I REGRET NOT KNOWING THIS When I Started! Off-Grid Homestead

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[@kathyadams3366]

Love seeing you two back at it! Looking forward to what summer projects you will be doing. You are both so inspiring!❤

[@MountainBeaches]

Thanks so much 😊

[@GDuTriou]

Good day to you another great video thanks

[@bizzer999]

you have a wood burner and are dumping wood ?

[@MountainBeaches]

Plenty of firewood here, plus most of that lumber is full of nails. Don’t want nails in my wood boiler.

[@mileswindham8336]

Ahhh my two favorite Love Birds!!! I’m older than you two but y’all have more energy than I ever had. Keep going as long as you can❤

[@janreynolds2476]

Looking good!😊

[@grillinandchillinwithdeb]

Glad your back, missed your videos. And Jazz is so funny

[@annamaybeekman]

ITS GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS....... GREAT JOB. GOD BLESS LOVE YOU ANNAMAY

[@karenspeer7378]

🙋‍♀️ Hi Guys!! ✨️🦋

[@mikecoombs3972]

Can hardly wait until you plug in the panels.

[@MountainBeaches]

Me too 😀

[@algorithm-w7o]

Even, uneven solar panels collect energy. so there ya go. thanks much for sharing and I hope all three of you enjoy your day.

[@MountainBeaches]

I like how you think. 😀

[@chucknSC]

Zero plus zero is zero.

[@randyshay7280]

Hey Norm, sure glad you guys are back! Really have missed seeing y’all!

[@gigiwilliams4764]

Glad to see you guys! Jazz is getting so big!

[@loucinci3922]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing

[@robertdoyen5434]

Great to see you back home and on your video. Missed you 3. Thanks From Wisconsin

[@pepawspostings9231]

I am happy to see you are back on Eagle Ridge. I can't wait for more of your project videos and getting the solar power and wood furnace installed. Stay healthy

[@juliejohnson9531]

Go Jazz! She's almost got her whole body in there!

[@tyvek7797]

Glad you are back. We live in Bonners Ferry. Where did you buy your IBC totes you place wood in? Thanks Mark and Cindy Smith “Clueless Farm”

[@MountainBeaches]

Hey neighbor. We found the totes on Facebook marketplace. It’s crazy the price you pay for them around here. They’re about half the price down around our home in Utah.

[@ruthmichigander]

🤣😂Jazz is hilarious 🥰so glad you are back. Have missed you guys.

[@JohnWilliams-nj2nd]

Thanks for another episode. I love that you're back on. I know those panels will drive you crazy every time you look at them. I've got some friendly suggestions for the solar panel array. 1) use your pick up truck to stand in the bed instead of up and down and moving the ladder for every bolt, would espicially be helpful with a driver to move the truck forward as you go 2) use a string line to line up all the panels 3) pick up a long handle 3/8" battery powered rachet from Harbor Freight. Cheap, will help with the reach, and its cordless powered. 4) burn the wood scraps, pallets

[@MountainBeaches]

Thanks for the tips! The panels are all up now but maybe your suggestions will help others. We thought about burning the scrap wood but there are a lot of nails in it and decided to take it to the dump instead.

[@aitutaki98]

Glad you guys are back. We missed you!

[@juliejohnson9531]

Your music at 3:10 is so peaceful! Love it!

[@MountainBeaches]

It’s from Artist.io

[@ronaldstarreveld]

Glad to see your back. Keep the videos coming

[@sandrarobertson3139]

Great work. You guys are a good example to us all.

[@MountainBeaches]

Thank you very much!

[@garryhammond3117]

I had a police officer discharge their wepon several time on my front lawn to kill an injured deer - that was totally different!. Glad to see things are working out for you guys! - Cheers!

[@Offgrid_in_the_Mountains]

Will be happy to see your solar electronics video.

[@danielcolantuono9824]

The solar system looks great

[@mountaintopliving]

Great video! I love seeing it all coming together. -Brooke

[@MountainBeaches]

Thanks so much!

[@timf6916]

NICE, Looks great to me.

[@waylanddigital]

I'd use a laser to line up and level things.

[@GDuTriou]

Were are we no more vids

[@MountainBeaches]

We're on a YT break right now trying to decide our YT future. Thanks.

[@GDuTriou]

@@MountainBeaches Hi i do hope you people come back loved that channel

[@connietinkham9311]

I would watch Jazz with chasing the deer. I work for 2 different ladies and both their dogs got stomped to death by the deer. They just let them out to potty and it happened so quickly they couldn't save them. ❤

[@MountainBeaches]

Thanks. We keep a pretty close eye on Jazz when she's out.

[@billh28025]

I really like your show, however I must have missed when you took the camper out of the barndo. When was that???

[@MountainBeaches]

We left in late Jan or early Feb and went to AZ for a while.

[@CanadianCivilDefenceMuseum]

That solar array is way oversized for your needs

[@MountainBeaches]

In the summer, yes. Winter, not so much.

[@CanadianCivilDefenceMuseum]

@@MountainBeaches the bottom line is you can only charge your batteries with a certain amount of amps. If you try to charge your batteries to fast your going to destroy them. You’re going to fail because you’re thinking electrical dependence. Your wasting money. You should maybe start watching Ambition Strikes who has a way bigger operation than you

[@MountainBeaches]

@@CanadianCivilDefenceMuseum thanks for the input. Yep we’re very familiar and friends with Riley and Courtney.

[@CanadianCivilDefenceMuseum]

@@MountainBeaches Well best of luck.

[@MountainBeaches]

@@CanadianCivilDefenceMuseum the system will be setup with two EG4-18KPV hybrid inverters. Each inverter has 2 MPPT's with 25 amp inputs and 1 MPPT at 15. I plan to run 4 sets of 10 panels each in series so the MPPT's will handle it. They'll feed the batteries at the appropriate levels. The panels produce up to 11.22 amps. The voltage will be high but the amps low.

[@cyclemaster46]

JAZZ HAS THAT NOSE TO THE GROUND. TRACKING DOG.

[@JohnWilliams-nj2nd]

what size are your shop doors? I'm working with Northwest Metals in Eureka for mine, but still trying to decide on the size

[@MountainBeaches]

We have two 10'x10' and two 12'x14' insulated roll up doors

[@hayleycharles997]

Did they fix the garage door panels? I was hoping you would show us the after picture.

[@MountainBeaches]

Yes, they did. We had to move the window panels to all the same level though and they are now one panel higher than they were on the short doors originally. I guess I forgot to get footage of it.

[@hayleycharles997]

So they lowered the windows on the tall doors and raised the windows on the short door? I think that would look really nice! Looking forward to seeing that in the next video. Thank you for your reply! We love watching the projects you are working on❤️

[@anthonyfreed4494]

👋

[@MountainBeaches]

👋🏼

[@michaelrumfelt8340]

I'm curious, why didn't your contractor clean up all that trash and scrap?

[@MountainBeaches]

The contract states we were responsible for it.

[@michaelrumfelt8340]

@MountainBeaches OK curious no longer,thanks for the reply!

[@MountainBeaches]

It saved us a little money and was something easy for us to do. Plus it doesn’t cost us anything extra to take things to the dump. We pay an annual fee for its use.