"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.
Nice - because they're so simple.....no ugly pipes, boilers, tanks, controls....not to mention no regular servicing required. Been looking at air source heat pumps here in UK - but after realising quite how much upheaval it would cause to fit, I think I prefer to pay more in electricity charges - and have something nice and simple such as infrared.
I doubt it could do it on its own. It would really depend on what else you had going in your favor, like insulation or thermal mass. We use ours only for main heat when it's pretty mild out/nights. For instance, when it was early October and the nights were cold but the days were warm. The house would warm up by afternoon, but then before bed I'd turn the panel on instead of the central heat. That being said, it could make the difference between life/death in a survival situation...if you didn't have any other options.
Yes as long as you have the correct size panel(s) and positioned correctly, sufficient insulation. Poor insulation means you need the panels to be running more often but with -10 and say 10cm insulation they would need to run at least 4x a day, so like 4-5hrs in operation.
If the panels are only held in place by clips (😳), how well would the roof hold up in hurricane/tornado prone areas? Especially with the air gap underneath. And can you still have skylight protrusions with this system in place?
Idk about skylights, I'd assume yes. They've held up well for people in Florida as far as I know, the clips are very robust. They actually use similar clips on the starlink satellites!
I’m sure you are aware Tesla is an American company and makes their own batteries…if not, “Giga Nevada” Something tells me when you’re shopping at Walmart you don’t refuse to buy things made in China…just a hunch.
Very nice and informative video. Third party installwrs are killing the expansion/growth of the solar roof business. I had a 36 kW quote this year (without a single powerwall) of over $271K! Completely absurd! Tesla needs to take back the quoting and contract phase and let the 3rd parties just do the installation only, if they want to see significant growth in this business.
Thanks for the update, very informative. Those haters are hilarious, it's almost as if they don't like being independent generators of their own energy, which seems odd considering the other views they may hold.
The big concern will be how well the plastic clips will hold up. Plastic generally doesn't do well with lots of extreme heat/cold cycles. Will become brittle over the years. Hopefully the Tesla engineers didn't overlook that aspect & are using an advanced formulated plastic material that doesn't degrade from the thermal stresses.
