Turning Off Dream Home Power!

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  • You did it, Dan! We love how much you learned about your home from energy insights in your SPAN Home app throughout this experiment, and that your SPAN Panels made it possible to go off-grid for a full 48 hours. Resilience looks good on your Dream Home!

    @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
    • How did this only have 6 likes

      @ronweanysr@ronweanysr11 ай бұрын
    • 👍

      @Levi_Holiday@Levi_Holiday11 ай бұрын
    • SPAN is cool

      @crazymolemusic@crazymolemusic11 ай бұрын
    • Too

      @Wildwestexpress3457@Wildwestexpress345711 ай бұрын
    • I really think that power monitoring and smart control from something like a span panel is something every house should have. I was noticing though that for this one, it looks like the system has 2x 200a service connections. Is this true? That would explain some of the deltas seen between the different apps as all of the meters are revenue grade, and it is unlikely they are wrong. It would be interesting to see an actual wiring diagram of how the house is connected as it seems like the span panels are bypassing some of the measurements the tesla app has access to at 15:50. Notice that the tesla "solar" is the same as the span panel "battery" output. Does that mean something is not installed correctly and that the span panels are taking off the power for the house before the tesla sees it on the solar input?

      @ErikMeike@ErikMeike11 ай бұрын
  • Watching this from South Africa is funny. We live with 10+ hours a day where we have no power. Switching to solar is a game changer here and almost a requirement to live a normal life.

    @TobiasWeberRSA@TobiasWeberRSA11 ай бұрын
    • Ja dis altyd lekker

      @hanrocarstens1487@hanrocarstens148711 ай бұрын
    • How many people would u say have solar power in ur area? Is it not that much

      @BayareaXotics@BayareaXotics11 ай бұрын
    • @@BayareaXotics in my neighbour it's surprisingly many. The best is seeing the installations show up almost on a daily basis. I think most of the country has realised that it's the only way forward.

      @TobiasWeberRSA@TobiasWeberRSA11 ай бұрын
    • Same in Puerto Rico i remember for hurricane Maria we went 8 months without electricity

      @glaydelis75@glaydelis7511 ай бұрын
    • @@TobiasWeberRSA wow that’s awesome well I hope u are enjoying life out there in South Africa 🇿🇦

      @BayareaXotics@BayareaXotics11 ай бұрын
  • Dang those drone shots are sweet!

    @JerryRigEverything@JerryRigEverything11 ай бұрын
    • Yeah, almost as good as yours

      @DLRX123@DLRX12311 ай бұрын
    • ok

      @Cyan__@Cyan__11 ай бұрын
    • only you zack would take notice of that lol

      @RylanBYT@RylanBYT11 ай бұрын
    • Fr! Is that the DJI avata?

      @cohens1861@cohens186111 ай бұрын
    • @@cohens1861 seems like it!

      @kawesomer9241@kawesomer924111 ай бұрын
  • Hey Dan, I didn’t read through the comments, so someone else may have said this, but it seems that the Span panel is in charge and not the power wall. This would account for some of the discrepancies that you saw. The power walls are being fed from the Span panel, which is why the span panel was seeing the “whole” picture more clearly than the power wall was seeing. Hope this helps! Thanks for the video! Can’t wait to go solar myself.

    @joshuafox1520@joshuafox152011 ай бұрын
    • Agreed. Powerwall showed no usage to the home because no power was going from the powerwall to the home. And the discrepancy in solar incoming is because powerwall only knows what Span is sending it and the house was pulling some power before going to the powerwall.

      @drewblessing8418@drewblessing841811 ай бұрын
  • It’s crazy to see how much your house uses even without AC. Even more extreme with AC. Thats no comparison to european houses

    @timsonxx@timsonxx11 ай бұрын
    • And whats even more crazy is that he said he was using even the heaters during night! So he’s using AC during the day and then all that cool air is being heated up during the night?! What a waste of energy. Plus there’s no need to use AC when it’s 80 degrees outside. Like literally, here in Europe, we weren’t allowed to heat up our homes during (freezing) winter to above 65-70 degrees (19-20C) and yet the dummies in the US are just wasting energy.

      @vitkrivan9380@vitkrivan938011 ай бұрын
    • Yea, passive cooling/insulation first. If the house is insulated it will actually keep the heat out of the doors are closed. 1-2kW baseload is abominable. Anyone would have been able to do that challenge if they properly prioritised the must haves.

