I just found your channel yesterday and binge watched this entire series last night! I was so excited to see the final finish of the observatory and then realized it hadn’t gotten that far yet. Now this is posted the next day! Awesome channel, huge inspiration, thanks so much!!
@@LearnToStargaze It was the lithium batteries that gave me pause. My little observatory is in the backwoods (not too far from you), and I sometimes power it with a lithium batter, especially if I am only expect 2 or 3 good hours of sky. But once it hits about -20C, the lithium batteries are useless. I have a backup power supply based on old battery tech because it does better in the cold. Awesome vid, btw. The power lasted impressively well.
@@SKYST0RY Thanks! The batteries have built in heaters, and are expected to function at extremely cold temps. I'm curious to see how this actually pans out. Since we're so close to the ocean, it usually doesn't get much colder than -5. We had a lot less snow in Big Lake then we did in Halifax last year.
@ most controllers like this one today dont usally fail but theres still some out there that could fail and destroy itself if solar is connected without the battery. Higher the voltage you have on the solar input, the hogher the risk to the controller
I just found your channel yesterday and binge watched this entire series last night! I was so excited to see the final finish of the observatory and then realized it hadn’t gotten that far yet. Now this is posted the next day! Awesome channel, huge inspiration, thanks so much!!
Thanks Jackson!
Oooh awesome! I might need me one of those setups.
Thanks Cody! Hey, was that you in the acknowledgements in the back of Andy’s book “Project Hail Mary”? That’s a really cool collaboration!
Looking forward to seeing the first images.
My mother in law bought me the 110 things to see with a telescope for Christmas! Can’t wait to get started
That’s wonderful! Have fun!
Interesting; congratulations on the progress!
Thanks Scott! Hope all is well!
My dream is to build an observatory in the desert in my country kuwait
thats awesome
@ thanks
What a great dream! Excited to see it someday!
@@LearnToStargaze thank you i will be sure to let you know when i get my first telescope
Nice, been following the progress and it seems to be going pretty well😁
Thanks!
Amazing work! Can't wait to see the DSO image you get with this set up. Any ideas yet on what target you are planning to image?
We’ll probably start with the basics, M42 etc
Wow very good but à wind turbine could help you ???? Thk you for sharing
I'm considering it!
I think 6 batteries with 3 Solar Panels would be sufficient to power the Observatory.
This is very cool! I may have to try this. I’m hoping you have a security system? We really like our simple safe.
I like this. How cold does it get where you are, and how much does it affect your batteries?
Very cold! The batteries were only down about 40% when the inverter no longer had enough voltage.
@@LearnToStargaze It was the lithium batteries that gave me pause. My little observatory is in the backwoods (not too far from you), and I sometimes power it with a lithium batter, especially if I am only expect 2 or 3 good hours of sky. But once it hits about -20C, the lithium batteries are useless. I have a backup power supply based on old battery tech because it does better in the cold. Awesome vid, btw. The power lasted impressively well.
@@SKYST0RY Thanks! The batteries have built in heaters, and are expected to function at extremely cold temps. I'm curious to see how this actually pans out. Since we're so close to the ocean, it usually doesn't get much colder than -5. We had a lot less snow in Big Lake then we did in Halifax last year.
LOL you know just enough about electricity to get into trouble!
Yup
you should NEVER have the solar connected to the charge controller without a battery connected, it is not good for the controller at all.
Good to know.
@ most controllers like this one today dont usally fail but theres still some out there that could fail and destroy itself if solar is connected without the battery. Higher the voltage you have on the solar input, the hogher the risk to the controller