Tesla open irish reservations for the Solar Roof and powerwall

cros13

https://www.tesla.com/en_IE/solarroof

Online calculator should give you the numbers ( https://www.tesla.com/solarroof?redirect=no#order )

If you want a demo you can use this address from Sunroof:
3001 Oak Knoll Dr, Redwood City, CA 94062, USA

https://www.google.com/get/sunroof#a=3001%20Oak%20Knoll%20Dr,%20Redwood%20City,%20CA%2094062,%20USA&b=90&f=lease&lat=37.476539495104724&lng=-122.25465256336821&np=14&p=1&sh=1

Deliveries starting Q1 2018 in Ireland

€930 deposit in Ireland.

ED E

The Powerwall is quite expensive for what it is, if you have the will and a basic understanding of cell chemistry and electronics its not a huge task to self build. Get the panels installed for you, controller and inverters off the shelf, same for BMS. Bus bars and mounting as you wish. A leccy will attach you before the CU for a not unreasonable sum.

High price per watt here makes it very attractive, low solar output hurts it a bit, but still the time to ROI isnt massive if you can get good cell prices (they've come down a good bit over the last 18mo).

cros13

ED E wrote: »

The Powerwall is quite expensive for what it is, if you have the will and a basic understanding of cell chemistry and electronics its not a huge task to self build. Get the panels installed for you, controller and inverters off the shelf, same for BMS. Bus bars and mounting as you wish. A leccy will attach you before the CU for a not unreasonable sum.

High price per watt here makes it very attractive, low solar output hurts it a bit, but still the time to ROI isnt massive if you can get good cell prices (they've come down a good bit over the last 18mo).

Sure... you could DIY... but why bother when tesla have done all the work for you and you can get up to a 20 warranty.

TCP/IP

How much in total?

cros13

TCP/IP wrote: »

How much in total?

How long is a piece of string. It depends on the roof area, proportion or tiles you want solar cells on, whether you want powerwalls and how many.

In Ireland it won't make sense unless it's a new build. The non-solar tiles (which will typically be 50-65% of the roof area will cost the same as the usual slate, the solar portion for the moment is about 50-75% more than slate).

So for a fairly Irish-sized house with a 155sqm roof the US calculator is outputting $43,700 including labor roof trusses all that jazz. Not a bad price TBH.

unkel

You'd easily make that back in 400-500 years time :pac:

goz83

Decent price for the entire roof maybe......but no good if you already have your roof done.

cros13

It's not a bad price. Payback in Irish conditions in about 20-25 years vs a standard roof.

Even Tesla says it's just for new builds and renovations. their solution for retrofits is the new panels they developed with Panasonic:
https://www.tesla.com/solarpanels

Soarer

Wonder how long those panels last with a young fella flaking sliotars up onto them!

BoatMad

cros13 wrote: »

It's not a bad price. Payback in Irish conditions in about 20-25 years vs a standard roof.

Even Tesla says it's just for new builds and renovations. their solution for retrofits is the new panels they developed with Panasonic:
https://www.tesla.com/solarpanels

25 years , so its likely youll have technology upgrades before you see a return on investment

PV needs to have < 10 years and preferably less then 5 to be realistic

mmclo

Is it possible to load it up with night rate too particularly in winter thus changing the economics?

Evd-Burner

mmclo wrote: »

Is it possible to load it up with night rate too particularly in winter thus changing the economics?

AFAIK it is possible but reduces the warranty.

reboot

Haven't there been major problems when you try to sell your house, the new occupant not wanting to take on the panels, perhaps this is only if a contract is involved.?

Sabre Man

Soarer wrote: »

Wonder how long those panels last with a young fella flaking sliotars up onto them!

Should be no problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1035WJzPTM

reboot

Some sat the Zoe won't accept a charge below 10 amps, that's a lot of solar, and no trickle charge?