Excellent overview of the system. I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on these until I see a hands on review. You have provided that, and I thank you.
@mattrowe1229
Жыл бұрын
so in this video you are using 2 150 watt panels wired in parrell for 300 watts
@kurtlutt1
4 жыл бұрын
Apparently some people are having good luck with this, but I did not. After waiting several months the shipment finally arrived and within just a couple days, either the solar regulator or the micro inverters (or both) went bad. It took weeks to get a RMA and then weeks again to get the regulator back, which worked for two days and then the system of 600 watts went down to producing 42 watts maximum for a daily savings of about 5 cents. Customer service does not seem to understand their own system and appears to do all they can to delay and deny. I would NOT do this again.
@InTheWoodsPA
4 жыл бұрын
oh boy what a nightmare. This has me concerned about the longevity of my setup. I have 5 sets of panels and I hope they hold up. I have one micro-inverter thats acting a little wonky on me, but on the whole, it has been producing power as advertised.
@kurtlutt1
4 жыл бұрын
@@InTheWoodsPA The panels are performing OK. I think it is the regulator going bad. I am again in contact with their customer service, but there seems to be a complete lack of understanding of even the basics of this system. We'll see what happens.
@lauras7108
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to explain all this. I'm curious about how many kW per day is your system generating? On average, or if it's better, in one day of full sun. Thanks!
@chuckmcguire44
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't get the battery commander to function... no recommendation, I never got more than 100w for each pair of panels no where near 300w
@mattrowe1229
Жыл бұрын
so have you had any issues with the utility about backfeeding or is this working properly and
@richarda3659
Жыл бұрын
If this system powers just one particular AC outlet, and only produces energy mid-day when the sun is shining, but doesn't work when the grid goes down, doesn't work at night (obviously), and can't produce 220V, then I don't understand how it could possibly provide a meaningful reduction in your electric utility bill. My impression is that it can only power one particular outlet for a few hours on both sides of noon, right? I really don't understand how this would help with stoves, water heaters, washer/dryers, refrigerators, microwaves, etc., Funny how your video doesn't show the system in operation (literally missing the entire point) - convenient for you at the time, I suppose, but pretty useless to us. SO WHAT WERE YOUR RESULTS? Show us how this system was worthwhile!
@Tbay007
2 жыл бұрын
Are you still happy with legion solar?
@KeoniPKim
5 жыл бұрын
Interested to hear how production is going so far? I am looking to get my first two sets with battery commander so that I can off set more of my usage from the grid. I already have a 6.85 kw array.
@InTheWoodsPA
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, 6.85 kw, Very nice! I only have 4 of my 8 panels up right now while I wait for the rest of my mounts to arrive. However those 4 panels are coming right in at expected wattage. I do have 2 trees that are hurting my production during a certain time of the day. I may wind up having them removed.
@barnmonster888
4 жыл бұрын
i would want this for off grid situation too
@InTheWoodsPA
4 жыл бұрын
They do make an offgrid controller for it ($100 bucks).
@n25992
3 жыл бұрын
Are you happy with the product?
@InTheWoodsPA
3 жыл бұрын
For the most part, Yes. I does work as advertised. I wish it wasn't limited to bluetooth connections. But the 'guts' of it works great.
4 жыл бұрын
Cool cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹
@wtwolfe
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! I watched your video and it was incredibly informative and compelling! I did a little research and wondered if you looked into the Cassia Bluetooth hub as a solution to being able to access the Legion System while you are out of Bluetooth LE range. I understand that Cassia is a Bluetooth router capable of connecting 22 devices as long as it is not solely for audio purposes, I don't believe it is. I also haven't looked to see if Legion Solar 4 takes care of this issue. If you find this solution works for you I would be excited to hear that.
@spyxxx566
3 жыл бұрын
did you put in outside yet? how much kwh daily each pannel produce for you?
@kanichkhunzhang6834
4 жыл бұрын
Would like confirm that you mentioned starter set is coming from China due to custom issue, is that true? Wasn't it supposed to manufacture in California?
@InTheWoodsPA
4 жыл бұрын
Legion Solar had mentioned that they were dealing with some delays getting shipments through customs. However I have not had any issues in getting my units. Everything is designed in California, however manufactured in China.
@kanichkhunzhang6834
4 жыл бұрын
@@InTheWoodsPA thanks, life saving.. I'm actually trying to save shipping cost but they don't seem keen to ship it from China to me.. To me is unnecessary cost. From China to California and to me (S'pore)..
