We are in the same boat. Independence from the grid is #1, then savings. We are the opposite as far as winter/summer consumption. We use much more in the summer. We are pretty close to independent with 9kw inverter, 9 kw solar, 30 kw battery. I think that with 12kw solar and 40 kw battery along with a few more insulation tweaks and we could be free from the grid.
We went quite the opposite way and choose good quality with long warranties like growatt 10 year warranty from the day it has been connected to the grid. 30 kWp + 25 kWh LFP storage in EEL cases (german prices were a lot cheaper last year : 400€ for a case incl. BMS ) In total about less than 20.000€ inkl. 11 kW Wallbox Pulsar Plus and Water Heatpump, all the HomeAssistant stuff and load measurements. Oour first system is now about 10 years old, first was also a growatt and we had no issues but we have always expected to replace the inverter every 10 years. Victron will not last 20 years, they did not last on boats that long and for sure not in a home environment. They have also a lot issues like the backup that had been missing before and a buddy went crazy when he heard about that and had lost his data. Victron is under big pressure therefore the prices are collapsing. Anyway. good luck for the choices for the next system or the expansion of the current one which shouuld become so much cheaper that you will rethink it again and look for the 3rd step or stage 2 expansion like even north roofs. We were at the same point and decided to change the strategy and remove east west panels in favour for 75° panels facing south to get a better coverage in the winter. FAr better than the east west we have had before.
Good update, i would typically charge €12k for a 7Kwhp system, so your pricing is fairly close given the size of the property. I would probably recommend a ground mount system for your expansion, as you have the land. I'm so impressed with how much more power these kick out compared to a hot roof. Maybe a Tesla carport, Jude would love digging the foundation's.
That's really interesting to hear about your pricing... well we've got space on the roof so I'm going to expand the system on the roof for now but I think we're definitely going to build a second solar array in the backfield just for the winter production
Victron is a very good base when you like technology, like I do too. Then there are endless options to run and automate things. No idea about prices in France for Power, in Germany it can be about 35 ct / kWh and you might get 8 ct /kWh (yet) if you load back into the grid. On an about the same size (19kWp, 30kWh LFP) you are doing I see ROI already after 8 or 9 years, on a 15 year (to be on the safe side) calculation the system will safe over 20.000 Euro (remaining power cost is already covered then and also the invest). Thats on a usage of 11.000 kWh per year and barely ever under 1kW per hour. So, depending on the case its pretty likely a very good idea and has a great ROI to run such system. What comes on the side is a great backup-power system which covers grid issues, even longer ones as Victron is able to restart from scratch with DC solar MPPT, even when there is no grid power present. I would suggest to consider to change your approach a little with the next 19 panels. There would be benefits of doing that with an AC inverter to be connected to the Power Out of the Quattro. The benefit is that this AC will cover most if not all of your daily power demands and its much more efficient to go solar DC to AC directly. For loading the batteries the DC MPPS are great and efficient, but Solar DC to Battery and then Battery or direct Solar DC via the Quattro to AC is not that efficient. Look at the Victron examples with Fronius Symo AC inverters, Fronius can be great steered by Victron using Frequency shifting (in case the load would be to high in times (off grid situation).
11kWp will generate between 3 and 20 kWh on an winters day, depending on how sunny it is that day. Yes, some more panels are a good descission. "You can never have enough solar" like Andy tells 🐸
@@Gridbusters-qx4om Please make sure you fit class T fuses to each battery. Victron do a Class T fuse holder, which is compatible with the Lynx system or you can buy separate fuse holders. Look up the AIC rating of the mega fuses - it is not enough, where a class T fuse has a 20,000 AIC rating. There is a very small chance you could have a dead short in a cell, in this situation other battery packs could dump 10,000 amps or more into the faulty cell, yes the mega fuses will blow, but could arc and cause a fire. Considering what you have spent, buying T class fuses is a very small cost for peace of mind.
