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gonna be kind of a similar style to that part of the reason for that is that there's going to be a two to six week gap once the installs finish today where I need to wait for the utility Southern California Edison to come inspect it and sign off before the whole thing can actually be turned on so I'm gonna do a follow-up video later on where I talk about stuff like how much it costs actual use case scenarios show you guys the app and that kind of thing today's just going to be the install so I don't want anyone to get any random ideas about what actually it's going to be included that said it is just after 8 a.m. here in Southern California and I have a few more things to do still before the crew arrives to do the installation so I'm gonna get to that okay here is my backyard once again and I don't know if you can tell but like the lawns kind of mode everything's pretty much the same as it was last time I showed it to you yes my plastic is peeling off just a little bit perhaps but the powerwall is gonna be installed today to the rates of this stuff and I think there's a couple more panels that might go on and of course the solar is going up on the roof up there the crew from last week that did all this did a really good job and they also were totally cool with me filming so I'm going to get permission from the crew this week to do the same thing once again setup time-lapse over there I got to get that going on but I think most importantly right now before anyone arrives is I need to make sure that I've picked up the dog poop so I'm gonna I'm gonna handle that back inside here and here's my my stash of equipment for today I have fortunately I thought ahead and I charged my hero for up today for the time lapse pulse got two battery banks here goes did a fine job keeping this thing charged to be doing the time lapse all day last time so I'm gonna do that again just got backup stuff here for my rx 105 that I'm using two documents today's stuff and oh this thing this is just a little mini tripod by Manfrotto and I really like it I'm using the mirror to show you guys it's not focusing very well and I'm using auto white balance which is why everything looks kind of yellow here this the lighting is really stark right now but all right time lapse camera setup once again I've got it in roughly the same spot that I had it in for last week backed it up a little bit I made it go a little bit higher so I can hopefully get a little bit more of the roof up there but it's actually already going I just started it off crew hasn't arrived yet but in order to keep this thing powered for now I'm gonna plug it in just a see inside so it can keep charging maximize the battery life once they turn the power off I can switch it to these power banks and if that if I really run out of battery which I don't think it'll happen based on last week then I can actually get a UPS inside and plug this into the UPS and still keep it charging so documentation has begun I have good news Tesla has arrived we're on schedule Doug's reluctance I'd getting angry of course work area is being set up I'm very happy they brought an easy up today actually timing wise they were very very fortunate for today cuz it is pretty warm today it's gonna be in the mid mid 80s here in California but it was 95 like a day or two ago and it actually dropped down so they're just laying stuff out here and then there's a big truck out front that has all the solar panels in it so I'll check that out but shade this is reminding me that I really need a patio cover that'll maybe I'll do that next garage work log in the future or something it's all the gear in the truck you're not loaded Hey look new toys I've got got the nest and they get a home gateway so should I should do it at least give you guys an unboxing of the nest I think solar panels your solar panel plugs plugs in the back is the spec sheet 25 watts per panel inside the puppies are waiting patiently not really patiently they're like what the heck's going on out there you guys were ok with this last week great so if you guys will forgive the drilling and stuff going on outside and on the roof I have a quick unboxing to do I wasn't aware of that so this is my home gateway from solar city this is part of the the whole solar system and breeds and reports your systems energy energy production and ensures everything is running smoothly so you actually connect this up to your home router and that's how the solar grid can accepts a Quick Start Guide involved in there here is the actual device itself under here that's basically just an Ethernet jack in there and that's pretty much all there is to it I suppose so like there's a USB port on the outside so maybe you can access that for some diagnostics or something beyond that there's just an AC power adapter so yeah I get to plug in one more AC power thing and then a nice pretty low profile Ethernet cable to connect it up and this I'm told me needs to be connected directly to my home router next up is my nest and this actually comes you get this free free all you have to do is spend 30 grand on it the solar and everything insulation but alright this is actually gonna be my very first smart home thing but basically it's a smart thermostat Nest has been out for a while so you guys may or may not be familiar with it but um let's get this out of the box so convenient things like automatic programming of your thermostats don't