Off-Grid Solar Panel Ground Mount - Pt 2 - Cementing piers, IronRidge rails, installing solar panels

Let's get those San Tan solar panels up! All 30 of our panels are now up on our IronRidge ground mount! Can't wait to be finished with the shed so we can hook it all up! In time...
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[@beckyjohnson3153]

The clouds in your time lapses are pretty amazing. You all have great skyscapes out there. Nice work. It's coming together so nicely!

[@TinyShinyHome]

Yeah. Monsoon seasons brings the sky to a whole other level.

[@janeallan9491]

I love how the whole family gets involved in your projects.

[@nirupamashah1565]

Cement is an ingredient of concrete. Concrete has gravel or crushed stone, water and cement, some sand is also added to the mixture.

[@SeanBlader]

Came here to suggest this. Also if it says "Cement Mix" it's technically some kind of concrete, with the gravel, crushed stone, sand (all of which are called aggregates) already included. Fun note, depending on the application your aggregate can be something other can gravel or sand, in the case of "Low Density Concrete" or Aircrete, it can be styrofoam beads. Lastly, since you have cement in your hyper-adobe bag mix you could technically call your the structure a concrete structure.

[@EricSMeyer]

One of my pet peeves, when people call concrete “cement”. It’s like calling cake mix “flour”. Thanks for pointing out the difference between cement and concrete. By the way, air is also considered an ingredient of concrete, especially in northern climates where concrete must have air to deal with freeze thaw cycles.

[@davidwalker9188]

Your solar panel set up looks like a big giant billboard laid over on 1 side you all have some awesome children but your youngest daughter is so adorable with that big smile she has

[@sarahloy830]

We all need a small child to reach the small spaces and delicate applications😊

[@SoutheastOhioSolarHaven]

Thank god for Kids that are willing to help ! Awesome Job guys !

[@sandypratt8951]

You have a fantastic view of those mountains.❤️

[@TinyShinyHome]

Yes, we do! 👏🏼

[@kimberlyjones9697]

WOW! When we have a project to do, we call it “a family bonding” opportunity. You are definitely teaching your children to have a strong work ethic.

[@PAINFOOL13]

try putting round rocks in the mixer add water and let it clean itself maybe. looks fabulous. Nicely Done .👍🏻

[@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560]

Looks good, one step closer, take care until next time, and God bless amen

[@gerimartinez8703]

It’s so beautiful in the desert🥰 the sky has amazing colors! Love your Journey♥️💪🏼

[@surfviewgardens2396]

Great job! When your nomadic friends show up with their 50 amp rigs, you'll have plenty of juice for them. Kudos!

[@klazyy641]

Perhaps a trough at the base of the panels to collect some rain run-off for your rain harvesting? After all, it's a nice surface for rain to hit, drain, and become useful for y'all. Good work on the array---that sucker isn't going anywhere no matter what winds come up. . . .well, it may become airborne, but if it does---it's the end of the world!!!

[@shahramsareminouri4195]

You guys are great family

[@lisejensen9184]

Enjoyed this one a bunch! Criss crossy hoeing in the foreground, criss crossy clouds in time lapse in the background. Nice! Also the chick moving music matched the flighty energy of those pea brained little birdies. We have chickens too so I know. Thanks!

[@marymccowan6629]

It kills me everyone has a better idea. I get it build according to specifications to keep any warranties you have. Doing a great job.

[@jimh4167]

Maybe try putting rocks in the concrete mixer and let it run Should clean the mixer up

[@scottlemoine9492]

I've been watching your channel, and everything that your whole family has been doing is amazing.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Thank you!

[@ezm69]

I don't think you'll have any shortage of power when it's all done! 🤠 It is funny coming from back east to AZ just how much you get used to the lack of humidity. 70-90% was the norm back there for much of the year, and now at 20%, I'm dying! lol Acclimatization is a real thing! Thankful we all got some much-needed rain just the same! Looking good guys and gals!

