OFF GRID SOLAR SYSTEM COST
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- THIS IS A #SHORT VIDEO OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM I PUT TOGETHER TO RUN MY OFF GRID CABIN. THE FULL VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED ON MY CHANNEL.
COST OF THE BATTERIES, INVERTER, CHARGE CONTROLER, SOLAR PANELS, ECT CAN BE SEEN IN THIS SHORT VIDEO.
Ground mount solar is always the way to go
You can clean the and service them without being on a roof
amen
I always wondered about that!
The accessibility is key. Just think of some unexpected weather hits, you can get out there and clamp or strap down some plywood over them to protect them.
keep more piled up in the shed...tons
I mounted mine on my enclosed car port. Easy to reach there and if theres any damage its a whole lot easier and cheaper to fix than if they were on the house.
From a novice perspective I've always wondered about solar. What's needed, the cost, how much power does it output. You wrapped it up in a nutshell for me. Now I have something to start with. Thanks!
welcome
4000 no light bill ever again… worth every penny
right on
Until it's time to change the battery that is.
@@Sedic_Namsu when do you have to change the battery ?
@@Marley417 Many factors are considered, depending on the usage it will take a couple of years.
Let’s say he doesn’t have to change anything for 3 years, you’re looking at prepaying the electric bill at around $111 a month. That said, I doubt he would have to invest another $4000 in 3 years, so the overall cost would probably be lower month to month.
$3,900
Exactly
I got my 4" pipe from scrap yard. But I needed more beef for the actuators to tilt the panels.
Thanks
This is awesome!
It makes so much sense compared to so many other videos I watched!
Thanks!
no problem
Would recommend insulating that shed, batteries don’t like cold and extreme heat, it’ll be worth it
This is awesome very impressive. Man your hard work shows. It is refreshing considering young people these days can't even change a tire.
yessir...Istarted from the bottom for sure
well when you think about the kids who don't know these skills, don't blame them, blame the generation that raised them
@@muscleman125 I agree buddy..the blame ain't all on the last generation
I’m in the middle of nowhere Texas and want to do this! I’ll check out your channel and ask questions
The key to any of these systems is charging batteries. Even you start off with just an inverter and some good batteries, you can charge them with a good generator and an appropriate RV charger like an 48 volt IOTA that can charge 4 twelve volt batteries wired in series to 48 volts. Just try to keep those batteries up, don't let them go down. You can add a good MPPT charge controller and panels later. Good luck.
Thank you so much for giving this detailed explanation with costs.
some of it was slightly used...so I did get a good deal
hey boss I appreciate your videos! I just want to let you know you got one more guy out here that's going to be watching you. (in a good way that is) 👍
good deal i appreciate it
Looks good!
THANKS
Thanks for the info!
yes ma'am
i would like to start an oklahoma off grid development company and an association . the company would purchase land and develope it for off grid living . the association would find reputable contractors to drill wells , cut trees , build cabins . funding would come from grants and loans . what do you think ?
Grants and loans?
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID and possibly tax breaks for rural development . The goal would be basically to start a buisness to help people go off grid , providing the best services and equipment . Somtimes you can get discounts on things like water catchments a solar panels . Or even Amish built buildings . What do you think .?
Great info :Thank You.
Only about 2-3 years life on those lead acid batteries with daily use. I would have taken some money saved on panels and built a diy LiFePO4 server rack kit. 10 years life for only about 50% more $ for lithium batts. Would pay for itself.
Very impressive. Can you tell me where you got your panels/equipment
i bought most of the equipment off line like ebay or amazon but the panels facebook market
I'd highly recommend a 48v server battery or 4-12v lithium batteries in series with a balancer.
Also lead is dead, as they say.
yes.. this is still the cheapest route for now
I’m not a fan of series Solar setups. If one panel doesn’t work, they all won’t work.
@@happyhermit476 wrong ..its only in series by twos... 2 would not put out as expected if one was at fault...each two are isolated on there own breaker
Excellent advice I agreed❤
Nice
Thanks
very nice set up! thanks for the breakdown of your equipment. Question if I may, where did you learn how to do all of this work? were you in contracting bulider or a mechanic? Great video great channel sir!
i was a repo man for 30 years...so nothing to do with this type of stuff ..lol..but i just had some basic knowledge from when i was a kid about batteries and small motors and such i just learned most of this stuff with common sense and the hard questions i went to the solar forums online and ask the old pros
It sounds great . I would like too get out in the timber and off the grid and out of sight. Mike it was in the mid too late 1800,s
yessir
Wow you got a steal on those panels
Awesome job
Any other guys in here living in a big nice house with a beautiful woman jealous of this guys simple living? Seems like so much less trouble.
it has some security feelings you cant get from the big city lol
This will continuously run your AC?
