Digging it BACK UP!!! Installing the SOLAR POWER Run to Our OFF-GRID House in the WOODS
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Digging it BACK UP!!! Installing the SOLAR POWER Run to Our OFF-GRID House in the WOODS
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I wonder how many 80 year old guys like me are thinking when as a young man I could do all that Al is doing... Then I think even when I was a young man I couldn't do what Al is doing. Al, you are the hardest working young man I know.
Remember to seal the ends of the conduit against rain intrusion while you wait for the panels etc.
🇬🇧 Just what I was going to say. And also against sand dropping down during the backfill process but I think that's too late.
Hello I just wanted to say that it’s a good idea to pull a spare string or rope when you pull your power cable through. That way if you ever need to pull more you will always have a line to tie on and not have to fish one through.
Yes very useful!
🇬🇧 My thought also.
Good morning Lumnah family. Loving the progress, enjoyed your builders first couple of episodes, and his channel. Looking forward to your build!
ALWAYS!
I was just think about that.... I was a G Cont... jobs like that I would pulled 2 ropes as I was doing the pvc conduit .. I never comment on anybody's work , but I saw yours
watch Andrew Camarata for how to get the tracks on and off of your machine. You might be able to maneuver the vehicle in a way that the track will pop back into position. Love the videos.
i was just about to post the same idea.
Andrew is really good with operating and repairing machines
A good day to all of you around the world here at the Lumnah Acres channel! Greetings from Kamakura, Japan! 🇯🇵 It’s an exciting time to see what’s happening up at the off-grid property! hope you’re all, like me, enjoying the tiny house build so far! 😃🐶👍🏾
Good evening FROM SE MICHIGAN ✝️🛐
@@evalinawarne1337 Good morning Evalina! 😃🐶👋🏾
Good day Robert in beautiful Japan 🇯🇵 👍🏻
Gooooood Morning Japan
@@LumnahAcres Good morning Lumnah Family! 😃🐶👋🏾
being th track is not all the way off the front idler simply lift that side with the boom and walk the track backwards it will pop back on
Nice having the right tools for today's project. Using both the excavator and the tractor made short work of that electrical line. Thanks for sharing this with us. Build starts soon! Hurrah!
Consider "Do Not Dig" tape above conduit prior to backfill.
Too late 🤣👍
When you pull your wires thru the conduit, attach a rope for future pulls. Every time you add more wires, include a rope for subsequent additions. It's a heck of a lot easier than trying to push a fish tape thru with existing wires already in the conduit.
If rain is coming cover the conduit holes
Good morning Lumnah family! I'm at my OGP this week in southern Missouri and it got down to 29 degrees last night! Chilly! Got the heater going and a hot cup of coffee and it's all good. Blessings to all!
MO is always WET and COLD in the winter 🥶. I know I grew up there….Brrrr
Before you try loosening g the grease fitting see if the track will reset itself. Boom over the track that's skipped the idle and lift (with the boom) that side of the excavator until the load is off the track. Then slowly with Gina watching try back tracking to see if it will correct itself. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt.
One thing I found I. The past is try not to turn when ever you're in loose rocky soil. The smaller rocks will work their way onto the track and cause it to skip the idler. Anytime I'm in loose rock I lift the front off the ground and track/rotate to point the direction I want to travel. It prevents side loading of the track and helps prevent track skip.
You should put caps over the exposed ends of the conduit to keep water out of the pipe. If water gets in it will pool at the lowest point and freeze and then you can't pull wire through it. Plus, it isn't good to have wires covered in water in the conduit. Water is the bane to electricians.
When you are ready to pull cable through the conduit here's a trick an electrician showed me to make it easier. Tie a plastic bag to some twine. Stuff the bag loosely into one end and suck it through to the other using a shop vac.
Amazing day again & Ken says starting Monday so the plan coming closer together well done to you both.
Take care.
Good morning Lumnahs'. Looking good. I saw Ken's video yesterday and am so excited to see it all getting ready to start. This is going to be so much fun seeing the story unfold from both angles.
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Seems like the build is getting closer. I can't wait!
