That tractor is gonna come in handy moving that rock around. I built a garage last year and ordered 3 full 18 wheeler truck loads of road base and 2 18 wheeler truck loads of fill dirt (dirt with big rocks in it), to level my building surface because nothing on my property if flat. You will be amazed at how quickly the rock goes. I couldn't believe I needed as much as I did and it wasn't cheap. I still need another full load of road base for some project finishing around here, and need to order materials to build a tractor shelter. I really like building stuff though its rewarding to see something you built yourself go from nothing to something useful that increases your property value at the same time. You got a big job with the panels but I know you can do it.
Yes sir...the tractor is getting a serious workout. Time for the 50 hour service once I sit down and order parts. Man..thats a lot of material you've been working with! Hurts my brain just to think how much you spent on 5 truckloads of material. Would love to see and learn from all the projects you've completed. Building that tractor shed sounds like fun! Yeah, this solar install is forcing me out of my comfort zone and that's a good thing! Thanks for the encouragement my brother...as always...really appreciate you man!!!!!!!!
@@7sigmaoff-grid You bet brother, I have no doubt you will get it done, and you will be proud of all the stuff you are learning to do. Good thing about learning new things is you will always have the knowledge in the future. If things go south later you will know exactly how to deal with it
So refreshing to listen to your honesty in unfamiliar things. I would be so overwhelmed but you make it interesting and funny. You are serious learners and I'm sure informing others! God's blessings Christine
I’m not sure what size panels those are, but If you’re trying to stay under a certain voltage, I suspect you can go ahead and add those other 2 panels on each string. You can go over the voltage slightly on the strings because the panels will never put out their rated power. I.e. 3000w of panels will put out around 2500w or so on best days.
Thanks for the tip! That's a great idea and definitely something we will be looking into! the panels are 420w and the inverter has 2 PV inputs of 4000w each totaling 8000w. Now if I fry my inverter, I'm going to say you made me do it...LOL. Just kidding Scott!
@@7sigmaoff-grid Hahaha, you won’t fry it. I have the same inverter. Just try it this way, build it so you can add the other 4. Plug in your 11, find the sunniest day and laugh when the power comes in. Its what I did and I have bi-facial panels. On their best day, its still only about 90%. THEN…. You can blame me while you’re hooking up your extra panels. Also, if you look in your manual, you’ll see that it actually supports more voltage that stated, it just can’t use more voltage than stated. But, it all works out because you’ll be generating close to the maximum it can use anyway. “Ooooooh, that Scott!!!!!”
@@ScottBalkum Thanks for the good counsel Scott!! I'm such a rookie when it comes to solar, that I cant even make a good argument to counter, so I'll just STFU and try it! Then...instead of blaming you... I'll be thanking you... I'm sure...LOL! Thanks again Scott!!!!
@@7sigmaoff-grid HAhaha, No worries dude. If you go by the math, you actually have 12.4 panels allowed, so you’re just .6 away. But, you’ll appreciate the extra juice.
I don't know a thing about solar, but I find this interesting. Can't wait to see how you all make the frames for the panels etc. I was thinking like you did...maybe don't put 11 panels long. If you make it shorter with several rows, you probably will have room to drive to the water tank then. Not sure if that is right, but sounds right. LOL.
Hi 👋 It's me again. I have been watching an Alaskan Homesteader couple, for years now.. They moved to a larger property almost a year ago. This time they mounted their solar array on top of their connex ( cargo container). Let me know if you are instrested in taking a look at what & how it was done, weather you use th connex or not. I can give you the name of the channel . I must say the husband does go into deep detail in all of his projects & he has a lot of projects ! 🙏💞🙏💞
@iwasfloyd Yes, that is the channel. But, I didn't want to just add the name to my comment, without asking. I didn't want them to think I was advertising for them 🤔...
@@PENPAL555 I had asked about that on another channel, and they told me that sharing their videos and sharing the name of the channel helps drive traffic to their channel.
I love watching your show. I have been binge watching this weekend. Question why don’t y’all use some of that wood to help stop your erosion you can pack that clay around it and it will stop the rain from washing it away just a thought.
