Do It Yourself Solar Power? - Easy DIY Solar Panel Installation!
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Published 2020-04-10
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Here are my numbers.
I have an 8.06kw solar system. It cost me $13,300 (before incentives)
With the federal incentive for 2020 (26% tax credit) and my state tax credit ($1600) it brings the cost of my system down to $8,243. Remember these are 2020 prices.
Tesla would have charged me $17,000 to install a 7.56kw system in 2020.
Another company bid $21,200 for an 8kw system.
and a fourth company was $21,700 for fully installed 8.68kw
(all those bids are before government incentives)
My energy costs around $0.11 per kWh on average. Using a solar calculator like the one here: pvwatts.nrel.gov/ I can see that my system will generate about 12,000 kWh per year. Which is about $1,319 worth of energy. So my system will 'pay itself off' in about 6.2 years with incentives, and 10 years without the incentives. The best part though, is that over 30 years my panels will generate around $35,000 dollars worth of energy. Far more than what I paid. And they'll keep on making energy longer than that. Totally worth it.
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All Comments (21)
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Jerry: "Easy to install DIY solar panels!" Me: "I want to do DIY installation, What could go wrong?" Also me: Installs them backwards so they take power from my home and give it to the sun
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Came in with curiosity. Left with a degree in engineering and architecture.
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The way this guy speaks is so professional, well toned and perfectly paced.
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I watched your video, called solar wholesale and started the process to get my 9.3kw 30 panel ground mount solar array, fast forward a couple months and I’m doing the final wiring to the main fuse panel today and final inspection is this week! Thanks for sending me on this adventure and a 100% did it myself project!!!
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Everyone: Quarantining themselves Zack: wanna see me putting on solar panels?
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"Just like.. you know, a little lego" You just had to say it didn't you!
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Just got my panels from solar wholesale! They told me on the phone how you helped send all their kids to college with your referrals 🤣 Thanks for the awesome video and supplier!
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I’m a solar installer and this a good straight forward video for anyone looking to do it themselves. It’s not that hard once you’re up there on the roof it all comes together and makes sense
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literally anything: snaps together jerry: LEGO
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14:40 “... and keep producing power even long after I’m gone” Those words hit deep, deeper than any knife
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Wow, this is the best "How To" solar DIY video i have seen on youtube and i have looked at a lot of them. The other videos always seem to leave out the part about connecting to your existing panel box and having to replace your power meter, etc. Great job and thank you!
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Zack is one video closer to durability testing his house.
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Also jerry- "this solar panels are made up of glass" me- "glass is a glass, and glass can break"
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Literally the best YouTube channel there is! Working my way through your entire library! Keep up the good work
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Jerry: It’s not a JerryRigEverything video without a durability test Me: The solar panel scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7
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2019 - "glass is glass and it breaks." 2020 - im walking on my solar panel
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But the real question is: Does the solar panal scratches at level 6 with deeper groves at level 7?
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thank you for this video, appreciate the extra effort for the drone timelapse, and especially appreciate that you took time out to reposition it after half the roof was done. I do video work for a living so I know the amount of work that goes into it. definitely looking forward to seeing the 1-year update. also looking forward to anything solar, espcially DIY. I think it's a great topic these days :)
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You rock, Jerry! You covered it ALL! Absolutely perfect presentation. Thank you!!!
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"they are made of glass" where was the "and glass is glass and glass breaks"?
