Our Mobile Home is [mostly] Off Grid! HOW DOES IT WORK? BigBattery ETHOS 48v
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In today's video we give you a full tour of our newly completed and fully operational off grid solar project that runs our mobile home!
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Video Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Solar Panels
1:52 - Inverter & Battery
3:06 - Home Integration
4:27 - Remotely Monitoring Our System
5:57 - Are We 100% Off Grid
7:31 - Options for Expansion
9:37 - Energy Cost Savings to Date
10:51 - When the Work is Done, It's Easy
12:46 - The Aftershow
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I LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS AND THE BOYS ARE GETTING SO BIG
Sam and Angela, can y’all do a homestead update video? I’m curious how your driveway, orchard, garden, etc is going; any changes you would make if you could do again or any plans for changes
I’m not that into all this machine and electrical stuff. sorry Sam
Sounds like a great idea now that they have lived with it for a while. They can share their feelings and ideas about how things have worked out for them.
Would love to see a breakdown of the cost of all the components and a total cost for the system. Trying to get an idea of what it really takes to go off grid. Several of the channel we watch have done it, but no one talks about cost and ROI.
You can do it yourself and scale as you go. But you learn to conserve and alter the time you turn on and off heavy loads
Jesse Muller is a different type of homesteader but he does show some very good cost and load data on his system he is not just a solar guy so you kind of have to watch some fairly long videos
Like the idea that if something does go wrong you can just flick a switch and get power l think conbineing the two power sources is a great selling point you set up is prefect great example on how it can be done
So proud of all of you and what you have accomplished. I think the move and all you have done has been very rewarding for your family. Everything is really moving along and things and all your installations have been wonderful. So happy for you.
Excited about the solar panels and how it is working for you.
Have a great weekend.
Blessings
Have you considered a barrel type windmill? They are not that big and they can work night and day rain or shine.
Just because I was frugal, I used to turn off the dishwasher when it had drained for the last time, dishes still hot from the hot water so they air dry just fine by opening the door. I think I used to pull the bottom tray out too, but I'm 80 now & not sure I'm remembering that right.
So my question is how long will it take to pay for the equipment to actually allow you to save the 40% you mentioned on your monthly electric bill.
Thanks for the update and top notch information !!!!! Full time watcher but part time commenter , sorry , just get overwhelmed with information !!!!!! Good thing , right 👍😂
I don't have solar but I cut my electric bill 30-40% by simply hanging my clothes out to dry. Clothes dryers are energy hogs! Also, I've been hand washing my dishes for 3 years now saving that energy. I use the dishwasher as my drying as door open so dishes dry quickly a d moisture does not cause mold to grow. Once a month I run a short rinse cyc!e with bleach in the water to sanitize the interior
We save 100% off our power bill and also make money for the extra power that goes back to the grid and we only have a 10 kw system
Your homestead is so awesome 👍👏
Thank you!
Hi Sam, I hope as your kids grow you will be able to add a couple houses for their families to your homestead and array! Looks good! Blessings to your family and homestead!💚
Have you considered hanging your clothes outside in the warmer weather?
The ultimate, inexpensive solar dryer. ; )
Yall are amazing. You are really creating an exciting homestead!
A couple of questions Sam. When taking in consideration the cost for all of the equipment, battery storage, and future upgrades how long do you think it will take to break even by being off the grid? I know there is a lot of peace of mind in not relying on the power grid but just curious how long does it really take if you are purchasing everything verses just being on the grid and paying your monthly bill. Secondly not sure there is a real need for this but can you set it up where it would automatically put you back on the grid if you were to need to instead of flipping a switch -- probably not necessary when it is easy to flip a switch but the techy side of me is wondering if you can do it. Great video you both have done a lot of work!!
What about having a generator to kick on when your batteries are low? Love your show!
Since they have grid power as a backup it's probably way cheaper than having a generator come on
But important to have a generator when grid Is down due to storms or whatever reason
Great video. I would be interested in seeing what your total capital costs were (panels, batteries, utility building, rentals for any equipment, etc. as well as the monthly cost for your power bill prior to getting the off-grid power solution. This will provide a "payback point" for the costs vs savings.
Any appliances that draw heat burn up the wattage. Still good, can't make it any better until you get more batteries for storage. Hands down Sam.
It's always great to have options for electricity.
Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and working on the homestead
I'm curious of the ROI. How long before the cost is paid off with savings? At what price of kWh?
Not sure I heard all in savings - I hear savings from what you were paying but I would be interested in including the cost of equipment, maintenance, replacement, including deprecation. What expected life do you foresee?
I enjoy watching y'all. I love how yall let the young men help, and they seem so happy helping and willing to help.