cool or heat an empty house if you if you leave you know it'll turn off that kind of thing control the thermostat from remotely on a phone or a tablet or laptop and of course hopefully no and then the internet can hack into it and take control of my house and determined how hot or cold I might be that's always the fear of course with the smart home internet connected devices but you know it's the future so we've just gotta just get a trust trust Google there all right here is the nest itself and it's got a skip I don't know what I don't know why that's covering right there but I'm gonna leave it on for now looks like pretty simple connection points in the back for the wall-mounted portion of it we got a booklet here with some brightly colored documentation that installation and how it works and all that good stuff here we have the business end of the units which has some buttons I have no idea what these buttons do fascinating though look it's got a level so you can level it it's useful too and of course the connection points here for for this side of it which looks to be micro USB and then this proprietary plug which actually gives the connection to the base unit wall mounting hardware this is a metal bracket for the back and then a plastic bracket which is that's more of a wall plug tape feel so gives it a gives it a finished look and it's installed and then other than that just just a set of screws in here so a set of screws and that appears to be pretty much it oh they did they didn't include a screwdriver and that a bulbous nest - screwdriver oh with a flippy Phillips head and not phillips head things so that's handy it has been inboxed over here this hand Kurt I'm told it's called the Escalera the stare cat it's a dare climbing hand Kurt which I guess is specifically made for this type of installation that's actually really cool it gets motorized on the back has gears and the hand crank cuz let's have to have the ability to go manual but here's my first look at the power wall there's the mounting points on the back it's got a big bracket and they're working on mounting it right over here it's gonna be down up against the ground and then they're gonna need to run an inverter for the solar grid and that's gonna be mounted to the wall right over here there's a their work I guess standards are sort of being developed and updated over time for this type of thing depending on the city and that kind of thing so you're not supposed to mount anything above the battery and that's what Ian burgers gonna go to so when they're up on the roof they actually drill into the roof and they tie in so they're using climbing equipment this is all for safety it actually did that even when they were doing the free pre inspection check stuff which I approve up and then when they're done they removed the tie-downs they do and they hatch it over with tar or whatever to make it make it waterproof which is good this is the hard part I need to run a charge on my credit card which is a little bit more than I typically charge on it and I wanted to call ahead to make sure there wouldn't be any problems running the transaction it is fifteen thousand nine hundred and sixty two dollars and eighty-eight cents yep it's actually being installed right now little bit you - thank you very much oh I forgot to stay on the line to do the survey I'm sorry Jase chasey are very nice justnow that's the easy part calling to make sure that the charge is going to go through and now I actually have to read the church so I'm gonna be talking about how much this whole thing cost and if you if you caught that about sixteen thousand dollars is what I'm gonna be spending right now when you get a tesla powerwall solar installation you pay a $500 deposit and then you pay half when they begin installation and half when the end installation so double that amount yes about thirty two thousand dollars is what this whole thing is costing however there's a ten thousand dollar tax credit at least available right now I believe it's nationwide in the US I think it's a federal tax credit so I am going to be getting a substantial amount of this back but it's a tax credit so I still to pay upfront I would almost say that's the most money I've spent all at one time but I just recently paid taxes this year that's right it's very good cause it's like there's people on the roof what's going on all right look I've got some chalk lines down and see the general that's that's where the solar ball is gonna go nore Jerry is gonna give us a quick rundown of how this is all set up here so how's this work so weird energized safe this is your main breaker this turns on your entire house panel system okay this is your AC which is not being backed up by the Tesla system this is your main 100 a prick it powers up your gateway which is your your smart brain system okay this controls everything this is your transfer switch this registers if there's a utility power loss this is where you're capable of transferring your power back and forth to the utility to between your solar and your your battery okay so this is this is where will will will control everything right here if you're wanted at breaker feeds this which powers up your panel so whatever you turn this breaker on or off you're gonna lose power to your gateway Tesla system okay and you lose power to all your branch circuits that feed your house okay testing the parallel all right so right now we're off grid we're being powered by the