Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot
This helps protect our community. Learn more

Off Grid SOLAR - Worth It?

NB88
23K subscribers
12K views 6 years ago
In this video I want to share my experience with implementing solar at my off-grid cabin. I'm often asked how much it costs to have solar and that's a loaded question. There is no easy answer because everyone's power needs will be different. So in this video I hope to help steer those thinking about solar in a general direction of questions they should ask themselves and I try to provide some tips to help you avoid the mistakes I made. The video is broken up into 5 parts. 1. How much do you need and how often do you need it? 2. Always have a backup plan and where you are geographically matters. 3. The Goods! What I have plus some tips. 4. Size matters! 5. The cost (for me). Is it a good deal? my first setup: 100 w solar panel (not enough here in the winter) 10 amp charge controller (cheap - and again, not enough) 2x12v 100 ah deep cycles batteries in parallel (not ideal for solar) 1000 w pure sin wave invereter. (the only smart thing I bought)    • Cabin Life - My 100 watt solar setup   current setup: 2x235 w solar panels = 470w (that's better!) 40 amp mppt 4-stage charge controller (worth every dime) 2x6v 420 ah Trojan L16 batteries in series (waaaayyy better) 1000 w pure sin wave invereter. (still have it)    • BIG solar upgrade for the cabin!   ...more
...more
Off Grid SOLAR - Worth It?
944Likes
12,025Views
2019Apr 30
In this video I want to share my experience with implementing solar at my off-grid cabin. I'm often asked how much it costs to have solar and that's a loaded question. There is no easy answer because everyone's power needs will be different. So in this video I hope to help steer those thinking about solar in a general direction of questions they should ask themselves and I try to provide some tips to help you avoid the mistakes I made. The video is broken up into 5 parts. 1. How much do you need and how often do you need it? 2. Always have a backup plan and where you are geographically matters. 3. The Goods! What I have plus some tips. 4. Size matters! 5. The cost (for me). Is it a good deal? my first setup: 100 w solar panel (not enough here in the winter) 10 amp charge controller (cheap - and again, not enough) 2x12v 100 ah deep cycles batteries in parallel (not ideal for solar) 1000 w pure sin wave invereter. (the only smart thing I bought)    • Cabin Life - My 100 watt solar setup   current setup: 2x235 w solar panels = 470w (that's better!) 40 amp mppt 4-stage charge controller (worth every dime) 2x6v 420 ah Trojan L16 batteries in series (waaaayyy better) 1000 w pure sin wave invereter. (still have it)    • BIG solar upgrade for the cabin!  

Follow along using the transcript.

NB88

23K subscribers