What an outstanding setup. I'm going to have to take a look at those at my local Lowes. I only have one panel right now, but plan to get more soon, and I do have almost all of the other equipment I will need, but have not even thought about the mounting part of the setup until now. I hope to get mine done by the end of August, and since it's not a very large system, I think I can finish it by then. I also need one more battery, and will have that by this weekend. I really like that bar system and it sure looked strong too. Thank you for the reminder, I have to go to Lowes on Friday, so this encouraged me a great deal. Took a load off my shoulders too. I have worried about the mounting of this system, and now I do believe we can do this! Bless, Sheila
I am slowly learning how to do this alternative energy source. I hope to start putting up the solar panels today and then I will be putting up a wind turbine. The hardest part has been trying to find all the pieces and parts for mounting and the special wiring without having to pay a lot of shipping and handling
What part of the country are you in? I'm in the foothills of NC! You got a nice place going . I'm working on a off grid house, I like your panel mounts, I only have mine temp. mounted I'd like to rooh mount them, my only power comes from 1200w solar, 5kw inverter, and a generator, a wind turbine would be nice, but with it only making real power in storms, its hard to justify the cost, but that is when I need it, that is usually when there is no sun. I guess I'll look in to it later, and get more solar and batteries!
Just do it the correct way and buy matching components. Solar aluminum rails aluminum L feet bonding mid clamps and bonding end clamps no ground wires needed for the individual modules, class A fire rating, no dissimilar metals... I could keep going...
Did you use galvanized or stainless? Galv could cause problems with electrolytic corrosion of the aluminum solar panel rails. SS strut is pretty expensive.
Wish I was living in your neck of the woods. Im in NY on Long island. My neighbors 10 feet away from me and we dont get along. You have all that nice space to live and neighbor idiot free. NICE. Will be moving upstate in the future, at least have a retreat to go to instead of the crap hole Im in now. Few acres and a small house with fireplace Ill be happy.
you have got a nice spread there! I'm working on mine. I'm basically in the middle of the woods. its like a jungle! but literally 2 minutes from town! just far enough away to not hear it! I hope to get a bout 12 chickens and maybe 6 nanny goats! along with my dogs! its fully off grid! I hope to get panels before the tax causes issues. I'm using batteries. with a generator to charge them for now. I'm so tired of hearing that thing run! nice rails. I was going to just rip some treated 2x6's make 2"x3", and basically do the same! just use 1/4" lag bolts. and clamp the panels down . using 6" bolts and drill holes in the 2x3, like 3/8-1/2 hole with a 6" 5/16 bolt and large washers. or maybe use screws and angle brackets. or hinges on the south end. so I can tilt them in winter. I guess you can tell. I'm still up in the air about things. I'm mounting them either on ground but 8' high. or on a shed! the house don't get sun all day! great video.
This is over kill......So you had to push the bolt though from inside the barn then bolt it down with nut outside. You made this more difficult then it should be? Just use lag bolts from outside, thats it.
jasongeo2 The bolt is a lag screw on one side that screws into the rafter and has a threaded end on the other side for the nut. This way you set all the flashing and mounting screws in place 1st ,then start installing the rails
Dear Sir your panels height is very low. No proper ventilation for panels under side. Hot Air low speed bypass under panel. When panels is hitting too much. Energy produces down. Thanks.
Too bad they don't make aluminum version! Three panels fit a section nicely. If you try to order regular solar framework you have to pay Freight to ship it! 👎
Thanks Homestead! I grew up on a farm with roosters, that was a crack up! I am trying to id the part Quick Mount PV ICC ESR? Is that the part or model number? Thanks, Jason
I have a unique portable wind and solar setup. I have four 300.watt 32v panels. 6 100 watt, 40 amp renogy rover mppt controller and a EPEVER 80A mppt solar controller and two grape solar 40 amp pwm controllers, 1,000 amp dual copper bus bar, 6 kw continuous and 12k max power bright inverter 30 amp RV receptacle box hardwired into the inverter,12v 1410 AH bank tied with 4/0 12 inch cables copper lugs, 2 positive 4/0 8 foot cables on far positive terminal and 2 negative 4/0 8ft cables on opposite side of bank then from bank to middle of busbar fused with 500 amp ANL fuses on each parallel string and to copper busbar , samlex duel bank 80 amp 12v marine charger. 12v bank desulfinator, 500 watt 12mph wind rated 3 phase wind turbine. Mounted to my own design telescoping folding tower can go 40ft up or 25 ft . 6/3 awg cable wired to PMA then wired to a 150amp throw switch 3 phase, one side goes to ssr with 300 watt 3 ohm resister bank and dump controller, and upper throw switch is tied to 100 watt 3 ohm resistors 1 for each phase looped back into system to SSR to drag down turbine in real bad high winds. I use inline blower fans and thermal control relays for cooling system, also have several LED floodlights hooked on tower on mppt controllers load function hooked to speaker box terminals for easy plug in play. All boxes have LED lighting inside too. This system is all built from the ground up and is a prototype the scorpion tower is unique and a prototype can hold several thousand pounds on top. It's on my channel tell me what you think. I havent mounted my new 300 watt panels yet. I'm deciding how to mount these do I want a 2 tier drawer system or a hinged foldable array ? Send ideas for mounting must be sturdy and cheap lol.
