Build Your Own Solar Easy, Better Than Generator
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Link to this awesome Inverter for 674.00 signaturesolar...
Link to The EG4 100 AMP HOUR LITHIUM BATTERYsignaturesolar...
Link to A great price on solar panels from the same company .signaturesolar...
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I know it's twice as expensive but the new EG4 6000xp's are the sheeeet, 120V/240V and 6k watts output. One unit would be perfect for your homestead setup. I have two on my house working together to give me 12k watts and that covers just about all of my power needs provided the sun comes out lol
YES IT IS
What do you do on cloudy days or even multiple consecutive cloudy days?
@@IAmYourReflection Same thing everyone does who has solar, option 1: Oversize your solar array so that even on cloudy days it makes thousands of watts, option 2: Have a backup Generator preferably a dual fuel one to keep your options open :)
@@user-kl4vd4gg3u what should I be looking for when buying solar panels? I’m building a 1200sqft home out in the country and I’m considering going off grid instead of paying the electric company 8-10k to run power to my house and cut down a bunch of trees in the process. Thanks 👍👍
got my panels,inverter,48volt batteries from signature solar and fixing to start putting together next week...gotta work saturday,may start sunday...have growatt inverter, thinking of getting an eg4 now, will see how growatt does first...still in box, but had some health problems and just getting back into the swing of things...i hear ya about heat, i'm in same state you're in,just outside of shawnee...p.s. thanks for your vids they help me out.
Really enjoyed this video and how you pointed out how awesome and cheap the EG4 3K inverter is! I really like your setup out there. Keep up the great work!
Off-grid life is best life
Have the batteries in an eclosed box with an exhaust fan. H2 is explosive🇦🇼🤙
Nice video, man! Looks great.
Thanks
Awesome DIY plenty of info
I'm learning thanks
Doing good stuff. I love it ✨️👌nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
Hope you enjoy the weekend @OKLAHOMAOFFGRID
Great video. Good info on how you reconfigured the wiring on the panels to get the voltage in the range you needed to work properly.
Yes sir thanks I really appreciate that it definitely needed to be done it made it so much more efficient and I used so much less wire I could not believe how much wire I wrapped up and put back in the shed just from the reconfiguration
Thank you.. this helps a lot. Much appreciated
for sure!!!!
Nice Job. Thanks for the video.
thanks for the support
Looking into Bus bars for connections - much easier to connect/disconnect. Thanks for posting your video.
Understand when your mis-matching panels the current will be limited to the panel with lowest current output, what are the specs on all the panels you have in series
That's only when you're Mitch matching them and you run them in parallel... If you run them in series and one panel is 52 volts and the other panel is 48 volts you're still going to get 100 v between the two of them... If you ran those same panels in parallel you're going to come up with the lower voltage of 48 especially when you put the load on it
Good stuff buddy, think we will be picking up one of these too. We have some newer batteries we are working out a deal for and I was thinking this was unit was in my future. I'll use your link when we make the move. Best wishes
This is the second one I have installed one of them on lithium batteries and the other on the lead acid here... And I have to say the price for it being an all-in-one is really good. And so far we're going on 8 months without any problems on the other system I built and the inverter has been on day and night now for the whole 8 months without a flaw
High Frequency vs Low Frequency
@@The_Defiant_One pretty much..low frequency was the aims inverter
Phew, you were warm. Swamp cooler in case the air conditioner goes kaput. Freeze flexible ice packs that are eight or so inches long and put one on the back of the neck or up under the hat for a bit. Cold water sure helps when it is hot out. Looks like 120F or hotter in the shade for you. 🥵
Oh for sure I'm always watching myself in the heat... I usually take a frozen water bottle on the back of the neck and one under each arm if I feel funny coming on... 😂
Not sure what part of oklahoma he is but as somebody who lives on the AR/OK border a swamp cooler is just gonna make it worse. You do not want to be adding to the already annoying humidity. Its been in the upper 90's lately but the humidity puts it into the 110-115 for "feels like"
A fan will help. A swamp cooler just makes it worse.
Im loving what im seeing and that you are also in Oklahoma. I have a cabin that im about to set up for off grid solar. Im new to all this but i am very capable. I have built and wired my whole 30x40 shop and am used to diy stuff. I would love to pick your brain about solar. Is there a better way to message with you? You live a lifestyle alot like my family.
yes i have an email oklahomaoffgrid@gmail.com
Very informative, thanks
Did I miss hear you? It took 180 volts to keep the inverter on? What is minimum needed?
YES ..the minimum voltage for this inverter the panels need to be wired at least up to 120volts dc
Great video
Thanks
I've seen these enough I have to ask a serious question. Can you run a bitcoin miner on the grid? Maybe an antminer would work?
i dont know what a bitcoin miner pulls as far as watts
New subscriber here and I love your Chanel already
thanks!!
Why do you have a lock on the safety switches? Don't do that.
Should’ve gotten a 6000xp. 240 and 120 output without the high idle power consumption of the 3000. The 3000 has the same idle consumption as the 6000 and the 6000xp is like half of either of them.
That EG4 6000xp has an idle consumption of 30 W to 50 W…
@@peckerpeter2078 yeah that was my point.
I'm new to this but I'm confused about how you grounded each piece of equipment. I see you already had ground wires for some equipment and you said the EG4 3000 had a ground point on the box itself. Cam you elaborate on how you set up the grounding.
@@manly1138 well don't be confused I did all that confusion for you 😂 I found out that all three grounds are basically going to the same place even though there is a ground for the AC in there was no ground for the AC out so I connected it to the body screw... I found out that the ground between the two are connected... I also found out that the ground rod with the ground wire is also to be connected to the ground screw on the body... So yeah I was confused myself until I watched a couple of videos and figured out all three ground points go to the same place basically.
Did you sell that Morningstar Mppt? Those are built to go 20+ years, super high efficiency and low consumption.
12 voltage. Home cooking appliances means super low cost of operations. After. Start up. Cost. This. Is. The. Real Real deal. Dont. Let. Them b s. You. Dont. Let. Them. Jam. There. Hand. In. Your. Wallet
So how does this product compare with your All-Powers solar generator?
this is def a better system overall because it is larger and more capable
Im in Guthrie oklahoma what part are you from?
Se Oklahoma
Bad idea to have electronics and lead acid battery in same place. Corrosion will make lifespan on inverters very short🪦⚰️🧯
@@ewaldvanderbiezen5892 gotcha
If we ever get enough subscribers we will switch to solar!!! Then we will be completely off grid too!!!
you can switch without subscribers lol
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID we don’t have the money :(
But. We are off grid for water and sewer. We are only tied to the grid with electrical so at least we have less to untie
@@campsteffeshomestead true story there's a lot of people out in the country that are in that situation... And it makes it easy to go ahead and start running everything off of solar but go ahead and keep your electricity active in case you needed it
@@campsteffeshomestead I don't either but somehow I just keep making it happen... A lot of hard work to build this channel up and because of the channel I'm an affiliate with a lot of companies and I get good deals