Can you please publish the costings on one peice of paper - or several slides - so we can all see what the breakdown is , its bit dfficult to remember !!
A picture is worth 1,000 (or in your case 10,000) words. A simple summary SHEET where we can see what you're on about would have saved me 15 minutes. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the scale and effort of the whole project but if you're TALKING costs it becomes VERY confusing. Giving the view a list they can SEE would greatly simplify things.
Love your videos and starting my own system. I have about 4000 watts of solar coming in with a Victron 450/100. Plan on adding another 4k soon I hope but not sure what else. You using the multiplus II 5kva to power up the house?
I like that you bought what you could afford and wanted. Myself I wanted to security incase the grid goes down and it happens that 10 months out of the year I am off grid. Once I finish my expansion with new items I will be off grid with maybe a generator turned on couple times in winter. Now the generator will only happen if grid goes down and world falls apart. I do like your system a lot.
I saw a post on DIY solar forum just recently got a quote for 18 kw in panels and 40kwh in battery storage off-grid with a transfer switch was quoted $175-180k USD by a solar contractor. You can see why so many DIY systems out there he even got his permitted by the city cost him 1/3 of that. I found solar racking is not all that much more then Unistrut these days. Uni-strut used to be cheaper not anymore at least here in the US.
Same here, don't care about the economics. Currently 11,2kWp solar on the roof + 20kWh LiFePo4 bank with Victron Multiplus 48/5000 inverter. Expanding to all 3 phases with 2 extra inverters, adding 60kWh of batteries and adding 30kWp with a bifacial vertical solar fence(snow wont stick and reflections help out during winter). Why? Because it's gonna be a fun summer project and I need to renew my fence. I don't need all that energy during summer, but I do it because I can and after I never need to think about energy usage. Keep it up, love the videos =)
Just to show what the minimal costs of a DIY solar system can be (Off course with no Victron inverter, i used a PowMr hybrid inverter (great product!) and additional a SRNE MPPT charger): My DIY solar system with in total 5,5kWp panels incl. mounting rails, 14kWh Lifepo4 battery incl. smart BMS + active ballancer, 4,5kW hybrid inverter + 60A MPPT Charger, cables , ATS, Controllers... was in total 3200 Euro here in Thailand and covers 4/5 of our electrical power consumption, which is twice as much as in a average swiss household.
finally !!! a realist !!! no green energy talking shit ! just practicality and energy independence ...... i just like a woman materialism sense , it is how you build a family ..... if you can make it bigger and aim for energy independence ..... it may be late for me to tell you this (i have seen the battery backup ) but go for hybrid invertors at best if not of grid and under no circumstances for on grid only and if you are ever going to use micro invertors (i dont think you will need to) just use them as a supplement during the day ..... be great !
Nice video ! Do you know that in Austria and Germany there is 0% vat on all the solar equipment ? Might be worth hiring a trailer and get the stuff from there. ( .. and yes .. your not officially meant to do that .. but this is because there is a minimum vat you have to charge in the EU .. )
You have done a great job even though I don,t agree with everything you have done. My main reasons for going solar are clean regulated power and of course lower energy bills. My system is only 6.2Kw but more than enough for my requirements. Well done on your video presentation ( your visual appearance is quite stunning ) and your French Chateau or Villa? has benefited greatly from your renovation. Overall a thumbs up and you score a 9.5
😂🎉Payback time on a Tesla? With price drops lately........ Well done with your system and diy batteries. Over panelling is a good option for dark winters.
im probetly around a years by adding kaspa miners.. they work as a great battery, they just collect money. i would need thousinds kw battery to keep all that value im able to store from kaspa miners over a summer a great bonus is they make heat and money even if plugged into the grid... so i make money heating my house i have the miners connected to my heat recovery system that is connected to all rooms in my house
I have a similar setup, not quite as expensive, but still Victron and DIY build batteries, last year my gas & electric bill was minus £400, that's a saving of around £3000 to £3500 last year alone. I'm in the UK and we get paid fairly well for export. I'm adding more panels. I'm also not fussed about ROI time frame. Another 50 kWh day today, another day my electric bill is minus £6 😁
Thanks for the details. Was there any consideration for system availability with regards to the main inverter (Quatro)? I guess the backup for inverter failure is the grid but when grid is down all you have is the one inverter. Looking forward to phase 2 and panel expansion.
