Seeing some comments about the AC unit. I should've been more clear in the video - I rarely use it in that room and yes, as people have pointed out, running it for just a couple hours at full blast would drain the battery entirely. Apologies if it came across that I was frequently running the AC unit - I was not
I came to the comment section specifically for more information about the A/C usage 👍 when you think about it A/C and or Refrigeration are the two most common concerns for when grid power is down. They also happen to be the two hardest things to power off grid. I currently use 400w of solar to run a single refrigerator when the grid goes down. During the last two hurricanes I discovered it was horribly inadequate because I failed to consider all the real life conditions that add up to increased power consumption. Basically I’m going to double my entire system and hopefully achieve my intended goal of running the fridge 24/7 off the sun until the power is restored 👍
5:52 1. The solar panel needs to higher up. Almost near the top of the fence. 2. Cut the excess cable. Long wires have more losses. 3. There's no way that room does only 200 wh per day. Esp with that window ac.
I know, 200 Wh / day seems way too low. I'm thinking that's either inaccurate or he's mainly using the A/C as a fan, so compressor off (except during his test where it drew over 500 watts).
*photovoltaic / solar thermal technician here: i've been saying this and telling people this if you want to DIY without paying someone nor connect to the Grid* *with lithuim batteries more affordable you can do a battery back-up. i do like lead acid for small projects* *Well Done Young Man!!!
Its the reason i got into solar. I have a room that has no power. So i have this whole room running of solar. Its a gaming room too, it has an xbox one x, xbox one, xbox one s, 2k 32inch 165hz monitor, 4k 40inch tv, ps4, ps4 pro, ps5, xbox 360, nintendo 3ds, nintendo ds, steam deck. i only ever use one of these devies at a time. so no problem. it has a 200ah lifepo4 battery and 600 watts of solar ! :D! i also run some lights. best room in the house!
yeah, I know. That's pretty crazy a whole AC system !. I thought running a tv and a ps5 with 600 watts of solar and a 200ah lifepo4 battery was stretching it. My setup hasn't gone below 41%. I rarely use it, sadly. But when I do, I game with the boys for about 10 hours ! 😂. @@SlackersIndustry
If your cranking that AC which is using something like 400Watts / Hr you would burn through that battery in 2.5 hours if no solar panels were hooked up. Thanks for being creative!
Me too for the living room we can stay in it when the Grid goes down, got two big Zeer pots to keep food cold, a propane grill and fire pit for cooking
@@james2042 know that use to live near Tampa every time a storm comes up someone actually runs a generator on propane in doors, thank it was under IAN that a family of 4 was killed doing it
They would need separate mpp strings as otherwise one will be in the shade and block the other. Or optimizers, but im not sure thats possible with those mobile panels.
This is what I tell people on Reddit. If you can't afford a full solar system and don't want to make the big commitment of rewiring the entire house, try taking one bedroom circuit off the main panel, shift it over to a little independent panel - hots, grounds and neutrals - and just power that. A bedroom's loads are very modest, so are bathrooms (unless you have a houseful of people who all blow dry their hair every day), and they are often each on their own breaker so isolating and moving them is straightforward. Powering a house with the refrigerator and AC = hard and expensive. Powering a bedroom with just a couple of lights and a fan = easy and cheap.
Wife got one for the whole house, I did not want it costed us a lot of money when we sold when we got our new place I just want one room and a back up battery supply
Yes and no. The battery unit shown here costs a bit over $1,000. Include the solar panel, wires, connectors, and any other bits and pieces required and its likely around $1,200-1500 for the whole set up. Based on his numbers it would take 4-5 days to save 1 kwH worth of electricity. At an average of 17c per kwH it would take a *minimum* of * to break even on setup costs. *17c per 4 days = $15.51 saved per year. $1,000 divided by 15.51 = 64.4 years.
"Your electricity bill is projected to be $32." As you can see my electric bill is usually like this from may thru sept but is higher in cold weather due to the Heater blower motor to keep my home warm~ I bought 2 HF panels and a Anker 535 powerhouse~ so if my electric goes down I can unplug from the grid and run all the electric I need and might keep it off if I can work it out~ I live in a park model travel trailer 40' by 12' and use a very small fridge~ I'm a veggie man 72 years old so I don't eat much so don't need much of a fridge but might give a small A/C unit I have in a storage unit since my dog likes the cooler air~ I look forward to hooking it up~ My use last week according to Evergy here in Kansas was 4$ which varies from 10$ a week or lower all summer~
That has given me an idea for powering my bedroom. I have my computer, modem light and fan. This should work. Now I need new batteries for my power station.
