RUN THE ACs AND CHARGE YOUR BATTERIES! RV SOLAR AT ITS FINEST!

Today, we got up and cleaned off those panels to see if we could capture enough power to both crank those ACs and charge the battery.
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[@SuperSushidog]

Sweet. I have 4,400 watts of flat mounted solar that will run my 14.5k rooftop A/C and my 12k mini-split heat pump as well as charge my 48v battery at the same time, even in winter, as long as it's sunny. Of course, when it's cloudy I don't need to run both A/Cs. I also have a 620w liftable array on the side of my MH to charge my 560ah 12v battery too. At 67 yrs. old, I can't be climbing on my roof every time I move and when high winds come up, to lift and lower panels. It would be great if your roof array could be raised and lowered with linear actuators, by remote control, while standing safely on the ground. I saw one like that in Quartzsite this season. Did you see it? It looked like a huge sail that I'd be afraid would be damaged or even tip my RV if a strong wind came up. But that would be very expensive and another thing to fail at the worst possible time, like slide outs sometimes do. My small side array virtually lifts itself using gas struts to the correct angle to maximize production. It's easy to clean too, standing safely on the ground. My roof racked array basically gets cleaned when it rains. 😉Of course I can climb a ladder to clean it, but they aren't cleaned nearly as often as my side mounted panels. That's why I made it so big, because I knew they wouldn't be cleaned that often.

[@Monument-Solar]

We were actually one of the solar vendors at the Quartzsite show this year. You may have seen us. There was another solar installer who had a racking system but theirs was more of a one off creation. Ours is designed to be modular and fit into a box. Sounds like your setup does well for you.

[@Ulbre]

This is an excellent video....but seeing as you are a new start up channel I would suggest answering comments. You haven't answered a single comment after 3 days. Hopefully down the track people will be reading this and thinking "WTF dude, he answers every comment". Good luck with your channel buddy. :) :) :)

[@Monument-Solar]

Ha! Thanks for the encouragement. I just realized there were so many views, and yes, comments.

[@bakedto420]

20k set up...

[@mikemuha7537]

How is the array adjusted? Manually? Electromechanical? Sun tracking?

[@Monument-Solar]

We're currently working on the automation but presently it is a manual tilt. All of our systems will be upgradable to be automatic once it is available.

[@kichmanengineeringassocs.8581]

Half the modules are heavily shaded most of a given day

[@Monument-Solar]

We were getting around 48% of our rated capacity with the panels flat. Once we tilted both sides we got up to 98% on the front and 64% on the front. That is an improvement on each, even with the panels being shaded about 10%. Keep in mind that the front panels "dip" lower that the ones in the back. That is part of our proprietary design.

[@cornwallav8r]

@@Monument-Solar Yep. Certainly an improvement.

[@mister.beastly]

Hey Thanks for the vid. I just liked and Subscribed. My son liked it as well so I assume he'll most likely subscribe soon too. ;) I hope all is well for you. :)

[@dalehair2400]

Very much dislike the music. Stopped watching 4 min. in.

[@lawrencedavidson6195]

I hope they listen and future videos have no music at all, it's so distracting and sometimes even annoying. Nice solar setup anyway.

[@naroddyzmow5356]

solar madness

[@Monument-Solar]

Madness... genius... love obsession... who knows.

[@chriscuevas9764]

Your wife sounds fat

[@Monument-Solar]

... and I will make sure to never tell her that

[@lawrencedavidson6195]

@@Monument-Solar lol, good idea.