Hey Family 👋🏾, What's the Biz? lol 😄 Hmmm, Might I Suggest investing in a SELF-PROPELLED PUSH MOWER for Small to Midsize lawn chores like that Mr. RaRa (lol. 😁) performed for the Area chosen for the Solar Panel Mounts/Array. 😇 In the Event that All of the Rocks/Gravel are Not needed for the Solar Panel Infrastructure, perhaps Adding the Excess to the Entrance of Your Property that You Bootlegged to Slow down holding Water on so many Videos ago (the last video where Y'all gave a tour of Your Prophets was a slight refresher of this) right. 🤗 Ok, So ANOTHER OF MICKEY AND/OR JERRY'S SO MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN HAVE BEEN VANQUISHED FROM YOUR HOME, Great Job Folks! LMBO. 😄😆😂 Continued Barukings/Blessings 🕊✊🏾🫡🤴🏾👸🏾❤💎🫱🏽🫲🏾🛐 APHGTTTMHYAH 👑
The Biz is The Biz...LOL We have a tractor with a bush hog that would have made easy work of that area. But that area is full of imbedded rocks that would have killed the blade in seconds. Plus I find weed-wacking relaxing...LOL Yep, thats the plan... using the remainder of the rock(and purchasing more) for the driveway and around the home. Appreciate you watching and commenting each week...Thanks a lot !
@7sigmaoff-grid LOL. 😄 I HEAR & FEEL YA FAMILY! 🤗 Ok, Y'all have Everything Under Wraps and I CAN definitely RELATE to the Weed-Wacking being Relaxing because I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT PUSH OR RIDING MOWING. It's THERAPEUTIC EVEN now don't cha know! 😇 It's No Problem, but Good, rather GREAT and YOU KNOW that Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN & ALL TOO WELCOME family. 🕊✊🏾💎👊🏾❤️🫱🏽🫲🏾🛐 APHGTTTMHYAH 👑
I will tackle almost anything because that's how you learn, but one thing I do not mess with is electricity. I aint messin with electrical lol If I were there I could build your panel racks though 🙂
Yeah, electrical is no joke...LOL I'm approaching it using the 40 years of wiring studios and audio gear I have, cause thats all the experience I have to pull from(along with UA-cam). Going to make sure I don't power on anything until I know for sure that we are good...LOL
Fr: The Boogie Down Bronx If your panels are mounted 6 horizontally with 2 panels vertically each is that against the rules of panel placment. So then it will Only take up 1/2 the space horizontally so instead of 11 it will be 12 ? This comment was made before coffee🥴, so I hope it makes sense...🙃
@7sigmaoff-grid 😆😁😄 I figured that !!! Instead of 11 in a ➡️ horitzontal row. Make it a horizontal row of 6 with stacked 2 panels high. It would be a total of 12 instead of 11, but it would take up less space horizontally . Example : ◽◽◽◽◽◽ ◽◽◽◽◽◽ VS ◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽
I don't think you can use more than 20 panels total only 8kw input on that inverter Space the arrays 25 ft apart, order a mppt crimper with extra connectors, is there less shading farther north? Np you can do this easy , need help ask me. Solar pro by new year.
Thanks Bob! Wasn't' sure how far apart the arrays should be. Chat GPT gave me 10 ft apart based upon our GPS coordinates...but I'm definitely going to go with your suggestion of 25ft instead. You are spot on... as we were going to see if we can go further north with the arrays this weekend. I'm not really liking the initial spot we've chosen after seeing how low the sun is currently(with the pyramid mountain directly behind us during winter solstice season). A beautiful piece of property, but not ideal for solar due to the large mountain ranges on our southern side(rookie mistake)...but we will have to supplement with generator and be aware of power usage during winter to offset the mountain obstruction. Hopefully we can move the arrays further north without having to take down a lot of trees...we'll see this weekend ! Thanks again sir for all of your help!!!!
@7sigmaoff-grid I have mine at 25ft ,49th , I got mount shade me at 3pm, since I can see shadows this year, next year I have to move 2 arrays , when you upgrade 2nd inverter, 60kw battery. 12 pack and 12 more panels. You can have a dual system, one goes bad,half still works. Each inverter gets 30kw battery. Join in at the AC panel. Supersolsrstar. The ground rods for home and arrays don't forget those. 5/8 4ft.
You guys are so funny, a joy to watch. You got this ❤
Thanks Barbara 😊
Ha ha love the doorway to heaven another great video you two crack me up another great vlog from Canada 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😄
Yup, it is VERY evident he is a smart man. You’re a lucky woman. 👍
To protect the water tank built a housing structure around the tank and install it with anti freeze materials for to stop your water from freezing.
That tractor is gonna come in handy moving that rock around. I built a garage last year and ordered 3 full 18 wheeler truck loads of road base and 2 18 wheeler truck loads of fill dirt (dirt with big rocks in it), to level my building surface because nothing on my property if flat.
You will be amazed at how quickly the rock goes. I couldn't believe I needed as much as I did and it wasn't cheap. I still need another full load of road base for some project finishing around here, and need to order materials to build a tractor shelter. I really like building stuff though its rewarding to see something you built yourself go from nothing to something useful that increases your property value at the same time. You got a big job with the panels but I know you can do it.
