Installing Solar Panels For Our Off-Grid Home
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Today we are starting part 3 of our solar project. Now that we have the holes drilled below the frost line, the solar stanchion built and the concrete poured, we are ready to install the solar panels! Follow along as we attach the solar panels, connect to the combiner box and check voltage!
Thanks for watching!
Don't forget to LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!
*Find us on Facebook & Instagram to see some of the stuff we don't share here on UA-cam!*
(Link to our social media in the "About" section of our channel)
Seriously though, week after week Erin is kicking some serious ass! Lifting 80 lb concrete bags, solar panels, climbing in and out of the house, etc. Get it girl! ✊🏻
Well done guys; it looks great. So much better than paying the power company. Another step closer to end. Thanks for sharing. Will tune in for another weather update soon. Best wishes
love the videos so far. Love your wifes personality
I love the affection you guys show to each other. So many channels don't show affection between each other. I like to see that you guys love each other, and joke around and all that stuff. Also I LOVE the music you play. Those two things are a big part of what I listen to or watch in homesteading videos. It's about your family, and the love you guys have for each other. That's what keeps me coming back to watch your journey. Thanks for being "real" and for not using clickbate titles and all the stuff you do. Been with y'all since almost the beginning... going to enjoy watching your family and homestead grow. Sending love from North Texas
Whole heartily agree !
You two never fail to make me laugh! Great job by the way on the solar! I know you are very happy to have lights and heat!!
It makes such a difference being able to work alongside a partner who is willing and able to get involved in and share these jobs. So much easier. Hat off to you both.
lovely off grid place
I'd much rather look at a solar array than a power line that I know costs me just to have it hooked up and then charged for the power...
Thank you for sharing theirs a lot of good information here... And now your finished home is showing just how comfortable you are in your home... Power companies pi$$ off
That is a thing of beauty. A total of 12 panels to supply your entire house. Maybe our government will pass more rebate programs for incentive for others to install solar or wind
Another great video guys, great teamwork and levity with you two, love it!. Keep em coming.
I love it that you two are having so much fun during this massive project. I'm sure the stress is vented off camera, but love watching you two work together.
Cave man, The Blonde joke, she will get you back for that one. Love the fun. The cuddle was beautiful. Keep happy family. Seeing your little one in that mud made my day as parents don't seem to let their kids be kids, so hats off to you both.
My god you two are a pair. Keep smiling life is alot more fun that way. thanks for the chuckles.
So nice of you to help her up into the house. LOL! You guys make me laugh. You’ve influenced me to use solar instead of wind for power. Can’t wait to hear the real life output from that system. Have a great weekend.
Hi Josh & Erin, I watched an early video when you Erin were in a car (wearing a Rural king hat,) telling us about future plans, dont know if you have changed microphones but youre voice sounded less, as some naughty people have said like a chipmunk, ( a beautifull chipmunk), maybe look into that, and another made me smile where youre little girl was in the background entertaining herself with some buckets, soo sweet in her own little world. hope people realise what it takes for you guys to put out a video,. Thanks anyway.
Its cute how you guys say its cold in Jan/Feb/March and yet you ar able to drill holes in the ground. Wouldn't happen where I live. Love the vids....been binge watching to catch up
Great come back Erin, " You know cats don't like the rain" I think she slimmed you on that one Josh, love you both, great videos, The one last one, "Weather Man Josh signing off", ya got to love Erin, ouch!!!
Still my favorite couple on UA-cam
your life is wonderful
I like seeing the chickens running in the background I used to play in the dirt and all that when I was a kid. Thanks for the great vid.
Nice system, l always enjoy the video's love the humor.
You guys are really so much fun to watch working and building your dream home off grid your laughter and your love are what it’s all about. The children are great little helpers and the little one loves the mud it looks like!! A great looking family and a lot of love!! Best of everything for your working progress
You two (one) are sensational. Josh, it's amazing to watch a fast, skilled, sure-handed, confident tradesman work. Your videoon installing the electrical panel was fantastic. Aaron, 'super Mom' & apprentice is pretty damned terrific too. ! Rock on.