[@StoneKathryn]

So any rebar? Mixing by hand, that is so tough. Cool, cattle panel shaded chicks! Nice! The rainbow was beautiful! I'm so glad to see that the kids are helping mix the concrete with you! Nine nine has to be there right with you, so cute. Beautiful sunset. Nice chick set up! Cats are interested. Using hoes to mix the concrete looks a lot easier than shovels! I'll have to remember that.We just poured a little pad for our heating oil tank. That looks way easier. Lizard supervisor. Yay, finished with concrete! Cute goats! Fog! Thanks for explaining how each panel gets installed. So that must be why there are so many UFO sightings in Arizona, because of all the solar arrays! Nine nine found some shade. Wow, look at those clouds form! Use a piece of steel pipe over the end of the ratchet. You got it! Nice chin ups! Beautiful solar panel array! You guys work so well together. This was a joy to watch, thanks.

[@fraslavko1]

wow ! what a STACK! great job!. My favoritwe part of this video is watching the sky-show. ! how about a video of just the animals and the sky-show !????

[@kmw4359]

Cement is the flour; concrete is the cake batter. (I used to work for a cement and concrete company).

[@suepeterson5675]

Very Nice !! “Hard work pays off” . And what a relief 🥵🥵🥵

[@PatrickPoet]

Weren't they both so cute when they were talking about cement mixers and wheelbarrows and cement trucks?

[@HempDaddys]

I bet you guys will LOVE having some cold air during the summer. Hope you get it all up and running SOONER than later.

[@Feeoryne]

Great job family!!!

[@SaSuEnglish]

Cement is like the flour in a cake recipe. Concrete is the finished product like the cake.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Great explanation.

[@marthagreenelsh6827]

Love seeing the mountains they are Beautiful

[@peterhicks3516]

Hi, A couple of things 1) What an excellent team effort from you and all of the kids, even little Ada took a turn with the hoe to mix concrete, and Adali has really stepped up, seemingly more consistently and regularly helping the twp of you. 2) I do not think you can go too big for a solar array, there are six of you living in the desert, you need all the power you can get. Keep up the great work

[@darylcampbell3244]

I’m impressed! You made it look easy. Except for the cement work and we all know that’s not easy.

[@awesomearizona-dino]

Good morning from Fountain Hills. Yall are making great progress. Ive been looking at Cochise props for a while.

[@JDLeeArt]

Here in the midwest you can dump the bags of quickcrete directly in the hole, spray thehole with water and your done. The concrete absorbs the water and sets up just fine. You're in a more arid climate though but I imagine just adding more water would solve that problem.

[@TinyShinyHome]

For a fence post, sure. For a 33'W x 15'D x 10'H giant windsail you gotta mix it properly.

[@davidbloch5370]

You guys are becoming one of my favorite shows on u tube

[@TinyShinyHome]

Well that’s a nice compliment. Thanks!

[@wymanhammond6466]

I really enjoy watching you guys work on your homestead

[@HeidiCreates]

Wow! That’s a lot of solar panels! What a fantastic leap you’ve made on your property.

[@sherrypearson7242]

Another great job love you guys

[@alwayslate1000]

Two things: 1) I love how your kids help out, they are hard workers. 2) How are you going to keep critters off the panels? Love your videos.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Critters? Not sure what you mean. Our dog won’t get on it (we know him) and the goats are always supervised when out walking with us.

[@alwayslate1000]

@@TinyShinyHome I was thinking goats or some wild thing. The panels look like they my be .fragile.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Nah. They’re commercial grade panels. They’ll be fine. Would be cool to see a mountain lion on them though.

[@sandigray9483]

The humidity for today in Knoxville, TN with a high of 92* is 100%. Yeah, I walked outside just now and my glasses fogged up. Y’all are gettin it with that panel! Looks impressive! Those kids deserve another ice cream break! I love watching you guys work! You work so well together. Those baby chicks are adorable

[@jorbace]

Love when the whole family is part of building their own future together. You guys are doing a great job not only family project but your kids.

[@wendellbest2053]

It's a bit late to say this, so for future reference, if you have problems with the holes you dig getting too big when setting poles for cementing, you can buy those cardboard tubes and put them in the holes before the poles. They will help keep the amount of concrete needed lower. Once the concrete is in, you can backfill the hole.

[@tommiejones1072]

So happy y’all got it done, now soon any way air that is cool.

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

A little taller and it might have been a great water collector. Now if you build a mirror match shed to go behind it, and give it skirts at the low ends, it'll be more arrow dynamic which will give you a shed and a lot less chance of it blowing away. Concrete is a combination of rock and cement and water, Morter is cement with nothing but water added to it, although sometimes sand is added to make it go further and give it more body.

