Full Video Eco-Worthy Hybrid Solar Wind for The Greenhouse Part 4

[@lapinebob]

I'm a farm boy with a high school education and when you mentioned an engineer trying to show how smart he was it made me smile. All my life I've said the more education the less common sense. I have a F350 dually and I think a Midwest farm boy could have improved on some of the engineering.

[@JoeTheFarmer]

Man that’s a handy way to get some power! Loved this series. You’re showing we Tennessee boys have a little bit more smarts than people think!

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

That's Right. We are smarter than we look. LOL!

[@Crime-tak8878]

Yes

[@militantfarmer4338]

Thank you for your videos and thanks for part four.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

My pleasure! I hope they were helpful.

[@davida.p.9911]

Excellent work Tony! 😎 That's an awesome project! Thanks for sharing!

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

We have enjoyed building it. It will be nice to have power in the greenhouse on demand.

[@Tapthatsugershack]

Great overview. Awesome stuff, as always, guys

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I am so excited to get this done. One step forward.

[@jamesharless5357]

Very nice work Tony, and great video!👍🏻

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Thanks 👍

[@dennismyles8450]

Great job sir, I really enjoy your series. I usually don’t respond to videos but you did such a great job explaining things I felt compelled to.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I appreciate that!

[@rajenwilliams]

Great video...thanks for the tour of your new system.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

You are welcome. The system still works great

[@petercarre4891]

Brilliant informative video, thanks for the part 4. 👍

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnkillen588]

IDEA.......us the dump resistor for battery heating.............of course u will need the proper flat plate heater inside an insulated box as lipo4 does not do well charging below freezing just an idea for ya............enjoyed the vid and I thank you.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

What about the summer? It could over heat the batteries. Freezing is not a big issue for us. We only have a few days the are below freezing each year. We may dip below freezing, but most winter day are above freezing during daylight. The greenhouse uses this to our advantage.

[@matthewknight5641]

I'd sure like to have a couple of those solar tracker mounts. I'm surprised at how inexpensive they are. If they hold up without a lot of maintenance please make another video and show us.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

This is my third one. The other two are about a year old. Check out the playlist for this build. There is a solar tracker install video.

[@GBT1964]

Part 4 wind solar control set up Hi Tony I was on the verge of giving up setting the controller system until I came across your post,you explained it in my way of understanding perfectly,mine is set up purely for wild camping of grid , where there is sun (sometimes but plenty of wind good old uk 🇬🇧 England) I have got everything working the red charging light comes on when charging wind and solar and set all the parameters for a 12v set up I have I do however have a annoying error flashing down in the bottom right of the screen any ideas of what would be causing it ,I have checked all connections to insanity lol , Once again great helping guide video Tony 👍

[@Alliancephysicalculturegym]

Great video thank you

[@rayyfigzify]

Dream set up

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

It has worked perfectly for over a year.

[@biscoguy]

I really enjoy watching your videos, you keep it real, and through in some humor great stuff!! Thanks for making this update video. Maybe after this setup has been up and running for a bit longer, you can let us know how much power the turbine is generating per week, or per month. I was thinking about getting a wind turbine, but from reading about them it sounds like they really do not generate to much power.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I don't look at the wind turbine as a continuous power source. At its absolute best, it can run about 3 100 watt bulbs while turning at maximum RPM. I think the wind turbine is helpful in keeping the batteries topped off on days that have less sun. Generally the days that have less sun have more wind. I don't think a wind turbine this size makes any sense for a standalone system. It compliments the solar system.

[@TimeAfterTym]

Fun video and informative. This will take some real thinking if I ever do something like this. My question is I don’t remember you getting the Baumalight ditch digger… I think you’re coming up with projects to justify acquiring new tractor toys lol. Happy new year to both of you and give Gizmodog a hug for me and Colleen.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

The trencher has been around a couple months. We will did a few miles of wire, water, gas, and grey water lines before it is all over. I will most likely sell it after that.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Happy New Year to you and yours

[@carlosfinlay874]

Excellent

[@notchfox6086]

Thanks for sharing

[@kennethmclaughlin9538]

wow great job and I love how you go into details, how are you going to keep it warm in the Green house in winter ?

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I am going to live in Tennessee. LOL! We have very few days in the year that stays below freezing.

