Tesla Solar Roof: End of the Honeymoon Phase! 

When your roof will pay off?

@@youshortsone 77 years

@@x3ICEx not even close :) Next video you'll find out.

@@x3ICEx My PV installation in Ireland will pay itself off in less than 8 years - and we don't even get a feed in tariff. Also, way further north and not really known for sun. I suspect a PV install in California will pay itself off way quicker.

Would love to see these numbers if you had vertical Geothermal Heating/cooling pumps (look up Dandelion Energy)

@@southbaysolarcleaning4348 boooooo advertise elsewhere

@@briannem.6787 Just report for spam they'll get banned soon enough

@@daylen577 I'll do that!

@@southbaysolarcleaning4348 i think your comment was respectful and did not warrant this backlash/hate from these chrome domes. You didnt push your business.. u pushed your video that is extremely relevant to this OPs video. Its one thing to spam ads, it's another to show ppl who might have found this video because they're specifically looking into or searching cleaning tesla solar roof tiles, or howto's on it. Even more so after thought since OP may not have been as thorough in his video about cleaning the tiles as people who searched for cleaning videos may have wanted to learn. And without clicking ur profile and actively trying to look at your videos, which is what these chrome domes are acting like you just forced them to do , while they watch a video with ads all over it and in it, from a guy who's income comes from getting you to watch ads or even more so... buy products he supports. So with all that being said.. your comment about informing people that you exist and heres a video or 3 about solar panel cleaning can be found on your channel(IF THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THAT SORT OF THING THOSE PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE! and those who are not... probably never would have seen your comment anyways.) People... relax... were all here existing together. This guy/gal is not causing trouble, just lettin you know he's got a video about cleaning solar panels. Ignore it if it bothers you. Holy shit! I just wasted 5 minutes of my life for this for God knows why... 👋 goodbye.

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Ok Michael Reeves

@@MrBonners Ok Mark Rober

SoCal has the highest levels of TSD and this would cause mineral build up on the roof.

my level of laziness would be to set up a sprinkler system on a timer to clean said tiles daily

@@2nd3rd1st spend $60,000 on solar roof spend $min wage for rando kid to clean it. nothing could go wrong

@@RufflezRevolution If keeping them clean is so important seems like a sprinkler system should be part of the setup. Also he could have just used a pressure washer on low to clean the tiles which would have given him more power and taken much less time and eliminate sore muscles from using that brush!

@@2nd3rd1st I'm sure putting kids on a roof is a great idea? Like theyre roofers or something lol

@@2nd3rd1st : Yeah But, the repair cost of broken panels might sour that Idea....

You must not have thought your response thru 🥴 use rain water where it doesn't rain... fr? Genuis!!

@@TheBoostinbobby he had a rain barrel - watch the video duh

@@pablopicaro7649 did you not hear him say it hasn't rained since March there ? 🥴 not enough rain 🥴

I did exactly what you’re suggesting three weeks ago. Used a high-pressure hose with tapwater to clean the dirt off my panels in San Benito County California (Intensive Ag industry creates lots of dust and no rain since April. Cleaned four panels at a time then rinsed off with RO water. I have a old under sink RO system installed in my garage producing clean (20 ppm TDS) water to atmosphere which gives me 1 gallon of product for 1 gallon of waste. Filled six 5 gallon buckets. Used a small hi pressure irrigation pump (Amazon $130) which gives me 65 psi output. More than enough pressure to reach the ridge of my roof standing on a step ladder. Took about one hour to clean 22 solar panels. Solar panel output jumped from 37 kWh to 42 kWh. And the panels look much better.

@@TheBoostinbobby what a clown. Watch the video lol

I generally agree, but the one case where the solar tiles would really make sense is if you needed a replacement roof anyway. In that case you may come out ahead vs new traditional roof + panels.

@@GaryVirta Another consideration, is if you have a "English Tudor" roof, which has a lot of triangles, you will have a much easier time utilizing the available roof area, just because of the small size of the tiles, vs. large frame panels. There are also some HOA's that may not allow the panels, but you can "hide" the photovoltaic system by using the tiles, which just look like shingles at a glance.

I did the Tesla calculator at it was like 80k

@@GaryVirta puhaha nah dude that roof is never worth it. unless it costs 20k

@@joshnolastname407 Yep like 8-10x more than a normal shingle roof.

