MAJOR Upgrade to our Off Grid Solar Power System
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2020
- In this episode, we are doing a major upgrade to our off-grid solar power system on our off cabin by installing four new 345W solar panels and a new charge controller. We installed them on the wall using mounting brackets that can be used for metal roofs, RVs, and caravans.
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hi everyone ,if anyone else trying to find out solar and wind energy for home try Ewans energy roadmap (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my friend got excellent results with it.
Hi Martin, John here from Raleigh NC. I loved the stove video and now the new additional solar equipment. You and you're family are so cool. Keep puting out these videos.
Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it!
I like where you mount the panels for now. But when you put your siding up. I would mount them back on the same wall with a mounting system that you could adjust the season. Looking Good Johnson family.
We might do that. I have to see if we have enough room and if there’s too much shade in from the eaves when the sun is higher in the sky.
I love the way you put your panels great job
So glad y'all got your solar back! I bet you're relieved!
It is nice.
I have to remount mine as well. I plan on a pole inbedded into concrete with an adjustable frame to change the exposure angle in winter
I think that is a really good idea. That might be what we do also.
Love seeing the progress !! Looks great. Praise the Lord we got some fantastic rain here on the east coast of Australia last night.. and ongoing into next week. Sooo good !!
that really is good news!
Wow! That snow surrounding reminded me when I was living in California..........too cold for me.
The house is looking pretty good I believe you're already living in it
I'm so excited for this! We have a very small basic system, and I'm the one who does the wiring. I've been afraid to go any farther .... but the way you explain things really clicks with me and I am going to see if I can follow along. A lot of the solar hook up videos on u tube are very.... techy, and geeked out as if the person they are talking to already knows about this stuff.... when you explain stuff it's enough tech info that is easily digestible.... I am learning so much watching you build your homestead ... love your channel. And thank you so much for sharing with us
You are welcome. Sometimes those geeky details are pretty important to though. But really if I can do it anybody can do this stuff I think.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving I know they are super important, I just wish they would ....... speak my language sometimes.... which is geek challenged.... lol I admire ppl who can follow it, I definitely need a translator, and I like how you guys show us with a non pressure kind of attitude. It feels like I'm standing there with a friend or neighbor.... easy going, natural teaching. 😊 and I so appreciate it.
great work .. cant wait to see it start charging ..
Great video! Thanks!
WHAT A COOL PANELS!
This was a good video. Thumb up. Thank you.
Your welcome.
I would go parallel then series, just because the little bit of shading in up corner will affect those solar panels that are in series. That's why micro grid tie inverters are so efficient than the other big grid tie solar setups. Hope's this helps.
Sukses Terus Pak Johnson
wow lots of snow
iv never seen so much snow, stay safe and worm
It is a lot of snow for sure.
HOWdy JOHNSONS,
New vs Old SOLAR PANELS
Thanks
COOP
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You guy's just love doing everything twice.
That is right.
That is right.
Gary Noble ...learn by doing and doing again! 😊
you need to test the output of the ones with the corner shading compared to the ones just below them without any shading. many solar panels drop significantly in output when there is ANY shading on any part of the panel. higher end panels with more connections between the cells can reduce shading effects but those look like standard panels to me. if you are using power optimizers or micro-inverters on each panel, those can also mitigate shading effects.
Will do. But that is where they are going for now.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving yeah I know since you just put them up :D
just wanted to give the heads up in case you have panels that are affected by partial shading - for a future setup
Thanks for the solar video!! Wish i could send you a ATV with a snow blower on it. lol
We decided on a ground mount for ours. one with auto alignment so we get the optimal sun on the panel all day. It costs a little more but it will be worth it, especially in the winter.
That sounds pretty cool. Where are you guys located?
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving Southeastern Idaho, just south of Idaho Falls
Looks cold!!!
Thanks.
That sure is a lot of snow!!
Amen
Great information, the only thing I would add is use the largest wire you can.
Well I think I get your point but there’s no reason to use a larger wire than need be. Wire can get very expensive.
..as they say ''you can never have too much power''..lol..grear vid..
super neat....you guys got alot of snow
Yes we do have a lot of snow. Been shoveling it today too.