If the Quattro fails, grid power is also lost, because there is no bypass switch in her system. In this case she needs to rewire to get back to the grid.
Yes you make a good point. Maybe that's something I need to install later.. at the moment of the grid fails the inverter automatically switches over it's completely seamless...
I considered this issue when designing my system, I diverted my incoming grid through my Quattro, but before and after the Quattro I have 100A change over switches, so I can bypass the Quattro completely. This enables me to work on the Quattro without turning off the power to the house, well it would be off briefly whilst it was switched over, or if there was a problem with the Quattro it can be completely bypassed.
If you in America can’t do DIY . Need permits , plans , and etc to connect to the grid. Also fire hazard is no joke and don’t get off brand panels that cause fires. Hire a professional licensed electrical company. Insurance company will not cover your home if it catches on fire.
Hi Sarah - I think you and your channel are totally brilliant. Very interesting and well made. Your quest is inspirational. I wish you had the option to DM as I have many questions!!
I got lucky when building my solar system which is a ground mount. I found big bulk rolls of cables for much less. I paid $600 USD for all my cables which normally would have been $3800. I searched for deals and even got better cables than what I would have paid the higher price for. I also built my ground mount system for $1600 USD which included labor from a handy man I hired to help me. I also built my battery banks 4 x 14.3kw for 57.2kw of battery storage with top of the line JK BMS's for $8000 which includes the tools needed to crimp and torque and the shelf. I also found used solar panels 40 235 watt for $1200 USD. Then 2 all in one inverters 5kw each for $1600. All said and done I paid $12,800 USD as I needed a few other things like busbars disconnect switches etc. I am now expanding with another 10 235w panels another inverters and 2 more batteries which I will build again. The new batteries will be MB30/31 which have 330ah each and 32 (32kw of storage) will cost me $2240 (70 per cell) and If I get the boxes they are $550 each. so Another $4500 when all said and done. Doing things yourself saves a lot of money.
Wow that's amazing, It's incredible how much money you can save when you really search for deals. I am planning on building a second DIY solar system for a greenhouse which I have yet to build. That will be strictly a budget system, Will be interesting to see how cheap we can get it.
I have been watching your system build with keen interest, since I would like to build a similar system in rural New York, USA. Most of your system could be built here. The battery system you designed is what I plan to use, with 4 batteries. The 15K Quattro seems ill suited to the US grid. It can be done, but substituting two Schneider 6048 pro inverters instead will allow me to get approval from my local town inspectors, and my grid operator, because of peculiar UL certification requirements. Keep up the great videos! I enjoy each and every one of them.
Good luck with your system, yes the Schneider inverters are excellent however there is very little information online regards to DIY projects. Plus there aren't very many RUclips videos where people have installed them. That's another reason why I went down the Victron route because there's loads of RUclips videos and help out there.
@@Gridbusters-qx4om Yes, I certainly wish there was more information in the diy community about the Schneider inverter. I have been relying heavily on their installation and user manual, and David Poz has done a few good videos on DIYing with them. I am hoping that is sufficient.
I do suggest getting 4 more batteries. You can find links for the MB30/31 from OFF GRID garage website linked from his channel. The price is so cheap right now and having 90kw of storage will make a huge difference in winter.
Hmmm....from my experience i think with 32 plus 19 panels and her estimated consumption she will not be able to fully charge the two batterie she allready has on any winters day. Additional batteries would only increase the possibility to store low rate grid power.
how will you fill 90kw batteries with 11kw panels on a winterday ?a new batteries should not be connected with old batteries, (200 cirkles), something like that you think of before you put up the system.. unless you have multiple inverters how will you fill 90kw battery, with a few kw every day ??