I think it's because of temperature coefficient. Panels are optimal at around 50 degree Celsius. The dust might have reduced it a bit from full performance

Solar panels can actually overheat and stop working.

You bet!

Glad you like the videos. I don't post often, but when I do I try to make it insightful and entertaining.

I have Enphase in Florida. It rains 25 hours a day here. I am def in the “you don’t need to clean the panels ever” camp and mine started getting lines that stayed even after the rain. Enphase app showed a negligible loss. But aesthetically the wife wasnt happy. So i had them cleaned. The increase in power would not cover the cleaning costs. There was some fancy name dor the lines. It wasnt just pollen. It was lichen and could eventually grow big enough into the panels to hurt it. So I got it done. Looks way better. They used deonionized water only. And a special robot to drive over the arrays. $215 for 25 panels done the same day.

THAT is a BARGAIN! That is only US $5,300! I am getting similar results from my Hybrid Van: about 1/3 from Electricity and 2/3 from Gasoline (Petrol). A Tesla Home Solar system is going to cost me about US $32,000 (or 27,300 Euros.) But, the ROI will be more than 30 years. Still, the future is coming!

Maybe try making a video on your system as well? There arent many videos of these systems and many people are interested in them. I would definitely want to see a video of your system as well

yes please vlog your experience

Didn't the price of the solar roof skyrocket lately?

literally garbage dont buy fads

@@keithmoriyama5421 why is that? Please explain, as I was considering Tesla because I have a vintage home and other brands would not look right on it. Thanks!

It will obviously be case by case but it's important to take into consideration the cost of installing a normal roof if that is somethign that will need to be done anyways.

@@djbutch123 yes but if you have to redo the solar Panels with a solar roof you have to redo the roof again every time

@@BrosBrothersLP ... What?

And then not many people stay in there house for 30+ years without moving. That's a long time.

My understanding is that the intention of solar tiles is not to replace EXISTING roofs, but replace the purchase of a NEW traditional ceramic roof. In which case the arithmentic has to be based on the marginal cost.

*Tab ftfy

"If you think hiring an expert is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur"

@@Alyx_Vance true AF. I've spent ages trying to learn the fastest way to clean shit like this with no spots. he did it literally the hardest way possible.

Ammonia is rinse-aid. It's basically just Windex. That's the anti spotting chemical.

Does it last as long as a normal roof though? I don’t think so. Normal panels can be swapped easily.

@@KP3droflxp The roof may last a few decades longer than the panels inside the tiles. And you're probably right that the roof itself won't last as many decades as some other types of roofs, but what is the issue with that? Cost - and perhaps environmental - should be the only concerns, since I don't think anyone seriously thinks that a few extra hours of work in their entire life is going to be a deciding factor.

@@Muskar2 no but it means that you have to redo the hole roof again when you need to redo the solar panels. So you basically never brake even

@@Muskar2 That's the point, the panels will stop being useful pretty fast and you have to replace the whole roof again.

@@KP3droflxp Why do you "have to" replace the roof when the solar panels stop being useful? It just becomes a roof by then and then couldn't you just add standard solar panels if you still want independent energy generation?

It wasn't all that difficult to clean the roof. The glass tiles are slightly hydrophobic, so water, slide off easily

A brush works better on that kind of surface. A squeegee just won't work. You wouldn't be too concerned about mineral content, if it was a mirror smooth surface, on which, you could use a squeegee.

Watch out with detergent on your roof, this guy just has a rainbarrel but alot of people forget about raincollectionsystems beeing used for toilets or washing machines and maybe lawnwatering. U wont be laughing if your entire lawn is dead.

Well hello India

@@f87115 hello brother

bro delhi mein future mein mein bhi solar tiles/panels use karunga but winters mein thodi problem hogi but in summers ohho

That depends on the humidity of the supply air. A home on average is about 40% humidity and really isn't enough to pull moisture out of the air at 70 degrees due to the dew point. If you live in the south east or in a high humidity area then this would be a much more viable solution. Again, you're not wrong and any little bit of water would still be good to use rather than just dumping it down a drain.

You mean the rain.

It's a real grab bag of good data and rigid decisions that ignore other options

weird it's almost like there were asterisked corrections on screen for that very fucking reason.