      @salibaba@salibaba11 ай бұрын
    • He has span but never shows how much each load is using. Two Powerwalls should always get you through one single night to day in spring- summer, this is nuts that night-morning used 26kwhs The span panels system seem wasted on the house as it so inefficient 😢

      @roxychic367@roxychic36711 ай бұрын
    • @@vitkrivan9380 hey hey. Not all people in the us have 1000s to spend on energy. Some of us don’t do this 😢

      @daviidfm923@daviidfm92311 ай бұрын
    • how many European homes are 9000 sq ft?

      @alegrad1112@alegrad111211 ай бұрын
  • This is honestly such a good challenge. You really learn to appreciate having power and become more conscious on how much electricity you use every day. I would love to see you guys try this challenge again in maybe a year and see how you change your home to become more and more efficient.

    @conceptt@conceptt11 ай бұрын
    • Right? It's an awesome way to learn how your home uses energy so you can take steps to reduce average consumption.

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
    • Would have been a much BETTER challenge if they had cut ALL power off from their home. No solar, no nothing. I feel kinda click-baited.

      @arnox4554@arnox455411 ай бұрын
  • I wish the Tela powerwalls and chargers would communicate with the Cars to send power from their battery packs back into the house just to bridge the gap between the power walls running out and the solar kicking in fully. It would also mean that the solar could continue at 100% output after the power walls were full and start charging the batteries in the cars. This is something we know Tesla could make, with the app connectivity they already have it would be easy to make them all communicate.

    @morph-@morph-11 ай бұрын
    • And when the power walls are full, they could start charging the car instead of shutting down the solar panels.

      @gerGoPrint3D@gerGoPrint3D11 ай бұрын
    • could cause long-term battery health issues

      @therealkim_jong_un@therealkim_jong_un11 ай бұрын
    • It wouldn't if it were only for short term, maybe if a house didn't have power walls at all and just needed some quick power for a one hour outage. I think if there was an outage once every few months for a few hours the damage that would cause to the battery would be negligable, especially if you consider that power walls exist and do the job fine.

      @morph-@morph-11 ай бұрын
    • I love tela

      @cohens1861@cohens186111 ай бұрын
    • As far as I know Tesla cars don't have the hardware needed for the "vehicle to home" mode, and each charger must have their own inverter to make that energy usable in the house (which makes them way more expensive). Some electric cars have this kind of hardware but it's still uncommon.

      @bastienx8@bastienx811 ай бұрын
  • My wife walked in the room and asked why I listening to Ryan Reynolds and told her I was watching what’s inside family 😂😂 never really knew how similar Dan sounds just like Ryan Reynolds and now I can’t get it out of my head

    @blaw737@blaw73711 ай бұрын
    • I'm your wife

      @BOOST_sounds@BOOST_sounds11 ай бұрын
    • I'm Ryan Reynolds 😂

      @melvillemercado@melvillemercado11 ай бұрын
  • American houses use so much power. I have no idea how do you guys even use this much power, like what in the actual hell are you doing to possibly use this much power ? Most American still use the outdated and dangerous GASSSS for cooking and still use this much power. It just blows my mind.

    @vidpetrovic8907@vidpetrovic890711 ай бұрын
    • Two words = Air Conditioning. In the US 90% of the homes have AC. We also have lots of space over here for big houses, bigger the house the more air needs to be treated and more power is required to run the AC. Also no the vast majority of US homes have electric stoves. I think it is something like 70% of the US is Electric stoves and ovens. Except for California and New York for some reason they like their gas stoves.

      @Catsrules1@Catsrules111 ай бұрын
  • whats crazy is that he said he was using even the heaters during night! So he’s using AC during the day and then all that cool air is being heated up during the night?! What a waste of energy. Plus there’s no need to use AC when it’s 80 degrees outside. Like literally, here in Europe, we weren’t allowed to heat up our homes during (freezing) winter to above 65-70 degrees (19-20C) and yet the dummies in the US are just wasting energy.

    @vitkrivan9380@vitkrivan938011 ай бұрын
  • It's good to have a backup like you have installed even though you have such a good grid energy system! Here in South Africa our grid is unstable, we have rolling blackouts every 4 hours or so, so having some sort of backup is a need unless you like sitting in dark for 4+ hours a day. You should do some more videos on the solar side.

    @DryVan2@DryVan211 ай бұрын
  • We lived off grid with our Tesla PowerWalls for 11 days after Hurricane Ida! Our solar panels charged our PowerWalls daily.

