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How to Solar Power Your Home / House #1 – On Grid vs Off Grid
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ThantiK . says:
December 16, 2014 at 12:43 am (UTC 0)
I hadn’t done too much digging to find appropriate information on solar
powering a house, but this video series (4 videos) is nice and lengthy –
goes over nearly all aspects of solar power. I’ve found some
questionably-legal Grid Tie inverters rated for 1kW, which I’m tempted to
try out, given that I can basically expand as I go with 100w solar panels
to begin with.
Saye Taryor says:
December 16, 2014 at 1:42 am (UTC 0)
How to Solar Power Your Home / House #1 – On Grid vs Off Grid
How to Solar Power Your Home / House #1 – On Grid vs Off Grid
How to Solar Power Your Home / House #2 – How to save energy / electricity
for solar power
How to Solar Power Your Home / House #3 – How to size your solar power
system
Tutorial: How to Solar Power Your Home / House #4 – Off Grid setup, PWM vs
MPPT
Tutorial: How to Solar Power Your Home #5 – Solar Panel and System
Installer selection
How to Solar Power Your Home / House #6 – Monitoring devices to measure
energy and save money
How to Solar Power Your Home #7 – Grid Tie v Micro Inverter v Power
Optimizer v Charge Controller
Angela Luke says:
December 16, 2014 at 2:01 am (UTC 0)
Hello mr lorton i have been following your tutorials for the last year, and
untill then i had no idea about electronics or solar power, but with your
help i have now set up a 500watt system in my mountain cabin in Aragon
Spain i have a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter, and according to all the
rules that’s wrong, i have 4 ordinary 75 amp hour car batteries that work
my washing machine and fridge plus 750watt microwave with no problems. i
would just like to thank you for the way you teach without complicating
things and i have helped several other friends with there problems, in this
vicinity, and have told them of your web site. Once again thank you very
much coulden’t have done it without your help.yours gratefully KEN LUKE.
Kristopher Ferrell says:
December 16, 2014 at 2:53 am (UTC 0)
I think it would be excellent to include a 9th or 10th video on exactly
what the process is on wiring everything together for people who don’t
understand anything at all. I’m relying on all the information your
providing in all your videos, but I’m just not learning enough about
connecting it all. I know you do show how the connections work , yes, but
I need visually to see these being connected. Not just seeing it all
connected already. I can’t learn well enough that way. Do you know what I
mean? thank you.
KFLY67 says:
December 16, 2014 at 3:06 am (UTC 0)
Did you know? there are government programs that will pay up to 20% of the
total cost of solar panels for your house as long as you have it installed
by a professional.
Solmon Ekanem says:
December 16, 2014 at 3:22 am (UTC 0)
Please how do I meet David,am Solomon from Nigeria.
willie bautista says:
December 16, 2014 at 3:49 am (UTC 0)
i find your project interesting. i have a little knowledge in electronics.,
so can i ask your help coz im planing to install this on my house. Atleast
100watt is what i need. how many solar panel do i need? wattage of
inverter, mppt charge controller and also the grid inverted.
Jason Hefley says:
December 16, 2014 at 4:43 am (UTC 0)
The metering systems in the US measure both Real and Reactive power. All
households will be a leading power factor, if you can get your PF closer to
unity (i.e capacitance) you will be charged less for power. The meters
read the current that is both in phase and out of phase with your voltage.
The close you can get the phase angle between Voltage and Current, the less
you will be charged.
pad says:
December 16, 2014 at 5:40 am (UTC 0)
My inverter have 2 + 2- coming out of it . I have 1+ 1- hooked up to bat .
should I have 2+ 2 – hooked up to my bat ? If yes how should I hook up the
other +- to a different bat or the same one ?
John Colby says:
December 16, 2014 at 6:36 am (UTC 0)
This is really good. It will help me craft a proposal for a sustainable
community of cars, vans, RVs and tiny houses using Santa Cruz HUD CDBG and
HOME block grant funds.
yama muqbel says:
December 16, 2014 at 7:24 am (UTC 0)
hey that is nice and useful video. almost I have seen most of your videos
and I will keep watching of your up coming video. I have a question: Is it
possible to run a 10 kw of nails making machine on solar panels? please and
please answer me.