Tilt the panel up and it will be way more efficient, you want it to face the sun directly during mid day. Also i think buying a used jinko panel for 70 bucks might be really worth it for you. you can get a single panel that does 400w nowadays pretty easily.
I'd love some more specific details - I noticed that the room ran 173 watts with everything on then 560 watts with the AC running full. I'm assuming this massive difference means the AC was barely running in the first test and the remaining appliances use ~150 watts collectively which makes sense: Laptop ~80-120 watts Fan unit ~60 watts Lights ~5 watts each Based on that, to only use 200 watts a day would require just over 1.5 hours of time in the room....or am I missing something?
Maybe adding a small wind turbine along with the panel would increase the charging efficiency by a bit more and also give the possibility to charge it at night
Nice, I plan to do that but have solar outside my window and extra battery below it. I'm not worried about the whole house, I just don't want to know if there is a power outage when I am in my room.
Um, wondering if a mirror ground mount to shine on too the big pannel would work nothing fancy a bench or table with a 45 degree lean-to covered in adhesive mirror or space blanket to throw light on to fence.
I think on most portable batteries you would likely not need to unplug them if the AC inverter was off. Normally most electronics continue to draw power even when off however that wouldnt be a problem if the inverter was off, they would not be able to get anything out of the battery anyway.
Put the 200w solar panel the the corner of the fence and separate so low power circuits in you house that are used regularly or active all the time and make them run off solar including lighting circuits 😊
Very good! I started out with one 40 watt panel, now i have four 450 watt panels and two 100ah LiFePo4 batteries running bedroom and living room now. Im hoping to be 100% solar eventually here in Jamaica.
Curious if you intend to run this setup year round, specifically Winter. I've been thinking of doing the same with our guest room/office for perhaps a year or two now, so your video hits close to home for me and brings out the joy of my inner geek. Being in the North (cold country, snow tires for majority of the year, single or negative digits Fahrenheit in winter night), I'm concerned the heat loss will cause an overall energy deficit for the house. I'm not yet willing to fully commit by drilling exterior holes in wall or floor.. yet lol. Like you, I would likely attach the panels vertically, reducing efficiency as you noted, but onto the house skirting (Insert: "Hey, it's free real estate" meme); thankfully, at least, the room is South/South-West facing. I love the idea, but at least in my case, I've chalked it up to a passion project purposes only, albeit impractical. As you mentioned in your video, it's not necessarily done for practicality. As an aside, I'm doing essentially the same on my porch on North side (ie long run of wire to reach sunny spot), which has walls/doors/windows, but no power/heat, and lacks insulation. Runs lighting, window fan, charges my devices, and as per seasonal necessity a USB powered heated seat cushion ("Man cave", which gets a few hours of use nightly, once everyone to bed and I don't want to disturb anyone while YouTubing etc). However, it is a largely a fair-weather project. In winter, I disconnect and storage the solar panel, and charge the battery indoors via grid power. Currently, small portable LiFePo4 battery bank, but I'm considering SLA so I can still use solar input in winter, or possibly battery heater panel combined with repurposed vented cooler, to prevent cells from freezing. Also, I may just want an excuse to collect more equipment, ha. Anyways, thanks for posting your experiment, apologies for my verbose rambling, and wishing you much success with your channel (love the name btw! If only we all aspired to be a "Footprint Hero"!). Liked and Commented for the algorithm!
Whoa....that's a good thought. I dont always use my game room but this probably could power all of it, all the time. The main power hog I have in there is a mini fridge. So Id just need to power 2 tvs...AV unit, sub, dart board, tablet, 8 port switch, and a wireless AP. probably be good for me.
If you tried putting a small angle on that panel you might get better results. Maybe space the bottom out a couple of inches. Just a thought. Good luck and good video.
Where you connected it on the fence, you should have used a solar blanket ( chrome plastic sheet ) on the ground near the solar panel to reflect the sun's rays on to the solar panels.
This decreased the power you use to zero for a single room. It is actually a very good idea to connect and use multiple solar panels on the inside of your fense to connect to your house, with the power able to charge multiple batteries
great video idea. if you left it for a year how much do you think your savings would be? i know you said it wouldn’t be worth it but would be cool to find out
A kilowatt hour of energy from the grid costs between 10 and 30 cents, and he said he uses 200 watt hours a day, so maximum cost would be $1.60 per week. $83.20 per year. So after the cost of the panel, battery and wiring: yeah. It's gonna take quite a while to ever even break even.