You two are the sweetest couple! And your daughter playing in the mud was just precious! I think you have a wonderful family and a wonderful work ethic. Love to see everything coming together!
Love the way you two tease each other! Makes the day a lot more enjoyable...for all of us!
Excellent job..... 👍
You two are great together, what you have is rare
nice work.
You two make the whole thing look so simple. But it's obviously not. I get lost in the explanation even after watching four times. Glad to see mud puddling is approved play in your part of the world too!
You two NEVER fail to give out free smiles to the viewers - sincere thanks for us ALL!
Did have a Q for Josh: Have you ever given out a list of all the components for the array and also wire sizes and types etc.? I really wondered about the long runs as to the type of wire - 7X7, solid copper etc as to what you selected - that is one powerhouse of a collection system you built!
~Stay Happy~
If i used th calculator correctly (not sure of his aperage from the array guessing under 10 amps per series of panels) could get away with 14awg copper but safe bet would be 12awg copper for the long drop from array to the shed they will be using to house the charge controller, batteries, and inverter in. That puts his drop at about 3volts per set of panels (2sets of series' panels) for a total drop of around 6volts at the charge controller at 150feet length of wire.
That girl is a lifting machine. Nice solar array. I'm schooling you guys, thanks for showing us!
Fantastic! You two are going to love the solar.😀
👍🏻...no doubt! Another great job, guys! Can't wait to see it in action.
Looks good
Love your vid's! You guys are a great couple and work together so well! Best is that you guys are always laughing and smiling! Your vid's bring joy when watching them, stay that way! Awesome!
Thumbs up for sure. Really enjoy the videos. Thank you for taking the time to make & share them
Very nice job, enjoy your free energy
I'm glad the sun was out for the final install. I't seems like it been cloudy and rainy here in East Tn. for the whole month of February.
You two are great, love watching you guys. Thanks!
You guys are great! Amazing progress
You guys picking at each other is as so cute.
Clean & Neat Job. You are very close to power‼️👍👍 PS, it’s comforting to see those beautiful panels producing power. Very Exciting ‼️👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸
Just noticed your eight-foot tall, 300-pound rated, double-entry ladder. It's heavier to move around than other ladders but so much easier working when standing towards the top of the ladder. Good call on the selection!
Love this so much! When he goes to grab her after loading the solar panels. I just about melted in my couch. 🥰❤️😝 You guys are amazing!
Wow yaw too work so well together have a wonderful weekend keep up the good work love yaw both and kids
I'm proud for you two. I hope I can follow in your ideas.
Awesome looking system !!!!
It will be well worth it when you turn the system on and the silence is so peaceful after listening to the generator
My hat is off to you two---great teamwork (as usual), great design, great installation, extremely great job in cleaning up all the stray wires, and great interaction between the two of y'all. Oh, and my congrats to "Little Bit" for her mud play---I vaguely remember being fascinated with mud while I was a younker.
Gday ok i also like that it also provides some shelter for the critters during the sun n snow and that its up a bit and not on the ground .
Great work thanks for sharing
Good job
Your home is beautiful please don't pay attention to anybody as long as you are happy
Awesome solar array! Very impressive, and I heartily agree with the size. When I did my array (on the roof of my travel trailer) People thought I was going way overboard (6-300 watt panels), and they still didn't seem to understand when I told them that "there has to be enough to keep you going in winter, and during long bouts of rainy weather". I have a lot of experience in electrical work, but I'm always impressed with how fast and efficiently a real electrician does the work. :)
Awesome solar set up! Best i've seen so far.
Best teamwork on youtube. Beautiful couple. And so funny to watch.
WHOA!! What a thing of beauty that array is! Congrats!!!
Josh with the one liner for the win! Trying to keep big country from wallowing in the mud 😂😂
Love the background music.
Super vidéo j adore le groupe de musique quand vous mettez les panneaux tank you
It's great watching you two working together.
Personally I would love to look out every day at my self/couple built home solar panels that provide energy self sufficiency and were so well done a project. Nice job.
Great progress! Just a quick observation - move your combiner box higher up the pole. Those babes will hit their heads on the sharp edges, they grow up so fast!
