Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)

2023-03-05

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Energy management is a really powerful idea.

Links 'n' stuff (including a follow-up video!)

PART TWO:

/youtube/video/zheQKmAT_a0

PART 1.5:

There are some things I left out which I regret, so in case you're wondering why we don't all just upgrade to 200A service and/or why we are in the mess in the first place, you can check out this discussion on Connextras:

/youtube/video/C4cNnVK412U

If you're in the US and are looking for some guidance to incentives that might be out there, Rewiring America has some great resources. Check 'em out below:

https://rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator

https://rewiringamerica.org/IRAguide

You can also learn more about the SPAN panel at

https://span.io

HEAT PUMPS!

/youtube/video/7J52mDjZzto

Curious about how your furnace works? Lucky you, I made a video!

/youtube/video/lBVvnDfW2Xo

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00:00 Intro

01:43 Three Quick Notes

02:39 Most of your stuff is electric

04:27 The four things we need to deal with

06:22 Single-family vs. Multi-family homes

07:30 The capacity problem

09:59 There’s lots of time in a day

13:12 Smart circuit breaker panels

16:24 How they can spread out 100A

18:53 Some future potential

20:02 Electrical codes and this new frontier

21:11 Building heat (and insulation!)

22:05 HEAT PUMPS

23:39 Resistive backup heat

25:18 A discussion on how much energy we really need

28:22 Even a huge demand is manageable, though

29:18 A quick note for those with boilers

30:53 bloops