Thanks for the idea. I have been w/o electric service since March 1st, 2024. The electric company said "no restoration of electricity w/o full payment." Since the electric company refused to allow monthly payments which was a big F.U. to me, the customer, I will save up the money I owe and install a system similar to yours, as a big F.U. back to the electric company and never look back. So, thank you. I am looking at other systems, too. I have languished for six months w/o electric service because of a greedy, heartless electric company refusing to provide me any relief. No problem. They were paid back with my months of unnecessary suffering. They will never get me back as a customer, so they can bring on the credit collectors if they want to. IDGAF.
@@teebob21the way to go I hope you get a bigger battery than this I have a 30 KW battery on my car I wish I was smart enough to know how to use them for storage
Cool. Im thinking the first panel would not cope with the rain like the second one does. I would have to think about theft of the panel in my area. The first could be taken in at night but I guess the second one is fixed up 24 hours.. You could potantially make a fake fence inside the first fence position using thin board and two ring bolts and just lean the fake fence at an angle to allow the panel to be in the sun more. It wouldnt be as stealth though.
great to hear, II rund 200 watt panel 100AH bat, 5.*amerage 60 ft led 4 hours a night during the summer, and double the battery and half the led . and no way can I do what you did, all day long thank you
Thanks I think you would’ve collected more solar if you put the panels on a table in the first location you had the solar panel.What I’m trying to say is if the panels was facing up it would’ve been better. Even putting panels at the very top of the fence would work like with a triangle bracket coming off the fence.
I am planning on setting up a solar system for my place. Its a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom single wide trailer with a well. Do you think it is more cost effective to do a room by room set up or to get a professional system install for the entire home?
Power is a watt , energy per time . A volt is like pushing pressure . Think of electrons as moving liqiud under pressure. Think of Amps as amount of electrons . Multiply your push by amount gives you your engery (J) per second or a Watt. So if you multiply your watt by time , then the time units cancel out, (covert hours to seconds) and you get just energy so joules are really Watt-hours if you account for the convertion of units. Energy can be defined by force * distance (N*m) so Nm are also Watt-hours. Divide a watt hour by the volts and you get an amp hour. Hope this helps
@@flolou8496 I agree. It's not that I couldn't understand what he wrote, but that I don't want to know that info. What most people want is, "What are the components of the system, how many of each do I need, and about how much will it cost, to, say run 2 or three lamps, a fridge, and a tv." If someonbe would just figure out how to convey that information without requiring someone to have a master's degree in solar power generation (and its overwhelming jargon) to be able to sit through the presentation, they could make themselves some money. Many of us are trying to do this ourselves, without having to hire someone, so we're, typically, not going to be well versed in solar techno babble. Sorry, I guess I went to babbling myself. I'm just frusterated is all.
I was curious about running a couple room is solar could you send link for them long cables to got to the power station and how many panels do I need???
You need 1 power 🔋 with 1000 watts + solar panel(s) with 200 watts!! You can get almost enough electricity for 2 brs unit, exclusive to Aircon/ heaters, .. and other appliances that consume more than 500 watts!
Young man thank you. Can that Anker run a full size 20 year old GE refrigerator. Or would I need a bigger unit. Also can the Anker be charged through the AC wall plug.
yes charged through wall for quick charging in like an hour I think for that unit. Would probably need a bigger unit to run it for any significant amount of time.
battery dies in 5 years another 600 dollars.. so if you ad it up.. you save 70 percent ..initial cost only one room is not much.. laptop screen 100 watts.., light 7 watts each, mm Idont know if saving 10 dollars a month on a room is worth it.. however for emergency off grid.. it is worth it.. only because you get warm with electric blanket,, cook a coffee run a light in emergency
I'm kinda doing the same thing..... and with mostly the same equipment. I have 2 of those C1000's. I'm trying to run my Media Room where we watch TV for 3 or 4 hours a night. Let's be honest here.... there's no way you can run the a/c so why not make the exercise "run the room except for the A/C"? In my case I have a good location for the (exact same) panel, but it still just doesn't produce enough juice. So tomorrow if everything works out, I'm jumping up to a single 400 watt panel. That's when we have grid power. If we lose power I redeploy and run the fridge and an office space that has antenna TV and my internet equipment in case a signal is coming thru. I've tried without success to get Anker's attention and saying a "fallback" option in the app would be great. Run everything off battery but if battery gets down to X percentage, go ahead and draw power from the wall socket if available. Since that option is not there, I do it manually by plugging Anker unit into a Kasa switch and then manually turning on Kasa switch if power gets low.
I would love to hear details explaining your set up to someone who is not fully versed in watts and cutting cables to make connections. I’d love to do this in one room with table light, phone, two ipads, clock/weather station and portable heater. That would get me comfortable through a power outage. Add a toaster oven for some hot food.
