Secret Solar Hack To Save A Ton Of Money

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If you are putting together a DIY solar system then used solar panels can be an unlock to save 50% off your total system cost and up to 75% off the cost of your panels. There are a few things you should know before purchasing and I will walk you through the following:
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0:00 Why are 5 year old used panels even available
2:20 Where can you get used solar panels
4:51 How to test used solar panels
7:46 Should used solar panels be installed on a roof for a grid-tied system
8:44 How to transport used solar panels
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[@everydaysolar]

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[@HellTriX]

I got two pallets worth of used panels from Signature solar. One set i had sitting in the rain for a month in the back of my truck sitting flat and pooled with water, I finally set them all up, 48 panels. I haven't used grid power in almost 3 months now. I also built my own 304AH battery racks for a total of 60kwh. I would definitely recommend used panels.

[@Waldoe16]

Signature solar has great prices on new panels, REC 370w at $103 , spend a bit more and get Talesun bifacial 400w at $108. I think it is very reasonable and safer. Maybe there are others with similar prices.

[@everydaysolar]

Holy Cow, that is a great deal. Thanks for the heads up.

[@fabianhernandez1734]

Same, got 395w Hyperion bifacials at $108 with 5% off & free shipping during memorial day. You can also get extra $50 off if you have a referral code from a KZbinr

[@user-hg2tk3xj9y]

In IL as well, ordered 10 used 365w panels from Santan and they have been in use with no issues over a month now.....could not be happier, ran 1200 delivered to my door.

[@diySolarPowerFunWithRay]

Very nice!! I love my used panels from SanTan!! The truck that delivered my used panels had a gate that lowered. He even helped me bring the pallet into my garage with his portable forklift. The tax explanation actually makes a lot of sense. I didn't think of that.

[@alvinclose8181]

Loads of good information, thanks

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the support 👍

[@michaelhardy195]

Great idea emp proof your solar system

[@livingmybestlife60]

Great information Thank you!

[@everydaysolar]

You bet!

[@Gary-wh7ce]

I bought Trinia 250w for $50 on FB market place for use as a ground mount (give it away when I move) for testing and they work just fine. Showed up with a tester in hand and no problems..

[@everydaysolar]

Nice! Solid find and thanks for the feedback!

[@jdtexas2048]

Most cheap clamp meters will measure AC and DC voltage - but not AC and DC Amps

[@everydaysolar]

Agreed 👍

[@heroesandzeros7802]

I just bought 10- 250W Trina panels for $430 Tax incl. with free shipping, from SanTan Solar. That was $40 each. Supposed to be here next Tuesday, we will see. Already have the charge controllers and other control hardware installed.

[@kazman8560]

I did this too, got 10 290w trinas during their free shipping sale. Was too good to pass up. They've been working well.

[@philsmock4943]

Used panels at a faction of the cost of new. What a great idea for someone who wants to do some playing around. Thanks for the idea and where we might find used one.

[@everydaysolar]

You bet!

[@michaelhardy195]

Great KZbin videos 😎👍 and solar system

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks!

[@jsauerii]

I have heard from an insider that there are millions of panels scheduled for replacement under those incentives this year that will flood the market. If that occurs this might be the year to grab a bunch.... One other thing you could do is watch for the sellers on facebook market place that have shown up recently. They have newer high output bi-facials that are priced low enough you think its a scam. There were a bunch of canadian solar panels like that recently. I picked up 14 535W bi facials that were new for $150 each. I drove 200 miles for those with a small trailer. I would have bought the pallet if I had enough cash. They were bought by various people who resell cars and such from that method from freight wreck auctions by the container load. They sorted out the smashed ones and put the others up under cost. In my case well under. I have tested them and they are all putting out over 100%. I have yet to find the auction place they are finding them at but have mainly seen them for Canadian solar brand. Seen 600 watt CS panels at $200 each etc. Worth watching for IMO.... FWIW

[@everydaysolar]

Nice, thanks so much for the feedback. Are you seeing up an offgrid system? 14 X 535W is a healthy array.

[@joeyhazlett]

I've got 36 250W blemished and snail trail Santan Solar panels that I use for various solar projects around my house. I've bought them in multiple orders, but one set of 20 I got during a BOGO sale and ended up paying just $25 per panel. Basically paid for themselves the first summer by offsetting the cost of air conditioning completely. It helps that I have family near their warehouse in Arizona so I can take a trip to visit them and get cheap panels at the same time to save on shipping costs.

[@everydaysolar]

Smoking Deal, thanks for the feedback!

[@jasonbroom7147]

One of my solar arrays is 4 used panels, each 235 watts. They are in a terrible location, because my house sits in a valley between two hardwood ridges. On most days, these panels still do bring in enough power for my off-grid office. Given how much the price of new panels have come down, if I was doing this again, today, I would probably buy new and get the warranty. The price difference just isn't as high as it was 12-18 months ago.

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the feedback Jason.

[@antibrevity]

Thanks. I wish the title also told us about the subject of the video, though. I want this to show up when searching for info about used panels and I currently don't see tags that might help with that.

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the feedback I added a couple more tags on used panels and also mentioned a couple times in the description which KZbin is usually pretty good at picking up in addition to actually pulling the content out of the video. Seems like this does take a few days or weeks to align in search. If I don't see it coming up I will tweak the title in the future as well.