Benjamin Shtark says:
December 16, 2014 at 7:41 am (UTC 0)
Hi,
what ‘small’ system you would recommend, for a small apartment.
i would like to starting with something small, for example, to power my PC
only.
it uses around 100 watt, and i would like it to run on few batteries and
have not too large solar panel to charge them..
i usualy use my PC on evenings, so would like to charge those batteries
during the day..
we live in Israel so plenty of sun..
what type of battery/panel would you recommend?
thanx!
Wes Joe says:
December 16, 2014 at 8:08 am (UTC 0)
Great video. Very informative. Thanks
Mike S says:
December 16, 2014 at 8:34 am (UTC 0)
I just found this series of videos and have to say that it’s a wealth of
knowledge. I have been trying to find info on how to configure my on-grid
house here in western Canada and have to say this is definitely a video
series I will follow closely. Thank you.
YouTubeExplorer says:
December 16, 2014 at 9:19 am (UTC 0)
Excellent video! I am looking at possibly working in the solar industry
after I finish college. Your videos are a huge help. Thanks and keep it up!
ProgPalace says:
December 16, 2014 at 10:12 am (UTC 0)
Thank you so much for this video. I live in India and the Solar Market here
is similar to what you have in South Africa, maybe even worse. This video
helped me get an idea of what I need and what I need to do 🙂
I will be following the rest of this series. Thank you once again!
Patsy McMichael says:
December 16, 2014 at 10:39 am (UTC 0)
I can’t find video #9….has it not been made yet?
Julio Perez says:
December 16, 2014 at 11:32 am (UTC 0)
Hello Martin. This is a great video and has helped me a lot. I am
installing a small system which I want to improve in the future. I am
connected to the grid but the system I am installing has battery (off
grid). I Have 4 PV panels 280 watts each (1120) . They are connected to
the batteries through an MPPT controlller. I have an inverter 2000watts . I
am having difficulty understanding how to connect the inverter to my house.
Do I have to turn off the breaker on the circuit to connect the inverter or
it is not necessary? Is there a sequence I must follow or it is straight
forward? I do not want to burn the inverter. Please help me and thank you.
UFO says:
December 16, 2014 at 12:32 pm (UTC 0)
so,, you do not get any profit for 10 years because you spend too much on
electronics and after ten years you should get new solar, new battery, new
(etc,), ı wonder how much your profit with solar ,by the way you have the
best detailed solar powered house and equipment.good work :))
Rol Tol says:
December 16, 2014 at 1:15 pm (UTC 0)
Hi, what i would like to ask, is what about having some ~6kW power solar
panels on the roof, and use them for water heating, and hot water could run
in the floor heating sistem, and heat the house in the winter ? how much %
of power you get in the day, when there is no sun ?
Jesse Sisolack says:
December 16, 2014 at 1:32 pm (UTC 0)
Oh, so that is how I convert to AC. Thanks. I thought an inverted and
battery bank was the only option. I will defiantly be looking for a grid
time inverter.
In the US we are not allowed to get paid for feeding back into their system
anymore. Too many people were doing it.
I have to stay on the grid. If I disconnect from the grid, the government
will show up, take my house, and throw me in jail. If I resist, they will
kill me. Land of the free, haha. Maybe before my time.
kenneth cook says:
December 16, 2014 at 2:24 pm (UTC 0)
i have a small house, about 400sq ft. i don’t run many lights at all. just
want to power the necessities, such as,,, tv, pc, hot water heater, and hot
plate. would like to eventually go completely off the grid, but feel i
need the grid somewhat until i completely understand the solar setup. what
do you recommend starting out with? thanks, kc
mike kendall says:
December 16, 2014 at 2:53 pm (UTC 0)
2:11 for the video
MrSolar.com says:
December 16, 2014 at 3:22 pm (UTC 0)
Excellent solar energy video series, mjlorton. Thanks for making and
sharing it!
UFO says:
December 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm (UTC 0)
ohaa naptın sen kanka yaaa 10 senelik parayı harcamışsın sen kar edeceğine
zarar etmişsin.