@@MeriMorMick I know as little (or less) than you. That's why I went for the Anker C1000. Most of these power stations try to make it plug and play for us. Solar panels (as I understand it) need an inverter and a controller so Anker (Bluetti, Ecoflow, etc.) build the inverter and controller into the power station so we don't have to worry about it. I bought 2 Anker C1000s, and the Anker 531 200 watt solar panel. They are designed to work with each other. All I had to to was get an "extension cable" (XT60 to XT60) because my panel was going to be a fair distance from the battery. I got 2 C1000's rather than a C1000 and an expansion unit because it give you more flexibility. I can have one battery feed the other with either a/c (from a/c outlet on front to a/c input on side) or 12v cigarette connector. I have not cut/spliced one single cable!! Let me know if you need more info.
you cut off factory ends when you could have just moved the accordian siding of the ac and then moved it back? and the screw was not even attached anyway. also, your solar panel is in TOTAL shade.
Not sure how did you get that much usage. I have a delta 2 1k watts and when I connected my window ac 6btu I it was eating about 600watts it only lasted about 2 hours… so your math is confusing…
What about kicking out the bottom of the panel, to aim it a bit better? How could you just blurt out, "This set up will definitely not pay for itself", without showing any numbers? It's not that I don't believe you but, rather, I just want to see the numbers.
Seeing some comments about the AC unit. I should've been more clear in the video - I rarely use it in that room and yes, as people have pointed out, running it for just a couple hours at full blast would drain the battery entirely. Apologies if it came across that I was frequently running the AC unit - I was not
Surely your saving money on power bills 😊
I came to the comment section specifically for more information about the A/C usage 👍 when you think about it A/C and or Refrigeration are the two most common concerns for when grid power is down. They also happen to be the two hardest things to power off grid. I currently use 400w of solar to run a single refrigerator when the grid goes down. During the last two hurricanes I discovered it was horribly inadequate because I failed to consider all the real life conditions that add up to increased power consumption. Basically I’m going to double my entire system and hopefully achieve my intended goal of running the fridge 24/7 off the sun until the power is restored 👍
Now put the second panel back up and run them together and you should have all the power that room needs.
Yup! If they're the same voltage, he can connect them in parallel.
@@ChristmasEve777 Series, we want to see 24v going into that powerbank .
5:52
1. The solar panel needs to higher up. Almost near the top of the fence.
2. Cut the excess cable. Long wires have more losses.
3. There's no way that room does only 200 wh per day. Esp with that window ac.
Right, my 2 bd apt uses about 20 KWH a day.
I know, 200 Wh / day seems way too low. I'm thinking that's either inaccurate or he's mainly using the A/C as a fan, so compressor off (except during his test where it drew over 500 watts).
The laptop and additional monitor alone would draw 100+ watts per hour. To only get 200w per day he would have to spend less than 2 hours in the room.
*photovoltaic / solar thermal technician here: i've been saying this and telling people this if you want to DIY without paying someone nor connect to the Grid*
*with lithuim batteries more affordable you can do a battery back-up. i do like lead acid for small projects*
*Well Done Young Man!!!
Its the reason i got into solar. I have a room that has no power. So i have this whole room running of solar. Its a gaming room too, it has an xbox one x, xbox one, xbox one s, 2k 32inch 165hz monitor, 4k 40inch tv, ps4, ps4 pro, ps5, xbox 360, nintendo 3ds, nintendo ds, steam deck. i only ever use one of these devies at a time. so no problem. it has a 200ah lifepo4 battery and 600 watts of solar ! :D! i also run some lights. best room in the house!
All them things consume little,it's achievable he's trying to run ac off 100w panel 😆
yeah, I know. That's pretty crazy a whole AC system !. I thought running a tv and a ps5 with 600 watts of solar and a 200ah lifepo4 battery was stretching it. My setup hasn't gone below 41%. I rarely use it, sadly. But when I do, I game with the boys for about 10 hours ! 😂. @@SlackersIndustry
Very cool!
If your cranking that AC which is using something like 400Watts / Hr you would burn through that battery in 2.5 hours if no solar panels were hooked up. Thanks for being creative!
He forgot to unplug the AC from the grid. There is no way!
Shouldn't you write 400W*h ?
Creative? More like deceptive.
@@louf7178400 watts per hour
Ahh this is what I'm searching for in cave comment, 😂 so is he using the AC in idle mode all the time or just outright unplug it?