I'm so excited to see another video of your journey! I can't wait until I see videos of you and your beautiful family living in your new home. Good weather is coming! I am excited here in the most northern part of the Texas Panhandle to start my garden. I ordered a greenhouse, it will be my first. I have a garden every year. I use mainly raised beds. Because of my disability my son comes over to help me some. He and my daughter will be building it for me. We have a few more snow days, high winds and frost left to get through but Spring is around the corner! Will you have a garden?
Josh @ 5:56. Yes Josh, you ARE the Man.
You guys are a riot. Keep up the teamwork
You guys are awesome.......love the dibs at the end , God Bless
Very well done. Enjoying watching the process.
you two working together towards your home in so beautiful,god bless you both .
Yea, it's coming back around like fashions lol couples THRIVING together and jumping the rat wheel life 🤠👍
I know it's well after you originally posted this video, but I just recently started binge watching. You two remind me of Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia from the TV series "This Is Us'. Well, a countrified version anyway.
I love what you guys are doing. I'm slowly, but surely, catching up to current episodes of your videos. Only 2 1/4 more year's worth to go.
looks like a good place to keep firewood dry.so much fun to watch you 2 work together
Well done guys, another job done 👍👏👏👏
What a great video. I have watched many solar installation videos hoping to get a better grasp on the installation process. Yours is the first video that actually showed me what I need to do to install one myself. You guys don't know how good you are for us viewers. Curious to see how you connect to the home.
WOW! Love all neat and tidy this whole panel array is; great work!
Really nice setup you guys. Have an amazing week, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪
that is a sweet setup, nice job
Totally knew Josh was a CHEERLEADER!!! Erin, please get him to wear his team tights and show off his cartwheels.
That solar array is nice. Doesn't take away from the view at all. I think, it's more a sculpture that blends in and honors the planet. All I know of solar is what I've seen on line, but it seems you have ' budgeted' for all the electric you will need. And Josh. Erin really got you with that last 'shot'! Really like this stuff!
Another wonderful, funny, video! I am so happy for y'all,
This sure is a Wild Wonderful accomplishment. Thanks for having me along for the journey. I am thrilled each time I fire up the Google Machine phone and see a notification of a new vid. Outtakes today, extra funny. Poor Josh took that hit below the belt like a true champion.🤕❤
You two make any job fun, and fun to watch, thanks so much for sharing! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great job! Good sense of accomplishment for you.
Like the affectionate parts cute, love you guys, keep them coming! LOL DJK wis.
Great team work and great install. Very professional.
Nice part about having your solar panels in The View of those patio doors is it's a reminder that you are not paying a monthly power bill and that you generate your own electricity Plus if you hear your neighbors power is out during a storm you can just look out and make sure your panels are in good shape and you know you'll be fine tomorrow when the sun comes up
With Batt. one is fine now.
Great job! You could close the bottom in and make storage and an outdoor potty. I just some one do that, it’s really cool!
Looks really awesome!! Can't wait to see the house energized!
Looks Good ! I put some weld caps on the end of my pipes to keep the bees out. Learned the hard way when they took over the whole area from the shelter I provided them.
I've got Nothing....... I'm blown away!
You two are great.
Love you guys and what you are doing.
Hey Cat Beard and Mighty Mouse ! Great video again. Love from France
You guys are a inspiration:)) May blessings follow your family:) keep up the great team work:)
great job, I love looking at solar pannels
Awesome job you too it's pretty nice to see a couple work together. You two are in my prayers I pray the Lord will keep you safe and out of Harm's Way that he will allow you to complete this project and maintain your happiness and your love for one another. I pray that your family will come to appreciate all of your hard work and be able to sit back and say wow we completed this project. Then be willing to start the next new project.
Amen
What a wonderful way to start my Friday!
Nicely done great job
Hey Guys. You do good work ...very informative... lookin foreword for next video ...thanks again. Craig. Pa. Guy
Great vlog. It’s slowly coming together.
You guys always amaze me with the quality and craftsmanship of each project !! Your little girl playing in the mud cracked me up. Great video !!
Oh my! Hasn’t been long ago when your Channel only had a thousand or so subscribers, that was when I subscribed! Now its 36K! Way to go!