‘I cut ties with PG&E’

A California homeowner was tired of paying $700 a month to power his home and decided to take matters into his own hands.

In the video titled “Why and How Am I Cutting Ties with PG&E?The self-described DIYer tells viewers how he built a complete solar system from scratch after receiving quotes of nearly $90,000 from professional installers.

Instead, he sourced his own equipment and did the labor himself; He spent about $20,000 and saved a huge amount of money while saving his family from huge summer energy bills.

“It cost me and my family about $700 a month to provide electricity to our home during the summer months.” explained. “With prices so high, I decided to install a whole solar system… and say goodbye to these crazy energy bills we were being charged.”

His setup includes 28 Aptos 550-watt bifacial panels mounted on hillside racks, an EG4 12000XP off-grid inverter, and two EG4 14.3 kilowatt-hour indoor batteries for storage.

Together the system produces approximately 15 kilowatts of power; That’s more than enough to power his house and charge his batteries, reducing his bill to just a $25 monthly service fee in the process.

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Needless to say, the comments section was full of praise for the YouTuber’s project.

“Great job. I put 32 panels in my house. It provides about 90% of all my electricity needs. Including charging my Tesla some days. What an amazing feeling to get free energy from the sun,” one person said.

“Good job! I installed a similar system about a year ago and it works great,” another shared.

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