Love this idea one room at a time gives me a great idea
Same
This is an EXCELLENT IDEA FOR HURRICANE REGIONS! Most people who choose AC and a 12v fridge❤❤❤❤
Me too for the living room we can stay in it when the Grid goes down, got two big Zeer pots to keep food cold, a propane grill and fire pit for cooking
@@FloridaPreppers-mh7vldo not propane indoors
@@james2042 know that use to live near Tampa every time a storm comes up someone actually runs a generator on propane in doors, thank it was under IAN that a family of 4 was killed doing it
I would have used both panels in each position to get the most energy.
I think they have to be the same wattage and voltage and stuff
@@PoleTooke You can mix them no problem
They would need separate mpp strings as otherwise one will be in the shade and block the other. Or optimizers, but im not sure thats possible with those mobile panels.
Thanks, I’ve got the c1000 and a 100 watt panel, will experiment. BTW, if you can shorten the cable you’ll get a little more juice to the power bank.
This is what I tell people on Reddit. If you can't afford a full solar system and don't want to make the big commitment of rewiring the entire house, try taking one bedroom circuit off the main panel, shift it over to a little independent panel - hots, grounds and neutrals - and just power that. A bedroom's loads are very modest, so are bathrooms (unless you have a houseful of people who all blow dry their hair every day), and they are often each on their own breaker so isolating and moving them is straightforward. Powering a house with the refrigerator and AC = hard and expensive. Powering a bedroom with just a couple of lights and a fan = easy and cheap.
Wife got one for the whole house, I did not want it costed us a lot of money when we sold when we got our new place I just want one room and a back up battery supply
Yes and no. The battery unit shown here costs a bit over $1,000. Include the solar panel, wires, connectors, and any other bits and pieces required and its likely around $1,200-1500 for the whole set up.
Based on his numbers it would take 4-5 days to save 1 kwH worth of electricity. At an average of 17c per kwH it would take a *minimum* of * to break even on setup costs.
*17c per 4 days = $15.51 saved per year. $1,000 divided by 15.51 = 64.4 years.
Did you just Rick Roll us? Was that a flash of a Rick Roll on your monitor? Well played! lol
Awesome video Alex!
Thanks Scott!
I would just have opened the sliding panel on the A/C unit rather than cutting the cord. Just saying.
"Your electricity bill is projected to be $32." As you can see my electric bill is usually like this from may thru sept but is higher in cold weather due to the Heater blower motor to keep my home warm~ I bought 2 HF panels and a Anker 535 powerhouse~ so if my electric goes down I can unplug from the grid and run all the electric I need and might keep it off if I can work it out~ I live in a park model travel trailer 40' by 12' and use a very small fridge~ I'm a veggie man 72 years old so I don't eat much so don't need much of a fridge but might give a small A/C unit I have in a storage unit since my dog likes the cooler air~ I look forward to hooking it up~ My use last week according to Evergy here in Kansas was 4$ which varies from 10$ a week or lower all summer~
That has given me an idea for powering my bedroom. I have my computer, modem light and fan. This should work. Now I need new batteries for my power station.
Tilt the panel up and it will be way more efficient, you want it to face the sun directly during mid day. Also i think buying a used jinko panel for 70 bucks might be really worth it for you. you can get a single panel that does 400w nowadays pretty easily.
I'd love some more specific details - I noticed that the room ran 173 watts with everything on then 560 watts with the AC running full. I'm assuming this massive difference means the AC was barely running in the first test and the remaining appliances use ~150 watts collectively which makes sense:
Laptop ~80-120 watts
Fan unit ~60 watts
Lights ~5 watts each
Based on that, to only use 200 watts a day would require just over 1.5 hours of time in the room....or am I missing something?
Maybe adding a small wind turbine along with the panel would increase the charging efficiency by a bit more and also give the possibility to charge it at night
Nice, I plan to do that but have solar outside my window and extra battery below it. I'm not worried about the whole house, I just don't want to know if there is a power outage when I am in my room.
Um, wondering if a mirror ground mount to shine on too the big pannel would work nothing fancy a bench or table with a 45 degree lean-to covered in adhesive mirror or space blanket to throw light on to fence.
Nice thought👍
Thats actually a great idea.
I would love to see you trying a small wind turbine. Thanks for the Video.
Good idea
It would barely do anything
@@The_MEMEphis it'll do something. depends on size
@@mackychloe even a full sized one that you couldn't legally own wouldn't be able to power a room you need thousands of them
@@The_MEMEphis What are you on about? Small wind turbines can give you 400W easily, as long as it's windy.
while the battery was charging why would you unplug the ac cords if you didnt have the ac inverter on? slowly learning about solar myself
I think on most portable batteries you would likely not need to unplug them if the AC inverter was off. Normally most electronics continue to draw power even when off however that wouldnt be a problem if the inverter was off, they would not be able to get anything out of the battery anyway.