Is there an easy way to look at a solar panel and know that it will work? I ask because when buying off of Facebook, you don't have that assurance of a warranty.
That’s pretty good
thanks
Awesome awesome
thanks
1-How long would you expect the batteries to last before replacement.
2- do you have an estimate per kilowatt Hr.
Thank You
10 years..3.2 kilowatt system. .just 8 batteries so 225amp hours at 48 volts
I think you need more panels and more batteries and I would definitely add a wind power generator as well
Living the dream!
right on
Whats your opion on the sungoldpower solar kit ?
How did you make the mounts
My question is are u gonna install all the solar panel or you’ll only use half of that cos it seems a lot for the house.And the second question is does it mean you never have to pay electricity bills anymore?
So I have a question how long till it pays for itself?
far as im concerned already did 10 years thanks!! Here's the new full video It explains it better ua-cam.com/video/G9IQWevnE0M/v-deo.html
Depending wat u pay for them, wat u use for electric .u can make electric at night with l.e.d.s. u pay 150.200. Dollars a month for gas an electric 200.00 a month 2400.00 a year.
If the average household spends $200 a month in electrical bills, then it would take 20 months for this system to pay for itself. Not very long really...
@@DanielM799 not true ! No one has ever proven to me including solar companies that sell them that it ever pays for itself!
@@boscobosco7072 go back to elementary school learn math
I'm just curious why you have 2 charge controllers?
Is it to split the output to be within the limits?
If so that's clever :)!
& I'll be replicating that :).
I don't I only have one charge controller what gave you that idea?
00:10
(Inverter+charger & charge controller)
?
Ok now I'm really confused lol
I'm new looking into this & I saw hybrid combos & stand alone chargers, & that's what I was think of, my bad 😅
@@Eduardo_Espinoza okay okay I got you know I said that and didn't mean that I meant charge controller and inverter. But yes you're right they do have combos now and I have been working with these combos and they are cheaper high quality and awesome let me give you the link signaturesolar.com/?ref=daCLdQtKZ6PyTf
Do you have Internet free or paid? I’m thinking about looking for land but one acre for me. I really enjoy watching your videos
yes i do have it
The Hair conditioner?
That's badass buddy
thanks
I didn't know anyone was still buying these battery's
So where did the panels come from if you don’t mind me asking?
YA no problem i got them from a friend who never used them. He bought them and never got his system off the ground. I think he said he paid about 2800.00 for them new and I was able to get them off him for about 30 cents a watt.
How long would those batteries last before needing to be replaced?
10 years
Did you get used panels? As that would be around 29 cents per watt. The cheapest with shipping anywhere in the US I have seen was 26 cents.
Yes I bought these used but yet they were brand-new because he did not use them I got an awesome deal. Where are you finding them for $0.26 per watt..thanks
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID The last time I seen pallets at that price was about the start or so of covid. There is some company out of FL that ships a pallet for around 31 cents that I seen not long ago. Mostly finding them on FB Marketplace. I have no clue what sites are legit and most that I see wont let you see shipping unless you fill out and enter in a bunch of stuff before hand.
Though any place out of Gilber AZ always seems to have good prices on panels. Its a hell of a drive for me to there.
I have seen and heard of mentions about used panels that are unclean and untested that are far cheaper than 26 cents yet of the person I asked about what their sample rate was did not respond back. In that question I asked what type of visual check they did. I mean if you are packing panels to ship and they are missing the wires and have cracked glass then it would not be a deal. Yet still never got back to me on it. I would guess that anyone that sells used panels might have a deal on something like that.
I would be in it for 90% good panels at 10 cents a watt and those panels samples show 90% or better capacity. That would still be 12 to 13 cents per watt which is pretty good based on a $1k 250 watt panels at 10% loss panels and 90% capacity. I would buy 5k worth of panels, just to have more than enough panels on hand and to build a larger system so that over time as the panels degrade I will still have more than enough.
The only problem is building a ground mount array. We are almost done cleaning up all the trees and trash on the plot of land that I want to install the solar on which will have no shading. Building that big of an array is going to require some work.
I seen this video where this guy drives in an I beam which I think really is a guard rail post and then has some sort of braket that holds the angle and then the cross pieces are added. I think unistrut is pretty expensive these days. Used to not be. I seen an array from the road and it looked like they used all galvanized stuff. I kinda want to find someone who sells the racking along with the panels. I am not sure how they set them in place. I am thinking they pour 2 round sona tubes full of concrete and level those then attach them using either wet set method or some type of large anchors. Yet you would have to be exact on the placement of all of this.
