Installing Solar Power and Lights in my Off Grid Log Cabin, Drone View of my Wilderness Homestead
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2022
- I install lights in the main floor of the cabin, solar panels on a tilting racking system in the garden by the greenhouse and inverter and batteries in the basement of my cabin.
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Just unreal the knowledge this man has when it comes to building things. A real. "Master of trades". Merry Christmas!
Just a constructive criticism, from an Italian technician. Cables that you put outside in the snow need to be protected and not left in the elements. You should make a small trench and insert them in a PVC pipe that protects them from humidity, rodents and the elements. The cables that go to the batteries must be better arranged, with cable ties, and not left at random. Even the cables that go to the solar panels must be protected, with diflex or corrugated pipe, which protects them from the elements and rodents. For the cable terminals, you must use the appropriate crimping tool: you have used a simple snap-on pliers which does not guarantee tightening optimal, and it is dangerous. I repeat: mine is a constructive criticism in the face of my experience, and do not take my words badly.
The exposed piping is temporary. It is winter and the ground is frozen. It would take too long to dig the trench now. In his other channel, he said that he will dig trenches.
You're of course correct but I reckon it would be a nightmare to dig a trench in frozen ground. Perhaps in spring
By code here depending on type of cable the solar wiring can be left exposed without added mechanical protection. And once the ground thaws as long as it's the right type of cable can also directly bury it without any PVC etc.
Depending on the type of lugs he used for the batteries they can be used as just manual hand crimp and not a heavy hydraulic 12ton crimp.
Agreed with majority of your suggestions just trying to clarify with local code cause most of what he did by code is ok (though I agree with the cleaning it up and added extra protection you suggested etc)
And depending on what voltages he's getting out of the solar it falls under extra low voltage in which basically do whatever the hell you please. If he's just using solar as a 48v or less charge for batteries then going into an inverter to change it to AC and bump it up to the 120V needed here for his uses it can be free air like that.
Just providing info as a Canadian electrician.
He already has a trench started for the pipes that the cables are going to run through it was shown in previous videos so my suggestion would be to possibly watch the journey up to this point or go back a couple of months and watch the videos leading up to what you are advising.
Rather effete all this electrickery stuff ! surely you should be lighting with rushes dipped in bear grease ?
I have said this before, but it bears repeating: One runs out of superlatives to express our appreciation for your cinematography, dedication to building a fantastic cabin, and your care and love of Cali. The experience of watching you in each episode is truly heart warming. Thank You for sharing with all of us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Give Cali a BIG SMOOCH from Mike & Ronnie. GOD BLESS
I can imagine and feel the comfort and warmth of sleeping inside the cabin next to the fireplace while heavy snow is falling outside. The quietness of winter night
Always staying busy. We were taught to work from sun up to sun down.We watched maybe a 30 min show on television. , But for the most part we showered , had dinner ,then went to bed . Started all over the next day .
I look back , and it's been a good life . I'm 70 and still live on the farm and gather my own firewood.
Been blessed
I lift up my hat ma'am with all respect! Lived similar and do my fire wood myself. God's Blessing for Christmas from Northern Germany!
Hey he has it made Home Depot and lowes is right on his same road where he and his wife and kids are you all come back now you hear!
May Cali live forever. I love that dog.
Hey you don't happen to be thee Kenny Roberts, famous motorcycle rider do ya?
@@dianebackhouse4532 No, that's not me
@@dianebackhouse4532 This is me part-time Kenny Roberts! The rest of the time I smoke bamboo!
I love her too! Such a beautiful dog!!
I think Cali is the most loved Golden on our globe.
Your dog knows exactly what you’re saying. I can’t say I’ve seen a video that the people have included there animals as you have and I appreciate it a lot, and she knows it for she knows what you say. You both suit each other, take care, and be safe,love your video. Thanks
Those river otters are freaking adorable! You're lucky to have them as neighbors.
Cali sure loves the snow. Wish every pet could be loved as Cali and treated so well. Enjoy your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family
So pretty with all the snow, beautiful.
Cali is Definitely a faithful companion. Just waiting there in the snow with her throw toy while he does his work.
Merry Christmas to the whole MSR family. Hope the day is peaceful and blessed.
Some seem to know everything better by the looks of the comment section. 1. It's too cold and the soil is frozen, so no digging. 2. I daresay he's gunna dig them in next spring/summer. I wouldna do it differently. In fact, I've got a kind of similar setup for solar energy. I've set it up in fall 2004 - and then, I've buried the cabling tube under then soft soil. So, ere one puts forth some criticism, take the time and read the situation. Besides, mr. James seems to me to be an expert builder who knows his stuff. So - peace, people, peace. I think this is a tremendous, wonderful build and I commend the builder for his tenacity and sheer strength of will to muscle through this incredibly demanding and difficult project.
