I power my workshop with solar. How to connect a battery bank 12 volt system to solar and charge controller/inverter. Check out my other video on how to weld…
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How to install solar panel/charge controller/battery and night light. I sell the pole mount kits on my website affordablesolarmounts.com. You can buy the cha…
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Constantine Joseph says:
November 3, 2014 at 11:33 pm (UTC 0)
Hi I have a generator producing high amps. The max amp is 60a tolerance
for a charge controller in Singapore. Are there charge controllers in the
US with higher ampere tolerance like 100 amps and higher?
Eli Hanson says:
November 4, 2014 at 12:22 am (UTC 0)
I was thinking of hooking something like this up in my garage and plugging
in a couple of power strips and running power cords to plug in my fish tank
lights. They are all led and don’t use a ton of power, and are on only 12
hours a day. But I have 10 fish tanks so I thought this would help with my
power bill. Thoughts??
homeostasis4me says:
November 4, 2014 at 1:00 am (UTC 0)
Subbed. Whereabouts in Tn are ya? I’m in Carroll County. My wife, son, and
myself vacation in the Smokies every year. Have for a quarter century. What
I’d give to live in the Appalachian chain….
Monir Ahmed says:
November 4, 2014 at 1:55 am (UTC 0)
sir i want to setup 500 watt solar panel now please tel me,if i have 500
watt solar panel and one 100 ah battery and one charge controller,one 500
watt inverter dc to ac than what else i need and how many watt ac may i get
from it.because i like to use my water pump from this power.my pump is 400
watt.
tony milano says:
November 4, 2014 at 2:13 am (UTC 0)
can u run a 115V window ac ??
james dean says:
November 4, 2014 at 2:14 am (UTC 0)
I spent about 600 bucks on my system and haven’t paid for power for almost
8 months so already paid for itself. And im talking lights ,H.D. tv, two
phones and a laptop all day and night But….. i have a home built for 12v
and propane appliances not a home built for the grid. And i can honestly
say that my cost of living is a fraction of what it used to be.
John Puccetti says:
November 4, 2014 at 2:59 am (UTC 0)
Nice job!
David Holt says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:00 am (UTC 0)
Thanks for posting this Mark.
Dan H says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:21 am (UTC 0)
Hi mark how are those 8D batteries doing do you think they go 5 years and
on average how far down do you discharge them.
Ahmed Abdulsalam says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:54 am (UTC 0)
kathy johnston says:
November 4, 2014 at 4:48 am (UTC 0)
hi mark. i have 3 40 watt solar pannels colmans connected individully to 7
amp charge controllers not sure if i need them each connected to thier own
controller then i connected these to a 1 set of battery clamps that came
with the pannels then went to connect the clams to a deep cycle 12v marine
battery i connect the red positive 1st then went to connect the negitive
black and stopped because it was sparking if you have tome please email me
any help you can recommend thanks kathy
one.unique.woman@gmail.com
Snitchy1989 says:
November 4, 2014 at 5:31 am (UTC 0)
Hi there. I live in the middle of farm land, and no gas supply to my home
(105 year old cottage), with all electric heating etc, my electric bills
are rather expensive each month. So i was thinking about building this sort
of setup and running it in my front porch. with multiple batteries in
Parallel for extended run times per charge (5 or 6 batteries).. with a
5000w inverter, which is plenty enough to power all my electronic items
during the evenings when its mostly used…
What sort of Whattage solar panel would i require to charge the batteries?
Also, what does the whattage actually do in this case? does a higher
whattage panel charge the batteries quicker?
And could i like multiple solar panels together to achieve higher whattage?
IE: 5x 100w panels to make 500w..
Thankyou
Ahmed Abdulsalam says:
November 4, 2014 at 6:15 am (UTC 0)
David Chandler says:
November 4, 2014 at 6:59 am (UTC 0)
I was thinking about buying that battery ( I think that is a heavy
equipment battery). How does it hold up to cold?
Glenn Hough says:
November 4, 2014 at 7:13 am (UTC 0)
what battery brand is good to use?
Coss Sah says:
November 4, 2014 at 8:11 am (UTC 0)
mark you are my hero but be sure it wud be harmfull to touch anything like
this with bare hands 1:25
momstheword11 says:
November 4, 2014 at 8:52 am (UTC 0)
thanks for this video!
Korky Da Cat says:
November 4, 2014 at 8:54 am (UTC 0)
rednecks
Adam Murray says:
November 4, 2014 at 9:21 am (UTC 0)
Mark, does the wattage of the panels have to match the wattage of the
charge controller? im thinking of setting up a basic unit say 150watt of
panels to run the fridge, freezer and other small load devices in the
laundary. great videos very informative
Robert Wachob says:
November 4, 2014 at 9:58 am (UTC 0)
What guage wire do you recommend for a four battery system? I see 4 gauge
in automotive
Robert Wachob says:
November 4, 2014 at 10:04 am (UTC 0)
nice job, thank you
GalaXy808 . says:
November 4, 2014 at 10:36 am (UTC 0)
I’m a beginner about solar things,very nice video
Chuck Maceac says:
November 4, 2014 at 11:23 am (UTC 0)
Hi, Mark..
