Tesla's Powerwall 3 & Solar | What I Wish I Knew

Breaking down the Tesla products many don't know about, along with their competition in the space.

1. All-Weather Floor Mats

2. Front License Plate Mount - Quick Bandit

3. Screen Protector (Model Y/3)

4. Hills Interior Upgrades - Wood

5. Cyber Backpack

6. Enhance S3XY Buttons

7. Fanttik X8 Apex Tire Inflator

8. Spare Tire for Tesla

9. Tire Air Caps

10. Phone Mount

11. Tablet Mount

12. Fanttik V10
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13. Model Y Matchbox

14. Scent Wedge Tesla Air Freshener (Model Y/3)

15. Air Freshener Adapter

16. HEPA Filters

17. Center Console Organizers (Model Y/3)

Teslarati New Owners Bundle

18. Jowua Console & Dock

19. Jowua Console Bar Hub

20. Front Trunk Organizer (Model Y)

21. Side Door Organizers

22. Side Cubby Storage Bins (Model Y)

Bonus: Rear Seat Storage (Model Y)

23. Samsung T7 SSD

24. Roof Shade (Model Y):

25. Water Bottle Holder

26. Arm Rest Cover

27. Sunglasses Holder

28. CCS Adapter

29. Pedal Covers

30. Pet Cargo Cover

31. Cleaning Products

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[boblatkey]

I bought my own equipment and installed it myself and pulled my own permit. I paid about $10, 000 for everything and took the tax credit on top of that. My system meets about 90% of my annual energy need and if the power goes out for five days or more 80+ percent of my circuits are backed up and everything runs smooth. My payback period is about 4 1/2 years.

[dontbanmebrodontbanme]

SunPower's 92% guarantee after 25 years is outstanding. One thing to note, however: a guarantee is only as good as the company providing it. If they go bankrupt, obviously the guarantee doesn't mean a hill of beans. That said, it's admirable they're shooting for such amazing results. We switched to EVs last year and we turned on our geothermal system early this year. The next step is solar, but I'm taking my time to get the best solution for us.

[keijuhl]

I have a 4kw solar panel system from Tesla. I have really enjoyed it, it offsets about 33% of my electric use. My Model 3 is essentially powered by the panels alone as any excess solar I generate I just put in the car.

[Kendallbogley]

I went with Tesla for a 4k system, Tesla inverter and q cells. I used my own referral own a model y, credit card rebates and the federal 30 percent to get the total cost of the system around $6000 cash. Q cells are 86 percent at 25 years old

[neilm]

Also depending on the climate the operational range is important of a panel, especially in cloudy places.

[dannywitz]

I’m a bit surprised you missed Enphase Energy, the number one residential inverter in the US… (recently was most quoted on energy sage as well)

[berthogendoorn]

Unfortunate now as the new Tariffs introduced last week, many, many of these alternate solar and battery providers with no longer be cost effective, setting back movement to green energy.

[jasonbangerter]

Take another look at what states they’re in. I know they just dropped my state I live in Utah. I have a 22 kW Tesla Solar system and three power walls. I was set for an additional two power walls to add to my system and they just completed designing my system and then told me they no longer do business in Utah and they fired their whole staff.

[Starship]

Many large building use storage batteries without solar. They use cheap energy TOU times to fill batteries. When electricity becomes expensive as the day progresses more batteries come on line. I believe that was why Tesla would not sell just the batteries unless you bought some panels. I think they have gone back to allowing just battery purchases. Batteries make the real difference. I use my house battery to help charge the EV with solar. Many times completely free to charge EV

[noelreynolds]

In live in the UK, so I am lucky if I can make 20kw per day in solar energy. This is ok, but what most powerwall/storage batteries does advertise is the the batteries management system uses 100w-200w, so maybe 2kw per day. In the UKs winter, I may not make 2kw per day - so the batteries are actually costing me electricity. I estimate this is about 60 days per year

[kaycontent]

I’m liking Anker. There’s an LCD display which provides redundancy should I lose connectivity.

[fredhearty]

Will a power wall, with or without solar, be a code requirement in all new homes soon? In all pre-existing homes and multi-family units one day?

[CWK]

I wish solar was more realistic. I have only seen it be beneficial in states like CA where the power costs are higher. In my area a 25 year contract would net $20 a month in savings and costs five times the material costs.

It also is a bummer I can’t use my Y LR (75kWh pack) effectively as six powerwalls ($54, 000) for house backup. I can get electricity for $0.01 per kWh 8 hours a day and use that to run the house each day through peak hours.

[SteveZ]

Hey Ryan, I'm checking out Energysage but thought I'd throw out a couple thoughts that you might consider for future videos.

My ultimate powerwall: DIY, expandable, *** Fireproof Solar Roof ***, that plays WELL with others - (with most manufactures) in every component catagory.
I like the idea of fireproofing my house while building a pay as I go DIY a solar powerwall.

[Starship]

The problem with any renewable system is delayed gratification like the stock market. It’s a lot of money up front that pays you back later like an asset. Natural gas plants/coal plants are cheaper to build and you’re buying gas or coal in monthly allotments vs buying huge amounts of coal or natural gas up front. In Hawaii I paid my system off in 4 years as electricity is 50 cents/kwh. I can not control healthcare system costs but can control energy costs. Hawaii already over 30% renewable mainly to residential private rooftop vs government or electric companies. Electric company receiving a good deal as using your rooftop that is already connected to the grid vs clearing huge amounts of land with all the wiring infrastructure and costs. Before energy companies would DUMP excess energy they could not use. With battery storage they save energy especially for night use and smooths the grid. Buy your system. Leasing is not a good deal and a pain when selling the house with leased solar

[saldigitalzone]

Can you summarize who makes the best (1) electricity storage and (2) the best solar penal. Thank you!

[milescoleman]

I want a megapack for my home. So I can have the lights on for a year when the power goes out.

[Starship]

Tesla motors/energy also build their own superchargers. Some companies like BP OIL buying chargers and rebadging them. Hopefully see more EV stations at gas stations

[msbgone]

Tesla panels are only 80% after 25 years, I had no idea that was the case, so glad I got LG panels. Just wish they still made them! My friend used Blue Raven and is happy with them. I used a local installer. What about Enphase batteries?

[JohnVanderbeck]

Outside of "Solar Roof" Tesla doesn't actually make solar panels and just white labels QCells. I got a quote from Tesla wanting a 14+ kW system with Powerwall 3 batteries, and they came back and told me the best they could put on my roof was 12kW which would only cover about 75-80% of my energy use. Instead I found a local installer, how is actually a Tesla certified installer (the same people my Tesla order would have gone through) who could not only sell and install the exact same Powerwall 3 batteries, but paired it with a DIFFERENT solar panel company, REC, and was able to get 14kW on my roof and actually originally quoted be an 18kW system! WAY more than Tesla would or even COULD do because they are locked into one single panel, one panel size, no flexibility. In the end even if I had stayed with Tesla, they would have only sub contracted my order out to some local installer anyway. This way I bypassed that, went directly to the local installer, and got a better system for doing so. On top of that given how much bad talk Tesla has gotten lately about their solar work since the company gutted the division, including horror stories of people waiting over a year to get the system turned on, I'm quite happy having bypassed all of that. My install is only just now getting started but I'm told getting it done before the end of the year (It's end of July 2024 right now) will not be a problem.