Al, you and Gina are SO talented! I know the chill in the air won’t stop you two from reaching your goals for your “Tiny” house. I was recalling watching your family mapping out the new OGP. That, along with the container cabin, and trapping all those beavers was really something fascinating to see. I want to see the container cabin again whenever you all have time again.
And when weather is nice again, you can treat yourselves to some more wonderful and fun pond swimming with the fish. I hope they make it through the freezing temperatures that you all will have the winter season.
I’ll say it again… Al, you are so talented! Gina, so are you!
We had our first freeze of the year this morning, here in western Mass 29. Looking forward to my two favorite northeast channels :)
HI STEVEN, I'm from western Massachusetts too!
I also have to add that I sure enjoy you two working together and you guys have a great sense of humor making your videos interesting and fun to watch.
Good idea to oversize the solar wire. It definately will allow for more expansion of you solar array in the future. Will make it easier to pull another feed if you need it.
Don’t forget to The ends of your conduit pipe so it doesn’t fill with water.
Thanks for taking us with you. I enjoy all your work. God bless.
I never knew how convenient and comfortable a cab tractor is until I drove my friends on a very hot & humid day. My tractor doesn’t have one & since I drive his I’ve wanted one.
Good Morning Al, Gina and Olivia. Hope you and all the Lumnah friends have a great weekend.
Howdy Robert - ditto for you for a great weekend!
Our first official snow melted off and it was 46 F today. In the 80s there was always snow on the ground by Halloween. And cold. I can remember deep snow in mid-October. Not anymore. Not for quite a few years now. Your project looks great and it's obvious you are planning for the future. You will be in a much more flexible and tenable position when the animal waste material strikes the rotating wind generation device. I hope your grandchildren will appreciate the treasure you are leaving them: Land, food, and a home.
We haven't even had flurries yet here in western Massachusetts. We used to have our first heavy freeze usually in early October or even as early as September, and snow covering the ground from about thanksgiving to spring thaw. From 1 to 2 feet the whole time. Last winter we had bare ground more than snow cover except in the plow piles or shade.
I hope you have a good, safe winter.
Can't wait for the building to start , Ken says we'll see him Monday !!
Lol... I went back through the video to see if the materials were in there but covered. They hadn't been delivered yet
@@ppulambe8311 AL and Gina's videos are always about a week behind.
@@angelsarrived2642... yup. I figured that. I wonder how far behind Ken's Carpentry is?
@@ppulambe8311 It appears to varie. The last one he said it was the same day.
Progress is a wonderful thing. Looking forward to seeing the solar panels installed. Than onto the tiny 🏠.
if you put a little vaseline on the face it will protect the skin as a extra layer of covering. less chapping like lips with chap stick. I worked in a freezer in cannery.
Good Morning, Lumnahs & all you viewers out there! Hope everyone has an awesome day. It’s been cooling down, especially at night, here in my part of Texas. Can’t wait for the framing to start! Y’all stay safe & healthy.
Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm looking forward to watching your house build from both builder and home owner perspectives. Thanks for sharing.
Al, do you a home building check list, list everything that's going into the build, then put it in order on a Building checklist so you want have to redo something again ... Hope you put up a trail cam so if the deers or moose come thru the front yard we can see them. Put one on your solar poll....
Gooood morning from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!
Good Morning David.
May I suggest you place rocks/boulders around the perimeter of your septic tank so that delivery and contractors vehicles do not accidentally run over it and it will also be a reminder/ barrier for you when snow clearing.
My husband commented while you were digging that running fishing wire or thin nylon rope as you were putting in the plastic tubing would have made it easier to run your wire from the Solar system much easier.
No rope as there would be a possibility that it could stick to any glue that had not yet dried. You tie a plastic bag to your string & use a shop vac at other end to suck it through, quick & easy.
Nice thing about the heated cab is that it allows you to work longer. The cold just takes it out of you so much and after the sun goes down, you just can't put in that many hours in sub zero temps if you're taking the cold too.
I don’t know why I enjoy your channel so much. I’m in my 60’s live in the city but I love all you do I guess I enjoy watching a man work hard ( so few today will work they want to do it all on a computer or pay someone else to do it for them ) I love the way you and Gina work together. Is there anything you can’t do?