Merry Christmas Mr. James. Stay Strong and healty! :-)
Installing every thing is quite a job. Love seeing you and Cali. Stay warm and safe. God bless.
What an amazing journey this has been. Enjoy it. Every. Single. Day. Our heavenly Father has given you the ability to build this amazing cabin. Just look around at His beautiful creation that surrounds it. It's breathtaking! Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and yours!!
I read these comments and I wonder if the commenters watch the whole video before they comment. Thanks for the content
Us Canadians like to brag about how high the snow is and complain about how low the temperatures are...but somewhere deep inside, each is thrilled by fresh snow! Awesome video, thank you Shawn and 💛 Cali 🤎 👍😎🇨🇦❄🎁 P.S. awesome music!!!🎼🎶
Cold weather people everywhere love it and are very proud, whether they admit it or not
Thanks for taking the time to capture those fantastic nature scenes, Shawn. Your cinematographic skills are second to none, and while it's exciting to follow the process of building the cabin, it's equally exciting to see the beauty of nature that surrounds you. It reminds me a lot of my childhood, growing up in North-Western Ontario. Cheers! 😁
Your drone shots are spectacular..
You have a very good four-legged friend. He is very social. It will never be boring with him. Take care of him.
He is a she.
@@annrhodes3544 Sorry, didn't know. So a great friend.
Thanks for taking me along. Cali, as usually, was very entertaining. Hope you, Cali and your family have a Blessed and safe Christmas.
The tree’s look beautiful with all the snow. Wonderful scenery.
It is intelligent to utilize the advantages of modern technology. Homesteaders would have installed solar panels hundreds of years ago if it was an option. No one was trying to prove anything, just survive and thrive. Great work.
Be careful n enjoy your holidays!! You have gone far..your compound/ homestead...is amazing!!
Thanks for sharing 👍!!
👍🐺🧙♂️🦊👍!!
The land is beautiful, your cabin is amazing
I think this is the time your family enjoys the cabin to its fullest.... no bugs! Looking forward to seeing how the solar works for you and if the batteries stay charged in the cold weather. Sometimes, I do think you could have built a more stable solar moving frame yourself.... maybe for the next batch. I wonder how sturdy this system is given the harsh climate and winds. But I'm happy you have achieved your dream... Now it is finishing off all those related projects and maintaining your food supplies. Followed you since the beginning. This cabin will survive for generations in your family. What a legacy!
Shawn! Just wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Hope you all have an awesome holiday, and a safe holiday too!
Started watching way back 5 years ago, then last couple years just kinda forgot. Glad to see it's still kickin' and going for ya!
You and Cali form a mutual admiration society. I love watching you two interact with each other. You’re both smart as whips.
Every animal in the wild has a companion of its own kind. Cali is at the perfect age to start teaching a pup the ropes of living in the wild. People that have only one dog take their dog to the dog park to be around other dogs and mingle. Cali is out in the middle of no where with no doggy friends to mingle with. She would make a great mother to a new pup and have a pal to pal around with. Watching Cali for years now it always saddened me, she don't have a companion she can call her own and cuddle with. I hope you get her a pet pup so she can be happy and have someone to play with when your very busy.
She has all she wants he is only in his backyard building that cabin and in the city limits with all the stores wild cats friendly cats dogs and all so don’t worry you all come back now you hear
How wonderful your work has been, getting closer to becoming a very comfortable housing with much more resources than your previous property...always good watching your videos...also very nice seeing your daughter’s many habiliteis 🤗
Great to see how step by step you become more self reliant and at the same time increase the amount of comfort in your new home. Having solar panels and a decent amount of batteries is certainly contributing nicely to this goal.
Shawn.....it's been brilliant watching all year how the house and the seasons have changed , so Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the family, not forgetting your best pal Cali.....looking forward to what's in store next year....all the best big man, "Slainte Mhath" (pronounced, Slange - var....cheers, 🥃🥃)....👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺🏴🏴🏴
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
🎅🤶🌎☕️🫖🎄🐈⬛🦌🌟
Cheers bud...l 🥃🍺🥃🍷🥂🥂🍺🥃🥃🍺🥃🍷🍷
@@johnfromscotland1050 I'll make mine tea today. On the way here, we counted over 20 vehicles in the ditches. Black Ice laughs at four-wheel drive!
It's hard to comprehend all the work those hands have performed. People are amazing. Merry Christmas
There's that sweet girl! Keeping dad's morale up with lots of dummy throws. Congrats on getting the solar array up and running. That's a big sigh of relief in and of itself. Keep warm and Merry Christmas to you, and your family Shawn.
Thankyou.. the musical interlude in the snow is just magical. We are experiencing similar here in the Ariege region of France and everything has just slooooowed right down..