Yes sir...the tractor is getting a serious workout. Time for the 50 hour service once I sit down and order parts. Man..thats a lot of material you've been working with! Hurts my brain just to think how much you spent on 5 truckloads of material. Would love to see and learn from all the projects you've completed. Building that tractor shed sounds like fun! Yeah, this solar install is forcing me out of my comfort zone and that's a good thing! Thanks for the encouragement my brother...as always...really appreciate you man!!!!!!!!
@@7sigmaoff-grid You bet brother, I have no doubt you will get it done, and you will be proud of all the stuff you are learning to do. Good thing about learning new things is you will always have the knowledge in the future. If things go south later you will know exactly how to deal with it
Lots of rock!!!
That's a lot of gravel! Love the space you guys have out there. Can't wait to see how great the array turns out!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
So refreshing to listen to your honesty in unfamiliar things. I would be so overwhelmed but you make it interesting and funny. You are serious learners and I'm sure informing others! God's blessings Christine
Appreciate you Christine! We’re learning as we go. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch and comment!
Just love you guys……continued blessings always on your journey 🙏🏾❣️
Thank you for the blessings 🙏🏾❣️
New subscriber here!! Love this!! You guys make it look easy 😊❤. Such an inspiring couple to watch!
Thank you so much! Welcome aboard and thanks for watching!
I saw bottles in a tree in the Ray Charles Movie, it was Pretty
Yupper need the bottles he know what he doing ...
I’m not sure what size panels those are, but If you’re trying to stay under a certain voltage, I suspect you can go ahead and add those other 2 panels on each string. You can go over the voltage slightly on the strings because the panels will never put out their rated power. I.e. 3000w of panels will put out around 2500w or so on best days.
Thanks for the tip! That's a great idea and definitely something we will be looking into! the panels are 420w and the inverter has 2 PV inputs of 4000w each totaling 8000w. Now if I fry my inverter, I'm going to say you made me do it...LOL. Just kidding Scott!
@@7sigmaoff-grid Hahaha, you won’t fry it. I have the same inverter. Just try it this way, build it so you can add the other 4. Plug in your 11, find the sunniest day and laugh when the power comes in. Its what I did and I have bi-facial panels. On their best day, its still only about 90%. THEN…. You can blame me while you’re hooking up your extra panels. Also, if you look in your manual, you’ll see that it actually supports more voltage that stated, it just can’t use more voltage than stated. But, it all works out because you’ll be generating close to the maximum it can use anyway.
“Ooooooh, that Scott!!!!!”
@@ScottBalkum Thanks for the good counsel Scott!! I'm such a rookie when it comes to solar, that I cant even make a good argument to counter, so I'll just STFU and try it! Then...instead of blaming you... I'll be thanking you... I'm sure...LOL! Thanks again Scott!!!!
@@7sigmaoff-grid HAhaha, No worries dude. If you go by the math, you actually have 12.4 panels allowed, so you’re just .6 away. But, you’ll appreciate the extra juice.
I don't know a thing about solar, but I find this interesting. Can't wait to see how you all make the frames for the panels etc. I was thinking like you did...maybe don't put 11 panels long. If you make it shorter with several rows, you probably will have room to drive to the water tank then. Not sure if that is right, but sounds right. LOL.
Sounds right to us as well… but we will find out one way or another 😂🤣Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Hi 👋
It's me again. I have been watching an Alaskan Homesteader couple, for years now.. They moved to a larger property almost a year ago. This time they mounted their solar array on top of their connex ( cargo container). Let me know if you are instrested in taking a look at what & how it was done, weather you use th connex or not. I can give you the name of the channel . I must say the husband does go into deep detail in all of his projects & he has a lot of projects !
🙏💞🙏💞
Simple Living Alaska?? They are great and he does go into complete detail about everything he does.
@iwasfloyd
Yes, that is the channel. But, I didn't want to just add the name to my comment, without asking. I didn't want them to think I was advertising for them 🤔...
@@PENPAL555 I had asked about that on another channel, and they told me that sharing their videos and sharing the name of the channel helps drive traffic to their channel.
@iwasfloyd
Another channel. But, not this channel ...
Thank you! We'll check them out.
I love watching your show. I have been binge watching this weekend. Question why don’t y’all use some of that wood to help stop your erosion you can pack that clay around it and it will stop the rain from washing it away just a thought.
Thanks for the tip! We're working on a few different solutions and will share what we end up doing in a future video.