Man i miss eating the snow during the winter.
What !! 😂😂
On Little House on the Prairie they used to put maple syrup on the snow and eat it like ice cream.
Jules just informed me that I was wrong they didn’t eat it like ice cream they use the snow to make the maple syrup hard then ate it like candy. But we used to put Kool-Aid in the snow and make snow comes when I was a kid.
Martin Johnson - Off Grid Living yeah we used snow cone flavoring.
First Last if you don’t know anything about clean snow you wouldn’t understand i use to do this as a kid.
The best, if you got the space, is a ground mount. Way easier to clean the snow off in winter. And if you don’t have shadow problem and the charge contrôler can take it I would go the highest DC voltage to minimise voltage lost, like 3 or 4 in series!
Hope you guys have gas detection sytems with all that gas you are using, btw thank you for the videos
Amazing . Will save electricity bills. This is good idea .
We don’t have electric bills. We live off grid.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving WoW
Berapa watt seluruh kapasitasnya?
WOOHOO!!!! PV ARRAYS
Good night🥰
we've gottan this Downtown Montreal,skidoo's on st. CATHERINE ST
Can you get at least 1 hour peak sun in winter? I plan to overpanel solar to charge my batteries when I move to Sandpoint.
New panels looking great, wish I could say the same for Jule's gloves lol. Better get the workhorse some new mitts. :-)
So true.
Good job
Thank you. Do you use solar panels to?
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving no on grid in florida have panels and generator for back up hurricanes, air conditioning pulls to much to go all solar very hard to live here without ac has been in 80s this week 100% humidity love yall videos
For sure. We lived in Tennessee for a couple of years the summers in the south are really hot and humid.
Do a ground mount setup. That way you get to decide the optimum direction and angle to set the panels.
That is a good idea.
Yes👍⚡ 🔌💡
I like em mounted on the front of the house like that. Did you decide on siding yet?
I think we’re just gonna stick with the traditional North Idaho siding for now.
super
Hello. Isee your videos and for exaple the kitchen cecspol and the then Iput it on the forniture and connect hojes to the keys
Passed greeting from México saludos. 👍
Kenapa memasang panel mataharinya tidak diatap rumah pak Martin?
Love to see the power from the Panels ...
Martin Johnson ... I am lucky this time to be the first to comment and Thank you
Dear Friends
From: #PAKISTAN
I am Solar and Renewable Engineer :)
That is cool! How did you find our channel from Pakistan?
what happening with the well
I strongly agree with the solar system but I think what you should do first is finish the facade of the house before putting the solar panels, I think that would not work twice!
Where would put the panels for the winter then?
This comment from housewife in the woods brings to light the problems resulting from many of these dyi videos.
Martin explained how anyone can run gas piping. Made it look simple, and impressed most of his viewing audience. In reality , the many important steps and their necessity to be done properly could be fatal.
Anyone who cares about their safety will do there own research. My videos are for entertainment and motivation. Should be obvious.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving read your subs comments martin. There is a huge percentage of people out there who really dont have common sense. You need to take more care of your groupies.
I read the comments that’s how I came across yours. I have a higher outlook on them than you do apparently.
What is that at 7:14? Looks like somebody fell off the roof!
Awsome panal install guys 👍 Hate to see the glove fall apart like that
Thank you. I forgot when you said you were moving to Wyoming. Was it the spring?
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving yeah spring. Heading to Arizona first till spring the Wyoming. We leave in like 11 days 😃
Hi Pak Martin,
why not setup the solar panel in the roof?
It doesn’t face south.
just curious how its work with pc, frezzer, tv, rice cooker, and washing machines. all minimum 1kw/hour
We don’t have a tv or rice cooker.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving wow thate healty life
WoW! :-)
Build a ground mount. The shading will hinder your power output greatly.
The current mounting will certainly make do for a while but as you have acknowledged it is far from ideal, especially in the summer. And honestly the are not really a very appealing house esthetic. Given the amount of snow you get I would tend towards a ground mounted system rather than one on a garage roof. It would be much easier to clean (snow in the winter and debris in the summer), could be adjustable for the season (angle to the sky) and is more readily expandable if you eventually want a higher capacity system.
