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Hi I really like your video it's very informative. Can you help me how to setup holiday mode we are going on holidays so don't want to heating to turn while we are away. Thanks in advance 😊
Hey this is good. I like the fact that you can use web browser as well. I was asked the other day how you could manage a PW3 if you didn't have a smart phone (old person!). Is there also something where you can address the configuration of the PW3 to set its maximum export etc (like the installer app)?
Actually the powerwall 3, there’s 6 mppt to support up to 6 different arrays. 60-480v and up to 13a each. Two can be functioned together up to 26a. Keep in mind to get the diagnostics like per string details you need to get the details of the wifi of the powerwall and connect directly to it.
I have been using Netzero for a fair while here in the Uk. Ziga is great and implemented my suggestions quickly. Its a great enhancement to the Powerwall. Whilst I like this channel the clowning as previously stated annoyed me and added NETZERO value!!
Love the information you guys provide but not a fan of the clowning around, just needs to be dialled back a bit. I appreciate the effort to make a dry subject a little more entertaining, but it’s the adults you’re communicating with, not their 5 year olds. In this case the message was getting overpowered by the comedy skit.
Just about to have PW installed as standalone. Will this allow me to charge PW when my ev gets additional sessions on octopus intelligent Go? Also battery not to discharge to house when assigned cheap additional sessions?
Netzero developer here. The Intelligent Go extra periods are unfortunately not available in the public Octopus API. There's a workaround some users use: if you create an automation to trigger when the EV is charging (e.g. by using a "house usage > 7kW" rule), you can bump up the Powerwall backup reserve to 100% while the EV is charging. This will avoid discharging the Powerwall into the EV, and additionally charge it from the grid while electricity is cheap.
@@twtubeify The Tesla system just needs to be aware of the car charging load, meaning that whenever you charge your car, the house usage in the app goes up. This means that the car charger needs to be backed up, or alternatively monitored with a meter. If you have a Tesla Wall Connector, the integration is even simpler (but you don't need a Wall Connector to use this feature).
@@zigamahkovec5627 When you say the extra slots are not available, we can access and see these in the Home Assistant Octopus integrations. I'm not a developer, but you might want to double check the API availability for these slots.
😂👍 like the presentation, tough sell honesty. Yeah, guess what we get cloud/rain fairly often in UK, currently even more than usual so solar averages are down (some reporting 20-30%). I’ve seen that worst months in Winter, but also seen +5-10% from estimate. When the sun is about it’s great, can’t rain all the time!?! Regardless, our savings are excellent very happy with Heatable service/forecasts.
Great to hear you're having a great experience with your system - there's no doubt the panel and microinverter system combined are made for our UK weather 😅
Hi, I've just watched this to set mine to come on at different times, but alont the top , it says Mon through to Sunday, whereas yours is only displaying a few days , when I do the first day , I just want it on a little bit in the morning at the moment, so I keep the next stages temp really low as don't need it on through the rest of the day , but when I do that it still displays all 7 days at the top with no indication it's moved to the next day, can you advise me please , thank you
Hi. Thank you for your video. Probably a silly question .! I mostly use manual but I do want the heating to come on its own at 6am. Should I just set the program and then move to auto at bedtime and back to manual in the morning when I’m up?
There's a few ways you could do it. You could do it that way or you could set up a schedule for it to come on and off at various points of the day. If you only want 2 on and off times. For example 6am on and 8am off then 5pm on and 7pm off then you'd set P1 as 6am, p2 as 8am, p3 as 5pm and p4 as 7pm. You'd then have to add p5 and 6 as the same on and off time in order to finish the schedule (you have to add 6 programme settings).
My comments concerning the controller were nothing compared to what came next! Three visits by three different Vailliant engineers, another free-lance heating engineer, a leak-finder (£700) and still the boiler lost pressure over a 90 minute period. At that point - mid-winter - I gave up and bought half a dozen oil-filled portable radiators and this winter I am better organised, with timers switching them on and off at relevant times. I count myself lucky that I can still get hot water from the boiler.
A few individuals have tested this (far from lab conditions) but so far haven't seen much difference. This is something we've been looking into testing ourselves but need the right property and conditions to test it on!
@@Heatable Is there a difference between the bifacials you use and those of other manufacturers? when I have been looking into bifacial in general they emphasise its light coming from the back while you emphasise the light passing through the cells. Are there different optimisations in play here? On another note, have you considered looking into domestic wind turbines? There are some interesting models around these days and I'm considering a turbine to compliment solar when I'm project ready.