Hey Family 👋🏾,
What's the Biz? lol 😄
Hmmm, Might I Suggest investing in a SELF-PROPELLED PUSH MOWER for Small to Midsize lawn chores like that Mr. RaRa (lol. 😁) performed for the Area chosen for the Solar Panel Mounts/Array. 😇
In the Event that All of the Rocks/Gravel are Not needed for the Solar Panel Infrastructure, perhaps Adding the Excess to the Entrance of Your Property that You Bootlegged to Slow down holding Water on so many Videos ago (the last video where Y'all gave a tour of Your Prophets was a slight refresher of this) right. 🤗
Ok, So ANOTHER OF MICKEY AND/OR JERRY'S SO MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN HAVE BEEN VANQUISHED FROM YOUR HOME, Great Job Folks! LMBO. 😄😆😂
Continued Barukings/Blessings 🕊✊🏾🫡🤴🏾👸🏾❤💎🫱🏽🫲🏾🛐
APHGTTTMHYAH 👑
The Biz is The Biz...LOL
We have a tractor with a bush hog that would have made easy work of that area. But that area is full of imbedded rocks that would have killed the blade in seconds. Plus I find weed-wacking relaxing...LOL
Yep, thats the plan... using the remainder of the rock(and purchasing more) for the driveway and around the home.
Appreciate you watching and commenting each week...Thanks a lot !
@7sigmaoff-grid
LOL. 😄
I HEAR & FEEL YA FAMILY! 🤗
Ok, Y'all have Everything Under Wraps and I CAN definitely RELATE to the Weed-Wacking being Relaxing because I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT PUSH OR RIDING MOWING. It's THERAPEUTIC EVEN now don't cha know! 😇
It's No Problem, but Good, rather GREAT and YOU KNOW that Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN & ALL TOO WELCOME family. 🕊✊🏾💎👊🏾❤️🫱🏽🫲🏾🛐
APHGTTTMHYAH 👑
I will tackle almost anything because that's how you learn, but one thing I do not mess with is electricity. I aint messin with electrical lol If I were there I could build your panel racks though 🙂
Yeah, electrical is no joke...LOL I'm approaching it using the 40 years of wiring studios and audio gear I have, cause thats all the experience I have to pull from(along with UA-cam). Going to make sure I don't power on anything until I know for sure that we are good...LOL
@@7sigmaoff-grid good man, yeah triple check it. I'm sorta dyslexic when it comes to numbers and thats not a good thing for electric work lol
Do you have a well for water and septic system
Well and Septic coming in 2025
Fr: The Boogie Down Bronx
If your panels are mounted 6 horizontally with 2 panels vertically each is that against the rules of panel placment. So then it will
Only take up 1/2 the space horizontally so instead of 11 it will be 12 ?
This comment was made before coffee🥴, so I hope it makes sense...🙃
Yeah you lost me ..lol
@7sigmaoff-grid
😆😁😄 I figured that !!!
Instead of 11 in a ➡️ horitzontal row. Make it a horizontal row of 6 with stacked 2 panels high. It would be a total of 12 instead of 11, but it would take up less space horizontally .
Example :
◽◽◽◽◽◽
◽◽◽◽◽◽
VS
◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽◽
I don't think you can use more than 20 panels total only 8kw input on that inverter
Space the arrays 25 ft apart, order a mppt crimper with extra connectors, is there less shading farther north? Np you can do this easy , need help ask me. Solar pro by new year.
Thanks Bob! Wasn't' sure how far apart the arrays should be. Chat GPT gave me 10 ft apart based upon our GPS coordinates...but I'm definitely going to go with your suggestion of 25ft instead. You are spot on... as we were going to see if we can go further north with the arrays this weekend. I'm not really liking the initial spot we've chosen after seeing how low the sun is currently(with the pyramid mountain directly behind us during winter solstice season). A beautiful piece of property, but not ideal for solar due to the large mountain ranges on our southern side(rookie mistake)...but we will have to supplement with generator and be aware of power usage during winter to offset the mountain obstruction. Hopefully we can move the arrays further north without having to take down a lot of trees...we'll see this weekend ! Thanks again sir for all of your help!!!!
@7sigmaoff-grid I have mine at 25ft ,49th , I got mount shade me at 3pm, since I can see shadows this year, next year I have to move 2 arrays , when you upgrade 2nd inverter, 60kw battery. 12 pack and 12 more panels. You can have a dual system, one goes bad,half still works. Each inverter gets 30kw battery. Join in at the AC panel. Supersolsrstar. The ground rods for home and arrays don't forget those. 5/8 4ft.
Some people think putting bottles on trees catches evil spirits. Trust in God instead. LOL.
LOL
👍😊🏡🎄🎄🇺🇲👍
Get some cats.
We will when we’re here full time