Donald Steele I like your system set up. For my remote cabin in northern Arizona I went with six 280 watt LG panels and a 1,000 watt hurricane wind turbine wild 3 phase AC. Any excess from the turbine I’m using to heat two 105 gallon stainless water tanks instead of dump resisters. The extra hot water comes in handy for the outdoor spa. The battery’s I went with are the rolls surrett 6 volt 450 ah each X 8. When the technology for batteries settles down I will be replacing the led acid with whatever price and longevity dictates. The rolls are going strong for five years old I can foresee another 10 years at least just want to get away from the maintenance and gasses.
@@bucklesfriendly I have a dump control module and a solid state relay and 3 100 watt 3 ohm resistors hooked up in parallel in a bank . The turbine hits 15v and the dump kicks in and solid state relay and to register bank 300 watts and 3 ohms . It drags the turbine down enough it stops making power .works great .
unistrut doesn't have the UL grounding or wind loading certification, or a manufacturer approved design to support mid clamps. I understand rails are $30 more then strut per piece but there is a reason for the cost. This is pretty irresponsible and there are environments where this could leave panels flying off the roof. I guess I would never tell you what to do but I would never give this advise out as a good idea.
I wanted to put the information out there, and try to be neutral about it. I work in solar, and I do design and engineering as well as electrical and installation work. For anyone hired to do the work such as myself, NEC code forbids this application. Homeowners can do what they wish.
@@bobbailey4954 yeah and I'm sure you've done a ton of solar installs too. Real installers know the difference between racking and strut. I'd only use strut to mount conduit or inverters, never on the roof for panels. An aluminum solar rail will far outlast a galvanized strut. I suggest that YOU do some research before you comment.
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Would have been a much more helpful video if you showed the installation part.
What an outstanding setup. I'm going to have to take a look at those at my local Lowes. I only have one panel right now, but plan to get more soon, and I do have almost all of the other equipment I will need, but have not even thought about the mounting part of the setup until now. I hope to get mine done by the end of August, and since it's not a very large system, I think I can finish it by then. I also need one more battery, and will have that by this weekend. I really like that bar system and it sure looked strong too. Thank you for the reminder, I have to go to Lowes on Friday, so this encouraged me a great deal. Took a load off my shoulders too. I have worried about the mounting of this system, and now I do believe we can do this! Bless, Sheila
I am slowly learning how to do this alternative energy source. I hope to start putting up the solar panels today and then I will be putting up a wind turbine. The hardest part has been trying to find all the pieces and parts for mounting and the special wiring without having to pay a lot of shipping and handling
What part of the country are you in? I'm in the foothills of NC! You got a nice place going . I'm working on a off grid house, I like your panel mounts, I only have mine temp. mounted I'd like to rooh mount them, my only power comes from 1200w solar, 5kw inverter, and a generator, a wind turbine would be nice, but with it only making real power in storms, its hard to justify the cost, but that is when I need it, that is usually when there is no sun. I guess I'll look in to it later, and get more solar and batteries!
Upstate SC. Sounds like we are close to each other
Look into a TLG 500 wind genny. Makes juice in low winds.
Where do I get thouse flashing/mounts with the stud in them?
Did you find a cheap place to buy the Quickmount PV flashing? From what I've seen they are pretty expensive.
they are not cheap but work great and keep the roof from leaking!
