Overview of our Off Grid House and Solar System

See what we use to power our off grid house.

[@deejohnson5163]

VERY, VERY interesting. You have alot to keep you busy. I spend all my time watching these videos, lol.

[@eiremos]

Beautifull ! Maybe a long and thin stick to clean the PV 's from the ground and a little ventilated shed for the generator ? Thanks for sharing . PS. Regards to the little girls and protect them well against M. Fox . Bye

[@chrisfryer3118]

Thanks, very informative. The hot water heating by evacuated tubes, I was of the notion that current ideas favour pv electric water heating. I'm going that route, as it appears less complicated. I do know the evac tubes are about 95% efficient which is a great incentive.

[@howardescoffery4950]

Wow impressive, and my hat off to your wife as well.

[@DrDIYporsche]

She is quite a girl!

[@Off-Grid]

Looks good. Our videos are behind a several months from where we currently are now but we'll eventually have a video on our system too.

[@russ4930]

Look forward to it.

[@Off-Grid]

@@russ4930 Thanks, it's a big 15.3kw system with 48 panels.

[@Ithiel1981]

Nice build, specially for being of your own and I'm including your whole house. Would like to see more about the hot water project. Are you considering rain water collection system too? Awesome work!

[@russ4930]

No need for rainwater collection where we live. Drilled well run off the solar.

[@bimmers323ci]

cool

[@stevelamperta865]

Unless I'm missing something , that's not true at all ! I am completely off the grid and have had a secondary solar system for years. My system is made up of different brands . I took what I felt in my opinion was the best piece of equipment from each company and made my own system and its been working great for years now. So yes , you absolutely can use different brand names , you are not committed to just one when you start building a system. I don't know why , or what would make you say something like that .....

[@blindliquor1]

Great video of your setup Sir!! But I’m curious how you heat your house? Do you only heat with a wood stove.. or are you heating Electric heat to?

[@DrDIYporsche]

Wood and hydronic from solar hot water.

[@stevelamperta865]

The manufacturer does not support stacking these SW units, also You would have better efficiency with a 48 volt system . I run Aims inverter/charger , In my opinion , there the best you can get, there the most dependable , there a low frequency inverter, And they have every option you could possibly need for any install . I wouldn't consider anything but a low frequency inverter , for obvious reasons.

[@stevelamperta865]

In my opinion , If one is going to explain solar systems to people , I feel the first step would be to explain their usage and conversion . another words replacing the electric hot water heater with a propane hot water heater. And replace their electric 220 ac submersable well pump with a 48 volt dc pump . and so on . Most people build their solar systems a lot bigger than they need to ! With just a few changes , you end up only needing half the system. Just food for thought.

[@jeffbowers950]

Good work Russ. Love the independant spirit !. We run off grid our cottage (home) and two rental villas on outback equipment and lithium storage too. Bit more sun down here in the U.S.V.I. but you sure have some nice woods up there. If you ever need a break from the snow shovelling, check us out at :joyoflifevilla.com. Keep up the good work and get yourself that extra 4000 watts.