Off-Grid Solar Panel for my Greenhouse!
Vložit
- čas přidán 16. 03. 2022
- Solar Panel for my Greenhouse!
►APO-1S Dealers:
➜ USA/Canada: bit.ly/3vfXPuS
➜ DE/Österreich/Schweiz: bit.ly/2Z6LOgP
➜ Europe: www.survivallilly.at
► Gas Mask: bit.ly/309JuWO (10% Off with discount code: LILLY10)
► Off-Grid Solar Panel: bit.ly/3EviFv2 (10% Off with discount code: survivallilly)
► MandarinDuck Bows:
www.mandarinduck.net/ref/725/
► Lilly’s camera: amzn.to/2GZ0bLm
► Drone: amzn.to/2GV23EQ
► Survival Lilly Gear Recommendation Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/alonewolv...
►APO-1S Merch: bit.ly/3jfVYUd
Thanks for your support! ~ SurvivalLilly
Note: Survival Lilly will receive a small commission if you buy products via these affiliate links. This commission supports the channel and enables Lilly to make more awesome videos.
This video was made and produced in Austria.
In the winter I am going to use this system to heat my greenhouse. In the summer I will use it to power multiple fans, to get out the hot air from the greenhouse!
Check out "Everyday Solar with Will Prowse" for any info on solar systems that you need, his channel is very informative
Glad to see you're bringing solar energy to those seeds early. The right idea, Lilly
I really love that you're using solar to heat the small tunnel and save the tomatoes! Very clever! It's worth it- there's nothing like a home grown tomato! Best of luck!
The timing of this video is perfect. My sister and I were talking yesterday about planting some peppers.
I love the ingenuity! I'd like to do a similar setup but instead of using chemical batteries, I'd run a 12v water heater element directly off the panel to heat up a barrel of water inside the greenhouse that would act as a radiant thermal battery. 🤓
Pretty awesome idea
FAQ: So my heating device is rated at 50 watts. But in the first 2 minutes it is drawing 58 watts. Once it is heated up it is dropping down to 22 watts and stays there. So the correct fuse for the heating device is 6 amps!
It’s a ceramic heater so it increases resistance as it gets hot and draws less current. The colder it gets the more current it will draw. Once it’s down to -5 it will draw 50w constantly trying to keep warm.
I love it Lilly, looks really well put together! 👍👍
Next week, "EMP-Proofing my Solar Array" 👍😁
This seems like a pretty good idea. i sowed my chillies allready and overwintered two chilli plants, which have grown chillies allready (!) and I accidentally forgot a potato in the plant box, so we now have a 30 cm high potatoe next to a pastinake I planted in our bedroom, I'm pretty excited what the gardening year 2022 will bring and looking forward for your garding videos to enjoy this planting & harvesting together as a community.
I really enjoy your videos, you are very independent. We, too, are suffering climate issues in Texas.
Sure. It's really cool. Maybe, maybe. See also: Solar power plant mounted in multi-storey building! (for survivors in the zombie apocalypse):
Shorts version:
czcams.com/users/shortsk9AiiCLALRA?feature=share3
Full version:
czcams.com/video/sOskjOsl-cA/video.html
@@howardstark6707👍👍Awesome!
Lead-acid batteries are 50% electrically efficient (50% lost as heat) overall and the charge controller also gives off heat. The battery mass is a significant heat sink. Suggest you put the whole system container inside the hoop tunnel below the plant trays if possible to take advantage of all the heat. I also grow indoors if you are interested.
Very useful video. I am working on some solar power projects myself. Your example of trial and error with the heaters is much appreciated.
Sending you much luv sister. God bless you and keep you. ❤️🙏💜🌻🌷🥀🌺🏵️❣️🌾🌱😊👍
Great video, thanks for sharing
neat little setup you got, hope it works til it gets warm enough at night
I did not know that you guys would get sand and dirt from the sierra desert. Very interesting and good luck with your solar greenhouse. I wish you well it’s been a year I’m sure you know if it’s working well or not.