Hello Shawn and Cali from Australia! Again, mesmerizing footage of the surrounding area as usual, absolutely gorgeous, especially that quick view of the front of the cottage with snow falling and Cali sitting in front! Beautiful! Shawn, you continue to amaze me with what you can do and achieve, aside from give actual birth is there anything you cannot do? Seriously, you are amazing, the homestead is amazing, Cali is also amazing! Does she not get cold out there in that snow all the time? Shawn, Cali from us here in Australia, stay safe, keep on Youtubing, have a wonderful Christmas and New year, 2023 will be another wonderful year fingers crossed, enjoy your family time and give Cali a hug for me, until next time we see you, stay safe!
There's really so much to love and enjoy about your videos. Valuable information about living and building a Life in Nature, Cali, the scenery and your impeccable cinematography, editing, and choice of music ... it's hard to avoid envy as I watch you live my dreams. I watch with a smile of vicarious satisfaction. Thank you, sincerely.
Hi Shawn and your dog. I am wishing you both a very Happy Christmas and A very Happy New Year. All my love from G in England.
We've been watching Shawn for a few years now, Would we love to do this....yes for sure. Would we be able to do it....probably not. Has Shawn left the rat race, and is now King in his own Realm I hope so. Keep it up it's a breath of fresh air every video
Even more than I am amazed by your beautiful cabin, I am amazed by that people like you exist, it’s just incredible.
It would have been so easy for you to ask for a helping hand.. or a whole team of workers like most do.
But you did this on your own ..
I wish I were a self made man
Feliz Natal! Saúde e prosperidade para vocês. Te amo Cali! ❤️
Oh Cali really loves that snow.. this is her time of year.. :))
Es bueno ver otravez ese paisaje y la cabaña y a su perrito siempre anda haciendo algo en la cabaña y acondicionado esta muy biem eres un ejemplo a seguir porque siempre anda activo y haciendo cosas
Totally enjoy watching your craftsmanship and god bless you your family and Cali
unbelievable what you built last winter in Christmas and this Christmas but this house is even bigger than last year I think it's nice to watch you again and again keep it up and thank you, some young people of today should take this as an example, not many are interested in it would be nice but there would be many and merry christmas
I was just wondering Shawn if you are planning to put anything over those 2 big bolts on the front porch huge posts? And I would love to commend you on your beautiful videography, so we'll filmed as always, and I agree with Kenny, may Cali live forever.
He already mentioned this in a previous video that he is planning to cover those bolts up with something he can slide up and down over the posts for easy access since he doesn't like the look of it now.
Copper.
Hi Shawn, Merry Christmas! You never really get a break, you have tons of work to do around the cabin, Cali to look after, the hours it takes making these videos, you definitely have a full plate every day. Thank you for all you do Shawn.
Sua cabana está linda .Um Feliz Natal e um próspero Ano Novo de muita paz e saúde e prosperidade.
So happy for you that you were able to get your cabin done before winter, enjoy watching your progress
Hey that’s what’s Home Depot and lowes is for all the wood and supplies he needed you all come back now you hear!
Starting to get a "house" feel. That's gonna be the coolest homestead when "done".
@@MAKOBITE lol. Pretty sure the access road getting close was just one of the reasons to rebuild. This place is 4 X the size ... and I'm sure there's many comforts to be added after the essentials. I can just imagine this paradise in 10 years.
Might never be "done"..
Avec toute cette neige c'est magnifique. Cally est toujours aussi mignonne avec son joujou elle est infatigable. Les lustres cela arrange bien.
Joyeux Noël.
Thank you, Shawn, family and Cali. Merry Christmas. God Bless and stay safe.
Wow superbe musique, c'est super beau autour de vous. Astucieux les poubelles !😁🌲❄️☃️ Passez un très beau réveillon
Love the squeaking snow and how he speaks to Cali as if she's going to answer him.
Happy Holidays to Sean n Cali n the family
Love the cabin how you build it with you own hands
n with patience n wisdom
Love watching your videos that you continue to build things
Surrounding your cabin
Ty 4 sharing
Stay blessed
❤️🙏🏽🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
There's something whimsical about watching a man set up a solar field in a blizzard. 🙂
Love how much Cali loves snow🥰
Cali is so happy wading through snow, retrieving her dummy. An immeasurably entertaining, funny and adorable pup.
So Beautiful with the snow
Cali is such a faithful compagion she follows you everywhere, Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and I hope Cali gets an extra special treat
Wishing you, Cali & your family a very happy Christmas & a productive healthy New year ⛄⛄⛄
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Got the orange toy now for OUR CALI !!! OUR CALI is always by you and she is so happy to be with you !!! This is a true Pup to have !!! I put shutters on my house to give to me solar power on all sides of it makes it look even then !!! Have more solar panels on the roof of the garage for extra they come into the house then where they are warm then !!!