Take a look at our video showing how these bifacial panels perform almost 20% better in winter! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JzYQglckCvo.html
I have a Huasun HJT bifacial double-glass panels but on a ground mount, facing south, 45 degrees and with string off-grid inverter (also tested with Victron MPPT controller), panels rated 440W and on a partially cloudy day produced 461W peak without any white or reflective material underneath (but it's coming soon). Going also to put them as a solar roof over a terrace. 👍 BTW Not sure if gluing a microinverter to a bifacial panel glass is a proper way to go - it should be attached in a way allowing for ventilation - microinverter cooling (away from the glass) to avoid overheating also obscuring as little of the panel surface as possible. Regards
Huge thanks - fouind the manual really daunting and just wanted to be able to turn the heating on and off - thanks to your vdeio I reckon I can do that now! p.s. see that you've had 120k views so far so it's not just me phased by the manual! 🤣
Lol...pathetIc sellers, nothing new here, assembled a std panel with a micro INVERTER and shout to whoever dumbass that it's a new product....what a joke
So when the inverter fails as there’s always 1 in a batch a few years down the road, time will move on and so do the pannels which by the time may be 500+ with the original discontinued, will they swap the panel with the equivalent as that could be the iq9 or even 10 by then and more than likely higher output solar pannels by then ,as well. given that enphase has with other models brought back and replaced with the iq7 in the past and altered its cabling over time what happens if newer pannels require a different main string cable etc and rest of rig compatibility or just remove the inverter and use one from storage, as if the cable gets altered requing a heavier gage , what will happen to the rest of the incompatible cable run , given there integrated will they be replaced to the newer panel’s as well
A warranty is a warranty, so depending on what evolutions have happened with the micro-inverters this would be taken into account. The new IQ8's have a lot of life in them yet, so it's hard to say what will be available in 25 years and how things will have changed...
Thumbs down to much talking and a lot of just talking riding in the car just sucks just get on with it I mean do we need to talk to the whole neighborhood just get on with it
A microinverter might only need 12v but a Tesla powerwall 3 inverter requires only 50v and a Fronius gen 24 inverter requires only 80v, so if 5 and 8 panel’s respectively are connected in parallel, they actually turn on earlier than microinverters.
Does the inverter mounted on the bacl of such a panel impact the light gathering characteristics?? Would it not be better to ensure all cables and inverters don’t block light from hitting the underside solar cells??
The blocking of the back of the panel is so minimal that it doesn't really make a difference. The micro-inverters are attached in the same spot when they're attached to the railing so this wouldn't be any different since they block the same surface area.
The 440W PV output / 380W inverter output seems be taking into account pretty-normal 90% efficiency, which is practical. What the biface does for you is slightly boost your output in less-ideal insolation, so even though the first face might drop below 440W, support from the second face should keep the inverter at 380W a little longer than it would with only once face, and give you a little extra as sunlight dims further. You'll never get the full benefit of biface (alleged 30% for some panels, so potentially 570W for a 440W per-face?) in full sunlight though, because of the microinverter limit. There's a slightly sad pragmatism creeping into Renewable Energy which means we're happily accepting lower utilisation of components / opportunity *because there's no way of reliably utilising peak performance*. Pragmatism has its benefits, once you've talked yourself round.
Lots of good information in this video. Overall, I am generally not in favor of removing modularity even if the warranty is reasonable, the hassle factor of the lack of modularity makes it annoying. Thanks for the video.
Send me one for free so i can stop polluting air to turn my lights on and save little kids from getting asma if you really like kids you will come and install it for me for free .
Enphase app has ropey connection to its servers for users, often can’t connect with large time gaps in service. I know it’s Enphase as my Alpha battery app works great all the time.
Sound like a good idea on paper but it's interesting that lack of modularity is being sold as a positive. Should something go wrong with just a micro inverter, the whole inverter and panel assembly will be 'scrapped' and replaced.. fine from a customer pov whilst in warranty, but there is the downside of unnecessary landfill in my opinion. Further, outside of warranty (yes it's a long time away) then a replacement of the entire unit is far more costly to the end user, so definite negative at that point. Appreciate all the content and in depth technical explanations though!
Looks like the inverter is in a cradle that is bonded to the back of the panel so if the inverter were to go down it could be unclipped and replaced, I think
@@billbobaggings1505 It does put you in an 'iMac component not the same as PC component' position though, unless the cradles themselves are standardised across suppliers - in which case I guess what you really have is a separate panel and microinverter after all...
Cheers for the insightful video, the music is unnecessary though. Installing heat pumps looks like a huge costly job, which needs a lot of space inside. Although it's likely more efficient than a good quality gas boiler, it seems as though it would be off the table for a lot of people space wise - I mean, where would those huge tanks go inside if you lived in a smaller house or flat? - Also, even with a government grant that's still a LOT of money...
