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I did find this useful and intend to watch it again. There is a lot to digest. Instead of an RPi, I chose a Beaglebone Black, but I believe the same deal applies regardless what board is driving the thing. I have a Full Spectrum laser they refuse to help me with, and I know it's because I mouthed off, so whatever. I'm stuck with a machine I spent a LOT of money on, that does nothing. So fuck Full Spectrum. I yanked out whatever board they had in there and have been leaping down various rabbit holes trying to educate myself as I go. Thanks for posting 👍

all great information. I've done VERY similar to this set up with nearly the same equipment too. You should do a video of what materials you used to keep the cost of your mounting/racking system down for cheap panels. It looks like 2x4s, some l brackets, and some 4x4 post.

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I love your videos man what’s your INSTAGRAM?

Actually the most common reason for solar farms to replace panels today? Is to increase production and efficiency. There are a lot of farms out there with 300 watt range single sided panels. And it makes a LOT of financial sense to upgrade them to the new 400+watt bi-facial panels. Which can produce over 500 watts with the bi-facial gains.

G'day mate, Really interesting stuff re the BMS. Already a big fan of active balance and they are so cheap too. I live over in Thailand and a lot of the videos, in Thai, on how to build a battery will most always have an active balance and a BMS. I was a bit blown away that you got your 25KW battery for 1200 bucks and that was a few years ago. Just now I can possibly build a 25KW battery here using 200Ah LiFePo4 cells for around that same price, but year ago add another 25% and 2 years ago add another 25% to the year ago price....A lot of solar gear is a lot cheaper here in Thailand and also shipping from China is cheaper as they can truck it in.........that's why I'm so impressed with those prices you achieved. Well done buddy and best of luck with the membrane :)

Thanks for deep review man. It's really helpful. Subscribed! Good luck:)

Two of my lithium batteries I took the BMS out because all the BMS is is a BS. I just don’t like it.

Yes, when you sell power to the utility you get paid a lot less than when you buy it. That makes sense. When you buy electricity you are paying for (1) someone to generate it, (2) someone to ship it from the point of generation to the point of distribution (called transmission) and (3) someone to distribute it locally (your utility). You also pay for some state and federal taxes. When you sell it you are only the generator and only get paid for generation.

Great info. Thanks

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check on Wikipedia for Per Capita Energy Use, for the US it is 300GJ per person per year, of course in the US NE, the spring and fall production is about 25% each of annual, the winter is 8% while summer is 42% giving 5x the energy production in summer over winter. Now take a std 1.5m2 panel rated at 250W peak, it will make 1.1GJ/yr or with some daily battery use maybe 1GJ/yr. So in my case 15 panels on a roof for 5 people only makes about 1% of all total primary energy use. So what is the point, we are ignoring the giant use of energy outside of electric use. So 300 panels per person would make the same amount of total primary energy use annually and it would be hugely skewed to the summer and would need battery to make it work daily except for winter. So glad that nuclear is coming back with Microsoft, Google, Amazon etc, perhaps maybe we can be carbon free and won't need 300 panels of area per person. Also see LLNL Energy Flow Graph, and the free pdf book by David MacKay, "Without The Hot Air"

i see you got my charge controller they kick but i have been buying from battery hook up i put a 10amp balancer only for about 20.00 i stop buying from the hook up and buying new now for as low as 135 a peace now battery i fix that are bad i just replace the bms with battery balancer they work fine

As your batteries age, will need to lower the float down a bit till things balance out on the bunch, that and bulk needs to be adjusted down slightly as they age.

From personal experience, having panels horizontal with no pitch will lead to quite a bit of issues, especially with damaged panels.

Makea better mount system...winds will rip that right out of the ground...

Whoa! Congrats on the membrain! Did you study chemistry? Hey grab a copy of my "GatorCAM for cnc"...I'll give you a free key. I developed it because all the other CAM for cnc were lacking in one way or another. Cool that you are developing stuff too! Cant wait to see more on that redox battery.

Are you saying the glass was cracked, or the cell? I dont think cracked glass will hurt.

50 kW of storage? 😬 You mean 50 kWh.

Bro this is awesome

I picked up seven 250w panels for 60 AUD that had been hit by lightning and were replaced by home and contents insurance. $20- worth of Schottky diodes later I have 1.5kw on my chook pen roof. So over paneled it is nuts but I still have full capacity except for the darkest stormy days. Even that can be fixed by a couple of extra batteries. PS. When we get hail here it is between golf ball and tennis ball size and it can destroy some of your panels but that isn't where the true expense lies. Panels are dirt cheap if you are patient and know where to look but LFP batteries and Victron gear, though getting cheaper all the time, and heavy gauge copper cables are the main expense. Everything apart from the panels is housed within a weatherproof structure so it is not an issue.

Trust me……you can get solar and still be a republican - I’m proof !

Solar panels won’t run your house unless you have batteries. Without the electric company they won’t work. Most people don’t know that.

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he says $2,000USD like it is pocket change. i have trouble keeping food on my table. then cal raises your property TAX if you install them. and you still must pay tax on the pa&e you do not use. can not “cut” the wire. even if you have enough batt power to last you for 6-7 days.

I have been off-grid for 7 years. I live in one of the sunniest places in the world (about 75 mi S of Lost Wages) and 8 310w panels produce more power than I use.