@simonhaim4947
4 жыл бұрын
So I just finished having an online discussion with legion where after I disproved they were the cheapest they blocked me. It’s one thing to say you have better technology or a better quality product. It’s another to lie and censor people who disprove you
@electronicmusclebike
4 жыл бұрын
Okay so I learned a lot and watching your video and I know a lot of stuff that you don't know but I do have an open mind. I also bring the context to this that would be a distraction. So the premise of your video is that when a contractor does the system the anti islanding of the micro inverters is what protects the grid. That was not my understanding until I watched your video and I don't know that that has been allowed. There are other KZitem videos that talk about storing Heat. There is a huge amount of surplus solar panel available and If you're going to ship it new from one American location to another you might as well be buying used Pals sorry I said panels. The way solar panels fail is not dangerous they don't have much that can burn and if you're just laying them down on the ground for example on ground that is above any kind of flooding you're not going to have any danger whatsoever. So for the people who care about getting these solar panels to produce the energy that displaces dirty energy the cost that they are available at is beyond remarkable. There are many SolarCity at sitter customers who are stealing the panels that are on their homes and selling them but I'm not talking about those stall and panels being cheap I am talking about the leftover panels 4 large solar Farms the decommissioned solar Farms and supposedly the Surplus or slightly damaged panels from solar Farms. I know it is frustrating to talk about sold out supplies as well but recently some four-year-old panels were available at a very low cost $0.15 a while plus shipping and I don't know how many panels they had butt the website allow the very large quantity to be specified so apparently the website didn't know the quantity of panels that they had. I realize that many individuals don't know that the cost the revenue part of me I think it is best to talk about the revenue that the factories are getting when they sell the panels that that has been in the teens for why for many years these are perfect brand new panels. The wholesale is not dimes per watt not for many years. In fact the total cost of systems has been under a dollar a lot for a while before Labor. I think it was several years now that Civic seller on their website bragged about for large orders being able to sell for under a dollar a lot including all the racks Denver tirs the wires. So what is new is that we have a very very significant fact. This company is being watched of course by the electric utility industry and they have chosen not to intervene as of my comment tonight. That says two things to me. One the company is not doing much volume and the publicity that they're getting is including very negative publicity. The second thing is that if they were to be sued they would have volunteer Council and that would generate a tremendous positive publicity for this company or at least the utilities would be tarred with the brush. So I go back to where I began which is the larger context that complicates judging the mission of this company as wanting to disrupt 30 forms of energy. At some point we have to all have the facts and I'm not talking about controversial facts and then we can have a conversation. So this system is ideal for a house that does not have 230 volts. Now in America 230 volts is half of it above the grounds when the other half is below the ground and then it switches it's my understanding that in Europe that is to say that their 230-volt model would not be usable in America. This is an unfortunate technical issue because in America when you use the 115 volt model you are going to be providing energy to only some branches, that means circuit breakers or the wire from the circuit breaker panel to the outlets or your garbage disposal or your refrigerator are your lights that of course are hardwired. prior to watching your video I watched the connecting the panels electrically video I think it's a vimeo video that's on the Indiegogo website and I'm also aware but have not watched the KZitem videos knowingly. so I like this system if it is using instead of light acid batteries a thermal atmospheric pressure tank the store a very large quantity of water that can be heated with any surplus solar power. I prefer that this be done with a heat pump of course but cost engineering such systems is quite involved and if you have a use for the humidity or if you have a basement as his showing here a basement then at the end of the summer every year is above ground swimming pools are sold at a remarkably low cost per gallon. You can grow seaweed or whatever you want in the water as well and you can use that warm water it does not have to be hot when you have tens of thousands of gallons of water it's just heating it to be at body heat temperature or below a temperature that would cause a problem for seaweed or whatever is in there the fish that you might be growing in there in addition to whatever else you're growing like tomatoes etcetera again you can generate a lot of light with the solar panels and you could run heat pumps with grid power at night so again cost engineering is very location specific and to give you one price point there is a 20-ton water source heat pump that's on eBay right now top-of-the-line manufacturer you do need to generate 400 and some bolts at 3 phase but that's not as much of a deal-breaker as people imagine when the price is $7,500. this machine is taking the heat out of water and putting it in the air of course. That's an awful lot of be to you when you talk about 20 tons love heating or Cooling that's comparable to a gas furnace of course. There are of course Very inexpensive backup generators that produce three phase at this voltage and if you're trying to heat a home in the winter running such a backup generator will not destroy it instantly even if it's not rated for continuous duty and you can use the heat that's coming from the engine to add to the Heat that is in the water from whatever way your heating the water. I understand so much about this technology it's extremely frustrating that I can't talk to anybody who has the various facts from various areas of public policy of law of Technology at this moment to discuss this effort here but I will tell you that this company obviously has some skin they have some assets they have some brand and I understand that this is costing a lot more than a flashlight or frankly all the other very high-volume Innovations then they have on their website the work that they have done is significant and their intentions are clearly as stated I would not recommend people buy from them at this precise moment nor do I suggest you wait on me because it may be a few days before I read any replies it might be a few weeks even but I am going to give this a significant priority
@barnmonster888
4 жыл бұрын
how much did this cost you
@alvint4944
5 жыл бұрын
How is your Legion 3 so far?
@InTheWoodsPA
5 жыл бұрын
On the whole. Its excellent. It does do what it claims to do. There are a few bugs with the Legion Solar app, however their support is quick to address them when reported. I just ordered a 5th expansion set to add to the 4 I have so far.
@alvint4944
5 жыл бұрын
@@InTheWoodsPA Thanks for the feedback, so we just need to plug it in one of our outlet, and we will be able to "save" on our electricity bill? :)
@ndpioneers
5 жыл бұрын
@@alvint4944 That's what they seem to be claiming. I'm considering this but looking for more people who have it and say it is great. I've not found any negative reviews yet except where people who don't understand all the parts to the system say it is dangerous but I think that is why you need the regulator and other parts that come with it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/plxdevices/legion-solar-4-permission-free-energy-and-storage/description
@richardroberson9277
4 жыл бұрын
this is a great way to burn your house down. incredibly doubtful the "solar controller" will keep the utility company from easily seeing that your house either 1. dropped energy usage during sunlight hours some 100% >> or is backfeeding grid. great way to get sued and you wont get the benefit of any surplus credits which would more than pay for the difference overtime of this and a real system. cant ever sell it to anyone on any house when its time to go if you're going to do this. just get a real system, install it yourself to save the money get it certified so your insurance covers it and get a real inverter and a real agreement with utility company if they ever come out its a dead giveaway that you have solar and no standard disconnect box
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