Block the ends of that duct up as you will have to pump a lot water at the array end as that is the lowest end
Anyone else notice Al's "Tiny House" is a fair bit larger than the supposed full sized house they live in?
Makes me wonder just how ginormous their permanent house may be.
It's called click bate to get more viewers , more viewers =$$$$ 😡
@@tomfl58 I was more excited about the prospect of getting to see them build a fricking gigantic off grid mansion or something but ok... You do you.
And the kit for the tiny house is on its way. Very excited to see the progress when you next upload.
What a great job you two are doing building a very fulfilling future. With the beginning of your home build u will have many great days ahead. Best wishes
Wow What a sunset! Beautiful home place! Getting it done!
Like the way you work. When you do a job you finish it properly. Looking good. Cant wait until Ken shows up and you begin to build the Tiny House.
Don't forget to cover the ends of all the pipes sticking up so none of your pipes get water in them. Great job.
Beautiful sunrise. Good to see work progressing on your tiny home.
Good morning Lumnah family. Loving the progress! Enjoyed your builders first couple of episodes of your project. Looking forward to your build.
I must commend whoever took the pictures of the sunrise absolutely gorgeous and the frost on the plants thank you for that I really enjoy that kind of thing good luck with the rest of ur build.
Al , Good Morning ! If I could make a small suggestion , Flag off your septic system so no one accidentally drives over it with all the construction going on. That would be heart breaking if it happened. 😊
That's a good idea since they don't know it is there. Getting your mound system squashed would be bad.
Isn't it amazing , you can dig a trench/hole , add pipe/poles ect , fill with material ,dirt,sand,gravel , and then you still don't have enough fill to finish !!!!!! You are making massive progress on all of your projects ! Top notch mate !!!!!
Gooood morning Al, Gina and Olivia, and the whole gang.. I hope everyone has a great day!
Gooooood Morning Max
Good morning Mr G 🌅☕️
You too G!
Helloooo G! Happy Thursday to ya!
@@Heisstrong 👍
Consider running the DC line to your inverter mounted on the wall CLOSEST to the solar array, then run the AC line from there to your switchboard. That will lower your line losses.
I was thinking that too because DC loses a lot of power from resistance. The sooner he converts it to AC the better but his batteries have to store DC and fat wire for DC is expensive. Edison was against AC but his DC system would have had to use huge wires to run power to everyone.
Use the bobcat bucket to guild the track back on! use the smooth edge and as you turn the track push on the track with it, Then pump more grease in the track tensioner!
Nice job well done, it was good you caught the track on your excavator in time, be blessed and full of the riches the Lord provides❤️🔥🕊
Might be a good idea to take a couple of days and do site cleanup before the snow comes.
Hello Lumnahs.. My family loves your channel and watching you build your dream homestead.🙂 God Bless.
Good Morning Al and Gina.
Thanks for keeping us in touch with the animals 👍🌄🇯🇲🐔🐓🐐🐕🐈
Good morning Anna! Hope your are enjoying your day!
@@daviddavis703 Good Morning David and Luna 🐕👋🇯🇲🌄 So far so good
You need a 12" bucket for digging those utility trenches, much easier digging with a smaller width bucket.
You have to use THHN wire which is rated for wet locations, because water will condense out on the inner conduit walls. You might want to seal the conduit ends after your wires are pulled, just to keep it dry as possible. If you wire your PV panel strings so they produce a higher voltage (within the limits of your charge controller) then you will have less loss in the wire for a particular gauge. The wire gauge is determined by the current, not the voltage. Makes sense to use a heavier gauge than necessary in case you decide to upgrade in the future.
I am so looking forward to your solar panels arriving...
That solar panel frame is definitely in the shade in this video. Winter mornings early gradual sun, consequently early gradual power is very useful to charging your batteries. In the morning your battery voltage is lower so the low voltage early sun is more beneficial. Longer supply run is not brilliant but better than shade.
If you have not picked your charge controller inverter set up pick one with higher voltage, think normally 500 v are available. More volts less power loss.