When inv is off there 0 pwr. The inverter isnt energized and doesnt even know if anything is plugged in or not
Put the 200w solar panel the the corner of the fence and separate so low power circuits in you house that are used regularly or active all the time and make them run off solar including lighting circuits 😊
I run my living room like that but have 1 solar panel 550 watts usually brings around 375 to 450watts, works fine and fully charged everyday.
Awesome!
Very good! I started out with one 40 watt panel, now i have four 450 watt panels and two 100ah LiFePo4 batteries running bedroom and living room now. Im hoping to be 100% solar eventually here in Jamaica.
@@lawrencedavidson6195 nice, soon you will be energy independent 👍
@@SlackersIndustry Yes, but i'll keep connected to the grid as a backup power source for rainy days.
@@lawrencedavidson6195 yes backup is good
Curious if you intend to run this setup year round, specifically Winter.
I've been thinking of doing the same with our guest room/office for perhaps a year or two now, so your video hits close to home for me and brings out the joy of my inner geek. Being in the North (cold country, snow tires for majority of the year, single or negative digits Fahrenheit in winter night), I'm concerned the heat loss will cause an overall energy deficit for the house. I'm not yet willing to fully commit by drilling exterior holes in wall or floor.. yet lol. Like you, I would likely attach the panels vertically, reducing efficiency as you noted, but onto the house skirting (Insert: "Hey, it's free real estate" meme); thankfully, at least, the room is South/South-West facing.
I love the idea, but at least in my case, I've chalked it up to a passion project purposes only, albeit impractical. As you mentioned in your video, it's not necessarily done for practicality.
As an aside, I'm doing essentially the same on my porch on North side (ie long run of wire to reach sunny spot), which has walls/doors/windows, but no power/heat, and lacks insulation. Runs lighting, window fan, charges my devices, and as per seasonal necessity a USB powered heated seat cushion ("Man cave", which gets a few hours of use nightly, once everyone to bed and I don't want to disturb anyone while YouTubing etc). However, it is a largely a fair-weather project. In winter, I disconnect and storage the solar panel, and charge the battery indoors via grid power. Currently, small portable LiFePo4 battery bank, but I'm considering SLA so I can still use solar input in winter, or possibly battery heater panel combined with repurposed vented cooler, to prevent cells from freezing. Also, I may just want an excuse to collect more equipment, ha.
Anyways, thanks for posting your experiment, apologies for my verbose rambling, and wishing you much success with your channel (love the name btw! If only we all aspired to be a "Footprint Hero"!). Liked and Commented for the algorithm!
Whoa....that's a good thought. I dont always use my game room but this probably could power all of it, all the time. The main power hog I have in there is a mini fridge. So Id just need to power 2 tvs...AV unit, sub, dart board, tablet, 8 port switch, and a wireless AP. probably be good for me.
Squirrel photobomb! 6:29
If you tried putting a small angle on that panel you might get better results. Maybe space the bottom out a couple of inches. Just a thought. Good luck and good video.
Use a couple long nails as bumps.
Where you connected it on the fence, you should have used a solar blanket ( chrome plastic sheet ) on the ground near the solar panel to reflect the sun's rays on to the solar panels.
That would kill the grass.
@@richardbrice6535 So what! Remove the 8X4' sheet the following year and plant a garden.
This decreased the power you use to zero for a single room. It is actually a very good idea to connect and use multiple solar panels on the inside of your fense to connect to your house, with the power able to charge multiple batteries
great video idea. if you left it for a year how much do you think your savings would be? i know you said it wouldn’t be worth it but would be cool to find out
A kilowatt hour of energy from the grid costs between 10 and 30 cents, and he said he uses 200 watt hours a day, so maximum cost would be $1.60 per week. $83.20 per year.
So after the cost of the panel, battery and wiring: yeah. It's gonna take quite a while to ever even break even.
That was a fun video to watch, thank you for sharing your experiment!
Thanks for the idea. I have been w/o electric service since March 1st, 2024. The electric company said "no restoration of electricity w/o full payment." Since the electric company refused to allow monthly payments which was a big F.U. to me, the customer, I will save up the money I owe and install a system similar to yours, as a big F.U. back to the electric company and never look back. So, thank you. I am looking at other systems, too. I have languished for six months w/o electric service because of a greedy, heartless electric company refusing to provide me any relief. No problem. They were paid back with my months of unnecessary suffering. They will never get me back as a customer, so they can bring on the credit collectors if they want to. IDGAF.
Pay your bills.
@@teebob21the way to go I hope you get a bigger battery than this I have a 30 KW battery on my car I wish I was smart enough to know how to use them for storage
my neighborhood that panel would be gone in about 2 maybe 3 days., they might even take the entire fence panel off.
