Thanks for the video. Having PV on a roof and in my field I agree with your idea of putting them on the house sides. In snow shed areas you just don't want panels on the roof, you'll lose a couple of months of energy production. With long summer days we always generate enough to run everything and keep the batteries charged but not in the winter with its short days.
Great video and great ideas. I'm in Northern Ontario with same snow challenges. Curious how the panels are mounted on the house. Do you mount a railing to the house or are panels mounted directly to the house? If you have a video on install, can you point me to which one. Many thanks.
I am VERY interested in building a pole mounted solar panel system much like your pole mount. I love your design. Do you have a list of materials, or plans? I would love to get a "Bill of Materials" and specific measurements, etc. How can I get these?
Nice video, thanks for a lot of information. I am in the process of building my own off-grid cabin, so it's time to wait all your videos! A question. What are you using to mount your solar panels to the house walls?
Hi ! Very interesting setup What do you think of a shallow pond close to the house possibly with a white bortom That would give reflexions all year rotundan A white tarp would do the job I guess Thanks for sharing Mike from Sweden
UA-cam: You might like this Ive Me: Thanks youtuber. haha. Cool video. I was like why are these panels mounted like that. ha. Do you have a video where you talk about the cost of the system, specifically those panels mounted on the house compared to the power they provide. I guess what I mean is....was it worth it comparatively ?
The first couple videos discuss cost. Was it worth it, yes absolutely, but that has little to do with Return on Investment and more to do with power independence. It cost about 40K but that includes lots of appliances like a generator and propane installs.
I'm looking into building a similar system in Michigan, how Does it handle during High wend storms like tornados, what should i look for in the design regarding that? Also have u thought about adding some sort of salt prine on the top of the panel to spray and melt ice? Just an idea
Is it possible for your solar panels to drain your battery bank if there's no incoming sun, given that the panels themselves are 2 types of metal put together with some positive and negative charge together?
Does ice reflect better than snow? I'm wondering if the angle of the surface of the snow or ice under then panels affect the reflection efficiency. Have you tried moving snow or ice from other areas on your property under the panels to increase the number of days with reflection?
Ok, let me be the critical one. It clearly once was a beautiful house. Is there no way to do what you do and keep it looking nice ? Maybe smaller panels that make an aestetic symmetrical pattern on the walls. Sorry, brutal honesty here, but right now it really does not look at all attractive any more.
Building from scratch, the panels could be incorporated into the design. Based on the design of the house, I think he added panels to an existing building, and given he is off grid and rather far north, he, had to maximize the area of the panels.
Sebastian Vettel talking about solar power is pretty epic
wow thank you so much looking at an off grid situation
Such a good and calm explanation. Thank you for this contribution to the collective knowledge!
Good info! I am looking at getting a couple solar trackers for Maine. Maybe a low-voltage heating cable would help.
Thanks for the video.
Having PV on a roof and in my field I agree with your idea of putting them on the house sides. In snow shed areas you just don't want panels on the roof, you'll lose a couple of months of energy production. With long summer days we always generate enough to run everything and keep the batteries charged but not in the winter with its short days.
Great video. First vid I’ve watched from you. We are moving off grid in the new year in a northern climate so this was helpful!!🎉
Wonderful video. Learned more about snow and it's affect on our solar panels. Thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! First video i saw from You. Became a sub and I will further educate myself!
Thank you ❤
Impressive video, thank you for the details. 👍
Great video and great ideas. I'm in Northern Ontario with same snow challenges. Curious how the panels are mounted on the house. Do you mount a railing to the house or are panels mounted directly to the house? If you have a video on install, can you point me to which one. Many thanks.
Glad to see comments are on how many kw are you pulling in would like to see the batts flooded or lithium
8-17KW depending the amount of charging needed. I have 16 6V lead acid batts.
Thank you for the reply Happy New year would be nice to see the mech room the batts and inverter
I am VERY interested in building a pole mounted solar panel system much like your pole mount. I love your design. Do you have a list of materials, or plans? I would love to get a "Bill of Materials" and specific measurements, etc. How can I get these?
Nice video, thanks for a lot of information. I am in the process of building my own off-grid cabin, so it's time to wait all your videos! A question. What are you using to mount your solar panels to the house walls?
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Very good - Ty
Thank you too!
Hi !
Very interesting setup
What do you think of a shallow pond close to the house possibly with a white bortom
That would give reflexions all year rotundan
A white tarp would do the job I guess
Thanks for sharing
Mike from Sweden
UA-cam: You might like this Ive
Me: Thanks youtuber.
haha. Cool video. I was like why are these panels mounted like that. ha. Do you have a video where you talk about the cost of the system, specifically those panels mounted on the house compared to the power they provide.
I guess what I mean is....was it worth it comparatively ?
The first couple videos discuss cost. Was it worth it, yes absolutely, but that has little to do with Return on Investment and more to do with power independence. It cost about 40K but that includes lots of appliances like a generator and propane installs.
I'm looking into building a similar system in Michigan, how Does it handle during High wend storms like tornados, what should i look for in the design regarding that? Also have u thought about adding some sort of salt prine on the top of the panel to spray and melt ice? Just an idea
Is it possible for your solar panels to drain your battery bank if there's no incoming sun, given that the panels themselves are 2 types of metal put together with some positive and negative charge together?
Could adding a cooling system to that back of the panels help during summer months
Anyone, how does snowier time and sunnier time energy production compare/ contrast?
Does ice reflect better than snow? I'm wondering if the angle of the surface of the snow or ice under then panels affect the reflection efficiency. Have you tried moving snow or ice from other areas on your property under the panels to increase the number of days with reflection?
Snow reflects better than ice, the angle of the light matters a lot but is not as important as cloud cover or other blocks like trees and such.
Ok, let me be the critical one. It clearly once was a beautiful house. Is there no way to do what you do and keep it looking nice ? Maybe smaller panels that make an aestetic symmetrical pattern on the walls. Sorry, brutal honesty here, but right now it really does not look at all attractive any more.
Building from scratch, the panels could be incorporated into the design.
Based on the design of the house, I think he added panels to an existing building, and given he is off grid and rather far north, he, had to maximize the area of the panels.