battery only and go ahead and turn the main back on restore utility power he'll take a few seconds - OH matter of fact it the tesla powerwall we restored power will take five minutes before it switches you back over utility ok to protect itself ok so you'll have exactly five minutes from now it is time to set up the nest oh that's brilliant okay and then you and then you just push English you need your that password and provide this is the nest keyboard oh really yeah usually usually you have to do this this is the alright we have a single family home - how many dogs we have the thermostat is in the this is a white collar I don't know why I need a detective so those are the wires that's where they are existing one on the previous one now I know what's what heat cool fan and power guess is your heater yes uh yes yes gas heater for severe forced air temperature she's your eco temperature heats - not gonna tell people what my wife usually has a set - yeah this green leaf that means whatever this is eco mode out of a state recommendation I will spend less energy because it's not gonna cool doesn't want it no this is a temperature that everybody can live in kinda need like one big California yeah we usually actually have it at 81 yeah you know I've learned to deal with myself so the system is functional at this point firewalls there this is a power wall gonna work or not until everything's signed off for by the power wall you cannot turn it on until you get permission operating from okay from Madison alright so for now it's sure does look pretty alright guys we have now reached roughly the end of this video and I'm going to explain some things because I didn't get quite as far along today as was originally expected the main reason for that is that my roof they've determined is not quite in top shape it's not like my roofs falling apart but it's looking like it's probably gonna be due for replacement based on their assessment within the next sprout two two three four years and if you install a solar grid on top of that it makes it much more of a pain in the butt to go in and fix any roofing problems you might have first off the roof situation is something that Tesla said is usually assessed and they would tell me upfront so that was something that they said should have been notified earlier about but as a result they are actually going to fix my roof for me they are gonna redo the roof where the solar array would be like free of charge which i think is pretty cool honestly I don't mind waiting a little bit longer for something like that and I definitely agree that fix the roof first before putting the solar panels on top that's definitely the way to go so if you're considering something like a tesla powerwall solar installation is something like that definitely they're gonna check your roof maybe check your roof yourself bear in mind it's something that you'll probably want to have up-to-date before you put solar on top of it but all that said they're going to be getting back to me later today about options for the roof and we're probably going to have the whole roof redone and they're going to cover the part of it that's the solar array would be on so I guess I'm probably gonna do follow-up video on the roof going it but they did install a decent amount of hardware today's you maybe saw so we actually have the inverter here for the solar panel so this is where the sunlight will go and through here and that's got its own deal and I can instantly turn that on or off look I've got a power wall yeah so the ultimate upshot for today is that my electrical system has been expanded I still have power and everything so I'm going to go for now no solar panels yet and they gave me the option to leave the solar panels here or take them with them I decided to have them take them with them just because they're already out by the truck so I'll bring them back when they do that installation one last thing I did want to bring up though before I go here is that if any of you are considering getting a powerful like this one it used me as a referral I only just discovered this today but if I can refer five people to get a power wall from Paul's Hardware then I get I get a power wall I get a red special edition power wall and I can add it to this one and then I can have more battery which is kind of exciting so if any of you guys go sign up for Tesla I'll see if I can get more information or if I can do a direct link or something like that but I think you just put pulsar where for the referral hey if you guys do that I'll be very happy with you and and maybe I'll get a red powerball in the future it is bright out here this morning hey guys this is a second outro you get a double outro for this video so I wanted to update because powerwall has actually been installed for a couple weeks now and as I mentioned in the first video they determined that the roof needs an upgrade that has been scheduled now but it had to be scheduled for the first week of May it's gonna be a few more weeks until I can bring you guys a final installation video and then of course after that a testing video where I go over how much it costs and whether it was worth it and all that kind of stuff so I wanted to give some kind of closure for this video and for that purpose I have wow it's great can you guys see okay tada a new umbrella so happy such an upgrade thanks for watching this video guys hit the thumbs up button if you enjoyed it we'll see you next time