off grid garage pictou county nova scotia

[masterdigix]

I support your thinking green and off the grid

[VAPERSnCAPERS]

You did such a clean job on this. it looks fantastic

[katz217]

Nice Work ..

[trevorm1]

great stuff. Do you have problems with wind on your panels? I'm from Minnesota and we have similar weather. I got to ask ya. Do you find that you have enough sun to meet your needs? Energy wise.

[AlternativePowerMan]

Nice work....what make/model inverter is that?

[devinhiltz22]

great video! im from the pictou county area also just wondering where you pickedup the batteries at? im looking to build a solar array aswell. thanks.

[offgridgarage]

@devinhiltz22 i purchased the batteries from ten penny recycleables they were badged dated by the phone company and discarded the recycle plant and replaced with new ones.i go in and TEST VOLTAGE each one and purchased 24 perfectly good batteries 20 bucks each these batteries are worth over 200 each so try that and happy testing

[MegaAlfie007]

Hows It Goig EH!!

Love To See More Videos About Canadaains On Solar Systems

Great Off Grid System

How Did You Wire To Your Main Panel In The Garage?

Al

[offgridgarage]

@MegaAlfie007 hi man i wired a 110 inverter to the panel with 30 amp wire on a 30 amp fuse i jumpered l1 and l2 terminal blocks togather at the panel

[MegaAlfie007]

Cool System

Need To Know How You Wired To Your Main Pane For Garage

Al

[thepettitz]

hello how much did it cost you

[offgridgarage]

@thepettitz around 2500 for everything

[Maccan]

Hi: I just live up the road from you in Amherst. I am presently experimenting with Solar Electricity for my shed and house. I have home made panels, 2 on the shed and 2 on the house. Storing the energy in deep cycle batteries (2 x 100 amp in house and 2 x 75 amp in Shed). Slowly I am replacing all my light fixtures with 12 Volt LED Lights. I do have inverters but I will save them items that draw a lot of power. I like your manual trackers.

[brandon14872]

why is there a nother solar panel on the side of one array of solar panels

you can see what i mean at 1:16

[offgridgarage]

@brandon14872 its just extras ive been collecting i used every thing i had

[321Aceking]

Cool1 Good job!

[smallenginemods]

haha nice!! i didnt know we had go green people up hear in pictou county!! great job

[kvusmc]

Great Job On your Solar system

[DavesTreeFarm]

You are sending 24 amps from the solar array via 14 gauge wire? Seems like a lot of amperage for 14 ga. Have you measured the voltage drop at the charge controller under load? You may be able to increase your efficiency using larger wire.

Nice vid, and cheers from Texas, USA

[offgridgarage]

@DavesTreeFarm i used 2 runs of direct barial 14 2 to the charge controller one from each tracker

[mytickets]

Very nice job

Have you thought about useing all 12 volt stuff

Lights,fan,radio,ect??

[offgridgarage]

@mytickets everything is more efecient with higher voltage and the low cost inverters have eliminated thehigh cost of 12 volt appliances

[exposethetruthnow]

WOW ! Thank you for all your work and putting this on. Do u have ideas for wind power? Also do u think the Solar will be adequate in the winter?

[offgridgarage]

@exposethetruthnow no a small backup generator is needed

[allslideways]

That's an awsome piece of engineering, how does it hold up in the wind? or is wind not a problem in your area?

[offgridgarage]

@allslideways the panels are slightly seperated as per my design in the build and the wind blows through

[lamartosh]

where did you get your panels ? if you dont mind how much was they?i like them a little better then the ones i have .they look like they mount easier them mine.thanks sorry to bug you....

[offgridgarage]

@lamartosh wallmart and canadiantire cheap on sale

[lamartosh]

hey, i have my vid on here now its not much but check it out .let me know what you think. thanks

[offgridgarage]

no my panels are 15 watt panels theres 22 of them and a 30 watt panel for a total of 360 watts

[lamartosh]

thanks alot ,i have 45watts right now but i am ordering another set that will make me have 90 watts. are your panels 18 watt panels cya later, letosh

[lamartosh]

hey what size wire did you use from your panels to your charger? thanks nice vid. lamar tosh

[offgridgarage]

14 2 under ground wire into a 15 amp breaker then to the charge controller.

[offgridgarage]

@lamartosh each tracker to the charge controller use direct bariel 14 2

[edstar83]

Great video. Great information. Thankyou for posting this. 10 stars!!

[terrytrooper]

nice one. do you keep your inverter on all the time. or turn it on when needed, terry

[offgridgarage]

it never shuts off

[czarsolarhydrowind]

I like it!!! This is priceless information, I took me alot of vids to find this, cool Mine is like lameartosh's, is there an idiot proof way to link the panels together?