This is awesome but I feel like it would've been easier to just put the solar panel on the roof
Fyi, the little flaps to each side of the air conditioner or movable, so no need to cut the ends of your cord next time.
Only used 200 WH /day, you are a big winner here, Your AC must have running at the lowest setting?
1:22 I see what you did there 😂
Oh no we got Rick Rolled!! 😂😂
Cool. Im thinking the first panel would not cope with the rain like the second one does. I would have to think about theft of the panel in my area. The first could be taken in at night but I guess the second one is fixed up 24 hours.. You could potantially make a fake fence inside the first fence position using thin board and two ring bolts and just lean the fake fence at an angle to allow the panel to be in the sun more. It wouldnt be as stealth though.
Heck yeah! Disc golf
great to hear, II rund 200 watt panel 100AH bat, 5.*amerage 60 ft led 4 hours a night during the summer, and double the battery and half the led . and no way can I do what you did, all day long thank you
Mounting a panel on a west facing fence instead of the south, like in the end, is funny 😅
Great video, thought I was watching a dude with a couple hundred thousand subscribers
i had so much fun learning while watching this video.
Thanks I think you would’ve collected more solar if you put the panels on a table in the first location you had the solar panel.What I’m trying to say is if the panels was facing up it would’ve been better. Even putting panels at the very top of the fence would work like with a triangle bracket coming off the fence.
I am planning on setting up a solar system for my place. Its a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom single wide trailer with a well. Do you think it is more cost effective to do a room by room set up or to get a professional system install for the entire home?
Loved the Astley plug :D
When do you break even as the power station alone here in the uk is proiced at £7000!
Never🤣
Should be done again with a cheaper battery/inverter/charge controller
That's awsome I want to do the same. You'd never know there was a power outage
Nice little fun video / adventure. Thanks for sharing.
that is what I want just enough to power the living room with TV, Light, and star link internet,,
This is what I wanted to do. Do you have a video explaining Voltage and Watto? I don’t understand how the power and storage works.
Power is a watt , energy per time . A volt is like pushing pressure . Think of electrons as moving liqiud under pressure. Think of Amps as amount of electrons . Multiply your push by amount gives you your engery (J) per second or a Watt. So if you multiply your watt by time , then the time units cancel out, (covert hours to seconds) and you get just energy so joules are really Watt-hours if you account for the convertion of units. Energy can be defined by force * distance (N*m) so Nm are also Watt-hours. Divide a watt hour by the volts and you get an amp hour. Hope this helps
@@johnschneider931 No wonder constant explanation and education is required , 95% of what you said sounds like advanced physics or chemistry
@@flolou8496 I agree. It's not that I couldn't understand what he wrote, but that I don't want to know that info. What most people want is, "What are the components of the system, how many of each do I need, and about how much will it cost, to, say run 2 or three lamps, a fridge, and a tv." If someonbe would just figure out how to convey that information without requiring someone to have a master's degree in solar power generation (and its overwhelming jargon) to be able to sit through the presentation, they could make themselves some money. Many of us are trying to do this ourselves, without having to hire someone, so we're, typically, not going to be well versed in solar techno babble.
Sorry, I guess I went to babbling myself. I'm just frusterated is all.
Mount it on the roof?
Yes🤔
Imagine connecting all the rooms that way. You save some money. :D
BoughRV just released a new 200 watt Bi-Facial panel that may work great in that yard.
Hoping to get my hands on some bifacial panels soon
What is the difference of a bifacial panel;
So that power station supports flow through? And can any brand panel work?
Which city are you located? Want to find out what climate your example works well in. Thanks
I mean running 1 room off grid is good in it's own way you may not gain what you spent back anytime soon but atleast you know 1 room will be off grid.
Great example of using a little solar power, and everyone don´t need a 20 kW system.
I was curious about running a couple room is solar could you send link for them long cables to got to the power station and how many panels do I need???
You need 1 power 🔋 with 1000 watts + solar panel(s) with 200 watts!! You can get almost enough electricity for 2 brs unit, exclusive to Aircon/ heaters, .. and other appliances that consume more than 500 watts!
Young man thank you. Can that Anker run a full size 20 year old GE refrigerator. Or would I need a bigger unit.
I would get a killawatt meter. Plug it in for 24hrs to determine how much it pulls and adjust your gear accordingly.
I like this, this is a great idea.. will be trying this..
Follow-up episode of weather stripping the window/AC? 😉
Any suggestions on which panels to buy?
i wanted to do something like this , nice work 👍👍
It would be super fantastic to be friends with this dude 😂❤
A lot of what woulds, what to dos ✨💕
Young man thank you. Can that Anker run a full size 20 year old GE refrigerator. Or would I need a bigger unit.