    @geosh10@geosh1011 ай бұрын
    • Well for these guys that is definetly impossible. Their energy usage is insane. I mean, their solarpanels appear to produce up to 9KW and its still not enough. That should be more than enough to power a house for the day

      @holycaketree@holycaketree11 ай бұрын
  • You need a UPS for your network/computers with a managed shutdown script

    @urbanjungle9600@urbanjungle960011 ай бұрын
    • I don’t know what this means but it sounds like it is something I need.

      @WHATSINSIDEFAMILY@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY11 ай бұрын
    • ​@@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY An UPS is like an emergency battery, so if you lose power, it's powering it for a few minutes to safely shut off.

      @paluffel399@paluffel39911 ай бұрын
    • @@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY UPS is a backup power device for servers, NVRs etc. Anything you plug into it. It then plugs into your computers, servers etc. either via network or just via USB and when the UPS battery gets low it will tell all the devices connected to it to shut off safely so it just doesn't cut power and risk losing data.

      @rafajrichard@rafajrichard11 ай бұрын
    • yes, specially to prevent devices from turning off for a split second when switching from grid to battery

      @fedemtz6@fedemtz611 ай бұрын
    • @@WHATSINSIDEFAMILY it's like a power generator for your computers. Stands for uninterruptible power supply. It's common for offices to have this.

      @banshee1133@banshee113311 ай бұрын
  • Great video Dan! I love the flexibility of SPAN you showed. Our family has about 12kW of solar and 4 Tesla Powerwalls installed. We ran this type of experiment before and after installing a 5 zone Mitsubishi based heat pump system (for cooling and heating), in both winter and summer. I was able to go reliably off grid in both seasons, in part by moving from HVAC to heat pumps. We live in Los Angeles and our home is significantly smaller - about 2,600 square feet - but it's a testament to how much more efficient heat pumps are over traditional HVAC systems. And with the multi-zone nature of heat pump systems, you can just heat or cool the area of the home where you are.

    @hockeyplayer28@hockeyplayer2811 ай бұрын
  • Cool challenge. Since there were times in the day where the power banks weren't charging because they were full, couldn't the cars get charged during that time? It would use up some of the stored energy and utilize the available sun. Can't wait to finally see what happens to the statue.

    @DrewLakebrink@DrewLakebrink11 ай бұрын
  • This is more entertainment than instruction. Timing is important and insolation is much better this time of year. And you appear to be in the southwest so not much weather. Practically, this CAN be done any time of year if one manages demand. And yes, the solar/powerwall/SPAN combination is powerful.

    @happyhome41@happyhome4111 ай бұрын
  • they use more energy in one day than i do for my home in a month

    @danupson@danupson11 ай бұрын
    • their energy usage is about 10x the global average for a household and 2.5x the US average for a household

      @wcovey25@wcovey2511 ай бұрын
    • @@wcovey25 which is a very big shame! Such a waste of energy

      @carholic-sz3qv@carholic-sz3qv11 ай бұрын
    • And whats even more crazy is that he said he was using even the heaters during night! So he’s using AC during the day and then all that cool air is being heated up during the night?! What a waste of energy. Plus there’s no need to use AC when it’s 80 degrees outside. Like literally, here in Europe, we weren’t allowed to heat up our homes during (freezing) winter to above 65-70 degrees (19-20C) and yet the dummies in the US are just wasting energy.

      @vitkrivan9380@vitkrivan938011 ай бұрын
    • @@wcovey25 Wow, this is insane! I guess US average is already quite high compared to EU so beating even that by 2.5x is just so wasteful. I mean, a lot about their house is a big waste. And not being able to sustain yourself with up to 9kw from solar and 2 batteries is insane.

      @holycaketree@holycaketree11 ай бұрын
    • It's because in some places they have "free" energy with hydro and nuclear. which is super cheap relative to for example the netherlands. where power currently costs 40 cents/kwh @@vitkrivan9380

      @kiddy1992@kiddy19923 ай бұрын
  • Dan - Can you please explain how in 2023 with LED bulbs everywhere, you are using 1KW for your lighting (15:34) during the *day* ?????

    @djenson@djenson11 ай бұрын
    • there is probably more than just lights on, such as fridges/freezers, possibly TV, computer, washing machine Would have been good to see in the span app what was using power and how much

      @brandonokeeffe1193@brandonokeeffe119311 ай бұрын
  • great video and very interesting. done this myself 4 weeks ago and you really learn a lot about power, usage and your behaviour. everyone should do this to get the knowledge about there power usage

    @bellyards8779@bellyards87799 ай бұрын
  • It takes a fair amount of practice to figure out what you actually need on or off. Awesome video! South Africa is going through this but not by choice, haha!

