My small home solar power system
October 4th, 2009 | 
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A brief layout of my solar system that I installed in my small house
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I picked up my …
I picked up my charge controller and battery meter online. The panels, batteries and inverter were purchased at a local solar store here in Utah. Good luck with yer setup. Let me know if i can help
Wonderfilly done! …
Wonderfilly done! Simple, and seems pretty primitive or basic and easy on the brain. Most things like this tend to confuse most pple like myself who have little electronic backround. Where can I purchase these materials?? I live in Michigan and am looking to get off the corrupt grid.
thanks for the in …
thanks for the in depth of all your equ. it really helped me out i just finish a solor powered minni fridg project for th e school after the school super said i was using to much eletric …. lol the kids get a kick out of it
Direct sunlight is …
Direct sunlight is the key, regardless of outside temp. I live in Utah.
Hi Dave: Thanks for …
Hi Dave: Thanks for the post. Looks fairly simple though I’ve never tried myself. Where do you live? I’m in Mid Tennessee. Is it a question of direct sunlight regardless of outside temperature?
I built my own …
I built my own Solar Panels for UNDER $100 that I am currently using to power my entire 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
hi i have got 5 …
hi i have got 5 80w panels at 12v and one at 24v it is a 110 v . 4 panels=48v. can i put 80v and the 110 24v in parallel and can i put them in the same controller. the controller is solarix 4401 48v charge controller thanks.
Many PCs won’t run …
Many PCs won’t run on a less than “pure,” sine wave. Inverters that provide this cleaner wave form cost a bit more.
I heard this works …
I heard this works as well
Very cool system. …
Very cool system. My wife wouldn’t care much for surge protectors hanging from her kitchen wall but the rest of your video is exactly what I’m working on right now. Keep up the good work guy!
What is the overall …
What is the overall cost of this system? I assume you are also running a fridge…is that correct? Does it run a computer and printer as well?
Thanks for such a clear description and great video!
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does photovoltaic …
does photovoltaic solar panels also need batteries?
friggin cool! you …
friggin cool! you are amazing! you must have studied a lot to hook everything up yourself. but do u plug everything? no sockets in the other parts of the house???
Nice. I like how …
Nice. I like how you explained everything. Makes me feel like I can do it myself. You must save a lot of money on electricity. Do you run your PC off solar?
I built my own …
I built my own Solar Panels for UNDER $100 that I am currently using to provide free electricity for my 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
How much you can …
How much you can run at once depends on how big your inverter is. Mine is a 1000 watt (still would like to get a bigger one) so I can run up to 1000 watts at once comfortably, but not for very long though. At that rate, I would use up a days worth of charge in no time.
very nice video.. …
very nice video..you have a cool systwm for home use with expansion possibilities.Good job.can you run all of the items you mentioned at once with this set-up?
The maximum charge …
The maximum charge unit means it can charge the batteries to 100% the reason is batteries fluctuate when they are almost full and the charge controller will turn off the charging but with maximum charge feature it will charge all the way
Nice video, great info
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I built my own …
I built my own solar panels which are powering half my 1500SF Home for under $100 using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
this is nice…very …
this is nice…very nice setup. i run power-strips and extension-cords and i’m set. thanks for the ideas. why the shut-off box? can’t you just disconnect the batteries?
at 5:00….a shunt. …
at 5:00….a shunt…I need to get one of those. A SHUNT.
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On the battery bank …
On the battery bank can’t you use 12 volt deep cell if not, why not ? and also are wind mill better then solar if you at a brezzy beach location