Also can the Anker be charged through the AC wall plug.
yes charged through wall for quick charging in like an hour I think for that unit. Would probably need a bigger unit to run it for any significant amount of time.
Really like your videos ,when it comes to solar its not real math,it's guesstimate math,till you do it you dont know for sure
Why not just put it on the roof
battery dies in 5 years another 600 dollars.. so if you ad it up.. you save 70 percent ..initial cost only one room is not much.. laptop screen 100 watts.., light 7 watts each, mm Idont know if saving 10 dollars a month on a room is worth it.. however for emergency off grid.. it is worth it.. only because you get warm with electric blanket,, cook a coffee run a light in emergency
can i ask something? did you use the anker battrey while charger with solar panel and survive 7 days?
How long until you can make a video about using a wind generator instead of solar panel?
Question, does that extension cable work for any panel and battery, I'm very confused on how the wires work, but ik i need an extension.
Good job on to the next room
someone hasn't stolen your solar pane? nice!
new video idea: what kind of battery is best to use [lead-acid, LiFePO4, Lithium ion] im stupid pls teach me
I'm kinda doing the same thing..... and with mostly the same equipment. I have 2 of those C1000's. I'm trying to run my Media Room where we watch TV for 3 or 4 hours a night. Let's be honest here.... there's no way you can run the a/c so why not make the exercise "run the room except for the A/C"? In my case I have a good location for the (exact same) panel, but it still just doesn't produce enough juice. So tomorrow if everything works out, I'm jumping up to a single 400 watt panel.
That's when we have grid power. If we lose power I redeploy and run the fridge and an office space that has antenna TV and my internet equipment in case a signal is coming thru.
I've tried without success to get Anker's attention and saying a "fallback" option in the app would be great. Run everything off battery but if battery gets down to X percentage, go ahead and draw power from the wall socket if available. Since that option is not there, I do it manually by plugging Anker unit into a Kasa switch and then manually turning on Kasa switch if power gets low.
I would love to hear details explaining your set up to someone who is not fully versed in watts and cutting cables to make connections. I’d love to do this in one room with table light, phone, two ipads, clock/weather station and portable heater. That would get me comfortable through a power outage. Add a toaster oven for some hot food.
@@MeriMorMick I know as little (or less) than you. That's why I went for the Anker C1000. Most of these power stations try to make it plug and play for us. Solar panels (as I understand it) need an inverter and a controller so Anker (Bluetti, Ecoflow, etc.) build the inverter and controller into the power station so we don't have to worry about it. I bought 2 Anker C1000s, and the Anker 531 200 watt solar panel. They are designed to work with each other. All I had to to was get an "extension cable" (XT60 to XT60) because my panel was going to be a fair distance from the battery.
I got 2 C1000's rather than a C1000 and an expansion unit because it give you more flexibility. I can have one battery feed the other with either a/c (from a/c outlet on front to a/c input on side) or 12v cigarette connector.
I have not cut/spliced one single cable!! Let me know if you need more info.
I plan on doing this for my 1600w server
0:20 Люди делают это по приколу, когда в Украине это вопрос выживания...
What kind of cable did you use? You never mentioned it.
Where did you order such long cable to run?
Amazon. I added a parts list in the description
i got rickrolled. and i have the same monitor as you!
Why not put the solar panel on the roof above the window less wire more sunlight?🤔
Why not use both solar panels ?
Just wondering where did you get that mc4 cable from with the braided sleeve ??
look in the description he has links
200 Whrs/day definitely not using the 400 watt ac which uses 400 W/hr.
I want to do something similar to power my server rack
1:23 GOD DAMNIT
loved this one!!!
Bro put the solar panel in the shade 😂😂
1:22 Imao Rick row XD
Bro just put it on a very long stick put the solar in the center
You're so powerful ❤
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you cut off factory ends when you could have just moved the accordian siding of the ac and then moved it back? and the screw was not even attached anyway.
also, your solar panel is in TOTAL shade.
Good job👍.
Can i ask how long was the distance from the panel to the charging point;
Hello there :D
Dang. Can u test a gaming PC too?
I like the video, but I noticed you rickrolled me
Not sure how did you get that much usage. I have a delta 2 1k watts and when I connected my window ac 6btu I it was eating about 600watts it only lasted about 2 hours… so your math is confusing…
What about kicking out the bottom of the panel, to aim it a bit better? How could you just blurt out, "This set up will definitely not pay for itself", without showing any numbers? It's not that I don't believe you but, rather, I just want to see the numbers.