it's usually a few degrees different but years don't vary too much. It's splitting hairs to some extent, but switching from gas to heat pump saved so much energy the temperature variations were inconsequential year-to-year. As for the heat pump only year, to the added IR panel year, then yeah the temp difference was more consequential. Not amortizing in any sense that I understand. We paid everything outright and since then have saved ~$2k a year, now our total "remaining cost" is around $26k for the solar and batteries (down from $32k) if that's what you mean.
Sorry if I misunderstood but then you pay sometimes for the electric bill plus the solar panel? 2 bills? Correct me if Im wrong. Im thinking of getting them
So people have those kinds of arrangements if they lease solar panels or finance, and then on months the solar wouldn't produce enough to cover their bills they might have two. Ours were bought outright so we only have the utility bill. Except our utility bill also has water and sewage on it, but those I've removed for data points.
Just mentioned this to neighbor yesterday. It is down to about a little over $26k in un-recovered cost now that we're almost three years in. But I'd say the average project isn't on the average house they tend to be wild buildings.
We're keeping it noticeably warmer, the cost went down even though the usage went up because of how we're using them tactically. Sorry for the confusion! They're still going and very nice about a year later.
~ What is up with the Maga Donald Rump People .... why do they hate the thought of a ~ New ... Cleaner way of life Sooo much... their Cows will be happier \ and everybody loves a Happy Cow ~ Right ...
You were lucky. I also ordered in the beginning (before prices increased), and worked with them for over a year, and then they just canceled my order one day. I had to start over with a third party and it's a lot more expensive.
great video backed with science. Hopefully solar becomes the norm in the future because it would truly make the world a much more efficient place. Not only could we power our homes, but also charge cars, semis, ships, etc.
I know for a fact that several passenger/vehicle ferries in Ontario Canada have converted to all electric propulsion and they are quite happy with the results.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WRAxpaYh6DA.html This is free heat. Come to think of it its enviromently friendly as well you cannot beat reverse cycle airconditioning for cheap running costs.
The problem with infrared heating is that you feel the heat on the parts of your body facing the infrared waves while you feel the cold air on other parts of you body. This is not confortable. However if you can install 2 or 3 panels around you then you will feel great.
Tesla has a new market with the Cybertruck. With a solar roof, batteries and tesla truck you can live if the grid is out or just live off grid. This is sustainable for 15-20 years of having power and a vehicle.
We are waiting for the quote in our email after a consultation yesterday. High chance of being north of $150k. Could you tell your house square footage approximately please? I know it’s not a sensible comparison. Just kind of curious. Thanks for the video
I have the same 500~600W panel as you. Putting reflective alufoil just a few mm from it's back increases the heat from the front. Also it's heated by just the same resistive heating wire as any other space heater.