    @YammyBoh7@YammyBoh711 ай бұрын
  • Excited to see how this turns out

    @xclotfkds@xclotfkds11 ай бұрын
  • this was an eye opener on how, when n what to use in power conservation n also on hw to go abt power usage in cases of outage

    @dexdavd@dexdavd10 ай бұрын
  • Would love to go off the grid and seeing this video does make me want to do it more! Very cool and educational

    @XeRo333@XeRo33310 ай бұрын
  • Lift masters garage door openers with a battery backup is a must for all my houses. When we moved to our current home it was one of the first things we had installed

    @buddychrist1907@buddychrist190711 ай бұрын
    • These Garage door operators support Battery Backup. Put the batteries in or if they are in there already, connect the leads. They come with Batteries.

      @CedarParkOverheadDoors@CedarParkOverheadDoors11 ай бұрын
  • You did this challenge so well and I loved the drone shots i can’t wait for you to do another challenge like this, maybe 72 Hours. You ae my favorite youtuber!

    @Giangtien18@Giangtien1811 ай бұрын
  • It's a good, Hard way to find out if the solar panels orientation was set up correctly. Thank you for this. Will keep this in mind when I finally put them on my house

    @jamesplatt1352@jamesplatt135211 ай бұрын
  • I LOVE these house updates. Please keep this content up!

    @RobloxTester466@RobloxTester46611 ай бұрын
    • I think I what what channel you watch

      @IsaiahBuildStuff@IsaiahBuildStuff11 ай бұрын
    • @Rangers2k20 Lol

      @RobloxTester466@RobloxTester46611 ай бұрын
    • hello fellow jacksucksatlife viewer

      @z..x.r@z..x.r11 ай бұрын
    • @@z..x.r Hello

      @RobloxTester466@RobloxTester46611 ай бұрын
    • @@z..x.r hello!

      @IsaiahBuildStuff@IsaiahBuildStuff11 ай бұрын
  • This video should be titled "Utah Family Plays Vermont Simulator for 2 Days"

    @wyatt9144@wyatt914411 ай бұрын
  • Have you looked at the Tesla solar tiles for the other sections of your roof, as they are far more discreet than the big solar panels?

    @catmantech@catmantech11 ай бұрын
  • Could you possibly see about putting a WiFi extender close to your Tesla power wall? Wondering if it just loses communication from the WiFi at certain points? Maybe during peak performance times where a lot of bandwidth is being used? Putting that WiFi extender near the power wall maybe help with that intermittent connectivity.

    @sweetlou8084@sweetlou808411 ай бұрын
  • great video man! very informative!

    @OutbackOntario@OutbackOntario9 ай бұрын
  • Span and the tesla wall are amazing. It's so cool how your power goes down, but you still have power! Also, late happy birthday to Claire 👍

    @ItsJaden1@ItsJaden111 ай бұрын
    • It's definitely a cool experience! Especially being able to see exactly where your stored energy is flowing in real-time in the SPAN Home app. ⚡

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
    • ​@@span_io it's amazing

      @ItsJaden1@ItsJaden111 ай бұрын
  • our electric went out for 2 weeks and we handled it very well. Kept the shades closed, doors, ,etcc. Especially if the entire Grid goes out through the Country. what else is best for people to have security cameras!!! We visit your city a month ago, it's so beautiful there and the citizens are so nice. Throughout Utah it's pretty.

    @debbiec6216@debbiec621611 ай бұрын
  • LOVE these house updates.....i want you to move for more house videos lol

    @BobDoesReviews@BobDoesReviews11 ай бұрын
  • Car coming out is so nice❤❤❤ 12:33 +Tesla sounds

    @123gospy69@123gospy695 ай бұрын
  • I live in Denmark where aircondition is rarely used or even installed. Like the office building I work in has no air conditioning. We do have 82 here from time to time during the summer, and you don’t need AC for those temperatures. Yes it’s a little bit unpleasant, but you can easily do a couple of days with those temperatures.

    @HansMilling@HansMilling10 ай бұрын
  • I live in rural Pakistan and the grid turns off many times a day (load shedding) and we have a ups but it’s not always enough especially in the hot summers when we want to run the ceiling fans. I have AC but the grid turns off more often in the heat so I’m not able to properly use it. I have been looking into solar to power my whole house ,but It’s expensive and the lithium battery’s are even more expensive. 😅 Basically the experiment you did is just like what happens here when the grid goes off for hours at a time.