The first few months, after I installed my system, I was constantly checking solar production and battery status. Eventually I got to where I would check in at the end of the day. One day my daughter-in-law said "You've been here three hours and haven't checked your solar once. Did you go to solar addiction therepy?"
Hahaha that’s where I am at this point. Family intervention! :D
Very informative, congrats !
Y'all did great. It's exciting to see.
well now that used solar panels are like 0.20$/watt they are literally cheaper than plywood/osb lol. would be cool if you made a solar shed type setup. basically double the width of your ground mount array and double its height. i bet you could park a car in there. do a loft in the higher portion. there is one yt video ive found where a guy basically did that and said it was a bit finnickey getting them all to glue/seal togeather on the roof but he did bifacial and the see through look inside looks really fresh with the natural lighting. obviously as money allows. i know eventually you guys will be 100% offgrid. i subbed for more, thanks for uploading all your hardwork, i feel like recording makes it 3-4x as difficult to complete a project.
We have 41 solar panels and two tesla batteries and we run our home off of this and sell power to the grid. It saves a ton of money where we live because our county grid is run by gas. The cost of set up is high but the comfort of always having power is awesome. We live on an island so things can get crazy as far as electrics go. I know in TN tornadoes and other storms can cause a lot of problems but at least your electricity is not too expensive. Congrats on getting off grid! It is a comfort to be able to have control over your circumstances.
I rent mine from Tesla!
Really nice wrap up to a great build series! Your channel is among the very best! + Our family loves Angelas’ soaps❣️. 🙌🏼🥰
It always costs me more to heat than to cool. Heating bills eat us up even despite that fact that we are very frugal with heat and power usage. Our power bills have also increased around 35% in the last couple of years, along with everything else.
Hi Sam & Angela, this is another great and informative video about the solar system.
What is the total cost of the system? What is the estimated time to balance the cost? That can’t be cheap.
This is a very well written explanation. You made some good decisions. I hope it works out.
Another enjoyable video - thanks!
Good evening Sam and Angela , hope you guys are well ,.
I like your choice of graphics for the description of what you are speaking about . very clever .
Thank you very much!
I love this! I wish I had this ❤
I love your channel and miss all of your videos
I'd grab the last 4k panels and get another battery. Should be self sufficient at that point. good video, thanks for sharing. Also, if you double your battery capacity, you won't have to run them as low as you are and they will last much longer.
I live in a small town, and leased solar panels back in September 2015. Since, that time, I have only had to pay my utility company a handful of times. Majority, of the time, my bill is $0.00. The solar is calculated at a fraction, of what I would pay for electric.
Excellent video
Gooooooood evening, Guys.
Your homestead is looking good.Will you be getting back on the outside of the home? Good stuff to watch .
Just for the peace of mind, I'm hoping you get more installed. So you won't have to think or worry about anything. You both have done a tremendous job on the property and getting things set up. And done a great job too. Also, thinking thing through for the future and not just the present.
You could expand by putting a generator lockout (or transfer switch) in the soap shack or your shop. Then put an off-grid system in each with panels on the roof or carport to charge smaller systems in either or each. Doing this in either would mean your house system's battery would last longer. Do this later when you have the money rather than now when you might not have money for a bigger battery on your house system. BTW you could also use a smaller system to attach to the generator input in your house system. Smaller systems backs up big system, big system backs up smaller system and there's always the grid, but at lan even ower cost.
Great video.
Great info guys. One question for you. When battery’s get low and you need to switch items(ie. dishwasher) back to the grid, is them some type of automatic switch that will transfer you back to the grid and vise versa when batteries are charged switch you back to off grid?
You’ve made some great choices for your homestead. If you have the opportunity to upgrade now , that would be the best i choice
Unless you specifically want to be off-grid, using the grid as the battery works well in some states that require power companies to credit customers one for one, who put more energy back into the grid during the day. Then at night use those credits to draw power back from the grid. Some states do not force one for one credits and in those situations, using the grid as the battery is not as advantageous.
Love the bloopers!
Very informative video👍
A whole homestead tour please.
I have been wondering where you guys have been, then I realized I had become unsubscribed!! Don’t know why but I did subscribe again
Great video Sam I love your power setup it's giving me so many ideas for doing my own s setup in the future. I have you ever given any thoughts to adding a small wind generator to your setup. A 400 w or even a 1,000w extra watts at night could be handy. Thanks for a great video
love you guys
Have you guys thought about doing solar for your business buildings?
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Go Old School.....
Let the FREE Air Dry the Dishes and The Clothes.
A Propane Stove, Oven & heat for the house eliminates the heating elements also.
That pays for itself in 6 mos, and over and over after that.
A Hood & Fan is only a couple of hundred watts and runs a short time.
They Draw 20X what the lights and puters do.