Homestead Handyman I found some on ebay... came out to be about $8.50 a pop shipped.
That rooster is trying to reverse the direction of the sun and make it rise.
Any concerns regarding rust?
Just do it the correct way and buy matching components. Solar aluminum rails aluminum L feet bonding mid clamps and bonding end clamps no ground wires needed for the individual modules, class A fire rating, no dissimilar metals... I could keep going...
The best thing I've found on the net was plans from Avasva .
superstrut
I'm sure that you will find good way to make it on Inplix Website.
A 5 minute video showing Unistrut. No mounting of solar panels
I made it with Avasva handbooks !
Try some new solutions from Avasva solutions.
Avasva is spam
With plans from Avasva you can make it really easy.
Take "uh" out of your vocabulary and do this again.
Did you use galvanized or stainless? Galv could cause problems with electrolytic corrosion of the aluminum solar panel rails. SS strut is pretty expensive.
Just use some anti seize
Unistrut comes in handy a lot when mounting anything! I use it at work all the time. Looks like a solid mount to me.
Wish I was living in your neck of the woods. Im in NY on Long island. My neighbors 10 feet away from me and we dont get along. You have all that nice space to live and neighbor idiot free. NICE. Will be moving upstate in the future, at least have a retreat to go to instead of the crap hole Im in now. Few acres and a small house with fireplace Ill be happy.
you have got a nice spread there! I'm working on mine. I'm basically in the middle of the woods. its like a jungle! but literally 2 minutes from town! just far enough away to not hear it! I hope to get a bout 12 chickens and maybe 6 nanny goats! along with my dogs! its fully off grid! I hope to get panels before the tax causes issues. I'm using batteries. with a generator to charge them for now. I'm so tired of hearing that thing run! nice rails. I was going to just rip some treated 2x6's make 2"x3", and basically do the same! just use 1/4" lag bolts. and clamp the panels down . using 6" bolts and drill holes in the 2x3, like 3/8-1/2 hole with a 6" 5/16 bolt and large washers. or maybe use screws and angle brackets. or hinges on the south end. so I can tilt them in winter. I guess you can tell. I'm still up in the air about things. I'm mounting them either on ground but 8' high. or on a shed! the house don't get sun all day! great video.
What hardware are you using to mount the panels to the unistrut?
Do a search for Quick Mount PV. They work really well. Easy to install and no leaks!
@@homesteadhandyman4481 I believe that he meant the hardware that attaches the panels to the Unistruts that you've just mounted.
Thank you for giving thre name of unistrut and where to get it
Thanx for the video, my friend
This is over kill......So you had to push the bolt though from inside the barn then bolt it down with nut outside. You made this more difficult then it should be? Just use lag bolts from outside, thats it.
jasongeo2 The bolt is a lag screw on one side that screws into the rafter and has a threaded end on the other side for the nut. This way you set all the flashing and mounting screws in place 1st ,then start installing the rails
how did you ground these unistruts? just bolting each inidividual section with a ground?
That's correct!
If your showing the sunset which is the West then your solar panels look to be mounted to the East???
I was thinking the same thing.
Great place you have, thanks for the video
Beautiful property brotha
Dear Sir your panels height is very low. No proper ventilation for panels under side. Hot Air low speed bypass under panel. When panels is hitting too much. Energy produces down. Thanks.
I put my panels with lag screws from roof top one shot all 4 corners nice and tight. Thats its.
What about ventilation clearance?
@@bucklesfriendly there is a gap enough for venting.
@@jasongeo2 how much?
@@bucklesfriendly An inch
@@jasongeo2 thats enough??? Sweet. Thanks
You have a beautiful home place. Keep it up!
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How many inches are those metal blocks between the struts and the metal plates ?
that is 10 foot sections of Unistrut and I put 3 attachments on each one
Thanks
@@homesteadhandyman4481 How did you determine 3 attachments per 10 ft? I couldn't find it in the instructions or on their website. Thank you.
how did you mount the panel to the rail?
good idea ..shingle is easier, but tile is a challenge.
Too bad they don't make aluminum version! Three panels fit a section nicely. If you try to order regular solar framework you have to pay Freight to ship it! 👎
Unistrut comes in different materials including aluminum
Cool
Thanks for the share, the rooster comment really cracked me up.
