1000w DIY Solar Panel Install
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2022
- Just finished mounting my 1000w solar array using uni-strut bars and solar panel brackets. Full video to come soon on the channel! I just finished this so I wanted to show you guys the project is completed.
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Rule of thumb, I would never bring my connection through the roof shingles. I would bring it to the side of the soffit and bring it in on the side virtually impossible for it to leak.
Love this! Perfect timing for me. I'm thinking of self installing solar at home.
It's a big project but if taken one step at a time it's totally possible!
Post on how it comes out be interested in how it does come out I’m Electrician I’m a night tech certified technician, which means I do a lot of really weird stuff low-voltage high voltage
Those panels on the Cement with the White Fence, would be a PERFECT place to put "Bi-Facial" panels...tons of light on the back side.
Definitely looking forward to install video. Live in Florida and am excited about the prospect of diy solar capture. Thx for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
👍- you’ve motivated me to buy some panels. Wasn’t sure where to put them but seeing you’re little grounded setup gave me an idea lol thanks
Jason. I had a similar set up on my shed at our last house, about 4 years ago before the move to the condo. I had 5- 100 watt panels with a 5000 btu ac running for free in the day time. Your set-up is way more sensible. Bill.....
Running an AC off solar is VERY sensible haha. I have been toying with the idea of a mini split or something but I just don't have enough real estate in my yard or on my shed roof for that much wattage :(
Best Short I’ve ever seen. Great stuff, Jason! Looking forward to seeing so much more, sir! Thank you.
Wife must be happy! Ha ha
Looks great.
Haha it's nice to have them off the yard for sure.
That's about like mine but I have sixteen 100 watts panels. I have mine in pairs for 24 volts system I also have a 600 watts wind generator helping. I started out with marine batteries, I have twenty, but Im changing them out to 31 series deep cycle batteries as they go bad. I have three of them so far. It's 2 a.m. and the voltage ⚡ is 25.4 volts. Im using a 2000 watts Aims Power inverter charger. Update, I have four of those deep cycle batteries now. I've decided to raise the wind generator three more feet, and put a couple of guy wires on it. I'm going to add three 24 volts, 100 amps lithium iron phosphate batteries just to see what happens. Then I'll use the remaining good lead acid batteries for the 12 volts inverter that I already have. I think my Aims Power inverter charger is actually made for lithium batteries but it tolerated the lead acid ones because I had twenty. Then I can keep the wind generator putting some watts into the lead acid batteries. That will give me 31,200 watt hours of battery bank. 19,200 usable @ 50%. of lead acid.
Very nice! I need to find a way to get at least one more larger panel out.
The more solar the betta haha
If that's UF-B cable (direct burial cable), then the trench is gonna need to be 24 inches deep per the NEC. Or just eyeball it lol.
thanks for sharing this short, i look forward to the full video!
Great short. Looking forward to the full install video
Looking great.
I have a solar shed also. The rest of my panels are in the back of a gravel driveway. My lifepo4 batteries are inside the house it gets cold here. I use lead acid in my shed. I need to upgrade the lead acid, there twelve years old but still do the job in charging power stations fine. They get down to 12.5 or 12.4 overnight no matter how charged they get.
Sounds like a big setup! How many watts total do you have?
I decided to route the solar power back to my house for the same reason, gets too cold in the winter to keep my batts in my shed. I wish I had more ground space for a larger array haha.
@@Jasonoid Right now I have 800 watts I can devote to lifepo4 I have 400 watts on the two 50ah batteries. 900 watts on the lead acid but they 400 watts are polycrystalline.
Looking good. But I don't know 💩 about this...that's why I watch vids like this. I'm definitely learning lol
Check out this beginner solar video:
ua-cam.com/video/4JG8LvJznLY/v-deo.html
where do you go to buy the ones you got ?
15 - 20 years until you break even? Expenses vs Costs ?
That's the next big step for me, Solar Mounts. Where did you get your Mount from for the Garage?
I used two sections of Unistrut bars that were 10 feet long I picked up from Lowes. I mounted those to my roof using lag bolts, flashing, and pressure treated wood. The panels are attached using various hardware pieces I will show in my full install video.
I used Quickbolt 2s in my rafters then Iron Ridge aluminum bars and hardware. So easy and high quality.
Did the same thing, 38 panels, solaredge inverter and optimizers. Quickbolt 2 was so easy compared to under shingle flashings.
Nice
It's been a big project in the making since most of this roof top solar mounting was new to me!
@@Jasonoid It's looking good though
always try to use even numbers for your solar panels 2,4,6,8,10,12 etc
My charge controller couldn't handle 4 of these in series.
Just a FYI, the DC coming in the building needs to be in metallic conduit to be code compliant.
In a shed?
Any building.
690.31. (D)1
(1) Metal Raceways and Enclosures.
Where inside buildings, PV system dc circuits that exceed 30 volts or 8 amperes shall be contained in metal raceways, in Type MC metal-clad cable that complies with 250.118(A)(10)(b) or (A)(10)(c), or in metal enclosures.
Nice! Are you going to setup a battery bank in there at some point? I know you have multiple solar generators, but curious if you might add in batteries?
It's gets pretty cold here in the winter and really hot in the summer (0F-105F temp swings throughout the year) my guess is that it wouldn't be ideal for battery storage in the shed. I keep my batteries/power stations in my basement for now.
@@Jasonoid Absolutely, that wouldn't work for the raw batteries.
Liquid tight is metallic on the inside with a weatherproof coating on the outside, not sure if that's what you used
Or is it ENT - Electrical Non-Metalic Tubing ?
Let’s say hypothetically I want to run an ac unit I’m a shed, how much panels and all that fun stuff would I need to run it 24/7? And not lose power
A small window unit pulls around 500 watts of power. You'd probably want at least 1500 watts of solar panels so you could both run the AC and charge the batteries in the day. You'd need quite a bit of batteries to get through the night, probably at least a 10kw system of lithium batteries.
@@Jasonoid1500 watts of solar would not be enough to run the A/C & recharge the discharged battery bank during the day time hours.
How cheap can u find these panels and stuff id rather do my own system then pay to have it done
You can find used residential panels on Facebook marketplace. You can also find them on a website called SanTan solar, pretty affordable (but you'll have to pay shipping)
Is there a reason why you didn’t put more panels on the roof?
Sometimes they are less efficient because attics are hot 🔥 places, the heat under the panels keeps them from working as well. The same panels on a ground mount will usually make more watts. That would be a good reason.
He mentioned in another comment that he was limiter by his charge controller. Maybe using a microinverter for the additional panel(s) might have made sense...
1000w an hour of power ?
1000w is Theoretical maximum. For a few hours per day. So maybe, 6¢ per hour savings off electric bill, a few hours per day, with full sun.
Link for those panels?
Bought them local off Craig's list, search locally and you can find something similar for a real good deal!
That is nonsense considering that solar panels get wear and tear over time. It still costs an initial investment in money or something that is equivalent. There is no "free power" absolutely because solar power costs money to have in repair costs.
That may be but in my case the building I'm in was to far away from the electric pole to run anything. There was no other way to get power in it. It hasn't cost any more than being on grid power, and I get to keep the equipment.
the shade of that tree will seriously affect efficiency
Didn’t want to hide the junction box under the panels? Lol
It wouldn't fit 🤷 too tall