THAT Savings will pay for the batt expansion.
Sam and Angela’s cliffhanger film at 11 wait…..who’s Cliff and why is he hanging? This is so fascinating and way above my pay grade
💖💖🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏💖💖So happy for you all.💖💖👍👍
Harness the power of the sun, and put up a clothes line outside. And skip the heat cycle on the dishwasher, just open the door after the rinse cycle. Just a couple of ways to conserve electricity.
I will pass. Who has time for that?
A well specced system won't force you to make concessions like that.
What did you calculate your payback time would be? Based on your usage and info from this video, I would guess 14 to 16 years?
Wow!
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Just curious. Why not have three or four of those 24inch wind turbines like they sell on Amazon. I saw a video a few months ago where they work well in combination with solar panels. As long as you set them up to send the extra energy they produce to the ground or back into the grid. The wife and I watch y'all all the time.
Do you have any thoughts or worries about power surges or spikes when flipping from solar to grid and back? Appliances can sometimes be sensitive to spikes and I can't imagine the power flow is 100% seamless when flipping those breakers.
Curious as to total cost of the solar system?
Just want to know if you could use the grid to charge the batteries when you don’t have good sun shine.
Remember you remodeled the whole inside of you place because of a broke cabinet above the stove? Good times
Did you ever redo the outside of your mobile home?
Just interested as to why you ran a transfer switches when it looks like that inverter should handle all your loads and can take grid power in. Just curious the reasoning. Because technically the inverter could do all the switching for you.
How much did it cost to install the entire system?
😅why use a dryer when you have good weather put up a clothes line and dry your clothes outside
So you do not have to go outside. It is hot, there are bugs, it takes 15 minutes to hang them out and 10 minutes to bring them back in. I did have to educate my wife to not start a load after 4:00.
❤Nice Informative Video if I was Smart Enough to Understand it All.😂 Angela DO NOT let Sam talk you into the Beard 🧔 for added income 😂😂❤ GOD BLESS from MO
Why not sell the power back to the Electric company like I do. Not having to worry about the upkeep of a battery? Then when you dont have much sun, You have credits on your bill to cover it.
I once heard that having a solar array that reaches maximum storage capacity that any overage can be sold back to the power company. Is there any truth to this? 🤨
Forgive my ignorance, but did you or did you not hook up Angela's soap shack and the new work shed to this system?
Only the house is running off of this right now.
@@GreenAcreHomestead Okay. That's what I thought but I was second guessing myself. Thank you for responding.
Since you are still on grid if you produce more than you require does your power company credit you for the excessive power produced? If so might it make sense to spend the monies you might on expensive batteries hoping to purchase enough for any emergency to add to your solar panels producing excessive power on a much more regular basis and happily accepting all that credit from your power company. Just a thought!
He has an off grid system, it has no connection to the grid. That is why he has a transfer switch to get grid power when he needs it.
My real question, is what has this cost, total, including all your labor, and when will it pay for it's self in savings from the power co. I know you can't give us these numbers yet, but I keep watching till you can!! and of course I'll be watching anyway!
It seems terrible complicated to me. It would not be an option for this old woman.
Sam this is just my opinion but you can continue to add lithium iron phosphate batteries to that bank over a long period of time unless you over work that battery. I'm sure you know to set various charging parameters so you don't completely charged the battery every day and that you don't completely deplete.
I have added batteries to my system I am not using the ethos but I am using lithium iron phosphate and I see very little performance degradation because I have babied my batteries
Of course I wouldn't wait a long time. It's too bad you are heating with electricity because yes heating elements suck suck suck
When I monitor my system the biggest spikes I see are 2 refrigerators defrost cycles.
All other heat in our house is done with propane
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you guys never showed how to hook all the panels together?
They have done an entire video series on putting this system together. They referenced some in this video.
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I have 100% solar on my house but I am not sure it is less expensive. I have to replace batteries periodically and the initial cost was a lot. The longer I use it the more cost effective it will be. I had no choice because of the cost of bringing the power into the property.
Hi. The beginning of the video was kind of odd. But I watched it anyway. 😂😂❤
, makes me want to run out and purchase you an electric car with a bad battery so Sam can crochet and knit a brand new battery. I guess you will have someone to drop one off at the stead for you.
I sorta doubt the current bluecollar worker can afford all that it takes to go off grid so you should wave your magic wand and all a person needs appears then you and your buddy can come and wire it all up.
Since. You are hooking into an exhisting system does it not need to ne inspected by the county
I'm sorry, modular or not, the Big Battery Ethos represents an absolutely terrible value for money in comparison to other options on the market. Only time it's a good value is when your a RUclipsr getting it for free.
Not instrested in the direction this channel is going, I've been watching a long time the change to all the high tech has become disappointing.