Thanks Homestead! I grew up on a farm with roosters, that was a crack up! I am trying to id the part Quick Mount PV ICC ESR? Is that the part or model number? Thanks, Jason
No railings for me. Unless your doing 10 panels or so.
sooo many less holes in your roof
I have a unique portable wind and solar setup. I have four 300.watt 32v panels. 6 100 watt, 40 amp renogy rover mppt controller and a EPEVER 80A mppt solar controller and two grape solar 40 amp pwm controllers, 1,000 amp dual copper bus bar, 6 kw continuous and 12k max power bright inverter 30 amp RV receptacle box hardwired into the inverter,12v 1410 AH bank tied with 4/0 12 inch cables copper lugs, 2 positive 4/0 8 foot cables on far positive terminal and 2 negative 4/0 8ft cables on opposite side of bank then from bank to middle of busbar fused with 500 amp ANL fuses on each parallel string and to copper busbar , samlex duel bank 80 amp 12v marine charger. 12v bank desulfinator, 500 watt 12mph wind rated 3 phase wind turbine. Mounted to my own design telescoping folding tower can go 40ft up or 25 ft . 6/3 awg cable wired to PMA then wired to a 150amp throw switch 3 phase, one side goes to ssr with 300 watt 3 ohm resister bank and dump controller, and upper throw switch is tied to 100 watt 3 ohm resistors 1 for each phase looped back into system to SSR to drag down turbine in real bad high winds. I use inline blower fans and thermal control relays for cooling system, also have several LED floodlights hooked on tower on mppt controllers load function hooked to speaker box terminals for easy plug in play. All boxes have LED lighting inside too. This system is all built from the ground up and is a prototype the scorpion tower is unique and a prototype can hold several thousand pounds on top. It's on my channel tell me what you think. I havent mounted my new 300 watt panels yet. I'm deciding how to mount these do I want a 2 tier drawer system or a hinged foldable array ? Send ideas for mounting must be sturdy and cheap lol.
Donald Steele I like your system set up. For my remote cabin in northern Arizona I went with six 280 watt LG panels and a 1,000 watt hurricane wind turbine wild 3 phase AC. Any excess from the turbine I’m using to heat two 105 gallon stainless water tanks instead of dump resisters. The extra hot water comes in handy for the outdoor spa. The battery’s I went with are the rolls surrett 6 volt 450 ah each X 8. When the technology for batteries settles down I will be replacing the led acid with whatever price and longevity dictates. The rolls are going strong for five years old I can foresee another 10 years at least just want to get away from the maintenance and gasses.
@@bobbailey4954 dude I hear you. I want solid state lithium batteries I wish those would come out already.
How do you dump the excess turbine to heat?
TIA!
@@bucklesfriendly I have a dump control module and a solid state relay and 3 100 watt 3 ohm resistors hooked up in parallel in a bank . The turbine hits 15v and the dump kicks in and solid state relay and to register bank 300 watts and 3 ohms . It drags the turbine down enough it stops making power .works great .
@@donaldsteele6276 and the resistors are in the tank? I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
It sounds great tho... what ingenuity!
That's going to rust
Has been up for 4 years. No rust!
I did something similar with Avasva solutions.
Really enjoy it. Let's check Avasva plans also
unistrut doesn't have the UL grounding or wind loading certification, or a manufacturer approved design to support mid clamps. I understand rails are $30 more then strut per piece but there is a reason for the cost. This is pretty irresponsible and there are environments where this could leave panels flying off the roof. I guess I would never tell you what to do but I would never give this advise out as a good idea.
That is good information to know. Thanks for sharing. It is good for everyone to do there own research and decide what is best for their application!
I wanted to put the information out there, and try to be neutral about it. I work in solar, and I do design and engineering as well as electrical and installation work. For anyone hired to do the work such as myself, NEC code forbids this application. Homeowners can do what they wish.
Ridley let it go I've used unistrut on some super heavy stuff always a winner galvanized no rust good stuff!
RidleyNivMizzet unistrut is as tough as it gets do your research
@@bobbailey4954 yeah and I'm sure you've done a ton of solar installs too. Real installers know the difference between racking and strut. I'd only use strut to mount conduit or inverters, never on the roof for panels. An aluminum solar rail will far outlast a galvanized strut. I suggest that YOU do some research before you comment.
The project like this step by step is described on the Avasva website and many more plans you can find on that website.
I am not able to find the step by step instructions on the website ? Have they been moved