My new solar system (video)

I am fairly new to this forum, have been prepping, off-gridding for a while now....just finished installing a solar system on our cabin, thought it may be of interest or help even to some.....Questions/Comments welcome....

 

Thanks, nice

Rancher

 

Welcome to the site.

Just realized that I watched, and commented, on your video.

 

Congrats! It looks great! I couldn't hear, due to the wind, how much wattage those panels give you? Did you do all the wiring yourself? Like I said, it really looks nice!

 

He's running 6 panels, at 330 watts each.

 

Welcome.

 

Thanks, all.....I am really liking this site.....
As he said, 6 x 330 = 1980
And yes, I did the wiring...I am a General Contractor, and so have done wiring on a few houses, but this was a real brain twister, for me at least ....... It took me a while and a lot of youtube videos (and trial and error) to figure it out. I must admit I was slightly surprised when I turned it on and the lights came on.....took me 5 weekends total...
Now that I've done it, it seems easy, I think I could do it in 2 weekends...

 

Welcome


Looking at the system 6 panels, at 330 watts each in 2S2P setup on combiner to the MPPT of say input Voltage around 120VDC .
Rated PV Array Power: 1980 Watts
Anticipated Array Power @ 40C: 1846 Watts
Rated PV Array Current: 15.74 Amps
Battery Charging Current @ 57.6 V: 34.4 Amps
VMP (Maximum Power Point Voltage) : 91.8 Volts
VOC (Open Circuit Voltage): 112.8 Volts
VMP @ -30 C°: 114.6 Volts
VOC @ -30 C°: 133.2 Volts

Conext 48 Volt 120/240 or the straight 120VAC ?

Why do a softwire in the control room for the APU ?
I would of dropped the plug outside where the APU could be & not have a door open to the control room .

Any AC or mini split system ? Mine runs off Solar when needed .


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Very nice a clean install , Like mine are .

Sloth

 

Man I thought I had rocks , I have trees , Live in a rain forest , that looks DRY !!
The beer needed to keep quenched

 

Yep, it gets mighty dry.....the top shelf of our new fridge is all beer!!! Bless my wife for letting me do that!

 

Oh.....my Honda generator is located under the deck about 30 ft away....

 

I would of dropped a 10/3 wire to the gen area & done the hard wire to receptacle to soft wire connection there ..
Whats the size of the inverter ? 48XX -Plus 0r XP

 

Looks like AZ or near by, judging by the terrain, the vegetation (lack thereof), the Ocotillo in bloom in your video and the barrel cactus in your avatar pic.

 

Nice setup, I also use the Schneider Electric equipment and it seems to work well. I use a heat pump water heater to air condition and dehumidify our house. I can see by the landscape you probably don't have a humidity problem.

 

I would've too but was using the genny to power the house before the solar arrived so it just ended up like this. I have a 10/3 cord running under the deck to the genny. I don't use it much anymore except to use power tools when i have a project going Solar is so nice! here is the inverter.....
Schneider SW4048 Inverter - Wholesale Solar

 

Close, good guess...it's southeastern Calif., Anza Borrego Desert

 

Good job ,
Next a wind mill .