I also found that not every place is exactly the same angle and you need both the angle for the tilt of your panels and the angle in which they face as true south is not quite where you think it is.
did you see how i ground mounted mine? I'm not looking for perfection...im just looking for what works..so far 70mhp winds no problem. used cut fence post is what used and plumbers strap tape with self tappers...check out my solar vids...all my stuff is diy and dont get me wrong some applications demand things done the so called right way but some things just need to work good enough for you...but ya...free used fence is what i used...and also i found a website san tan solar seems to have used refurbished and damaged panels for sale...but ya fb market and people selling them new in big warehouses is where i have acquired them in the past.
How did you learn this is there a book or something you read?
a did a lot of you tubing and looking up stuff online and going to solar forums..got a new vid on the solar coming in a few days
How do you get the money you do spend?
i worked as i built it and still do as my option
I wonder how long each battery lasts not to mention the rest of the stuff.
10 years batteries 30 years panels 10 to 20 on electronics provided no lightning strike
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID thank you!
Would love to have a setup like this on a boat, I may not need such a large battery setup though, I only need to run starlink over night, any help?
Yeah if you're trying to run starlink overnight and maybe a led light or two and that's it? If that is the case you might consider the option of one of those power banks that they call solar generator and they have flat panels that will flip open to charge or you can just put your own couple of solar panels out for it... I just did a review on one called Ithel .. if your interested let me know I'll send you the link
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID
I may have found a solution, I only needed starlink to run an autopilot gps for my boat, but there are proprietary units which don't require Internet to run so I may not need starlink, cheers anyways!
Swag
thanks
Can you run the AC and fridge at the same time?
the answer is yes...although i never run the ac at night time or when the sun goes down I do run the refrigerator 24/7 . the fridge pulls around 200 watts when its engaged and the ac runs around 550 watts totaling around 7 or 8 hundred watts at once which is nothing when the panels are bring in 2500 to 3000 watts in full sun....at night just so i don't put a hard strain on my batteries if i need the ac i will supplement with the generator. ..but yes the system is powerful enough to run the ac ail day in the hottest part of the day and with the fans going also it is a very comfortable cozy place to hang with a cold glass of ice tea..lol
Where did u buy the solar panels
Facebook market
The future I love it
yup yup
3200 watt panels with a 2000 watt inverter. Does that mean you can't use more than 2000 watts from the panels?
never needed 2k watts at once....but no..it will pull from the battery if it needs more...batteries are 50x stronger than the panels initially
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID Thanks
Nice! Great price!
thanks
What was the total amount that you wound up spending for everything
4k
keep them clean and be ready to shield them from hail. make an insurance
they cheap enough now days
Proud of you young man👍👍👍👏🇺🇸
thank you much bud
Very cool! You have a UA-cam channel?
yes..oklahoma off grid is the channel....your commenting on the actual channel now
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Run all those things at the same time?
Yup
I would use solar power solely for my ac unit
What is your kWh storage ammount
dont know...200amp hours at 48 volts
Wise choice using a low frequency, transformer based inverter charger instead of one of those cheap, short lived, low peak power, high frequency, transformerless inverter chargers.
I've heard you mention that before...tell me more
Low frequency inverters, also known as "heavy duty inverters" offer a far longer life expectancy than light duty, high frequency inverters. Low frequency inverters also offer a much high peak power capacity than high frequency inverters. Low frequency inverters are also far safer than high frequency inverters because they block dangerous high voltage, high DC current from ever reaching your AC appliances through the use of a heavy duty, iron core, copper wound output transformer. Low frequency inverters do cost somewhat more and weigh more than high frequency inverter,, but the added cost is well worth the price when it comes to safety, reliability and longevity.@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID
Just change to lipo batteries and should last about 10 to 15 yrs.
just send me two 48 volt 100 ah lithiums and i will change them just for you 😂😂
Hey could this power a small cabin ?
Yes it does watch my videos
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID awesome I’m 22 thinking about go off grid or at least having the option if I wanted to love the Channel
right on
Time to do a Faraday Cage around your Solar Power System.
CME, EMP Protection !!!!
would love too..probably going to need it..thinking about storing extra panels in shed
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID CME's & EMP's effect the wiring, batteries, circuits, cells - All electronics. Just an FYI 🤠👍
wiring? I KNOW EVRTHING ELSE BUT EVEN THE WIRES??
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID
Setting your Ground Rods the right way makes the difference.