    @Raees5@Raees511 ай бұрын
  • Happy Battery Birthday Claire! (Great video btw!)

    @IsaiahBuildStuff@IsaiahBuildStuff11 ай бұрын
  • Great video,keep them coming

    @yusufh741@yusufh74111 ай бұрын
  • Good Stuff Dan Powerwalls & Span panels are a great combo.

    @solaranthony@solaranthony11 ай бұрын
    • We couldn't agree more! SPAN Panel paired with Tesla Powerwall provides the ultimate home backup.

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
  • This is what it feels like in South Africa everyday with constant power outages. Such an amazing video love the content!!

    @dylandavidson1709@dylandavidson170911 ай бұрын
    • True! even if you do have solar panels you get battery anxiety during the night because there isn't any sun to charge the backup battery.

      @sfjvariety582@sfjvariety58211 ай бұрын
  • I’m ou should have put a emergency battery under your desk for your computer, it would of made thjngs so much easier😊

    @vivid_vortex42@vivid_vortex4211 ай бұрын
  • I work for an electrical utility. I need some of our customers with solar to watch this video to show that even with a lot of solar and batteries you would still need some help from the utility at times to keep the power going and what it would look like if you were actually off grid

    @randomstufdude@randomstufdude11 ай бұрын
  • i helped my neighbor go off grid, 7.5 kw of solar and 20kw of batteries, occasionally he needs to use the generator, but it is winter in south east Australia and solar is lousy her over winter because of how south we are. we split his panels 50/50 east and west so he makes power all through daylight hours and only when its severally overcast he will generate little power. His batteries her set up for cycle life so they are only used from 30% charge to 85% so in essence he is only using about 10kw of his batteries.

    @john1182@john118211 ай бұрын
  • Pretty sure your home isn't 100% running through the powerwalls, do you have two breaker panels? That may be why the Tesla app isn't showing your full home usage? My home is 100% going through the backed up panel so it shows every watt we use.

    @Radium3D@Radium3D11 ай бұрын
  • Seems like you need to complete the solar roof. All that wasted space that can be used for solar. That house should be able to run off the grid without cutting down energy usage.

    @surfntrucks@surfntrucks11 ай бұрын
  • Back in February 2021 there was a severe ice storm where I live and it’s very unusual to get weather like that, but from it we lost power for 5 days and it took out nearby cell towers so we had no wifi, cell service, and heat Edit: we had to then opt for a generator afterwards instead of solar as from late October to early mid April we don’t get much sun

    @thefuturegamer9451@thefuturegamer945111 ай бұрын
  • Your frustration between the mismatch of generation and storage is a perfect microcosm of the issues faced by the grid!

    @Sirsantos@Sirsantos11 ай бұрын
    • and why we need a constant and reliable power source like nuclear along with sun and wind.

      @tomxygen5963@tomxygen596311 ай бұрын
  • Did you stop uploading on the main channel??

    @abhiramsgirish1278@abhiramsgirish127811 ай бұрын
  • Get the Liftmaster or other brand garage opener with battery backup which also has wifi and belt drive (very quiet). I was amazed one time when my wife came home when power was out and it just worked. Very nice feature.

    @brentmsdn@brentmsdn11 ай бұрын
  • 17:09 I believe the reason it does this is because the grid is disconnected and the power can’t be sent to the power company. I do think that it is odd that it doesn’t use the solar for the house but it may be for the same reason. And good job managing everything and keeping energy for your house most of the video!

    @Iowa-State-Roleplay@Iowa-State-Roleplay11 ай бұрын
  • This was a great test, I imagine your solar/usage can be scaled up and down dependent on size of property and appliances. You can switch off fridges for a few hours as long as you don’t open them, in a pinch you could have not used air con etc… during an actual outage, this could be life saving. Instead of using the Tesla power wall there are modular systems that allow for more granular upgrades. Teslas a nice package though. Nice real world, human test. Also, well to wheel, EVs still contribute less CO2 than ICE vehicles. Span needs to go international, absolutely cracking idea.

    @JGS123WRPTP@JGS123WRPTP11 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for your support, Jonathon! Keep an eye on us as we continue to grow. 😉

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
  • I wish SPAN was available in Australia. I'm building a house and going full electric. Planning on getting 13kW solar and one Powerwall 2 (thinking of getting a second maybe). SPAN would be nice to have so I could have more control over the house.