Nice system !!! Plant your stuff in waves unless you plan to can, freeze preserve at once, Plant things 2 weeks apart like lettuce, radishes, cucumbers ect longer eating time
FWIW, the 10 amp fuse will blow only after your 50w heater starts drawing 100w. A safer fuse would be 5 or less amps. Letting the heater draw double its rated power may cause fires in your greenhouse. Is there really any need to have both a 10 amp circuit breaker and a 10 amp fuse? A fuse is actually a better bet than a circuit breaker as most breakers only trip well after their max has been reached. , If your heater is only drawing 20w, I would use a 2amp fuse
thanks you are right. I will change it out with a smaller fuse
Hi Lilly. You might want to considering using large stone or barrels of water to help keep the green house cooler in the day and warmer in the night. The idea is that in the day time when the sun sines, the green house get s warm and heats the water (or stones). then at night the water and stones release the heat from during the day. Best wishes. I enjoy all your channels.
yes thanks. But my greenhouse is already so small. I dont want to sacrifice some space for a barrel. but maybe i will.
Good job, Lilly. Thanks for also showing the options
Great explaination
Hi I live in Castlegar British Columbia Canada in the Mountains , I have 3 greenhouses and I heat with large plastic Coke bottles filled 50/50 water and peat moss they have lasted 5 years with no problems they heat up with the sun and I have a small electric heater as back-up . Good show thanks
I have a similar system. It's not much but one degree above freezing is the one degree that makes a big difference.
exactly
Glad to see a survival gardening video! Solar panel heat on the timer a great idea. we haven't seen anything about your mother's garden in a long time, do you still garden there too?
Gute und schlaue Installationen liebe Lilly! Beste Grüße, Sepp
Danke dir Sepp.
I love this setup Lilly.
Good work girl! I'm going to start dropping plants the last week of March
Hi great video. Would you know how to add a small windmill to your system to provide a top up to the batteries during the night? Thank you.
And in the summer you could automate the watering
Well done Lilly solar heat power for the green house can only make growing better , solar is the safer way to look at it as the other types of green house heating can be dangerous.
Lilly.
Nice one young lady. 👍🏻❤️
I would like to get some backup solar but the cost of batteries is expensive .. I think you either have to go for a very big system or a very small system and medium sized ones are too expensive.. however I think I will purchase some solar lighting that come with their own panels and rechargeable phone batteries they are bright enough to light a bedroom for many hours and not too expensive. It is nice to see you are doing well.
Very nice
Make sure your battery container is well ventilated. Battery charge off gas is corrosive.
If you calculate the energy consumption for such heating, you get, for example, 100 W for 10 hours a day = 1 kWh per day. Let's say we have 100 days a year when greenhouse heating is required. It turns out 100 kWh per year. At the price of electricity in Austria, about 10 cents per kWh, it turns out 10 euros per year.
What is the point of buying equipment for hundreds of euros if the same task can be solved almost for nothing? ☺️✌️
My tomatoes yield me 1200 Euro per year. This setup cost me a little over 400 euros. So I will pay it off with 1/3 of this years tomato harvest.
A certified electrician would cost at least 200 - 250 Euros, to connect a cable to my greenhouse btw.
Also now I have an Off-Grid system. So in a blackout situation I can get electricity for other appliances from this battery.
Also it was a good project for me to learn about solar power, since I am doing a similar project for my campervan.
Hi what heater do you use I’m looking to invest something like this at the allotment I rent a plot of land and have 2 green houses I’d like to keep warm during the winter
Can we meet and make some super kids/Uberkinders!?
She is married or otherwise unavailable. But yeah she's awesome.
Too complicated for my old brain.
Hate to burst the bubble but 1 candle puts out 80-100W a greenhouse of that size will need a bigger heater for frost protection. Even supposing 50w was enough and you are able to keep the panel tracking the sun all day there is only 4-6 usable hours of sunlight in winter and for that you will be generating about 5-10% of your 100w from the panel. You will barely keep the battery’s charged. Even if you can use all 120ah at 4a per hour that’s going to be 70+ ah over night which is going to take you below the usable capacity and your battery’s will deep discharge and start sulphating when the solar doest have enough hours of sun to recharge every day. Insulate the battery box to protect them or put them in the tunnel, the battery’s get warm while charging. Get an insulated tunnel so you do t loose all your heat straight away.