Great job!! You guys rock!!! God Bless!!
Al, Gina, Good day. Plenty accomplished. Start parking the Bobcat on two big pieces of wood for winter. Save it freezing to the ground. Keep the tracks brushed after work. Stephen.
Gray is conduit. White is plumbing pipe. Gray slightly higher than white, but you don’t need all those couplings. End result cheaper sometimes.
Good morning Lumnah family and Lumnah subscribers, from Omaha where it is 35 degrees on this chilly Thursday. Sure going to be nice when the solar panels are installed and the solar system is finished. I hope everyone is enjoying the autumn. Have a blessed day everyone!
Good morning David! 😃🐶👍🏾
Gooooood Morning stay warm
@@TheKamakuraGardener 👍🏻🐶😀
Good morning to ya David! Try to stay warm!
Good morning!
You amaze me Al with all of your self taught skills! don't forget to put a cap on those pipes........rain..rain! Ian from Australia.
The easy way to get a pull line in your conduit is to use what we call in the trade - a rat. This available at an electrical supply house. It nothing but a round piece of foam with a metal eye in the center. To use it you push the rat in one end of the conduit with a pull string (preferably mason line) tied to the rat. On the opposite end of the conduit run attach a vacuum hose for an air tight seal. Turn on the vac and it will pull the rat through along with the pull line.
We do this on every conduit job. It's much faster for us.
Good luck and the great videos coming. Praying for your success.
Al did a similar method to run his wires in the barn he built. Thanks for sharing this trick with him and us. It was a LOT easier than it would have been. He just used a tissue tied on at the end.
you might want to sweep water off your slab as in past i found out that sitting water weakens the the cement cream on top when water is left sitting, you dont want it to chip away the cream.
water can do damage if left to freeze but in the first 30 days it's probably better to leave it to slow the drying process, as long as it doesn't freeze. (we're about 30 days out now)
I give you credit for using a 3 inch conduit, another off grid couple I watch used a 1 inch conduit and it was problem city.
i see ken has been working on getting your lumber ready this is going to be a good combination of the both of you
We watch you and Gina every opportunity, can't wait for the progress on the tiny house
Don't forget to Cap the top of your pipe so it doesn't fill with rain water..........Nice work. Looks great.
measure the depth lines and weld a line on the bucket and then get a piece of card and cut a slot line in the middle of it then spray on white paint on the bucket to give you depth lines... works great....
Oh Wow....the first drawing of your tiny house showed by Ken looked very promissing 👍👍 😊
I'm glad you didn't have to dig very deep Al. You could hand dig around the septic connection if you are really worried about hitting it with the excavator. I saw the building materials delivered yesterday by Ken and crew under that tarp. I hope you aren't paying them to bring the lumber to the jobsite. I can understand why Ken wanted the rafters to cut at his shop but to have materials delivered to him for free from the lumber yard and then have to bring it up to your jobsite himself is counterproductive. I would think it could have been delivered up to the OGP. You have plenty of room to put it on and then when it is time to use them you have equipment to move it toward the tiny house build. That was a beautiful sunrise with Pluto standing in the driveway. Looks like you never trenched it Al. Nice blue sky at the end. Thanks for this Lumnahs!
Thank God you guys don't have to rush out of your warm house and can move into the TH when you can crank up the heat.
Good morning my amazing friends.... Have a very very blessed day I'm not ready for winter but it's here already
Howdy Jason... me neither! I'm still getting over the fact that it's NOVEMBER now!
@@samvalentine3206 the year is almost over ... Next year will be epic
Good morning Jason! Are you getting any snow yet? Weather has cooled off a little here in central Florida... but nothing like you up north lol.
@@daviddavis703 great morning brother... Yeah it's started up here but this weekend is warming up... Hopefully it'll be gone....
Hiya Jason, cool here but not really cold yet! Dread the cold stuff!!
when you pull the wire through the conduit from the solar array to the tiny house, attach a cord of some kind to use to pull whatever you may need in the future. just planning ahead.