    @bausHuck@bausHuck11 ай бұрын
    • Yeah me too, span needs to start selling in australia

      @roxychic367@roxychic36711 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for your support! While SPAN Panel isn't currently authorized or listed for installation in Australia, our products may someday be available in your area. Be sure to keep an eye on our growth!

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
    • @@span_io will do!

      @roxychic367@roxychic36711 ай бұрын
  • Happy birthday Claire

    @SANJAYSH1FT3R@SANJAYSH1FT3R11 ай бұрын
  • Dan what you just explained about why the power pack only charges up to 97% is what is called controls engineering or having feedback loops that can change in real time.......I would know since I just graduated with a B.S. in Robotics Engineering

    @chaseing_chase@chaseing_chase11 ай бұрын
  • Happy birthday clare🎉

    @Benrutherford8225@Benrutherford82259 ай бұрын
  • For the weirdness of the applications. Maybe, the tesla doesn't know that power is use in the house because it's from the solar panel only. Instead, the SPAN app know because all the power from the solar go thought the SPAN system and so, the app know the power consumption of the house and stored energy of the tesla wall

    @MrThejack59@MrThejack5911 ай бұрын
  • so what I've gathered is you need 1 more powerwall, maybe v3 11.5kwh rumored ones, and you could do this flawlessly.

    @AustinFerguson@AustinFerguson11 ай бұрын
    • or charge a car when powerwall is full

      @petevr@petevr11 ай бұрын
    • I think 2 more would be perfect. You could definitely go 24 hours with no grid power then for that size house

      @Jim_Briggs@Jim_Briggs11 ай бұрын
  • I think that your house is wired up weirdly, as I have found the tesla app is actually very accurate even when the power is out. It also works completely independently of the internet too (and allows for hardwired ethernet if you want). I have a second power meter, and I measure both at 1hz with some home automation and they match to about 0.1% error. I think this is an app explanation issue. It looks like your house has 2x 200a panels, and the powerwalls do not actually connect between separate the two service connections. This means when it is disconnected, there are many ways that the tesla app could measure differently than span depending on how the house is wired and they truly are measuring the correct power through a wire, but just because of the way they are wired, they represent different things.

    @ErikMeike@ErikMeike11 ай бұрын
  • I live in Hermiston Oregon and we have 22 325 watt panels and 10 365 watt panels that all face the south and right now on the average they generate 63 to 65 kw a day. The only thing is we don't have Tesla Powerwalls yet!

    @paulhasty8388@paulhasty838811 ай бұрын
  • cool house you have. when I was a kid our power got shut off all the time in the summer because my parents didnt have the money for the bill. 90+ degree days with no fans - no fridge. we had coolers. >>>> memories .

    @mib20000@mib2000011 ай бұрын
  • Dan house needs his own Tesla Megapack & not just Powerwalls😂

    @muzaqqiralibaig@muzaqqiralibaig11 ай бұрын
  • Oh my God, I’m your fan

    @hugoplays7276@hugoplays727611 ай бұрын
  • Havent watched yall since the og days before this channel, glad i still get the same vibes now

    @jacobm9263@jacobm926311 ай бұрын
  • I can give some advice. You can set up the lights so you use less of them for example each of my fixtures have 2 bulbs and when I'm that night time power save mode I use only one and when I'm being really frugal I was set the lights to a color which uses 3 watts or less per bulb

    @TheRealWormsGarage@TheRealWormsGarage11 ай бұрын
  • 0:22 THAT WAS THE BEST DRONE SHOT EVER :O

    @JGmash@JGmash7 ай бұрын
  • This is a very interesting video I really life the span breaker system

    @aichaamara392@aichaamara39211 ай бұрын
  • Here in uk I have the ability to back feed from my electric car into my house if needed my inverter allows this I rarely use the grid. I use a solar controller through my pcb which incorporates a timer turns off when you know your not producing high power. if circuits power isn’t being produced to supply high power ie water heater it doesn’t turn those on.

    @wrightfamily4373@wrightfamily437311 ай бұрын
  • Always happy to see that Zack's statue is still there.

    @Wordsnwood@Wordsnwood11 ай бұрын
  • So my question is, would it be better to do the solar roof tiles and maybe another battery because then maybe you would be able to sustain being completely off grid? An you would also beable to get more solar energy from start to end off day?