Solar is by far the best option, you’re start up costs might be high but when power is especially for an extended period of time, you can function, combine that with an an independent water supply you can function for weeks on end until services are fully restored. People who invested in solar during this last batch of terrible storms are I would imagine beyond greatful for making the choice to invest

Yeah I’ve been running a small solar setup mainly for garage use. Basically a let’s see how durable this can be test. So far I haven’t had one issue. The panels,inverter and battery and charge controller continue to work 5 years out and I just leaned them up on the foundation. So all the people who claim they won’t last or will go bad obviously have no idea and are just repeating the political garbage out there. Solar is amazing after your initial setup it is literally just forget about it. I believe in 10 years almost every household will be off grid solar with lfp batteries. Grid will only be for commercial/industrial use.

My rv has 3.2kwh solar and 15kwh battery bank. I won’t be going back. Honestly I wish the generator didn’t come with the coach and instead the manufacturers just installed more batteries and full solar panels on the roof like I did. Generators are going away in the next 30 years. Solar with batteries are definitely the way to go from here on out.

My aproach is all of the above. Solar and battery for primary power with grid supplementing as needed. However I keep a small supplemental generator and a supply of fuel because sometimes the sun just does not shine for several days and I can only afford so much battery capacity. Generator mostly just sits configured for long term storage (fuel drained ect) and several cans of fuel in the shed. every few months I refill my car from the cans instead of the pump and refresh the gas cans. Annually I pull out the generator, replace fluids if needed and run maybe a half gallon of fuel though it to make sure everything is still working. Usualy on a cloudy week in the winter when solar input is not keeping up with demand. System only pulls from the grid if batteries are below 50% so may as well get some charge out of the test run.

Whats the exact chemistry behind your PGM extractor? I am interested in building something similar for tons of ewaste. This looks much better than making lot of nitric acid.

I built a solar set up for my house. I live in western New York. Not the sunniest place. I do have a duel fuel generator as a back up. I’m still looking for a cheap diesel generator. Then I can make electricity from gas, propane, diesel, but mainly the sun. I’d like to get a small wind turbine and find a way to use my elevation to advantage. There a small cliff in my back yard. I’d love to get a pond to make some hydroelectricity. I also plan on drilling some wells for geothermal heating. Was tinkering with the idea to use the heat from my back up generators to help with that. I will be needing the heat at the same time I will need some extra juice due to the less sunlight.

Great Video, only the stupid who don't know sadly will never watch this as they have already educated themselves to be experts and must love running diesel generators... lol.

Prices have dropped tremendously. I just bought a mixed pallet 16 panels for $600. They range from 325w to 380w. Shipping was ridiculous at $640. It still works out to $77.50 a panel. If you live in Arizona you can pick them up for free from Santan solar. Batteries have dropped as well. The last 4 I bought cost me $190. each shipped free from Amazon. Even the charge controllers have dropped in price. My next purchase is going to be an EG4 24,000 btu hybrid mini split AC unit. That's why I bought 16 more panels. It runs directly from solar

I'm very interested in putting together a solar grid panel(s) together, but I don't understand how to hook these panels together, and then run them into large batteries............. I don't even know what type, kind of batteries and where to buy them new or used............. which ones are the best? Is there anywhere that I could get trained on putting one of these grids together.......... besides RUclips? Where do you buy your solar panels new or used?

14kwh of LFP cells from shenzhen qishou for $1400. DIY batteries have gotten quite affordable. batteryhookup for used packs and cells in the US. i havent seen an affordable flow battery yet.

I'm in Upstate SC and Helene had us fully disconnected from the world for a week, Like you, I have enough solar that I could "budget" my power at night (25Kwh of LifePo4 isn't much) but I had A/C to sleep and ran EVERYTHING during the day for a family of 3, I'm intentionally over-paneled for my needs, 12KW in Marketplace panels, 2 EG46000XP's. If you add everything up DIY, it's still a lot of money for a system that truly works (and I went as cheap as possible). A branch did smash 1 panel in the storm, and I've never had a huge hailstorm, at least I don't have a generator rotting in the corner.

Nobody thinks solar panels are going to blow away. Its all fun and games until you have a massive hail storm destroy them. I helped 3 people rip down the destroyed solar panels off their roof. Its like someone hit them with a hammer 1000 times

You wouldnt happen to know the torque settings for the injectors, I cant find the spec's anywhere(V2203A)

Glad your are doing OK and didn't take damage. How did the pigs do?

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Glad you are ok and doing well.

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I don't know why but you remind me of Giovanni Ribisi... lol

It's not a software limitation it's a hardware development problem. Industrial machines use custom hardware to run code and drive servos and monitor feedback in real time. All of the PC based systems blindly send move commands with very little to no feedback. Servos and closed loop stepers used with PC based systems use drivers that do individual axis level feedback that sends nothing back to the control. Aren't many companies out there want to make the specialized hardware if there isn't a machine to go with it.

Hey great video question the overhaul kit you bought did it come with the gaskets for the oil pump and alternator side

Mesa actually is very good with keeping products alive. I can still buy the same CF to IDE adapters I've got almost 25 years ago! The problems with availability are probably related to supply chain issues, and they're getting better, and many popular boards are in stock. It's bad luck if the board in your machine dies and you can't get it next day, but usually it doesn't take long until they show up in the store. The cards are not easy to kill, but if your application pushes them to the limits, it's good to have a cold spare on hand anyway.

I don’t want to rely on the internet to manufacture. I want to be able to turn my generator and work in case everything or anything else fails. I want all my manufacture to be isolated as much as possible from the “hackers” “governments (domestic or foreign)” “big corporations” “persons of interest”. Don’t get me wrong, should I fail it’s because of me; not because there is an outage somewhere.