I like many others have wanted to go solar fo a while. I also had a company give me an estimate years ago but with full intentions of me doing it myself. Nothing has been done so far but research. My power co-op with only buy my generated power for wholesale price and then I pay full price for grid power. It only makes sense to produce just enough power for your needs without too much extra. You have a good system. I'm going to check into used panels. There are many solar farms around me and they upgrade every few years and sell their used at deep discounts.
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
Check pricing on Renvu. I found their panels new were cheaper than I could get used around me. Yeah not much point in producing a big excess. Produce what you need to zero your bill.
@harleylaughlin2155
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@harleylaughlin2155
7 ай бұрын
@@NotSoGrandGarage I enjoy your videos. As soon as I build my shop I will be doing some projects similar to yours
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
@@harleylaughlin2155 don't let the shop stop you. Many of my projects have been built out in the driveway. The Tahoe was built in a driveway in town before we moved... no garage space... just a carport which it didn't fit under very well. Lol. Keep at it!
@harleylaughlin2155
7 ай бұрын
@@NotSoGrandGarage it will only be a couple months so I'm not to worried but we're we currently live would have a cow if I did that lol
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
@@harleylaughlin2155 Lol.. gotcha. Looking forward to hearing about the projects!
@strokedmule3838
7 ай бұрын
I wish the technology and the affordability were available when I was in my 20’s. I’ve always interested in solar ever since I ran a cross a guy on the mountain using large commercial solar panels he bought at a government auction. I’m going to start putting together a small portable solar inverter generator for charging phones, a small light etc. I think I’ve watched enough of the videos and things I would do differently to make a small efficient system for traveling and short time emergencies. As always very informative video, I always enjoy the tech information. I’m definitely a hands on guy and enjoy the technology end of things when it’s put into simple English.
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
Thanks bud. Yeah it would be pretty simple/cheap to build a small portable setup these days. I've reached out to the company I dealt with when I did this setup... hoping to work with them and do some highly detailed videos of the expansion. We'll see what happens
@MiguelMartinez-gd1sv
7 ай бұрын
Great information about the system. I was wondering do you have a drip oil system for the house?
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
Used to. Wasnt a huge fan of it. Pulled it out when we upgraded our wood stove.
@hangfire5005
4 ай бұрын
How big is your shop? Are those 10 foot walls?
@NotSoGrandGarage
4 ай бұрын
There about. Not quite tall enough for a standard 2 post lift.
@smaksymiv4950
7 ай бұрын
Flouresent lighting ? Not LED ? ? Can it run an air compressor ? Welder , plasma cutter ? you're still grid tied then ? Have you disconnected to test your solar arrays stand alone ability for its intended application ? Hail insurance ? Any thought to what battery's will be sufficient ? Dual carbon salt water kind I think ? I'd personally like to have diy rebuildable battery's (non lead acid) connected to a gravity power generator (think grandfather clock) Sun isent constant , wind isent constant but gravity... is constant .
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
Half the shop lighting is LED. Other half is T8. Ill get around to upgrading the rest eventually. It's grid tied only (for now)... meaning back feeds the meter. We still have 400a service from the utility. We aren't limited by what our solar produces. I'm assuming you haven't watched the whole video yet as I cover most of what you're asking. If you could create a reliable gravity based generator, you'd be a billionaire overnight... or removed.
@smaksymiv4950
7 ай бұрын
@@NotSoGrandGarage I totally fear the disappearing act part of your reply 😵. But picture an old (no longer useful) water well, reoutfit with weights dropping into it which work on gears like a grandfather clock ... (which hit a peg on a flywheel for every inch or so so that they drop, needing rewound ... every 3rd day . I did get answers as I continued to watch . Thanks for the vid .
@NotSoGrandGarage
7 ай бұрын
@@smaksymiv4950 The theory has potential. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_battery
@jcorkable
7 ай бұрын
@@smaksymiv4950 Pumped storage hydroelectricity is an example of a "gravity battery" concept that's already in use today, but you need just the right terrain to make it feasible, i.e. literal mountains to support the lake-fulls water you need at the elevation you need. I had some ideas about creating a micro-scale system using tanks elevated on a hillside, but the most basic calculations (E=mgh) quickly demonstrated that the numbers weren't even remotely close to working, before you even start to consider things like frictional losses. I also saw a master's thesis someone did on using compressed air tanks as batteries, and they similarly found the numbers weren't even close to working out. There are systems in development that use solid weights to store energy, which come with their own advantages and disadvantages, but it turns out they have to be much, much larger than you're probably imagining.
@smaksymiv4950
7 ай бұрын
@jcorkable Like my reply states , kinda like a big grandfather clock which needs rewound every so often . (Enough to power a cabin , wherever the view is) Lakes better power entire towns I think. I'm not after perpetual . Just maintainable otherwise adequate for intended purposes.
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