Building a small solar panels set up is very affordable and as solar starts to catch on in the professional market the price will begin to drop. Supplementing power in your home can drastically cut down on your electric bill. sites like www.freesunpower.com have a lot of great info for basics and beginners.
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nx2overide says:
February 16, 2013 at 5:02 pm (UTC 0)
yes it would.
TheBoabby50 says:
February 16, 2013 at 5:46 pm (UTC 0)
Thanks for your reply
In your system at the time of the video I think you mentioned a mini grid tie invertor?
Does that do the same trick with the meter that a full grid tie in would?
nx2overide says:
February 16, 2013 at 6:32 pm (UTC 0)
if you are running a grid tie inverter yes, if 0 electricity is used in the home the meter would go backwards.
TheBoabby50 says:
February 16, 2013 at 6:49 pm (UTC 0)
Great video, thanks for posting.
Have been throwing lots of ideas about, and your vid series is a big help in refining these.
A bit confused as to your partial grid tie. Say your batteries are fully charged, and you are using NO power within the house! would this run your electric meter bachwards, or what happens to the solar power produced, does this go back to grid.
Sorry if you have covered this already, but it does intrigues me.
Thanks again. Keep it going
CarribeanFlamingo says:
February 16, 2013 at 6:56 pm (UTC 0)
have you looked into hydrogen boosters for cars? seems like you’d like that. there are many different ways people make them. who knows which isɜ most powerful. i’d like to make ome that runs off water without the additive potassium hydroxide if that’s the correct one.
John Caron says:
February 16, 2013 at 7:39 pm (UTC 0)
What books can you recommend for learning about solar power.
MY camp is no power, unless I use generator.
My needs are basic 12V lighting and charging of DC type devices, with maybe 2 60W AC power drainers thru an inverter?
Any thoughts on how I can get the max. amount of led or flourescent 12V lamps hooked into a 1 or 2 deep cycle marine battery setup. Or how to prevent the batteries from freezing in -20Fº winter months if no ones home. Also have no heat unless I’m tending a wood fire.
CheapAntivirus says:
February 16, 2013 at 8:30 pm (UTC 0)
Hey man i really impress by your solar panel system setup
Where can i get a complete equipments like yours to start my own solar power system. And i need beginners manual as well. I’m enough with the electricity company keeps increasing their bills every year…i need to get out from their service before i got f**ked up by them
nx2overide says:
February 16, 2013 at 9:15 pm (UTC 0)
its a Coleman Air charge controller I’m not sure if they are making this version any longer but most of the other units have a dump relay. I paid about $140.00 just Google Coleman Air charge controller! Hope this helps.
lamartosh says:
February 16, 2013 at 9:30 pm (UTC 0)
Hey where did you get that charger and how much was it if you don’t mind me asking. That pole mount works good don’t it.well thanks and your solar is looking good.keep up the good work Lamar tosh
nx2overide says:
February 16, 2013 at 9:32 pm (UTC 0)
@spgfld1903 When I initially installed the system I was saving 30 to 50 dollars a month. I am saving more as my whole system has been revamped & I’m generating free heat with passive solar heating now. I’m now building this system to be an off grid system my estimated cost will be around 30,000 total. At the point I made this video..It’s not a true off the grid system but i could power lights fans and computers via the batteries when the grid went down for several hours.
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February 16, 2013 at 9:39 pm (UTC 0)
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WORRO01 says:
February 16, 2013 at 10:13 pm (UTC 0)
Great video, thanks for sharing! I just got my 1st kit in a few weeks ago (45 watt harbor freight) and about to order a 2nd one. Man I wish you lived down around Pensacola FL area, I’d trick you with some good bbq from my smoker for some help setting this all up lol..
Thumbs UP vid!
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February 16, 2013 at 11:10 pm (UTC 0)
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mybigimagination says:
February 16, 2013 at 11:28 pm (UTC 0)
Dude, you know WAY too much about this stuff! You should change your colors to Green! Seriously, really cool vid… got me thinking about the possibility.
facelift420 says:
February 16, 2013 at 11:50 pm (UTC 0)
What is your power bill monthly now?
scottklaw says:
February 17, 2013 at 12:26 am (UTC 0)
Looks awesome.
DoubleODude says:
February 17, 2013 at 12:32 am (UTC 0)
Man that is so bad ass. Keep us posted.
aROARahVyePer says:
February 17, 2013 at 12:42 am (UTC 0)
I’m glad you are saving a bunch of money with this solar panel stuff!
Luke Keeno says:
February 17, 2013 at 1:08 am (UTC 0)
wow that’s mental that your power keeps dropping out! What’s that all about?
is the power infrastructure all screwed or are the powerstations in trouble?
that’s amazing that you’re setting up your own system though. well done mate!
nx2overide says:
February 17, 2013 at 1:30 am (UTC 0)
sure thing!!
Scott Martin says:
February 17, 2013 at 1:44 am (UTC 0)
Can you make a list of everything i would need to make one like yours plese
nx2overide says:
February 17, 2013 at 2:39 am (UTC 0)
Yes eventually I want to get to that stage, but I have a long way to go. Its not a hard thing to do its just expensive. If you have a really nice grid tie system but you have to get an electrician to install a big one, well that and have a lot of panels..
nx2overide says:
February 17, 2013 at 2:54 am (UTC 0)
Thanks, Im not electrician by any stretch of the imagination but I tried to make it look neat and use the best wiring for the job. Yep cutting the bills is going to really help me get a lot of stuff done with the house.
ChangedTheWorldToday says:
February 17, 2013 at 3:36 am (UTC 0)
are you planning to eventually set up so that your system can feed energy back to the power company once you have surplus? Ive heard of people getting checks from the power company that way… wondered how hard it was to do…
mettanc says:
February 17, 2013 at 3:44 am (UTC 0)
this looks really great, u set it up in a way that looks real profesional. man, i would love to have a lower bill.
michael