    @garrettroyle6317@garrettroyle631711 ай бұрын
  • 🤣🤣 the way that Lincoln texted you all those times had me dying

    @funko_noob966@funko_noob96611 ай бұрын
  • I really enjoy your videos Dan, mainly techy but dynamic, like all on this family channel. It would be awesome if you could make a detailed smart home over few parts or security focused video next, (like a demo how it is set up) i wached your last smart home video, you said it can diferentiate yours from strangers it sounds like AI magic. What cameras or recorders can do that else than Luma, i cant get hold of them in Europe. Have a nice day, Matej😊

    @matejkotnik9675@matejkotnik967511 ай бұрын
  • Could the CT's for the TESLA power walls be located incorrectly or do the need to be calibrated. The Tesla system is also protecting itself that is factored in. It is eye opening and the data from the SPAN panel can be used to fine tune the loads and spot efficiency problems. A UPS system would be a good idea to take care of your computers independently.

    @markcollins457@markcollins45711 ай бұрын
  • Does your power go into the span first before it goes to the Powerwall, or is the solar wired directly into the power wall? On the powerwall, do you have a MESH internet for WIFI? It might help the Powerwall is on WIFI fulltime.

    @jackcoats4146@jackcoats414611 ай бұрын
  • connecting to and disconnecting from the grid: minimize your usage to minimize the arking and the current surge. A current surge can burn out equipment and devices. Example : the power company forgot to notify our processing plant before restoring the power. The power company had to replace 3 35 horsepower 3 phase m

    @smakarl0@smakarl011 ай бұрын
  • Happy Birthday Claire.🎉 🎂 🥳 wishing you get your wish.. 🕺 ❤😇

    @ApteraEV2024@ApteraEV202410 ай бұрын
  • Cooll idea Dan. Very interesting.

    @miketerry6992@miketerry699211 ай бұрын
  • Ask your solar installer to check the CPs installed in main service panel. If it’s not picking up all the loads that might be causing the inconsistent readings on the Tesla app

    @samloks4@samloks411 ай бұрын
  • Dan you should definitely try this out in Az during the summer time to be more specific where at in Yuma it’s hotter in Yuma than in PHX

    @kodidunham24@kodidunham2411 ай бұрын
  • I believe if the home was also smart, you could pretty much configure so that when the battery is full, you can run the A/Cs on "max" so you can also create a thermal battery in the house. This way you can use way less power overall since you have the overflow during the "A/C time" and allow you to run more devices @ night. This is something TechnologyConnections mentioned about off-peak grid use, so I think it would also perfectly apply in the opposite case here of on-peak sun hours ☀☀

    @alepouna@alepouna10 ай бұрын
  • Got hope on twitter that you said on what’s inside twitter but hopes it’s what’s inside family

    @aichaamara392@aichaamara39211 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video. Thank you

    @pstJosh007@pstJosh00711 ай бұрын
  • happy birthday Claire

    @brucemartini2288@brucemartini228811 ай бұрын
  • Hey Dan, will you tell Claire, happy birthday and, I hope the stars will guide her! For the power wall, I seriously think the Tesla app isn't doing all that it could do. Haven't used it myself personally but I have Enphase so far I haven't had too many issues. Do love the way that it shows what it's doing. Live and how your showed up was very different from the way that Enphase app is. Personally, since you showed off the spam system, hopefully I said that correctly. It would be quite nice to have that installed here in the house because it would put us to a full house backup system instead of partial backup. With only one battery, I think we could manage the output of it, especially during the summer months where we have sun higher in the sky here in NC. My recommendation is to purchase a few cheap solar LED lights for outside and inside that does not have to be connected to any type of power. And personally, that was a great idea by the girls to charge up some of the battery backups and cell phones and flashlights!😂😂😂😂🎉 Great day to choose her birthday to torture her with one of your experiments as well! From my understanding, you could possibly get away with installing one more backup battery and possibly get away with having the home stay almost completely active. But yes, if you went with an extra two or three you would most likely have power for days! Or at least enough for a bad winter night! And thanks for all you do. Keep up the great content boss!

    @MrHanichak2@MrHanichak211 ай бұрын
  • The 0% solar with 95% powerwall charge reading was correct. When off grid, the powerwalls will shut down the solar inverters before they reach 100% charge as a safety measure when your power use is relatively low. The powerwalls can control the solar production by shifting the frequency of the house power slightly. If you were to start using a lot of power suddenly (like plugging in the car) then the powerwalls would switch on the solar again. The trick is you would need to remember to turn off the circuit to the car as the sun goes down to avoid having it draining the house battery storage too soon.

    @JanRademan@JanRademan11 ай бұрын
  • Thats a very nice house love this channel keep up the good content

    @MrSnoop1987@MrSnoop19879 ай бұрын
  • If the house is connected to the grid, will the power-management system still exclusively use the Powerwall if it's charged enough, energy demand is low enough, and there's no solar input power?

