Building a 4000 watt adjustable ground mount solar panel system

[@vcurtis2061]

A Dad and his boys working on a project together. Priceless!

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Amen!

[@merlepatterson]

You're a lucky guy Jesse, Noah's gonna be a hard working man when he grows up from the looks of it.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Wow! You can say that again and again! That little guy just blesses my heart every time I see him. Reminds me so much of my son when he was that age!

[@danaskubic2145]

Pretty nice to be able to save 10,000 dollars off of the utility bills. Thanks for sharing Jesse, great content.

[@dongalloway6888]

I'm 67 years old... worked every part of construction most of my life from the guy in the hole with the shovel, up to the top man on two $6 & $7 Million dollar jobs... I got to say... there's a part of me that worries about little man being so close to some of your equipment... Then there's the Father and grandfather in me that know's you are planting seed's in his life that will give him a life time of memories... I truly enjoy watching your video's... Dealing with cancer #5 as we speak and sitting here with a $25,000 wound vac hooked up to my shoulder following two cancer surgeries in the last 6 weeks,,,.. Still waiting to hear if they got it all...I may not be able to be in the ditches or on the equipment right now... But I can still get enjoyment watching you, and other's do what I spent a lifetime doing!!! Keep up the great work!!!

[@jmuller86]

Hopefully you get good news soon. Sounds like you have had it rough for a bit

[@BWIL2515]

I also spent my whole life in construction swung a pick for almost a year and made seven bucks a hour didn't mind it a bit and have built and remodeled hell I dunno a thousand maybe anyways I'm retired and enjoy watching these videos Jessie is very talented and I always worry about the kids too but I wish you well Sir and have a great day it's good for me to see someone else in comments with the same background as ourselves

[@daddybob6096]

@dongalloway6888 Keep your chin up Don, think positive. I'm 84, got some problems, nothing i can't deal with, got too much to do, not ready to throw the towel in yet. Been watching Jesse for along time, i admire his tenacity, get stuck in and do it attitude. He's a good lad, wish i were his Dad. Bob, New Zealand.

[@Andrew-nj2tn]

One thing I know about construction being a builder for 40 years and that’s that liquids like water or that concrete that was poured will be level on it’s surface, it certainly won’t have a slight hump in the middle lol, but most of the people in the world don’t know their arse from their elbow and believe that water curves and bends on it’s surface, it doesn’t

[@Poppi2006]

56:14 I didn’t realize your older son had gotten as old as he is. I like how you gave him an assembly job, and he successfully made it happen. Smart kid congrats to your wife and you. 🎉

[@jmuller86]

Kaiden is pretty handy

[@PaulRansonArt]

Love watching you kids helping out with the build. Great parenting and happy kids. What could be better. 😃😃😎😎

[@Helloverlord]

Great kids, real gems here!

[@richardfmurphy01]

Working with my kids was always half as fast but twice as rewarding! Great to see the next gen helping!

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

That makes it all worth it!

[@JoshuaSHogg]

I’m so amazed at how many skill sets this guy has. True inspiration.

[@DeirdreHickey-nx8nt]

Oh my goodness Noah you are so strong. Good.boy, you are the best. You remind me of my grandson Bobby, always wanting to help and learn. Well done dad 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Jesse, once again this was interesting. Love the way Little Noah was trying to help you [ 40:47 ], so sweet the way he looks back at you as you are putting doen the ICF he is giving you to make sure you are ok, or need another one🙂you and your wife are awesome parents and are teaching your sons what they really need to know in order to take over your business someday..Love how you put the Noah and Kaden get to work in helping you, doesn't take them long .

[@dennisbudd8102]

You and your boys making memories together.

[@Jacob-de-Veroveraar]

I have feelings of pride and it brings tears to my eyes when I see this boy helping his father.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

Well done, many greetings from Germany, the country that now has the most solar energy in private households!

[@gunnarsvanberg4773]

And the same country that dropped all nuclear and got reliant on Russian gas. Which made countrys like Sweden compensate for your lack of energy. Sent prices through the roof for energy. Thx Gernany

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@gunnarsvanberg4773 : Unfortunately, since the underwater attack on the two gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 were damaged and interrupted by several explosions on September 26, 2022, they no longer receive gas from Russia. The explosions were recorded near the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. Maybe do better research the next time you make a statement like that about Germany?

[@Shield.148]

Great work! Very smart to be self sufficient in this day and age.

[@normfromhawaii1173]

Your son will have an interesting resume'. My youngest nephews helped me at that age with computer installations and management with increasing responsibility as he grew up. That was enough to get him started in the I/T job he has now. With Aloha...

[@johncarter4412]

Whatever your kids do in later life this "work" they are doing now will give them the best start they could possibly wish for. Great job keep it going!!

[@laurelherbert2879]

I love how you are teaching and letting your boys work with you

[@dansullivan1120]

Good job with your son, Jesse. Your sons will remember these moments for decades to come. They will also teach their own children with the knowledge and patience that you instill in them. I know this because I’m 64 yo and I remember every minute of the times working with my father 60 years ago. Well done.

[@vlaardingerrr]

58:45 i don’t know if the installation manual does say something about it, if not, place bolts always pointing downward. If the nut come loose the bolt will stay in his place. The other benefit is that dirt and rain can’t pile up between the threads of the bolt and nut. If u have to uninstall it, it’s easier and less chance of rust formation due to standing water between the threads.

[@jimmyg6215]

He installed them per the manual. I just installed some today and wondered the same, but the manual has the head on the ground side, threads with nut facing the sky. 🤷‍♂️

[@carlnewman24]

Great kids you have there, they are learning a great work ethic. "Are you cold?"............."Yeah".............(stays outside in the rain WORKING !).

[@nelsonglass6]

It’s wonderful to see your son working with you… it will develop a great work ethic from you.

[@rushd45]

Speaking of 'if the grid goes down' - did you know that if the NE grid does go down and needs to be restarted, the Bienhiem-Gilboa project just north of Schoharie Resevior is where it gets restarted from. The Project has massive generators and very large grid connections, much more than is needed for it's daily use. In case of an emergency the hydroelectric generators are fed by the massive up stream resevior about 1000' above it.

[@jmuller86]

Wow I didnt know that. Why wouldnt they just run it all the time? Seems like a waste of good resources

[@rushd45]

@@jmuller86 It does run daily, just not to full capacity. During the day they let a portion drain down to the hydro generators and then at night, when there is an excess of elec they run pumps to pump the drained water back up. But there is always a large volume left at the top in case the grid needs to be re-energized.

[@snoflite5234]

Love the solar content. I have a self installed 75KW system. My daughter and I did the entire project. Full electric house, and 2 ev's. I mine bitcoin with spare power. Totally off grid.

[@jmuller86]

Nice. I will be getting more and more into it as time goes on. Its kind of addicting

[@snoflite5234]

@@jmuller86 I started the first year with 23kw, next year it grew to 56kw, and this year up to 75kw. I am done now, just adding more battery (300kw), and changing the output to 3 phase.

[@leonvdm]

is bitcoin still worth mining? or is it just to burn your energy and get at least some out of it.

[@Andrew-nj2tn]

I have two young boys and my nearly five year old loves to help me when I’m out in my shed, it was good to see your lad helping you out where he could

[@Helloverlord]

1:01:32 full support could be meant for torsion rigidity during windy situation, without it load is transfered to panel frame witch could not be designed to bear additional stress so it could lead to panel cracking. Thats my 2c. Great work overall.

[@ih8s8n]

I’m currently at that spot in the video and came to see if anyone commented about this. I agree with Jesse that the supports are fine to handle the wind especially in his application (low to the ground and sheltered from the wind quite a bit). However my question is what will happen to the solar panel that bridges the gap between the support braces when the time comes to adjust their angle? It looks like they will all have to move together and if something binds the panel could be cracked. Otherwise he’ll have to remove those panels or have a bunch of help when the time comes. I think.

[@esiebert7625]

With that gap when you adjust the panels the panel that bridges the gap will take the stress of the twisting motion and could crack.

[@marvincarvin1846]

Regardless of what the inspector says, I hope you will re-think your choice to have the gap in the frame. As others have pointed out, panels are designed to set on and attach to a structural frame. In your scenario the panel is having to be structural, and is even more so when you change the tilt a coupla times a year. I am embarrassed to say that, at this point in the video, I screamed at my monitor "NOOoo, don't do that!" :)

[@peterarmstrong8613]

The only thing that worries me is when adjusting for winter/summer be careful not to twist the two arrays because the centre PV glass joins the two. A smashed panel will result from twisting. Love your long videos Jesse, thanks very much. Pete, Australia

[@allanpeters4403]

A very proud little helper there Jessie - you can see it in his eyes how much he wants to help his dad. Keep an eye on him cause he'll pop up where you don't expect him to be. Looking good so far for the solar set-up.

[@robrourke5197]

I enjoy your content. And I like how you have long videos of the stuff you do. I've been watching you since you worked on Mr. Camarata's castle. You are very knowledgeable on all sorts of stuff. Thanks for to good work.

[@vepil]

I've lived my whole 50 years in Georgia and this is the first time I have ever heard someone say "I think I am going to keep that pine tree." lol

[@casycasy5199]

I dont think you could have finished them without your sons help, both did a great job.10000.00 a year for power ,omg thats crazy.i would do panels too.

[@richardstepusin2922]

Great job! One of the things that I like about you is you know how to think out of the box, most of the people I watch do that. Most U-tuber know what they did last time only. I have the upmost respect for your mom and father. They are really talented. The work that they are doing for Andrew is super.

[@AW-Services]

Yet another brilliant video. I admire your work ethic and ability to get stuff done, Jesse. Great work, Caden & Noah, on helping your dad whilst placing yourself in a position to learn and get hands-on skills.

[@tomjohntig]

Fantastic camera work as usual Jess, it’s always a pleasure to watch you videos because it never gets boring. Don’t know were you get the energy from Jess to do all this work after a days hard work. My wife and I love watching your boys growing up 😊little Noah is so bright and the way he is so comfortable just running about helping daddy, your boys will soon be your apprentices. Keep them coming Jess Tom Uk

[@rkins100]

Your boys are getting big and smart - you and Mom are doing a great job.

[@douglasmorton6121]

Jesse, you’re gonna come home one day and find your building supplies gone and a new huge solar powered fort in the woods occupied by two happy kids. 👍. I did the fort thing, and my Dad couldn’t be mad. I think he was totally impressed with the two levels and lookout tower that we made. I love to see kids learn how to use tools and think of ways to create things or work out problems. Best brain development money can buy. Great project video! Thanks for sharing the videos with us!!! Stay Safe!!!

[@jamesallen9366]

Props to you Jesse for letting little man help! He will remember that the rest of his life! In fact every time he sees a concrete wall! You're a great Dad!

[@ibenglish]

My favorite part of this video was watching the young boy transition from a Gofer to a bit of a tradesman. Involving your kids in projects will stick with them forever and give them confidence later in life. Very detailed walk through and I rate that video 10 stars! Just an excellent walk through as usual. 👍🏻

[@michaeldowns2389]

Glad you mentioned the yearly ruff cost of grid power there it gives a good prospective of the cost of the system versus the return, In my area i dont believe the equipment and batteries would last long enough to even break even but the self sufficient facter would definitely be worth it.

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

Magic work Jesse. Great patience. & parenting skills. Giving the kids some responsibility. With a watchful eye. & a helping hand. 🫶🙌

[@brianmoore5498]

start of fall looks really pretty there. have a nice autumn

[@billyhaddock5540]

Great Job Jesse, with ur helpers, u have made the mounts/brackets and installed the Solar Panels System.. looks cool..

[@nelsongrau2866]

Ladies and gentlemen Noah is again the employee of the month

[@AlexeiTetenov]

It's wonderful to see you working together with your children.

[@rushd45]

Great step by step installation of an array. Narration about future upgrades very informative. Are you sure that the extra watts is actually from the bifacial effect of the Panels. Even though the sun has some clouds covering it, the albedo effect of the clouds can account for lots more watts. Years ago, 2000, I drove my RV into Kingman AZ and spent a couple days there. My solar controller, SC Mark III/15A, kept on blowing fuses on my monster 241 watt array on top of the RV. Later at MREA, Richard Perez told me it was the Albedo effect which is very strong in AZ.

[@jmuller86]

It could be. There is not much reflection behind the panels so I was not sure why they were performing better than they are rated for

[@NgNg-p5c]

"Is that all ya need?" Lovely moment. 👍👍

[@remog38]

Great job Jesse as allways looks really good , I think you should sell the shot of gravel loading in the quary great shot .

[@wellingtonrdm1]

painéis solares são realmente uma maravilha, infelizmente aqui no Brasil são muito caros e tenho apenas 6 em minha casa, mas já ajuda demais. E o bom de fazer essas obras que muita coisa você pode usar em outros lugares.

[@DavidGawel]

Love the hand spreading, brings back memories. Thank you for the vid

[@Kevin-is-here]

Good to see the kids not planted in front of a TV or video games all day, they will be productive members of society, Thank you

[@bin_chicken80]

Lucky you've got Kaden and Noah helping you. Nice work!

[@ejonis]

Kid helps dad, how beautiful is this!!!

[@kurtwerner4258]

On the code question, gaskets are required for an approved watertight fixture. So, it should be ok. I would, and typically do, use adhesive caulking around panel boxes, leaving the bottom uncaulked.

[@jeffkatzer]

Team Noah! What a good little helper.

[@stephenmabry2866]

Bifacial is the way to go from my research. Still at vid start, but I wanted to drop a note about amplifying the bifacial panels bc I don't see reflective material on the temporary array. To get +15% out of bifacial, a reflective surface ( foil-based or mylar glued/taped, etc to flat durable surface ) can be positioned [not just below] behind pv panels to reflect directly on pv bottom. Brace for high winds, etc. Some claim 3' min off ground and white rock below for reflection - rock not reflective enough IMHO. If you used reflective material later in vid, pardon my suggestion. Love ur vids, BTW.

[@jmuller86]

The temporary array doesnt have bifacial panels but I do want to experiment with how to get that bifacial gain in a real world scenario

[@andrewpowellnz]

Love Noah & his Big Brother helping.

[@TheDisorderly1]

Great to see your baby helping out.

[@buddyreed2623]

Hello Jesse. I think it's a good idea to bridge the gap with the panels. Even though you have said that you are a Master Electrician, I thought your job was You Tube. Your land, either place, seems to be like Andrews, the deeper you dig, the more rock you find. I like the trailer array you have. If it was possible to pull it to the cabin location, it would prevent folks from stealing what you leave behind. Have good days!

[@stephenhammer7357]

You make ground clearing look easy!

[@0xdeadc0de]

Nice to see your little son is helping you! 👍🏻 and so fast 😅

[@saeedandalusi7579]

Little guy wants to help, nice to see 👍

[@heatherprendergast2288]

Loving your videos. Blessings to you and your lovely family.

[@philmckinney5837]

Nice job as it saves you big time and makes your place look better a win win 👍and those 2 boys are learning real world knowledge and that's a dam good thing

[@SmithOffGrid]

Love the setup! The single line actually looks really good!

[@Bman2020]

Way to go nice to know you and the family can do ok when the grid goes down enjoyed and learned also thanks for sharing 👍👋🇨🇦

[@thomasrahkola2410]

Your`te the salt of the earth Sir! Really like your videos.

[@rhor2743]

Pretty cool Jesse you're little Man hoping you teach them young you can tell he loves doing it as well Have a great Day Cheers.

[@erikowren7894]

Mr. Muller your house 🏠 looks great BTW. 👍🏻

[@1961ejvm]

Nos is so happy,free and so lucky

[@MySynthDungeon]

My Friday afternoon smiles! Coffee! Here we go! Cheers!;-)!

[@WCSPete1]

Another TOP video Jesse, thank you very much...

[@BealyGood]

Having it on the trailer is a great idea!

[@AdelinoGambiarras]

Anything that puts money in the pocket is always welcome, it was awesome video it absolutely worth the treat thanks a lot for your hard work I enjoyed to watch 👏 👏 👍 👍

[@peteysquirrelchaser9028]

There's a bunch of ways to treat ash trees for the borers Jesse. Get on it before it's too late, they're great trees, great lumber that's gonna be worth a fortune in a couple of decades and a good source of top notch emergency firewood.

[@JacobiFPV]

For 12gauge Thhn to hit 30 amp you need the 90c insulation rated stuff, including breakers that can handle that temp.

[@leonvdm]

Nice to have so much solarpower, only thing i would've done differently was the wall formwork. think that EPS (expanded polystyreen) will deteriorate over time and wash into your foodgarden.

[@patrickswagger]

Muller And Son's will be an awesome company shortly Jesse.

[@Flowing23]

the little man is a good worker

[@imienazwisko7052]

As always, great drone shot. A lot of work, the property is getting nicer. Well-managed ADHD ;)

[@sentuhankecundang7351]

nice job supervisor noah..you'll become a great craftsman someday

[@jcadult101]

1:00:00 If the rails are not joined, the panel itself is absorbing any flexing of the 2 sections.

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Beautiful mate absolutely beautiful❤

[@geraldosteen2357]

Noah is the man! …..well Dad too ( LOL) thank you for another awesome knowledge packed vid. Stay safe. Thank you. Patiently waited for your next production.

[@geraldosteen2357]

Spoke to soon. Caden is a chip off the old block. Great family time.

[@Tiersmoke92555]

I love the trailer idea. I hate getting any government local or state involved in anything on my land.

[@gurraflex6478]

Good job, but you also had professional help all the way😉

[@josephcarino5829]

Those boys are great helpers

[@josephcarino5829]

Noah's gettin er done

[@horstszibulski19]

Great installation, nice to see that you are able to run all your needs and still charge the batteries. Only thing of concern to me was the the thin wires going from the array to the house, I would use the same size the panels came with up to the house, just to keep up with the voltage drop over the long run...Did you measure the voltage going in and how much were present still at the house? Great little helpers also, rain or shine they are still at work! 👍👍👍

[@aaronharvey6406]

Nice video and very informative. Thanks.

[@andersjeppsson2456]

Have a nice weekend.

[@carlf8291]

Excellent video i wish I could do what you do with solar.

[@jeroen1836]

Again a nice DIY project 👍👏👊

[@driver1421]

Looking at the trees throughout this video, it looks like filming started in the early spring and end in the Fall.

[@jmuller86]

Yes I think it was about early march when I started

[@eduardfrazao3506]

You have a great helper well done

[@pangrac1]

Cute little helper. 👍🙂

[@jrehtil1494]

And it looks good too, great job to all

[@CranialAccess]

I detest the fields of commercial solar panels consuming farmland near Johnstown NY, just as I detest the windmills generating electricity on top of the mountains of Southern Vermont near our home…. This small individual arrangement doesn’t irritate me as much.. and I find it very interesting and beneficial….Jesse when I see an upload it’s an immediate like! Awesome Dad and Husband providing for his family and educating his sons…❤

[@jusb1066]

Would you prefer a dead landscape with oil Wells

[@kurtwerner4258]

Potentially these smaller setups, wind, solar and hydro, are more efficient do to the lack of major infrastructure. As you might know, the largest cost, by far, in your electric bill is for grid maintenance, replacement and new installation. And like you said, less disruptive to the environment.

[@mwolrich]

Every single residential solar or wind installation reduces the need for the utilities to build additional power plants, be they nuclear, wind, or gas turbines (for peak loads), and those “solar” farms you detest are actually installed by the utilities, instead of building traditional power plants.. with Teslas MegaPacks, the utilities no longer need to build ANY additional gas turbine peak shaving plants, just the solar farms storing energy in the MegaPacks takes care of ALL grid voltage stabilization.. you got to love that 😂

[@PelleSweden]

put polished aluminium panels on the underside of the panels (with an airgap), that should reflect back alot

[@williamgleaves1954]

when you go to switch from Summer to Winter, that panel bridging the gap will be a problem. if you tied all the kits together using something like 1 strong unistrut or something then it might not twist when it's adjusted up/down.

[@stevenhartley1350]

Are you going to use the Ash and Maple for firewood? Eg Fire pit or in home heating? The new solar system is looking brilliant, however I think having both strings fully up and running it would have been an awesome setup. Can't wait for the solar setup of the workshop to be built as you will have enough power to run several buildings! 😊

[@billbly1691]

I sure enjoy your channel thank you for sharing

[@johnkranz4004]

Very nice work Jesse Nice job