@@Hansen710 Yes, of course, but as her consumption in summer is low, she would not be able to discharge them anymore. So on the next summer day she will start with abaout 90% SOC and will reach 100% at 9 oclock. There will be some gain in spring and autumn, but only a few days and not in winter as the top post assumes.
Great update thank you , people either get it or they dont , i have given up trying to explain to the payback brigade .
We are in the same boat. Independence from the grid is #1, then savings. We are the opposite as far as winter/summer consumption. We use much more in the summer. We are pretty close to independent with 9kw inverter, 9 kw solar, 30 kw battery. I think that with 12kw solar and 40 kw battery along with a few more insulation tweaks and we could be free from the grid.
We went quite the opposite way and choose good quality with long warranties like growatt 10 year warranty from the day it has been connected to the grid.
30 kWp + 25 kWh LFP storage in EEL cases (german prices were a lot cheaper last year : 400€ for a case incl. BMS )
In total about less than 20.000€ inkl. 11 kW Wallbox Pulsar Plus and Water Heatpump, all the HomeAssistant stuff and load measurements.
Oour first system is now about 10 years old, first was also a growatt and we had no issues but we have always expected to replace the inverter every 10 years.
Victron will not last 20 years, they did not last on boats that long and for sure not in a home environment. They have also a lot issues like the backup that had been missing before and a buddy went crazy when he heard about that and had lost his data. Victron is under big pressure therefore the prices are collapsing.
Anyway. good luck for the choices for the next system or the expansion of the current one which shouuld become so much cheaper that you will rethink it again and look for the 3rd step or stage 2 expansion like even north roofs. We were at the same point and decided to change the strategy and remove east west panels in favour for 75° panels facing south to get a better coverage in the winter. FAr better than the east west we have had before.
Cracking video and guidance, much appreciated.
Good update, i would typically charge €12k for a 7Kwhp system, so your pricing is fairly close given the size of the property. I would probably recommend a ground mount system for your expansion, as you have the land. I'm so impressed with how much more power these kick out compared to a hot roof. Maybe a Tesla carport, Jude would love digging the foundation's.
That's really interesting to hear about your pricing... well we've got space on the roof so I'm going to expand the system on the roof for now but I think we're definitely going to build a second solar array in the backfield just for the winter production
Hobbies are always priceless 🙂Same with me.
Exactly
Victron is a very good base when you like technology, like I do too. Then there are endless options to run and automate things.
No idea about prices in France for Power, in Germany it can be about 35 ct / kWh and you might get 8 ct /kWh (yet) if you load back into the grid.
On an about the same size (19kWp, 30kWh LFP) you are doing I see ROI already after 8 or 9 years, on a 15 year (to be on the safe side) calculation the system will safe over 20.000 Euro (remaining power cost is already covered then and also the invest). Thats on a usage of 11.000 kWh per year and barely ever under 1kW per hour.
So, depending on the case its pretty likely a very good idea and has a great ROI to run such system.
What comes on the side is a great backup-power system which covers grid issues, even longer ones as Victron is able to restart from scratch with DC solar MPPT, even when there is no grid power present.
I would suggest to consider to change your approach a little with the next 19 panels. There would be benefits of doing that with an AC inverter to be connected to the Power Out of the Quattro. The benefit is that this AC will cover most if not all of your daily power demands and its much more efficient to go solar DC to AC directly. For loading the batteries the DC MPPS are great and efficient, but Solar DC to Battery and then Battery or direct Solar DC via the Quattro to AC is not that efficient. Look at the Victron examples with Fronius Symo AC inverters, Fronius can be great steered by Victron using Frequency shifting (in case the load would be to high in times (off grid situation).