    @aspecreviews@aspecreviews11 ай бұрын
    • This would be dependent on the home battery system's ability to manage the grid connection. SPAN Panel monitors grid activity and offers load shedding when an outage is reported, but it doesn’t manage disconnecting from the grid on its own.

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
  • Excellent video there are a lot of things you could do to be better prepared. I am in 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico have the same system We have also battery backups (ups) in the Internet and other stuff. We go off grid every week because the grid is really bad. SPAN did not want to install in my house neither sell the system to me 😢. I am relying on other equipment to do something similar. But awesome video.

    @edgardorodriguez@edgardorodriguez11 ай бұрын
  • Do you have a powerr generator, like a gas generator to see how much the difference would be? You have a gas stove so It would be interetsing to see what the power usage with a gas generator would be vs grid

    @jrisbak@jrisbak9 ай бұрын
  • Congrats! Are you going to be adding another powerwall to your system?

    @XInfinity2024@XInfinity202410 ай бұрын
  • Living in the Caribbean we do these test all the time glad I have 🪟 so a/c isn’t turned on in the day. Plus when the grid is out you won’t make it to a 100% in the Tesla app stays at 98%. You just have to reduce consumption mainly a/c, a/c makes people soft like you’re dying without a/c.

    @Kevin-bh4og@Kevin-bh4og6 ай бұрын
  • Great Video!

    @DF-250@DF-25011 ай бұрын
  • It would be cool if you could connect your tesla to the powerwall and set it to drain in case of emergency till a set amount of miles left.

    @lgw4873@lgw487311 ай бұрын
  • Excellent video!! What is the capacity of your power walls in total?

    @joergr82@joergr8211 ай бұрын
  • Have you considered an EV with bi directional charging? ...this could be a good solution to your additional power needs. Nissan Lead and Ford Lightening I believe have these features. I am curious if power packs are available for individual residential properties. Or maybe a battery solution with old EV batteries that don't have the capacity that's ideal to drag around in cars.

    @JQ_Vegan@JQ_Vegan11 ай бұрын
  • I have a single Span panel and a single Tesla Wall. I just wish the Span panel would be more connected to real breaker activity. The app doesn't show if a breaker is tripped or not. And I don't believe too much of what the Tesla app says regarding capacity. They could do a much better job. But hey, they build cool rockets.

    @bobm2331@bobm233111 ай бұрын
    • Hi, Bob! Since SPAN doesn’t interact directly with the physical breakers in your panel, we’re not able to tell if a breaker has been tripped. Tripped circuits remain in the “On” position in the SPAN Home app as you’ve noted. That said, if a circuit shows as “On” in the app and energy isn’t flowing, this may be a sign that the breaker has tripped and must be addressed physically at the panel. We hope that helps! Thanks for your support and for being a SPAN customer.

      @span_io@span_io11 ай бұрын
  • What about a challenge, where everyone in your family each gets an ecoflow power bank, and whoever powers his personal devices the longest wins something cool?

    @juliusmeindl6219@juliusmeindl621911 ай бұрын
    • I did that with my kids. It was fun. Not telling them how to use it or hook it up.

      @BobDoesReviews@BobDoesReviews11 ай бұрын
    • Yes Great idea

      @TheStopwatchGod@TheStopwatchGod11 ай бұрын
    • @@BobDoesReviews very hard to hook up. Plug something in and press the on button

      @bigtitmaster@bigtitmaster11 ай бұрын
  • Love ur videos 🎉 thanks for the vids

    @MANFC.@MANFC.11 ай бұрын
  • I love you videos so you that teals powerwall 2 with the larger compasity help you house completely off grid?

    @theresaw921@theresaw92111 ай бұрын
  • Feel like that garage needs like...2-3 panels on the east side to get some morning juice inflowing before you get the big dose of sunshine. Have you considered sun tracking systems for solar panels? There are a few cool setups out there.

    @jamesdicken3442@jamesdicken344211 ай бұрын
    • not sure why he doesn't have some Tesla solar roof tiles installed on that east side that you mention, they don't even look like solar panels

      @coreysuffield@coreysuffield11 ай бұрын
    • @@coreysuffield I think he covered that, price for Tesla solar roof is crazy high. I had my roof quoted and it was like 100k for a normal suburban roof.

      @jamesdicken3442@jamesdicken344211 ай бұрын
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