[@bondpaz]

Multi purpose Solar jungle gym! 😊👍❤️

[@karinmarsi-williams8510]

Nice people that care for animals so well. I have often seen people put chickens in enclosures with absolutely nothing. 😢

[@TinyShinyHome]

We try to keep them happy. Soon they’ll be free ranging with the rest of them:)

[@kmw4359]

Congrats - that’s a very impressive looking array! Good job everyone!

[@marilynlautner2454]

It is amazing what you accomplish! With all the elements of heat, rain humidity, and unintended mistakes, you all end with a smile and gratitude!

[@PatrickPoet]

That's perfect:) It doesn't look too large, it looks sufficient. Still, as a geek, it would be cool if it tracked the sun;)

[@vickiniazi8280]

Beautiful sky clips

[@TinyShinyHome]

The clouds were incredible with all the monsoons building.

[@rickcrippen5180]

Good place for a picnic table under there.

[@earthwizz]

The cement mixer tub should be on a 45' angle when mixing which brings the mixer blades into play. To clean out the accumulated gunge from running it upright, put rocks and water in it and run it till it's clean.

[@TinyShinyHome]

We don’t run it upright, but I like your cleaning idea 👍🏻

[@moniquekessel4379]

Great job family, coming right along😁😍❤looking fantastic 😍😁❤

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Great cloud formation!!

[@davidcoca7038]

Awesome... Have a great week!...your friend from Las Cruces NM 🤙

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Congrats on a project well done! Great extra shade are too. Nine nine sure thinks so.

[@ToddKesler]

My opinion is you guys are doing a great job!!🥳

[@marymccowan6629]

It looks great. I don't know a hill of beans about solor but I live in a neighborhood that homes have solar. I dont because I live in a condominium. But 25 large panels does look like over kill. I get it you dont have electricity out there. It's just hard to wrap my head around it looks so sturdy and done right. Love your family, hard working.

[@drinkinslim]

When it's raining or weather is bad, the more panels you have, the better. So, in a way, you can never have too many panels. :)

[@TinyShinyHome]

We have zero electricity, in your neighborhood everyone is also on the grid and just supplementing with solar. Huge huge difference.

[@raymondcoggins297]

Getting there one thing ata time stay hydrated love you guys

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Excellent projects, You have great knowledge

[@kristinehenderson6667]

Awesome job on the solar panels!! I hope you have enough of them to run everything you need, we are in a 2,400 sq ft house with 40 panels and it isn’t enough to run all the stuff.

[@TinyShinyHome]

We’re very low power and our house will be too

[@jamespayne8781]

Gotta say the Misses is definitely a good right arm.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Couldn’t do it with out me…I mean her 😂

[@samoatodd8730]

GREAT JOB GUYS !!!!

[@lastfirst9791]

Can't wait to see the house build

[@TinyShinyHome]

Me too. 😂

[@davec9244]

the array looks OK ish ,a form or function thing it is a function thing GOOD JOB concrete is a back breaker !

[@PatrickPoet]

It's weird how much music I love gets played on this channel. I can tell you that that's _not_ true on most KZbin channels! I mean, I'm a musician, I like most music. It's not like I don't _like_ the music on other KZbin channels. It's that this channel gets me musically.

[@patrickjobling8676]

Monumental guys .. should have a public holiday to celebrate.. solar aray day ...😍😎😁pip pips and carryon pilgrims

[@fyithisisnotrocketscience5150]

Cement is one ingredient which is dry when you add sand and aggregate with water mix it then place it where it is going and gets hard then it becomes concrete.

[@jimh4167]

Impressive array

[@livingfree2699]

Looks amazing!

[@dhurley53]

Congrats you did a great job !

[@laurieedeburn2449]

sure have a beautiful view

[@bonahisme]

Gutter all the way across the bottom. Catch some rainwater for the garden. Just another roof like surface.

[@MrBrucester]

Amazing video!! I really enjoyed watching it. That’s a nice solar panel array, no wonder you had to build such a strong footing,especially when the wind comes out there in the desert. It’s such a joy watching your children helping and working along side of you. Can’t wait to see this solar shed project when it’s all finished! You folks do wonderful work. That is going to be a beautiful homestead. What do I mean going to!! It already is.