Thanks for the advice yes there are so many different ways of doing things I'll have to have a look at those micro inverters
11kWp will generate between 3 and 20 kWh on an winters day, depending on how sunny it is that day. Yes, some more panels are a good descission. "You can never have enough solar" like Andy tells 🐸
Hi, it’s sizing it for the winter that is the hardest part.
Summertime power excess, maybe add a hot water tank with electric heating.
Take care M.
SARAH GREAT JOB & WE ARE LOOKING 👀 FORWARD TO PHASE 2 OF YOUR PANEL PROJECT EXPANSION!
Glad you find it interesting, just in the process of ordering the parts for the next expansion.
@@Gridbusters-qx4om Please make sure you fit class T fuses to each battery. Victron do a Class T fuse holder, which is compatible with the Lynx system or you can buy separate fuse holders. Look up the AIC rating of the mega fuses - it is not enough, where a class T fuse has a 20,000 AIC rating. There is a very small chance you could have a dead short in a cell, in this situation other battery packs could dump 10,000 amps or more into the faulty cell, yes the mega fuses will blow, but could arc and cause a fire. Considering what you have spent, buying T class fuses is a very small cost for peace of mind.
Can you please publish the costings on one peice of paper - or several slides - so we can all see what the breakdown is , its bit dfficult to remember !!
will do
A picture is worth 1,000 (or in your case 10,000) words. A simple summary SHEET where we can see what you're on about would have saved me 15 minutes. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the scale and effort of the whole project but if you're TALKING costs it becomes VERY confusing. Giving the view a list they can SEE would greatly simplify things.
Yes absolutely I've got everything in a spreadsheet I'm just tidying it up at the moment and I will be sharing it
Love your videos and starting my own system. I have about 4000 watts of solar coming in with a Victron 450/100. Plan on adding another 4k soon I hope but not sure what else. You using the multiplus II 5kva to power up the house?
No I'm using a victron quattro 15000
I like that you bought what you could afford and wanted. Myself I wanted to security incase the grid goes down and it happens that 10 months out of the year I am off grid. Once I finish my expansion with new items I will be off grid with maybe a generator turned on couple times in winter. Now the generator will only happen if grid goes down and world falls apart. I do like your system a lot.
Good luck with your system, what kind of generator are you going to go with?
@@Gridbusters-qx4om most likely dual fuel at around 5kw output so a 7.5kw generator should do for me.
I saw a post on DIY solar forum just recently got a quote for 18 kw in panels and 40kwh in battery storage off-grid with a transfer switch was quoted $175-180k USD by a solar contractor. You can see why so many DIY systems out there he even got his permitted by the city cost him 1/3 of that. I found solar racking is not all that much more then Unistrut these days. Uni-strut used to be cheaper not anymore at least here in the US.
Same here, don't care about the economics. Currently 11,2kWp solar on the roof + 20kWh LiFePo4 bank with Victron Multiplus 48/5000 inverter. Expanding to all 3 phases with 2 extra inverters, adding 60kWh of batteries and adding 30kWp with a bifacial vertical solar fence(snow wont stick and reflections help out during winter). Why? Because it's gonna be a fun summer project and I need to renew my fence. I don't need all that energy during summer, but I do it because I can and after I never need to think about energy usage. Keep it up, love the videos =)
Thanks, Sounds like you have an awesome system...
Just to show what the minimal costs of a DIY solar system can be (Off course with no Victron inverter, i used a PowMr hybrid inverter (great product!) and additional a SRNE MPPT charger):
My DIY solar system with in total 5,5kWp panels incl. mounting rails, 14kWh Lifepo4 battery incl. smart BMS + active ballancer, 4,5kW hybrid inverter + 60A MPPT Charger, cables , ATS, Controllers... was in total 3200 Euro here in Thailand and covers 4/5 of our electrical power consumption, which is twice as much as in a average swiss household.