I always duct tape the primer can and glue can together so it is less likely to spill. Do you plan to duct tape the ends of pipe so water/sand doesn’t fall into pipe? Looks good. Thanks for sharing
Good morning from South Australia
Good morning everyone! A wonderful 52 degrees in South Texas this morning!
Wish I had that! I'll be a high of 54 degrees on Sunday here in Minnesota!
Good morning from AZ everyone..🌻🌻🌻🌻
Gooooood Morning AZ
Good morning Cocoadiva 👍🏻☕️
Good morning!
Good morning Cocodiva! 🌞🌞
Howdy Cocoadiva! How're you doing today?
There are rock picker tools to pull behind a tractor working off the PTO. It would be good to have the rocks removed before grass grows. You need a JD 4440 or 4442 which can do real work.
Also, you need a 12 to 14 foot disk and a harrow. Another way to level the ground is with a 16 to 20 foot heavy I beam to pull behind a tractor. And, you might look into terracing to control with water. Get a real chain saw working off gasoline: Stihl....the bigger the better they work.
It was nice to wakeup to your video. You two sure do work hard.
Morning! Lumnah Acres, Moos looked so lonely on his own. Exciting things happening on the off grid property. I am glad the track on the excavator started to come off near the end of filling in the trench, hope all goes well getting it back on, if you watch a guy called Andrew Camarata he shows you how to get it back on. Have a great day.
Need a video just to answer our questions ….. Q&A segment. So busy we know but maybe just a little video around the fire with you (Al), Gina & Olivia (dogs welcome too)❤️ thanks for the consideration.
Only comments they seem to answer are " good morning "
What questions?
You are sooo cool 😎 Al, liked that smile on your face when the TYF vehicle KICKED RIGHT OFF!! ITS GOING TO GET IN THE 80’s here in the AZ valley.
APB, Mesa, AZ
32 degrees this morning outside of Nashville, TN. We feel your pain!
I think you need to get some caps for those pipes you keep installing. It would keep the rain from getting into the pipe. Also use a leaf blower to install the pull cord.
Al needs to watch any of 'The Chieftain's' videos about track tensioning.
Al, I reckon you dug that long hole to use your "Big Boy Toys", what do they call it 'Future Proofing'. All you have to do now is 'train a little mouse to take string line through the conduit.' really coming along nicely. Been watching Ken getting things ready for you.
Now there's a thought. I reckon to tie the string to a ferret or polecat, it will be through that conduit in no time.
He can use a strong vacuum or an air compressor to get s pull string through that. Honestly though, the 3 inch conduit is so big with respect to the size of the conductors he will put through it that he can probably just push them through over that short a distance
Maybe he can rent a small ferret? Take care.
@@michaelfrancis7072 Now THERE is an idea!
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@@thtadthtshldntbe ... leaf blower and a medium sized trash bag works well on a large conduit.
Are you going to bring the wet/dry vacuum out and use it to suck the pull line through the conduit again? Power it from the generator. Also don't forget to leave a pull line in place after you run the power cables. Makes it easy for future expansion with an extra pull line left in the conduit.
I've also seen in Korea that when they lay any underground line they place something similar to crime tape in the ditch to show in any future excavation that a line is buried there / prudent idea !!
i can see how much better you're getting on the excavator. looking good.
Before you fill in the trench you should send up the drone and take a picture then plot the location on the map. This way you have a record of where everything is located for future reference.
Nice job Al looks like you can start building your tiny house!!!!! Or do your solar system. God bless and stay safe.
Andrew Camarata will show you how to repair your machines. I would suggest pulling a string along with your solar cables, to use to pull a rope, to pull wires at a later date. Love the vids.😃
Ken gave us a pretty good idea of what the house 🏠would look like. He drew us a picture
Saw your lumber be delivered yesterday, You must be so excited to start the build very soon. Can't wait to see what in store
You should have put caution ribbon above your pipe before you buried it so if someone else is digging there and your not around at least the ribbon will let them know.
A length of pressure treated 2 x 4 with warning tape stapled to it would be better.
Thanks Al & Wife😋...Awesome🥰👍🙏👀
Beautiful sunset.