Need a bit of Help please..
I intend to build some solar Panels of around 1000 watts on my house. I
start buying slowly solar cells and other parts to stack up with my
expenses..
I have some questions:
How many AMPS my Charge Controller must be? Is 30 Amps too small for 1000
watts solar panel? Your CC the white one, how big it is ?
How many Watts the Inverter must be for a 1000 watts solar panel? 1200
Watts is too small?
and last question..
How many batteries I need ( 12V ) for this system? 4 are enough?
Thank you indeed..
Chuck
Henry Kyobe says:
November 4, 2014 at 11:23 am (UTC 0)
se7encapadon says:
November 4, 2014 at 11:33 am (UTC 0)
I meant how many amps per battery?
t dub says:
November 4, 2014 at 12:17 pm (UTC 0)
Hi I got a same controler to run a 10watt led light, but it’s only run for
few hours at night. The battery is new and fully charged everyday by a
15watt solar panel. Any ideas why it doesn’t turn on all night?
Dan Murphy says:
November 4, 2014 at 12:39 pm (UTC 0)
going on 2 years, is everything still holding up?
Jonathan Tatler says:
November 4, 2014 at 12:55 pm (UTC 0)
ALWAYS connect the Panel LAST ! ! Remember they produce power in sunlight
and do not switch off.
Juan Roberto Kobyłecki says:
November 4, 2014 at 1:34 pm (UTC 0)
simple solar power light 12v
Karen M Huestis says:
November 4, 2014 at 1:51 pm (UTC 0)
You sure make it look easy, which takes the fear of complication out of the
whole deal. Thanks for the video!
Charles Faulkner says:
November 4, 2014 at 2:20 pm (UTC 0)
To insure safety the last connection should be the solar panel to avoid
getting shocked. It should never be the first connection.
Paladon Perry says:
November 4, 2014 at 2:40 pm (UTC 0)
good info thank you
TrueBlogge777 says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:17 pm (UTC 0)
Job well done, great little set up and all the light you want for chickens.
Enoch Massingale says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:19 pm (UTC 0)
What do you do with the battery? Do you leave it out or enclose it?
MOHAMMED BURHANUDDIN ABDUS SAMI says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:46 pm (UTC 0)
affan have a look at it
kitkatlex72 says:
November 4, 2014 at 3:54 pm (UTC 0)
are you running that chick light on solar power , is that a 250 watt bulb?
longtimedd dd says:
November 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm (UTC 0)
frosty3819 says:
November 4, 2014 at 4:26 pm (UTC 0)
don’t red lights make chicken vicious
TheNamaste2012 says:
November 4, 2014 at 5:02 pm (UTC 0)
Why are you using that huge panel for that tiny job?
jimginnyohio says:
November 4, 2014 at 5:19 pm (UTC 0)
Very nice!
markp0177 says:
November 4, 2014 at 5:19 pm (UTC 0)
You will need around a 60 watt panel to keep the batteries charged.
markp0177 says:
November 4, 2014 at 5:58 pm (UTC 0)
Yes a white light can upset there natural cycle. Some people have the light
come on for a few hours in the winter only to help with egg production. I
small amount of red light works best.
Bubba St. Jaques-Belanger says:
November 4, 2014 at 6:52 pm (UTC 0)
Hey Mark I got all the stuff ready , but I don’t know what the digit is for
as the CHINESE Directions in English are hard to understand , but I’m
learnin a lot from your videos , and so are my friends . HE Has the BEST
Kits around everybody !!!!!
will2dmax says:
November 4, 2014 at 7:27 pm (UTC 0)
That seems like a lot of work and expense for a light that’s basically the
size of a flashlight..this is my issue with solar,not much bang for the
buck.
markp0177 says:
November 4, 2014 at 7:49 pm (UTC 0)
They can’t see spots on the other chickens and peck them. They need a
little light to see to move around and It gives me light to get the eggs if
I don’t get home till after dark.
markp0177 says:
November 4, 2014 at 8:18 pm (UTC 0)
Hello. I got it on Ebay. Search 10A Solar Charge Controller Regulator 10amp
solar battery charger light control
ro prepper says:
November 4, 2014 at 9:15 pm (UTC 0)
Very nice.Good job
XXxxcrisisxxXX says:
November 4, 2014 at 9:42 pm (UTC 0)
this setup could do more then what he designed it for……it could easily
go days or weeks without sun if it was fully charged and only powers a
couple of leds
Mike Melchiorre says:
November 4, 2014 at 10:40 pm (UTC 0)
Hi, I’ve seen a couple of your video’s before , you do quality stuff . my
question is ;Now that it has been almost a year since you made this video ,
How well is that inexpensive charge controller holding up ? , Is the same
controller still working ?
markp0177 says:
November 4, 2014 at 10:40 pm (UTC 0)
I have other lights hook to it now on the outside of the coop.