[@kennethmclaughlin9538]

Oh thats Good We are in Nebraska :-) and i have not found a cheap way yet to keep the greenhouse warm in winter but I will :-) thank you again amazing job you have done there. @@TonysTractorAdventure

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I have thought about building a geothermal system. I think a closed-loop system would really work well in our area due to the not-so-cold weather. It would probably help cool in the summer.

[@guyrandom6151]

solar setup is nice how well does it do in 40-50 km/hr wind gusts ? seems pretty tipsy

[@petercarre4891]

Just a question does the strings section mean how many cells you have in the batteries? If so it should be set to 8 for the 8 cells in the 2 batteries?

[@Maxvolts443]

I'm from the UK, I've watched the 4 parts of this video and it's very informative, just would like to know how the panels are connected to the wind and solar charge controller, is it in series or series parallel

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

The controller is rated at 51 volts open circuit voltage. It has a max input wattage of 800 watts. You will have to arrange your panels accordingly based on your panel specs. There are so many variables depending on the panel manufacturer. Mine are 2s x 3p

[@Maxvolts443]

Thought so I use eco worthy 120w panels @ 24.5 voc

[@Maxvolts443]

So it will be the same for me

[@fathergratwick]

What kind of charging amps does this wind turbine produce? I cannot find any positive reviews of these smaller wind turbines from what I have Found so far they only produce an amp or 2 in high winds and are not worth it compared to solar.

[@michaelchane2593]

Can one see the output voltage and amp if it is working very well

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I can tell you that it is working as advertised. Check out the last greenhouse video and it ran a concrete mixer. A fan and a high pressure water pump for hours. The solar by itself almost kept up with it. I lost one tick out of five on the meter and it charged back to full shortly after we stopped using the system.

[@michaelchane2593]

@@TonysTractorAdventure Thanks for getting back to me on your experience, i just want to be clear....How many watt windmill and voltage? so it charged the battery well

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Solar is the key in our area. The windmill adds little along the way due to my location. It works as advertised, but it needs wind. It seems to work out. When it is cloudy and stormy, there is wind.

[@Suisfonia]

Thanks for the vid, was wondering how to install this. Question though, are you using a one inch diameter pipe for the wind turbine?

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

The pipe is a heavy duty thick walled 2 1/2" pipe.

[@optionstrader9637]

I'm heavily considering considering four ecoworthy trackers and mounting 12 400 watt bifacial panels for my house

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

My trackers are holding up well.

[@gumaroalcocer9923]

How did you conect the wires from the generator to your battery if all tre are red Can you crear this area please

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

There is no order.

[@Willabeast]

is there a way to get 2 of these kits to charge the same batteries?

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Yes

[@JulieOtt]

So i have the same system as you, but the controller is still reading a fault icon. The first time following your advice the icon disappeared but would not charge going back through again and now its charging but has the fault icon im so lost i dont understand the issue im having here

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

It is not the most friendly system, but once you understand the layout, it works well.

[@GBT1964]

Did you sort the fault icon I have the same problem

[@solarcharging9743]

Nice system except for the inverter. You would have far better off spending a few extra dollars and installing a low frequency, transformer based inverter instead of that short lived, low surge capacity high frequency, transformerless inverter. Low frequency inverters last far, far longer and they provide a much higher surge capacity.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

It is a greenhouse. There will be little to no surges. It will mostly run fans in the summer.

[@robertwinton2649]

🤗❤️👍

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

👍👍👍👍 Thank you

[@2626sylver2626]

Wind turbine is waaaaaaaay to low

[@lawrencepevitts2434]

You look good, Tony. Have you been loosing weight? Your face looks thinner.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

I have lost 52 pounds of fat by eating right. I have gained 8 pounds of muscle by hitting the gym.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Thank you for saying this. It inspires me to do even better.

[@mightystreaming933]

51.2 volts to start dumb load on a 24 volt system is way wrong 🤦‍♂ wind ramp up the roof 🤣 no no no. need bigger wires on dump load. wind and lithium is NOT a good combo get agm batteries.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Thank you for your opinion. My system has worked perfectly for the last 2 years.

[@diyguy2383]

To damn lazy to use a screw driver.

[@TonysTractorAdventure]

Such a weak comment