DIY Green Solar Energy

Homemade portable solar generator. stanley tool box from home depot 125ah deep cycle marine battery from walmart , 10a MPPT charge controller , 750 watt invertor HF , float charger HF, 12v fan , fan grills .

I’ve mounted the panels and ran the wire. It was at least a two person job, but since I was by myself it became an all day one person job. I started around 9:00 or 10:00 am Extremely tiring for one man working in the heat, but it got done. Because it was a one person job, I had to mount the rail system 1st then place the panels, one by one, onto the rail-system. If you tilt the rails at an appropriate angle you can get one panel on by resting it on two holding screws at the bottom until you secure it properly. The instructions call for mounting panels to large rails 1st, then mounting the unit as whole to smaller rails, thus making it weigh well over 100lbs that you’ll have to lift in the air. If you can get someone to help you, do it, I highly recommend it. I also recommend fishing the wire through the conduit “before” setting it in the concrete. In this case I used multiple layers of aluminum tape to secure the 10 AWG, USE rated wire (Underground Service Entrance) to the pole. This is tape I had left over from a previous project. It is very sticky and the multiple layers (5) gives me the securing affect I need for the wire. All in all, I believe I have a stable structure. The structure as a whole is insured against loss, theft, or vandalism. I checked into fasteners an such, but I’m still up in the air on it. If I have to service the panels, they may prove very difficult to deal with. Also, having performed the install myself, I know it would take some time to remove …

This is a simple example of a small yet reliable solar installation. Great for power backup during an outage or a small off the grid application. Panels not on roof yet.

Special thanks and shout out — to Dennis Grubb and the staff at Solaro Energy ! Here is a direct link to the main Solaro Energy website — clearly you can see they make many different products related to energy saving / off the grid solutions: solaroenergy.com watch the video explanation of one of their lighting systems from Dennis directly here– this is their youtube page: www.youtube.com It is important to have a power source — for multiple reasons — power outages, emergencies, natural / man made disasters, severe weather, and even for off the grid living. Costs can range from just a few dollars (under 100) into multiple thousands. Depending on your budget — there is a form of backup power that many people can afford. The time to prepare is now… BEFORE anything more happens on a global basis. Try going a couple days without any form of electricity. Life literally goes back to the dark ages without it. To get a similar setup like the one sent to me… here is their main contact information: SolaroEnergy.com 1-888-355-5SUN Here is more about their company solaroenergy.com ————————- here are several other links to find out more about solar power — multiple companies offer budget solutions — im not just promoting solaroenergy — Im promoting having a power solution available to meet your needs in case of emergency or to offset your costs in real life: en.wikipedia.org science.howstuffworks.com Here is a link to the mini-solar charger I was talking …

Learn to build a small portable solar setup using: UL solar panel, Morningstar sunguard charge controller and a couple of simple off-the-shelf parts.

www.esolarpoweredgenerator.com can be a device that works with the principle called the Pv Power. This works by converting solar panel technology into electrical energy.

This is a tour with details of an off-grid solar power installation I worked on a few years ago. I go over a system diagram, show the system itself, and then talk about the safety features including breakers/fuses, lightning arrestors, and bonding equipment to ground. This system includes 2100watts of solar panels, a 10kW diesel generator, two Outback FM-80 charge controllers, two Outback inverters, an Outback Mate, a Xantrex TMA-500 battery status monitor, and 6 4volt, 1104amphour Surrette/Rolls lead acid deep cycle batteries. Thanks to Ottawa Solar Power (ottawasolarpower.com) for allowing me to use this installation in this off-grid solar power video. For more on solar power, see rimstar.org – rimstar.org

Beautiful orrery(solar system model) avaiable in : www.orrerystore.com .I've been experimenting with a small scale solar power system. Right now, I am just powering a battery charger for D, C, AAA, AA and 9volt batteries. So far its been very easy to work with. I will do some more experimenting with lighting and other 12 volt appliances and post the results.

My solar setup part two of two.

Here I test out some old, unwanted Sealed Lead Acid batteries, courtesy of my friend Jordan, as well as the Solar Charge Controller that I got off eBay. But I have yet to solder my Solar cells together yet, so here I’m trying to MacGyver a way to charge up the SLA batteries to see if they are still functioning. I replaced the solar panel input with some rechargeable batteries that totalled ~12V with a 300ohm resistor, and surprisingly it works!! Stay tuned for more updates.