Wow sounds like you got a great system there
finally !!! a realist !!! no green energy talking shit ! just practicality and energy independence ...... i just like a woman materialism sense , it is how you build a family ..... if you can make it bigger and aim for energy independence ..... it may be late for me to tell you this (i have seen the battery backup ) but go for hybrid invertors at best if not of grid and under no circumstances for on grid only and if you are ever going to use micro invertors (i dont think you will need to) just use them as a supplement during the day ..... be great !
Nice video ! Do you know that in Austria and Germany there is 0% vat on all the solar equipment ? Might be worth hiring a trailer and get the stuff from there. ( .. and yes .. your not officially meant to do that .. but this is because there is a minimum vat you have to charge in the EU .. )
You have done a great job even though I don,t agree with everything you have done. My main reasons for going solar are clean regulated power and of course lower energy bills. My system is only 6.2Kw but more than enough for my requirements. Well done on your video presentation ( your visual appearance is quite stunning ) and your French Chateau or Villa? has benefited greatly from your renovation. Overall a thumbs up and you score a 9.5
😂🎉Payback time on a Tesla? With price drops lately........
Well done with your system and diy batteries. Over panelling is a good option for dark winters.
Cool, thanks
I bought my Tesla almost 8 years ago that was when they were very expensive.
Sorry for my ignorance. How do you learn how to make all these wonderful setup & installation. It’s amazing finishing
used a small truck winch to hoist panel up to roof. victron all the way!
Thank you for all the detailed information.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for letting us see your system running. I’m hoping to do my system for a bit less but won’t skimp on my inverter either.
Good luck!
Your ROI is years! YEARS!!! Great details but wow.
im probetly around a years by adding kaspa miners..
they work as a great battery, they just collect money.
i would need thousinds kw battery to keep all that value im able to store from kaspa miners over a summer
a great bonus is they make heat and money even if plugged into the grid...
so i make money heating my house
i have the miners connected to my heat recovery system that is connected to all rooms in my house
I have a similar setup, not quite as expensive, but still Victron and DIY build batteries, last year my gas & electric bill was minus £400, that's a saving of around £3000 to £3500 last year alone. I'm in the UK and we get paid fairly well for export. I'm adding more panels. I'm also not fussed about ROI time frame. Another 50 kWh day today, another day my electric bill is minus £6 😁
@@TheRonskiman last year was minus £400. How did that convert to £3000 to £3500 last year alone?🤔
@@kraftwurx_Aviation Estimated costs of gas and electricity if I didn't have solar.
Out of interest how much did you pay for your kaspa miner? I wonder what the payback time of the miner would be only using excess solar electricity ??
Thanks for the details. Was there any consideration for system availability with regards to the main inverter (Quatro)? I guess the backup for inverter failure is the grid but when grid is down all you have is the one inverter. Looking forward to phase 2 and panel expansion.
If the Quattro fails, grid power is also lost, because there is no bypass switch in her system.
In this case she needs to rewire to get back to the grid.
Yes you make a good point. Maybe that's something I need to install later.. at the moment of the grid fails the inverter automatically switches over it's completely seamless...
I considered this issue when designing my system, I diverted my incoming grid through my Quattro, but before and after the Quattro I have 100A change over switches, so I can bypass the Quattro completely. This enables me to work on the Quattro without turning off the power to the house, well it would be off briefly whilst it was switched over, or if there was a problem with the Quattro it can be completely bypassed.
If you in America can’t do DIY . Need permits , plans , and etc to connect to the grid. Also fire hazard is no joke and don’t get off brand panels that cause fires. Hire a professional licensed electrical company. Insurance company will not cover your home if it catches on fire.
Thanks, independence is expensive.(Those (including me) who have victron cry only 1 time, when they buy inverters, etc..). 🌻
Such a gorgeous barn house
thanks
Hi Sarah - I think you and your channel are totally brilliant. Very interesting and well made. Your quest is inspirational. I wish you had the option to DM as I have many questions!!
Thank you so much!