Ohio got hit by negative 20 by this morning snow ice and winds , the winds being up to 60 miles a hour suck lol , merry Christmas
Thank you. Your videos are so comforting to me. I would change my current life for this in an instant.
Good job my friend.those solar panels will make your life much easier.Celebrating Cali’s Birthday + bones & more was pretty cool,Marry Christmas and Happy 2023 🥳🎁✊🙏
Ya know it's cold when the snow crunches like that!!!! Remember from skiing the Laurentians in Quebec! Cheers Brother!!
frohe weihnachten
Shawn ,I think you have done an excellent job of everything you have done to improve your cabin. Don't pay any attention to what everybody says . You can either do it their way or your way. I think the solar panels are great. It gives you solar power and lights inside your cabin. Is your wife not coming to live with you? I think you have done an excellent job in everything involving your cabin. Thanks for sharing this video. Stay safe and stay warm.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family and calli.
Cali’s tail never stops wagging. She is such a happy dog!!! 🐕❤️❤️❤️🤗
Look at Cali's tail go🤗💞 lots of snow! ❄️❄️❄️☃️
Good morning 🌞 everyone!
You've got yourself a piece of paradise right there ! I love it !! ❣
Fantastic looking chandelier and hanging lamps!
Hi Shawn , It's that time of year when family and friends get together and look back. This past year has seen a lot of changes in our world ,but Shawn's life still goes on .Shawn has a strong connection to the wilderness and enjoys spending time in nature. While living a more isolated lifestyle can sometimes be lonely, it's clear that Shawn has found joy and fulfillment in his chosen way of life. It's important for people to find what brings them happiness and to pursue their passions and interests. Shawn's love for the wild is evident in his videos, and it's great that he is able to share his life ,bringing some kind of normality to life. Stay Safe
❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️❄️❄️ Merry Christmas ❄️❄️❄️🇬🇧👍
I love the new cabinets surroundings lots better then the first
A beautiful and solid house in the middle of a forest covered in snow and cold, that feeling is wonderful❤
Will you have Christmas at Emily cabin this year she has done a great job on her cabin she should be very proud of herself
Shawn, I do not believe that there is a single job you cannot do on your own! Absolutely remarkable! Well done, bravo!
I'm soooo envious, absolutely beautiful!
Mr James,
I have been an avid follower of both your channels for years now. I grew up in North Bay, ON. I moved to southern Ontario in 2000. I can’t even begin to express how much your shows have impacted me in a positive manner. Your life is exactly what I envision myself doing someday. Thank you for sharing. My retirement goal is …. A cabin in the woods. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and may 2023 bring you all, health, happiness, and time together.
very inspiring from the entire build of your cabin on. Love your dog as well!
Just like you....I check my dog's feet and remove the small balls of ice. I talk to my dog and she looks at me with love. I never had to train her....she wanted to learn from me and my sounds. She always seems to know what I am saying....These vids are magic to me. Man and dog is the most effortless relationship....and most rewarding. It's the one relationship where there is nothing but love. There are no moods or tough days.
beautiful music, beautiful land.
Blessed Christmas!
Great with inputs from the Italian technician. Keep up the good work.
Kind regards from Denmark.
I am a Victron fan ... and user. Consider a hammer crimper tool. Cheap and will make your connections much better and safer. If you can pick up a heat temp gun (pyrometer) (el cheepo) you might be able to measure the connections. Heat means resistance and too much means melting and fires. Also the two wires to the charge controller inverter things to the batteries really need to be the same length (or very close (the looped/coiled wire is not good) ... I am not sure how critical but there will be more voltage loss on one side of the battery to the next ... also not good.
Love watching the videos. If I weren’t so old, I would love living this type of life. Great job. Also love the music.
To see you chopping wood reminds of my dad. He'd say " give it your all and take a big whack at it " !
Its beautiful all is connected to nature with there families 🔼🌳🔽
I've been waiting for this video. Well done and informative, as always, Shawn James. Thank you for sharing.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Be safe over the holidays , enjoy family !
Happy Birthday Sweet Jesus!
Thanks for all the time you take to let us glimpse at your life and your build! It is so much fun to join in and see the progress. Blessings in 2023!
Shawn. It's coffee table book time. There were enough good still photos in this episode for a chapter dealing with winter at the cabin. If not a book I"d buy an NFT of Cali.
Magnificent production, the videography the music and all! Thank you so much!
Qe lindo volver a ber estos videos gracias por subirlos soy maria
Shawn you have built a Beautiful cabin.
Beautiful pictures for Christmas!
Getting pretty modernized. Even the wreath.......It makes for losing something. You still work your butt off. Thks for the entertainment.
I'm in love with otters, thank you!
Thanks for the drone view Shawn!