[@roxiereed4061]

Thank you for this video I'm wanting to go solar for the simple reason of our local power company is stealing from the customer they tried it once with me but it backed fired on them

[@everydaysolar]

It is nice to have at least some capability of providing your own power for a whole number of issues 👍

[@roxiereed4061]

@everydaysolar for sure I went on fb and found some for a good price hope to get the rest of the supplies at a good deal too.got any links for the rest of the set up

[@adamsisernik4556]

Hi. I bought an 11.7kw Basen green Lifepo4 51.2V battery. I will charge BG battery with solar panels via a Victron MPPT 150/35. I will charge the Delta pro from BG battery like you show in this video. Output from BG battery is 50Ah (200Ah max). After a minute of charging with a output power of 15.5A, the output power from the BG battery started to drop to 3A and then to 5A, thus minimally charging the Delta Pro in waves (3A 5A 3A 5A, ...). Could it be a power output problem with too much amperage (DP max input xt60 is 15A)? How can I solve this?

[@juustjoshin]

Off topic but curious - would it be possible to build solar panels into a garage door itself? Mine has excellent southern exposure and it feels like this could be a really successful option as 1. You don’t have to put solar on your roof 2. You’d leverage an existing surface (your door) 3. You could tie directly in to a battery in your garage. 4. Install would be ridiculously easy - just swap out your garage panels with the solar embedded ones. Why has nobody done this yet? Is one reason that there’s no mass produced panel that could fit in that form factor?

[@DethpickleDave]

Neat idea. Not meaning to crap on it, but certainly some problems might include: garage doors are never going to be close to the optimal elevation angle (90, vs 20-30), it would be coincidence they're facing south, they move (a lot) so durability and connection routing of energized power cables that's not in the way is going to be tricky, especially on a sectional door. But, yeah. It is a 7'x16' space we almost all have. If someone came up with something clever that worked, it could be a widely deployable solution. Just seems like there's a lot working against it.

[@aussie2uGA]

Word of caution, the original ecoflow units (1300?) were sensitive to panels outputting higher voltages.

[@everydaysolar]

Yeah I should I mentioned this unit can take from 11-60V in for solar input voltage with a max of 15 Amps current.

[@mikewanzong]

You mentioned you are going to hook up 6 of these to each of your Delta Pro’s… isn’t the max voltage 150 for a delta pro? The sticker on the panel showed 33.4. If you have 6, you are up to 200 volts… am I missing something?

[@rcguymike]

​@@mikewanzong 3s2p

[@everydaysolar]

@@mikewanzong I will be doing a 3S2P setup where I have 3 panels in series on 2 strings that come together in parallel. The DP will clip the current to a max of 15 Amps.

[@mikewanzong]

⁠@@everydaysolarThanks! I’m still learning this stuff! I assume the clipping will only happen when the panels are generating at near full capacity?

[@travisjohnston1923]

I found a bunch of QC'ed out panels, cracked vinyl, scratched vinyl, does this affect the panel?

[@everydaysolar]

Often those panels will still produce. I think the main think to look out for is to ensure water can't get in. If there are just scratches you are probably good.

[@travisjohnston1923]

@@everydaysolar could a crack be repaired with UV resin?

[@heroesandzeros7802]

Do you still get the IL tax credits if you buy used panels?

[@everydaysolar]

Nope, you can't get the 30% tax credit on used equipment and also can't get the IL renewable energy credits.

[@bdelight5422]

I in fact has a question. After getting the used solar panel, I check the DC volt with 36v reading, which is correct. But when I check DC amp, it gave me reading of 00.22. I was stressed that I bought the lemon. Today under the sun, it produce 188w x 1panel. Why I can’t read the amp with multi meter at the first place ?? Thank you

[@everydaysolar]

What is the max amperage rating for your multimeter?

[@bdelight5422]

@@everydaysolarit has 40A or 400A

[@JeremyParsons]

Chinese overproduction of the latest, best panels has caused prices to drop dramatically this year - buy new panels this year and look for really cheap second hand panels next year.

[@panospapadimitriou3498]

old is ok .. they made them so fat and robust back then . you can even walk on em LOL

[@everydaysolar]

That is exactly what the guy said who was selling them. "You can even walk on these panels."

[@offgridgarageUSA]

I think you should inform your audience that even on the very brightest spot on Earth, you can only get 75% of what any solar panel is rated at. So your 320 watt used panel that's degraded for 5 years will only produce a max of 220 watts. Panels are rated using 1000 watts per square meter in the lab. At ground level, the most intensity you will ever see on Earth is 750 to 800 watts per square meter.

[@jimfields9491]

Our tax dollars at work 🤦‍♂️

[@everydaysolar]

Yeah, unfortunately this definitely seems like a bit of a tax benefit being fully utilized 🫤

[@charlieodom9107]

Just an FYI: Santan Solar recently started a minimum purchase requirement on panels, which really pisses me off. I have been buying panels from them for a long time, and their new requirement to buy at least 10 at a time is absurd. Many people who buy from them don't need 10 panels for their application.

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the update, I see both sides. Frustrating for DIY projects for sure but also a struggle for many companies to justify shipping costs on the smaller orders.