Excellent presentation and explanation.

@reganperry

7 күн бұрын

Thanks! Hope it was helpful.

The way I understand the rules regards voltage (in Australia) is we can work with Extra Low Voltage (ELV) without needing an electrician. ELV being up to 120 volts DC ripple free and 50 volts AC RMS. But then again us Aussies have a habit of changing the rules all the time so it's always a big question mark. lol... you solar / power shed is the same shed as mine 😀I also run Victron gear and have found it to be extremely reliable 👍

@reganperry

8 күн бұрын

Oh that’s really good to hear about the shed, I’ve been nervous about how it’s going to cope in summer. It’s out in the full sun so I definitely think I’ll at least want to insulate the north side of it (where the door is). Yeah, so true about electrical rules. Are you running off-grid, or connected to mains? Do you reckon it was worth it in your case?

Fantastic Video!!!

Nice summary! Have you considered better roof insulation for the shed? Alternatively you could install a small portable A/C unit - maybe a 300W heat pump which could give the equivalent of about 1200W of cooling. After all, it would only run on the hottest days when you have plenty of solar power anyway. Then you may get more life out of your LFP batteries which age much faster if charged at over 40C.

@reganperry

Күн бұрын

I’ve thought about a few ways to better insulate this shed but tbh it’s too small anyway so I think a full upgrade to a bigger shed with properly insulated walls and ceiling will be the project for this spring.

Great video with loads of info on going off grid solar, sure to help many! Great work!

@reganperry

10 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video. One of the best out there!!

in the future are you considering putting the solar off the ground? I see people building solar shacks, or pergola and keeping equipment under.

@reganperry

8 күн бұрын

Definitely. They get great sun where it is, but I think it’ll protect the panels a bit more from wildlife and ground moisture if I can elevate the racks. I’d love to put them on a system that I can adjust the angle for each season too. Putting the solar gear/shed under the panels is actually a great idea! That would just look a whole lot nicer. And, reduce the cable length from panel arrays to MPPT - I like it!

@krslavin

4 күн бұрын

@@reganperry I have tiltable panels (vertical angle) which I adjust every month for best results. I get about 10-15% more power than my fixed angle panels for the garage. What surprised me was that I could get about 20% more power by pointing them straight up on cloudy days in Winter, which has the additional benefit of making them less vulnerable to Winter storm force winds.

Nothing annoys me more than paying over $700 a year to the power companies for their supply charge, even if you aren't using any of their power. I live in a residential area and I am grid connected, but looking at getting off the grid. I just need to work out how to survive our winter with low sunshine. I have installed 10kw of solar panels, a 4kw Victron Multiplus II, a Victron 450/100 MPPT charge controller and 32kwh of LifePo4 batteries. For 9 to 10 months of the year I am self sufficient as far as electricity goes. I was getting credits from the power company. The latest price rise for electricity includes a big drop in the price paid to me for the solar feed in tariff. With the price I am now being paid to feed back into the grid it works out I have to supply them with 55kwh's of power per day just to cover my daily supply charge. Lets do the maths on that, a daily supply charge of just under $2 per day costs me 55kwh's feed in/day which even at the lowest rate (off peak) would cost me $12.10 to buy from them, and 55kwh's would power 2 medium size houses for a day. I think the little guy is being taken for a ride again. My dream is to move to a bush block and go completely off grid. Its great to see you are living the dream. Keep up the good work.