You’re right about the ground mount system it would be easier.
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why not agm batteries or higher ah?
They weren’t in the budget.
from your location shouldn't they be facing south?
They are.
How about mounting on a woodshed roof (low enough to remove snow, high enough to be above the snow)? Instead of buying expensive pole mountings, tracking systems, etc; use that money to buy more panels and make a bigger woodshed...
That’s a good idea. Will have to see where we want to put the woodshed and if the slope will face south.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving nothing worse than removing snow from roof mounted panels on a two story house!
total cost of all hard ware ?
There are links in the description. You can check prices.
And if any one panel is shaded at all it brings down the efficiency of all the panels down to the least effective panel
flat panels don';t get very much sun that is needed for producing power, putting the panels on the roof or a stand on the ground at 30 degrees would produce a whole lot more power than where
you are putting the panels straight up and down as they will not collect very much sun
That elusive, most wanted 10 millimeter! No one can ever find it.
Rumahnya koq ketutup salju gt Pak Martin,ngeri banget ya salju segitu banyaknya...klo keluar kemana mana susah itu kayaknya Pak Martin dan keluarga..😥
What is the tempersture at Idaho right now ?
Around 30°F
Is it cool out side the house ?
Did you install the solar panel on the roof too?
No. We just have the ones you see in the video.
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving I see nothing on the roof. Solar panel. People are getting familiar and getting install solar panel for their homes but the install it on the roof to save electric bills
Too much snow! Give us snow in Moscow (Russia), please! ))))
Yap.
Cabin?
House?
😁😎🤙🦅
Indonesia language dong pak Martin
I'm a bit scared about seeing the solar panels mounted on a vertical house wall.
You mentioned the shading, you have today ... remember that we are in winter, close to the lowest sun elevation.
I see 2 issue coming up:
First is shading: In summer (sun elevation is at about 60°), there will be a lot of the solar panels (~75%) in the shadow of the roof overhang. The small cells in shadow have to survive the power going through it, which causes rapid degradation, as they heat-up. So this will ruin / age your panels very quickly.
Second is the angle the sun light hits the solar panels: Today it's close to its optimum (90° angle of attack for the sun light to the solar cells is the best). In summer it will be at about 30°.
I fear the 880 watts, you saw today, will be close to the max over the year, even in the mid of summer. :-(
Why not mounting them on the roof of your house?
The angle of attack for the sun light is not optimal, but way better than the todays mounting.
There are many ways to seal the screws long term water tight (learn from RV videos what sealant they use).
In case you're scared about drilling holes your roof for mounting them, glue them to your roof!
Watch out also for RV mounted / glued solar panels. I saw videos of it and they did not rip-off, even when driving at 65mph on the highway. So this resists that wind load, shouldn't that be sufficient to withstand some stormy wind in your area?
Mounting on the house roof brings another adavantage over building a surface mount beside the house: It elevates the panels, so less shadow from the high trees around there. ;-)
Sounds like HOBOTEC. He has video of his van Solar panels install and driving 75 mph.
Like 40 😁
Try solar heating it works ...!!!@@
Vid wouldn’t play for me.:(
I’m sorry. It seems to be playing for everyone else. Hopefully you’ll get it to work. Let me know.
Gak ngerti apa yg dia blg, kiraen bpkx jg pake bahasa Indonesia, atau ata subtitle nya gak ada. Gak ngerti
belajar inggris yuk
12:14 у тебя супер тул лежит на столе!!!!зачем зубами?
Pak martin
pak martin???sudh berpa banyak habis duit bangun rumah???
5 lol
please use Indonesian
It's okay, he is in the US ryt now. Gapapa kok.
but sometimes he uses it in Sarah's video
Use the proper wire stripper, or your teeth. Hahaha.
pke bahasa Indonesia gk mau bales dia, lupa apa sombong y
if noone in your family works how do you afford to buy all the stuff you need , do you get paid from your ministry ?
Why do you think we don’t work?
Not good , do some more research.
What’s not good?
@@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving Just saying under the eaves shading on one panel will affect output of all ,as you said you will change at some point. Ground mount are easy to clean and if you can make it pivot to move around to face sun direct is even better.