[@donnatrimble7439]

Good morning from bc lower mainland. Your place is looking so good. The chickens have such a nice habitat. Lucky

[@ralphparker]

instead of quickcrete, you could mix 1 part by volume portland cement, 2 parts sand, 3 parts gravel and 0.5 parts water. It should be significantly cheaper. a 94 pound bag of portland cement should make 4.5 cubic ft of concrete (with the sand and gravel included).

[@forrestkleindolph9225]

I'm saving this recipe, thanks!

[@ripsagoly]

Yeaaaaah!!! Awesome 👏

[@Mamasmovietime]

Awesome job guys ❣️ You are moving right along and I am so proud of all of you.

[@briankendall65]

Whew, You definitely had a great workout... I was sweating 10 minutes into the video 🤫🤣🤣🤣🤣 Congratulations on a job well started .. Phase 1 complete!! Truly looking forward to seeing the next Phase .. 💯🙏💯🕊💯❤👌⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡🤠👍

[@kerryburke3864]

You could try running your cement mixer with some stone in it and it may clean it out. Depends how bad it is I guess. Cheers.

[@veeemit9719]

Impressive!

[@57monoshock]

It may be to late buy you need a concrete vibrator to get the air bubbles out of the concrete.

[@dixien6601]

Yay!! That’s Wonderful ! So happy you got your solar array up🤗

[@stephanieh.777]

The solar array looks impressive! You could use the panels as a roof, and build earthbag walls around 3 sides, leaving venting space at the top - it could become its own power shed, or another storage shed... just an idea!

[@Feeoryne]

they are collecting rain water from the solar shed...

[@earthwizz]

@@Feeoryne You can collect rain off solar panels too.

[@Feeoryne]

@@earthwizz ohhhh I di not know.... thanks!

[@crazycloud2]

With that high of humidity, you might look into harvesting that too. Many places around the world have different ways. Its pretty interesting, I think they were trying it on the coast of CA but I don't know how it went.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Not sure what you mean - other than during a rain, the humidity is crazy low here.

[@jacquesvandenberg7363]

Very impressive, you should be very proud of yourselves! Well done !

[@dharper9332]

Good job guys..............this will be game changing for your homestead. Kudos to you all!

[@clivesgarage]

Wonder if one can see it from the moon? Damned solid installation guys!

[@TinyShinyHome]

Someone around here said the planes are going to start using it as a visual landmark 😂

[@fyithisisnotrocketscience5150]

SWEET

[@srice6231]

You guys are the best! That was SO much work but it looks great! Also, I LOVE the music you put in these videos! I love the variety and it is all great music!

[@katefinnegan8129]

Way to go getting the panels in place. So nice to see all of your kids pitch in. Best of luck. Until next video. Cheers.

[@jimh4167]

Could be good to have some solar panels pointed south/west To catch the late summer sun Allowing more electrical use late in the day

[@moniquekessel4379]

You got the power 😁

[@avalonhomestead9077]

Big step

[@SandraCrockett]

Wow, that solar array is huge !

[@evonneanderson7488]

DOG SAID FINNILY SHADED

[@hearcamir7810]

Awesome ‼️👏👏👏👏‼️

[@christopherwortham7269]

Put water into mixer prior to adding cement mix. This will lessen the caking effect. I know, too little too late. Maybe for the next project.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Obviously we tried that :) We tried many things:)

[@tinafortin8958]

Helloooo from 🇨🇦 GREAT JOB FAMILY 👍 You got it done Whootwooo 🥳🎉 Love the skyline as the clouds moved in 💕 Just in time to give all a rinsing 😊🌧️ God's Continual Blessings to you all 🙏😇💝

[@mrjr69]

that many panels you can probably run a small village LOL ................ GOOOOD work and me and my family are moving down that way in 2 weeks so many see you all around some time

[@ad7605]

You said you got used solar panels, where did you get them from. Looks great. You've done an awesome job. The kids are great. That's one of my dreams, to have a sustainable, off grid home. Watching your projects has reignited that dream in me. I am getting a lot great ideas from you. Keep going, and I keep following you. One thing I would do different is I'd like to do with adobe vault ceiling, and thick enough so I can eliminate industrial insulation.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Santan solar in Phoenix.

[@williamhaffelder7032]

Too funny! FYI you know you can pour that dry mix right into the holes and just pour water over it and it works the same. Set all my fence posts that way never have had any issues.

[@TinyShinyHome]

We set our fence posts that way too, but we’re doing it the correct way for this major install.