Proper size wire as well. Caging is essential. EMF can be obtained following these practices.
i want to know how you got over 3kw in panels for about $1000
Facebook market ...if you check out my other vids you can see
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID ok valid. im permabanned from FB. lol
@@maddhatter3564 😂😂
Do you have plans for heat for the battery shed?
seems to be ok in even -3 so far
Fully charged lead acid is good to something like -70
Which state is this in??
name of the channel says it all
Did you say you found the property off of google?
yes
Here's the new full video It explains it better ua-cam.com/video/G9IQWevnE0M/v-deo.html
Not bad no powerbills
exactly
8 six volt batteries?
Six volt??
Two 100 watt panels on my van.
Ecoflow powerbank (inverter built into system)
Its a A TO B system.
I run a bunch of stuff in day and then monitor &;economize at night (fridge, fans, TV, DVD player, hotspot, phone snd laptop)
Wotst case, start the truck and juice the system fir sll of 30mins before bed.
I travel and company allocates money for "housing" per night while on contract job....profit 🤑💰
Gym membership shower 🚿
My van is a studio apartment on wheels.
good deal...that's off grid for sure
and yes...8 6 volt at 48
do they work at night (no) whats the input current to the inverter.
3900 plus the cost of fuel plus parts for geni devided the life of the batteries disconnect the batteries first thats the inverter gone there no cheap its not as fanntastic as it seems your always calculating what your using when family (idiots) walk round leaving lights on it you that sits in the dark.
batteries are expensive go lead acid (why) you can melt the batteries down ans re make them like the flip flop gang do and it will make it a lot cheaper also a petrol generator run it on a wood gasifier to charge the batteries.
im on gas thats now expensive for heating the fridge is gas 12v and 230v i run on gas so ive got a car plug in 230v charger and plug an electric blanket in 12v pulls 4amps i got 4 700 cca 110 ah batteries and dont go flat 1 x 240watt panel keeps them charged
ALL WHILE THE CARTEL ARE TRYING TO BAN WOOD BURNERS MAKING THINGS UP TO STOP PEOPL LIVING OFF GRID BUT STILL GOT THEIR HAND IN YOU POCKET WHILE MAKING CRAP WEATHER WITH CHEM TRAILS
a lot of truth to this my friend
not in use my inverter runs .29 of an amp
Where'd you get solar panels that cheap? I need some
got a new vid coming out will show you where to get the panels
Do you or can you get wifi?
yes
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID I'm all in. Okla here I come.
haha
lll have to wait for inheritance money and then Ill be free to live in peace.
hang in there man
Wish I won a lottery!🙏💕🍀⚜️🧬🏇😲
hard work..you can do it
Get rail chrome paint shutters l.e.d.s lights. Make electric at night 🌉🌙✨😌🎶🤪🌉🌙✨😌🎶
hmm
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRIDget rail for garage door chrome paint l.e.d.s, make electricity at night....
hows that work
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID get l.e.d.s. Christmas lights turn them on at night poof .electricity
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID get rail from garage make some planks paint it chrome put over solar panels l.e.d.s lights Christmas lights poof .electricity. 300 wtt panels. Lights are only about 7 to 12 wtts a string .poof electric.
JESUCRISTO 🙏✝️💚 BENDIGA
gracias
You build all that for less than 4000 dollars 😮
yup
Nice hydrogen bomb you built. Never, ever install vented LA batteries near an inverter. Especially in an enclosed space. Under both charge and discharge cycles, your batteries will produce hydrogen gas that one day will be ignited by a relay opening in your inverter and will blow your shed to pieces.
Haha..good stuff
Note to everyone else: get an electrician to hook it up
hahah..diy if you study
$4,000.
, your house is built out of wood not out of bricks
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” OK so it is not what it is made of but what it is built upon
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Lol some how i want to think building a gasifier be easier an cheapest
complicated to me still...but i want to build one soon
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID first time i seen one was mountain men i think he had one for house and another for his truck .
@@OKLAHOMAOFFGRID i just hope my brain can think of a way to use up most of the empty land line phone jacks to trickle charge a bank for free the electric company runs enough to make 911 calls
lol
One tornado and its over
yup for anyone anywhere
my array has survived 150mph….so not always.
@@patrickcoyne1292 central arkansas is a regular customer
@@raylee7654 i don’t even live where there is tornadoes
same...but 100mph winds
Say Wattt?
And you don't have to depend on electric companies continually raising the cost with fake excuses.Nice set up.
NOPE
yup
Just enough to run 30 amps.
20 breakers all i have
Nice
thanks