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First 28 days spending no money on AC cost while 110-113 in the day & 82-87 at night off grid solar
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2023
- So for the last 28 days we used our 25.5KWh EG4 LiFePO4 battery bank at night and solar during the day for 100 percent of the time air conditioning out 2450 square foot house and 3 car garage which is around 550 square feet. We spent nothing on air conditioning cost this last month. With it being 110-113 degrees during the day & 82-87 degrees at night, we still had 40-50 percent state off charge left in our 25.5kWh EG4 LiFePO4 battery bank at 6 am in the morning. Our grid electric price per kilowatt hour doubles in summer. We supplement with off grid solar to keep our electric bill low all year. We can not go completely off grid where we live so we utilize off grid solar to save 85 percent off our electric bill for the year. Since we did all the work ourselves and bought all the equipment at great prices, we have paid off what we bought within a year each time we bought components. Over 60 percent of on grid solar is mark up and installation. That is where you save a ton of money doing all the install yourself. Our electric bill living in Phoenix AZ with a heated pool will be less than $900 for the entire year. Today we are showing how we air condition our house and garage 7 days a week, 24 hours a day only using solar in day and back up battery bank at night to keep our very cool all the time. Check out our video on this and over 100 more videos on how we progressed along the way and all the diy off grid solar projects for the last 3+ years. Please Like, Share, Subscribe and also hit the Notification bell as well. Enjoy the video and hope this video brings you cool ideas on how to do off grid so to Air Condition you place. Hope you have a truly wonderful and blessed day.
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Fantastic! Running air conditioning is one of the biggest challenges for a solar system and you’ve really worked hard to design an effective system. The amazing part is you’re doing it only using 25kW of batteries! I wanted to design our house to be solar friendly so I used heat pumps, none larger than 2 ton.
Heat pumps are so efficient and easy to install. Use so much less than normal ac or heat pumps. It is too hard for me to install multi zone mini splits upstairs. My 3 1/2 ton heat pump upstairs is only 5 years old so I work with that. Keep up the great work and it is getting easier with all the new components they are coming out with lately. Very easy to connect and program. Thank you for your input, we appreciate it.
@@IvanNedostal I have a 18,000 btu mini split that I run using solar all day to cool garage. I took that into consideration. I have an air conditioned garage that is so nice to work in year round since mini spit can heat garage in winter as well. Hope you stay cool this summer.
My minisplit is really efficient at 38 seer and runs of my solar 24 7 when im not in this semi truck but its only pulling between 200 and 300 watts. Another great thing is the way it dehumidifies the air so well. Thanks for all your videos they have helped me alot with going solar and off grid
Thanks for sharing. Mini splits are the way to go if you are in a single story home. My house heat pumps are only 4 years old so I wanted to be able to use them but I use the mini splits a lot of times instead of Downstairs unit. I’m looking at pump a 29 seer mini split in my motor home soon. Can’t wait, I will run off solar and battery. Will be able to go camping off grid.
@@diy-solar-guy when I got cancer I'd lost my home and luckily had a great mom that let me stay there with her. Once I beat the cancer I didn't ever want to be made homeless or without electricity again so it was a top priority to get a life set up where no matter what I can survive. Thanks to you and a few others I had the confidence and know how to build out a holiday rambler camper to live in when I'm not in this semi truck. And if I ever get sick again then I know it's there and comfortable. I see your house you live in and the pool and all and I'm just amazed at how beautiful it all is. I think it's an amazing home with some amazing solar equipment. