Living Off The Grid With NO POWER BILL EVER

[@alexeastabrook3579]

50 Seconds In. See Bus Bars. Immediately think about a spanner being dropped down there..

[@Napert]

youtube - let's recommend this video 2017 - nah 2018 - nah 2019 - whatever, jut put it on everyones feed

[@PeterC408]

Great job. Don't listen to these haters! There are two types of people: those that do and those that complain. You could make several videos on this. Keep going! I've been at it for 5 years now.

[@baaka6355]

very true

[@HighTechLab]

Thank you, I will

[@josephlewis7166]

Why dont every house in america have a self sufficient power supply like this

[@aldenjamal5637]

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[@ameerbrennan235]

@Alden Jamal instablaster ;)

[@emericaCircamcchicke]

Love the way you speak and how clear you are about all the things that are covered in the scenery portrayed by your camera. I’m not at all interested in any of this, but the way you spoke instantly grabbed my attention and I found myself to have a learned yet another thing that I will always have with me. You made everything in this video such an easy concept to grasp. Thanks man, super cool to see what a great mind is capable of. Good job on all your work!

[@crazypjk]

as a electrician of almost 30 years I have to say beautiful work.

[@joesides18]

i understood about 5% of what u said but that setup looks pretty damn amazing

[@jamesmason4041]

Sure it could be safer, but consider this: He built this entirely by himself, and now is able to live independently from the power company, if that’s not impressive then I don’t know what is.

[@octavioescott1022]

Don’t drop your screwdriver. The exposed bus bar is asking for trouble.

[@massvocals1]

I agree the bus bars should be housed , all wires as well

[@MrFunkhauser]

Those exposed buss bars trigger the shit out of me otherwise pretty awesome setup.

[@budc.8172]

As an Electrician myself ,that deals with battery backup systems for industrial settings, I have to say this is beautiful. A few points though. 1) With that exposed buss work I would suggest you keep that room locked up. An un-informed person could kill themselves very easily in that room. 2) Batteries fail eventually even with the best maintenance. With that said you need more fire suppression techniques available to you in that room. A few medium ABC extinguishers should do the trick. 3) Remember to wear chemical rated gloves and a face shield when checking specific gravity or refilling the batteries. PPE saves lives and when dealing with sulfuric acid you should never skimp on safety. Overall I am seriously jealous of your setup and wish I had that in my backyard. Great system and great video.

[@loganzcai]

The unprotected bus bar seems really dangerous. And the DC bus bars are in a metal shipping container with metal shelves which makes it even more scary. Maybe look into insulating and protecting the bus bars and battery terminals and also add a chemical fire suppression system.

[@epiphonesg007]

It's scary if you don't know what you are doing. Only authorized personell is allowed in the container.

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

He also mentioned this is in California. I'd hate to depend on those Costco metal shelves with the weight of those batteries on them in an earthquake.

[@GlennLittleford]

Nice set up, but, I would be concerned about the exposed 48v bus bars. Consider what would happen if you dropped a screwdriver or a spanner and it fell across the bus bars. Lots of stored energy, big flash and burns. I'm off grid, I keep the batteries in a separate room to the inverters and solar charger. I have wood partitions between my bus bars, so if I dropped a spanner, it could never make contact with both bus bars. Speaking of spanners, I keep one in the room for checking the battery terminals, and I've put heat shrink tubing over its handle, making is a safe tool for the battery room.

[@teekay1785]

For everyones information especially the haters. This is a smart and economical move to construct this system. Congratulations are in order. Plus he has taken his time and experience to offer free help to others in the form of education and general exposure to these systems. There are other options that would be fairly quick and simple but much more expensive in the long run like just run a generator all the time or put in LP tank and run everything possible directly from LP gas including an LP generator for the electricity needed. But all these options though less complicated and more like what most people are used to will cost as much and likely more than an electric bill where its available though cheaper to start up than his system will continue to cost a lot forever. He is very knowledgeable but if you don't agree you also have the freedom to go elsewhere. I am sure constructive criticism and reasonable questions are welcome but I have not seen as many rude close minded comments on very few other channels than this one, Treat others as you would want to be treated would come to mind. Thats my 2 cents.

[@MH-rh3ni]

Well said they're just jealous that guy did an awesome job

[@teekay1785]

@Bbjones Jones If you dont get it you are not worth my time.

[@a-triangle2735]

That looks neat and clean. Exceptional engineering, I think. I really like, what you did with the place. When I look at it, I am pretty sure you know your stuff and very proffessional. Thumbs up from a maker.

[@leepinnguin9682]

If I understood what he was talking about, it would be cool.

[@Edgardocelectric007]

I'm an electrician by trade, and I see many, many f up solar set ups in my life, many here on Utube and I speak from 35 years experience you have one of best set ups I have ever seen. With that said, it's not perfect and needs a bit more work such as safety covers over your exposed bus bars, they be clear lexon about 1/4 inch thick. You never know when you're liable to drop a wrench and something grounds out. Also I didn't see any ground bars or grounding anywhere. Also outside lightning spark arresting system. Other than that very nice setup, next part of your build would be some sort of monitoring system so you can track everything I give a solid👍👍👍

[@HighTechLab]

+Edgar Acosta I need to work on grounding. Cobblestones 3ft down. I plan to dig a 50 foot trench and burry 3/0 copper wire. When I fill second Rack in a few months I plan to take the system down and coat all of the bus bars and polyethylene varnish. That's what I was going to do in the beginning but needed to get the system online before I could get to that point

[@JF-fx2qv]

For not being an Electrician as I posted (Good Job). I too have worked as an electrician for a short time. Like Edgar Acosta I too was focused on bare Bus Bars.... I been there seen what happens on accidental contact. I was lucky at 15 feet behind the person dropping a tool .... I saw large white balls (sparks), loud crack and the next thing I knew was I was on my back.

[@submarineradioman5535]

Beautifully designed and properly engineered. Simple elegance.

[@partylee007]

Dude, you def have some skills. I have 35 yrs exp.. as a construction electrician, half of it in industrial applications and i am impressed by the engineering, conduit runs, and installation of it. Some things could be a little better insulated maybe as the haters say, but as long as it’s just you that has access to it I wouldn’t worry about that. All of the haters and trolls would LOVE to own this setup in a grid down situation. Kudos on it Bro! P.S. in the future when the lithium batteries become more reasonably priced and perfected you should think about switching your batts to an NMC lithium type then you can get much more run time and ah, and much longer life from them than the lead acid. As much as 30 to 35% more usable ah and 10/12 years life and zero batt maintainence .But that’s later when they are more feasible.

[@partylee007]

Aimless Studios charge cycles

[@clarenceedwards2866]

you're correct, I am using Trojan batteries but if I could afford it I would switch to lithium too; everything in its time.

[@davidbrewer7937]

Couple of observations....1: no insulating layer between the open bus bars? 2: Copper wire transitioning to Aluminum?....3: Don't coil that wire over the top of the fan grill...

[@KingHalbatorix]

the metal transition is copper to steel to aluminum, those bolted on wire connection blocks are stainless steel.

[@Netm8kr]

Awesome setup, I’ve seen many telco/electrical closets and this is indeed a PROFESSIONAL design. Even if DIY, this is great. 👍🏾✌🏾

[@SolarTechFL]

Finally some one that takes pride in there conduit and equipment layout and installation good job!!

[@MohammedElrufaie]

you are in the watch list. be careful you are the first to be eliminated when shit hits the fan. amazing set up. you should write a book or a how to.

[@christopherlawler3033]

Very impressive electrical work & conduit installation. I would personally utilize NEMA Locking plugs & sockets for all 30-ampere connections, along with cam-lok style single-pole locking cam connections for higher amperage power feeders, this way those connections would be more reliable and would also eliminate any possibilities of accidental disconnections, as well as making all NEMA 30 ampere connections standardized with L-14-30 for single phase 3 wire + ground for 120/240 single-phase power or NEMA L-21-30 for 3-phase, 4-wire + ground for 120/208 3-phase power... there's some industrial 50kw grid-tie power inverters that are commercially available that can be configurable for various types of voltage outputs, either single or three phase...

[@frankfromupstateny3796]

Well....I know a bit about solar....but this guys knowledge is that of a high-end electrical engineer. He lives it....good work.

[@rh1507]

I would never see a problem with going off grid. It might cost a bit and take some knowledge many of us don't have but getting off grid and going on your own is priceless.

[@Nicole215]

rh1507 That's so true. Just imagine how much we'd save every year. My monthly gas bill alone is over $300 and that doesn't even include my $215 electric bill. That's over $500 month that could stay in my bank account.

[@eggx-9463]

Knowledge is power, well done and thank you

[@FocusReborn44]

Living freely, eh? Looks like we got a trouble maker....

[@GuitarGangsta]

wow, is there a bunny slope to understanding the hookup from start to finish ? I get the basics, but man - this has to be the best system ive seen some one do without a contractor

[@bertraminc9412]

I think this is the highest quality setup that I’ve ever seen. Amazingly satisfying.

[@jakenbaked87]

Not to be that guy, but the inverter still uses transistors/diodes even with a transformer. You need to make the DC from the battery into AC for the transformer to step it up to 120VAC. Although, based on the power and small size, its probably a switch mode supply, which uses lots of integrated chips.

[@jslugbug37]

Beautiful craftsmanship

[@aaronshed]

Just as a note, you don't convert volts into amps. You step down the voltage which subsequently results in a higher current(amps), meaning there is the same amount of power just at a different voltage. Power(Watts) = current(Amps) * Volts. So the correct thing is to say it steps down the voltage, the change in current is implied. Hopefully I haven't come across as a dick :P

[@dominatorut]

I really thought he had said that way on purpose in like a cool kinda slang for those of us who could follow. Think about it, in a loose sense what he's saying is correct just not in a literal sense. But maybe I'm offering him too much credit? For the quality of the work he's done here I will lean towards the former and give him the benefit of the doubt.

[@aion2177]

the fact that you did all this setup is very impressive :)

[@jedecast2604]

Very deadly busbars.

[@willkndy]

Very impressive, might be a good idea to put a flash barrier in front of the bus bar to make it safer though.

[@jimmac1953]

Cover those bus bars!

[@SloopLow]

If you disappear without a trace, we know why.

[@dcfuksurmom]

unless there is a democrat in office that wont be an issue. this setup is perfectly legal.

[@stevelamperta865]

Nice system. Only thing I would worry about is the bus bars not having insulation on them.

[@mwils51]

Wow, nice system. You must be an electrician. Tim Allen would be proud!

[@thebestmotoroil101]

Paying no power bill, EVER, is a BEAUTIFUL thing. That is one great investment. Very well done!

[@mohsins.3851]

I do hope you get an electrician and ask him for things to do to make it safe.

[@eb89134]

You should do a followup video since its 1 1/2 year later. I'm curious to see how the system has been and if anything has failed.

[@HighTechLab]

I just uploaded one, I have another inverter since a company wanted it to be reviewed, as well as upgraded to a 14kw diesel generator and added a ton of automation. If you check out some of the newer videos you will see just how much this system has evolved.

[@gfl1957]

As a licensed electrical/solar contractor looking at all this wiring made my skin crawl. Scary and unsafe.

[@ppipowerclass]

How many commercial electrical offices have you been in? Say, like a phone office. Where they have tons and tons of batteries connected with exposed busbar? Please elaborate on everything you found fault with here. Details, please.

[@Pieh0]

@@ppipowerclass Well for a start, how about black cable for everything that isn't an un-insulated bus bar? Just with the bus bar, all you need to do is drop a screwdriver and suddenly you've got a few thousand amp vaporising it. Even as a home build, where I wouldn't give a fuck about the regulations, i'd still insulate stuff like that and have fuses on everything.

[@HighTechLab]

I would check some of my more recent videos, many of your concerns are better addressed

[@firmfire2385]

What i noticed is no venting for the gases exiting the batteries, a spark and that room goes boom.

[@HighTechLab]

Did you miss the part of the 1200 cfm vent fan?

[@guytech7310]

HighTechLab: Transformer inverters still use Transistors (IGBTs) and diodes. The difference between a transformer & a Non-transformer inverter is the switching speeds. The issue with Transformer based inverters is that if the power load is excessive it will cause the transformer to saturate leading to a essential a dead short across the transistors. Also transformer inverters are usually modified square wave which is bad for AC motors. AC motors (ie pumps, frides, freezers) have AC motors. The square wave output can cause saturation leading to low efficiency and also decrease motor life.

[@johnnyrotten52]

Outstanding piece of engineering and execution !

[@jakeyyyyyyyy]

nobody: youtube algorithm 2 years later: **this**

[@georgemgm5]

Very very very clean neat job great work man

[@spudhead169]

A well designed PWM charge controller will not waste all the input energy during the phase off cycle. They heavily bypass the input to the PWM controller. Yes you do get about a volt or so drop due to the backfeed diodes which is the main kicker, but the price difference can be a clincher versus wasted energy. Also, a dozen or so bucks on components and you can convert a cheap controller to do this. You can also utilize some of the waste heat from this (and other stuff that's producing heat) by running your hot water pipes (input to heating tank) through this room and attaching heatsinks to the piping, even running them through the heatsinks of equipment that's producing heat.

[@stringstrang8043]

Are you an electrician? Very interesting stuff, although I don't know what most of it means haha.

[@mattbrodacki4980]

Have family that works in the container business. Best setup is always to set up on railroad ties for number of reasons, and regularly check and seal top. Great setup thanks for sharing!

[@Nicole215]

This is just brilliant. We do not need to rely solely on the government to power our homes. I want to do this but first I need to purchase a home. 🤣 Awesome video, we should all takes notes from this intelligent man. I enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for sharing!

[@grantwhebell7730]

what about protection, HRC fuses, I don't see any protection on your DC side of this. Also with paralleling batteries your short circuit current has to be very high. Thus the need for fuses.

[@MrFunkhauser]

The DC side is pretty wild compared to AC. I wonder what would happen if the buss was shorted out, that shit looks pretty capable for power. Would a battery explode?

[@magustx]

those busbars are frightening

[@bluewaffle1957]

I'm surprised the local and federal government haven't arrested you for being environmental friendly and also stopping the local power company from making an obscene profit from you

[@001looker]

Hopefully that will happen soon.

[@jonathanguzman8255]

Michael Lawn hahaha

[@dogmakarma]

What an impressive setup! By downscaling your design, I can further improve the power system for my RV, and maybe implement something similar for a future ranch. Thank you for posting this video.

[@JasonJoplin]

Dogmakarma Store if you need any help with your setup let me know, I have a similar setup which is much smaller but a lot more practical and affordable

[@sgtfati9975]

For your distilled water, use a pump sprayer, like the ones for herbicides and pesticides. Just take the nozzle off and you’ll get an even flow under pressure.

[@richardt8604]

Those bus bars look very vulnerable to trouble ,you wouldn't want a short on those !

[@85agyoung]

I am a licensed Electrician and work for a power company. This setup is pretty cool, but looks very expensive. I am sure you have over 20k in everything and a lot of maintenance for the batteries and generators. I dont know where your ranch is but I am assuming you did this because of the cost for electrical service was more than this setup.

[@teekay1785]

remember 30 percent tax credit too.

[@caseyjones3684]

You can get those batteries literally for free. Just make good friends with someone who own a generator sales service company. No but seriously every year large stationary GenSet units at Hospitals, Government Facilities or even a large commercial buildings get serviced. During this service not only does the oil and filters get replaced but so do those batteries "liability purposes" I was told. The old batteries typically get tossed and there is nothing wrong with them.. I currently have 15 of them, and every one holds a charge. I make them in portable jump starting packs. Yes they are a bit cumbersome so I Mount the batteries onto homemade miniature hand trucks/cart with cushion tires, I attached a battery tender every carts frame structure. This makes it easy to keep charged as any 110 outlet could be used. I give these contraptions away, to either my Customers, friends, family or anyone who could benefit owning one. They are extremely powerful last a long time have high cca ratings, and will start a Semi Truck in the dead of winter without issue.

[@caseyjones3684]

@Jerome Eberharter Caterpillar 101-4000 Those seem to be the most common around my area

[@HighTechLab]

Group 8D 9s the size

[@caseyjones3684]

@@HighTechLab You did A beautiful job by the way. I learned a few things watching your video. Thanks.

[@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983]

Very nice job. Thank you for the tour!

[@Renew_You]

Very nice Install... Well done Sir!

[@rayva1]

This guy graduated in Engineering. Who out there has the skills to pull off something like this?

[@Don-wl1un]

True, but you can start slow. I built my first solar generator. There are lots of videos for smaller setups. I doubt I will ever get to this level.

[@LetsRVtv]

I'm a retired electrician. This is electrician porn. What a nice job you did. Everything is clean, neat , straight, level and efficient. Nice work brother!

[@kalemercer7053]

not an electrician but this Amps me up and gets my Volts off too. I would like to see some warning labels on the bus bar and inner door. maybe a keyed inner door. but thats, not a huge deal.

[@MountainMetal]

To be fair, an 18 KW Diesel generator is still a 'Power Bill'.

[@tomrinehart4452]

He won't use it often only to charge the batteries if there isn't enough sun. I would recommend LP instead as it never goes bad. I use a 8.5 kW Champion backup generator instead of the grid. Auto starts and to keep batteries topped off. I have 21kW of Lithium and set the gen to kick on if they go below 20%. Gen runs about 3hrs to top them from there unless there is no sun and we're using alot.

[@MountainMetal]

@@tomrinehart4452 Irrelevant. It's still a power bill. I've lived off-grid, more than once. People should be more honest about these things.

[@The_Situation]

@@MountainMetal The 'power bill' is the up front costs of all that equipment. It will take YEARS to pay for itself.

[@MountainMetal]

@@The_Situation Yep. Expect about $22,000, new, just for a generator like that, never mind everything else it takes, so altogether, it may very well never pay for itself. Just adult reality.

[@Kuberniccus]

you really are an inspiration for all of us //thank you for sharing this//cheers from spain

[@jamesmason4041]

Hurrah for off grid living

[@Katie16682]

I plan on going off grid some day and it's great to see and hear ur success story. Everyone I talk to about it makes it seem impossible but ur story is a testament to how it can be achieved. Thanks for sharing 😉

[@frankhoffman3566]

Nice, but add up the cost for three generators, solar panels, 18 batteries, the inverter, the conduit, switches, wire and the shipping container and you have about 30 years worth of power from the local electric company. I like to see off grid stuff, but I like it better when you can amortize the costs out to something less than a decade.

[@HighTechLab]

Frank Hoffman what you're missing is this shipping container cost $16,000 to build however it would have cost $70,000 to get the utility companies just brought to the property then we would have to pay a power bill and then we would also have to pay for solar if we wanted it. Container paid itself off the moment it powered up.

[@HighTechLab]

john smith it is a quarter mile in a hilly area and would require setting three telephone poles. If you can convince our utility company to set that up for $50 you're hired. It is a rural area. We are building the home on the property. When a home is first built it does not have a electric hook up there for your comment that every home has one is invalid.

[@ctb2814]

HighTechLab come on just a quarter mile? I had no issue of them running twice that distance. Where do you live, Mexico?

[@HighTechLab]

Carl Brown it is indeed just 1/4 Mile. The poles actually run through our property. Since they were so outrageous on their price we pretty much told them to take their quote and GTFO. Our utility companies are outrageous around here

[@waynealan2226]

I have a property in NE Arizona. From the Property to the NEAREST power is just over 3 miles. The power company wanted $475,000 to bring in power to a distribution node and then $4000 more to get to my property. The three miles would be on poles from the distribution node it would be underground. PERMITS NOT INCLUDED, those would be on me and the other property owners in the area. This was to be over relatively flat terrain. NONE of this included acquisitions of right of ways easements which are even more. All toll the property owners in the area would have had to come up with over $2.5 million to get power for the 40 properties. We all told the power company to stuff it. I went solar and wind with about a $22000 installation. Works great powers everything we need.

[@decarli4280]

MASTER PIECE. IM TALKING ABOUT FLAWLESS!!!

[@leet0809]

Hi. Very impressed. Would you be able to list all the major components? I am not an electrician and couldn't grasp many of the terms you used.

[@hey.you.in.the.bushes]

NICE! especially for diy. I can't imagine how much time you got in this. 👍

[@javierolazaran7227]

You could build a bio digestor and then use biogas to power up a methane generator as backup. You will save some diesel. Also you can add some wind turbines to have some extra.

[@JavierDrWeld]

Pretty cool setup, just a humble suggestion, with a generator 5500 watts or higher (doesn't necessarily have to be an inverter generator) you could get a 240VAC output and save the transformer, which is not the most energy efficient device, you probably notice that the transformer can get hot, so that heat is energy you are loosing, juts a suggestion.

[@coshiro1]

Javier Hernandez you’ve got a point

[@YamiPoyo]

I dont know why you have exposed copper wire running into that metal framing thats a death trap room you have there.

[@LordOrwell]

i originally thought that was his ground wire but he seems to be using it to carry voltage form the solar cells. I wouldn't want to see what happens if someone crosses the wires.

[@JasSinghGrewal]

Very impressive. Did you consider insulating bars linking batteries together? Or grounding your metal shelf with batteries?

[@xseedlingx]

Nice setup! . You freeked me out reaching in around the bare busses

[@HighTechLab]

Touching them is fine, it's a low enough voltage to be safe from touching. Just keep metallic objects away.

[@rongray4118]

Those generators aren't so loud...they are just rebounding off the sides of the connexs! Great job! Love the video! It is where my wife and I are headed...thanks for all of the information!

[@jimjones7821]

48v DC at those ****AMPS***** is super DANGEROUS if there is a short. You can be seriously injured/burnt.....batteries can explode. BUS bars should be in a housing (usually with a clear plastic front panel these days but not always) OR insulated. Honestly, not trying to rag you here......but if these comments save someone a life of agony as a burns unit patient then the effort to write these words was well worth it.

[@HighTechLab]

Jim Jones I work in live switchgears on a regular basis with 480 V (277 to gnd) busbars at about 2000 A. That is far more dangerous than when I deal with on a regular basis in this room. Not only is 480 a major shock hazard, either it throws you or kills you if you touch it, but once an arc starts it's really hard to stop. 48 V you can touch. Use insulated tools when you work on it and you'll be perfectly fine. This is why anyone doing a set up like this should be qualified for the task. You don't go sticking random metal in live switchgears nor would I do the same around my busbars. And in case I wasn't clear, switchgears have pretty much exactly the same set up in terms of busbars. Exposed with no insulation . Live. With a lot more energy going through.

[@jimjones7821]

Sure - just giving the heads up - if you know what your doing and work on systems like that then I have to say I am somewhat surprised you as a professional would do it this way but its your choice. Just reaching out because I care, not because i want to diss you in anyway.

[@HighTechLab]

Jim Jones in the year it has been set up now I haven't had any problems

[@jimjones7821]

Keep the container locked and you most likely wont have any issues - but the day someone who doesn't know what they are doing gets in there......well glad its you and not me who would have to deal with it. But hey, good luck, you are trying.

[@eurotrash4629]

The door to the electrical room should be locked at a minimum.

[@jimjones7821]

The setup is nicely done - no doubt about it.Neat, tidy, well laid out......BUT.....those Bus Bars are a death waiting to happen. And face it.....if it does happen, the evidence is up here on KZbin......

[@timbrubeck4212]

Dude thats pretty damn awesome

[@bobcat1384]

That is the best off grid power house set up I’ve ever seen, holy crap dude, freaking awesome!

[@mrchichi2405]

Wow have put a lot of time and effort into this, very well done Sir.

[@Someguy6571]

This setup is just out of the scope of most people. Both financially and technically.

[@jojodroid31]

duh, of course that amount of capacity is a little more complicated than changing your laptop battery.

[@MrEvilTag]

Well duh. If it was easy everyone would do it and power companies and electricians wouldn't be a thing

[@MoLassessss]

Watch them make a law now and it be illegal to do this tomorrow.

[@The_Situation]

@@mayshack "iF iT cAn HuRt YoU iT sHoulD bE iLlEgal"

[@zekeball7102]

i like how all these comments are people attacking your setup, meanwhile theyve never built anything like it haha, mine is 13kwhr batt at 1.1kw solar, cant wait to buy property so i can expand!

[@gasser5001]

Simply amazing breakdown of your system! Very informative to say the least. Impressive stuff!

[@SNAKEPIT359]

Man you really got it going on! You are a mini power station. Nice one.

[@insistentmind498]

Same I kind of jealous in a good way bro lmao I want him to HyperLink his knowledge to my brain either by brain interface or Starlink sattelite 🤣🤣

[@yahtadi5152]

I wish i could understand a thing. If i really really wanted to learn, where do i start? Any suggestion would be much appreciated

[@raindogs451]

Nature doesn't like a vacuum. When you suck air out of a room, you need "make up air" to be pulled in. Usually that's done with a louver. That Loren Cook fan will suck air through and cracks in the envelope, to a point. But there sure isn't 1200 CFM worth of cracks at the pressure that fan will develop. I didn't see a louver. If there isn't one, you'll notice it will be much harder to open the door when the fan is running. That's actually less important. The point is this: If that is running and has no provision for make up air, it will move very very little air

[@teekay1785]

all containers have a couple of areas of heavy mesh screen over a few holes about 6 inches by 6 inches, so unless he covered them up he has them

[@raymondj8768]

I want to find a property by a river so i can use that power to turn genoraters to charge batteries ive seen some nice setups !

[@brooksavage3732]

Incredibly creative genius at work.

[@frankatstarisland4732]

Great video! Lots of work lots of obtained knowledge.

[@glenjamindle]

Man that electrical is meticulous. I don't know how I feel about those exposed bus bars, especially when you have to reach through them to get to the inverter.

[@kalemercer7053]

Those bus bars are not a dangerous as you'd think, wouldn't recommend it but he could grab them and would get a nasty shock and knocked to his ass, but I'm pretty sure he'd walk away.

[@jonascarlsson9826]

Convert voltage to amperage? The bus bars looked a bit scary...

[@GabeAnguiano]

Not an electrician but I'm guessing that if you dropped a wrench on those two bus bars it will generate quite a spark. At 48v your need for lower gauge cables is reduced, why not just buy a decent welding cable for the positive (at the least)? Other than this, nice setup.

[@HighTechLab]

Keep in mind you must keep equal length from all batteries to the inverter / chargers. With eight Banks this becomes a nightmare and a boatload of connection points, connection points are the weak link

[@imranmohd4770]

Phenomenal job bru, serious thought and planning into it. 💯💯💯👏👏👏. Can I ask you won't the batteries like need maintenance/ or die / then the cost. Will it amount to a lot or create a difficult breakeven with cost of grid. Just wondering 🤔

[@Squarehead45]

Refreshing to see someone living off-Grid that actually KNOWS how to WIRE THESE UNITS. I have walked into Nightmares in these Equipment room and one I actually had the local Fire Dept shut it down as a fire/Safety/Explosion hazard. This is NICE. Two things I would do is use Explosion Proof ridged pipe and connectors because of the Hydrogen gas that may accumulate in the room and I would elevate the panels at least a FOOT off the Hot Roof to give MORE air circulation UNDER the panel to prevent overheating and partial Shutdown.

[@HighTechLab]

While it likely is class 1 division 2 zone, that would all be a waste without explosion-proof electrical panels, inverters, lighting fixtures, ETC. with the amount of ventilation I have and the fact that it turns on when the batteries get to gassing voltage, it's not a concern for me. The system has been up for well over a year and I have never had a situation where the gas levels in the room were enough to cause problem or reason for concern

[@HighTechLab]

As far as the panels being close to the roof, that is only temporary till I can build a tracking rack

[@davidcisco4036]

My dream is to live off the grid, the government grid. If you don't pay your property tax, the police with guns will put you on the street, you will be homeless for not paying the government rent known as property tax. There is no private property.

[@mexcanfun4498]

No property taxes in my little village in Gro Mexico.

[@jtorrescano]

@@mexcanfun4498 there are property taxes in Mexico. It is called predial. es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impuesto_predial

[@mexcanfun4498]

@@jtorrescano Si. But not at all in small villages were I live.

[@mikegregory2535]

No fuses, if you make a mistake you won't be leaving the same way you came in. I have researched and have never found 8D deep cycle, are those starter batteries? Best of luck.

[@HighTechLab]

Look at my most recent video, you will see I have fuses now

[@fabiobiffo]

What about the lifespan of panels and batteries? What about 10 years later?

[@Jbiglin]

THANK YOU for providing a very informative video on such a well thought out system. Really great. Thanks again,