I got lucky when building my solar system which is a ground mount. I found big bulk rolls of cables for much less. I paid $600 USD for all my cables which normally would have been $3800. I searched for deals and even got better cables than what I would have paid the higher price for. I also built my ground mount system for $1600 USD which included labor from a handy man I hired to help me. I also built my battery banks 4 x 14.3kw for 57.2kw of battery storage with top of the line JK BMS's for $8000 which includes the tools needed to crimp and torque and the shelf. I also found used solar panels 40 235 watt for $1200 USD. Then 2 all in one inverters 5kw each for $1600. All said and done I paid $12,800 USD as I needed a few other things like busbars disconnect switches etc. I am now expanding with another 10 235w panels another inverters and 2 more batteries which I will build again. The new batteries will be MB30/31 which have 330ah each and 32 (32kw of storage) will cost me $2240 (70 per cell) and If I get the boxes they are $550 each. so Another $4500 when all said and done. Doing things yourself saves a lot of money.
Wow that's amazing, It's incredible how much money you can save when you really search for deals.
I am planning on building a second DIY solar system for a greenhouse which I have yet to build.
That will be strictly a budget system, Will be interesting to see how cheap we can get it.
@@Gridbusters-qx4om
For a budget system you maybe want to take a look at other brands than the "Maybach of inverters" 😉
I have been watching your system build with keen interest, since I would like to build a similar system in rural New York, USA. Most of your system could be built here. The battery system you designed is what I plan to use, with 4 batteries. The 15K Quattro seems ill suited to the US grid. It can be done, but substituting two Schneider 6048 pro inverters instead will allow me to get approval from my local town inspectors, and my grid operator, because of peculiar UL certification requirements.
Keep up the great videos! I enjoy each and every one of them.
We have a lot of options here. There’s the Solark 15k or the EG4 18kpv, both have UL certification
Good luck with your system, yes the Schneider inverters are excellent however there is very little information online regards to DIY projects. Plus there aren't very many RUclips videos where people have installed them.
That's another reason why I went down the Victron route because there's loads of RUclips videos and help out there.
@@Gridbusters-qx4om Yes, I certainly wish there was more information in the diy community about the Schneider inverter. I have been relying heavily on their installation and user manual, and David Poz has done a few good videos on DIYing with them. I am hoping that is sufficient.
Hey @BrindleBrown- I’m in NY also and would love to see what you accomplish. If you could post your project ,that would be awesome.
@@ML-dc4qwI’m no internet personality 😂, but hey, you never know.
awesome work, looking forward Your next steps...
Thanks a lot 😊
Its a lot of money but Victron is the way to go.
Absolutely I wanted a system that was going to last
Congratulation to this system and the best on this project: Your are the builder!
I do suggest getting 4 more batteries. You can find links for the MB30/31 from OFF GRID garage website linked from his channel. The price is so cheap right now and having 90kw of storage will make a huge difference in winter.
Hmmm....from my experience i think with 32 plus 19 panels and her estimated consumption she will not be able to fully charge the two batterie she allready has on any winters day.
Additional batteries would only increase the possibility to store low rate grid power.
It'll be interesting to see how much power we generate on a sunny Winter's day...
how will you fill 90kw batteries with 11kw panels on a winterday ?a
new batteries should not be connected with old batteries, (200 cirkles), something like that you think of before you put up the system..
unless you have multiple inverters
how will you fill 90kw battery, with a few kw every day ??
@@Juergen_Miessmer the battery would take most of the power on a summer day with 11kw panels and 90kw battery
@@Hansen710
Yes, of course, but as her consumption in summer is low, she would not be able to discharge them anymore. So on the next summer day she will start with abaout 90% SOC and will reach 100% at 9 oclock.
There will be some gain in spring and autumn, but only a few days and not in winter as the top post assumes.
Glad it's finally up & running! 👌🏾Really cool that you shared your VRM link too 👀
No problem hope you find the vrm interesting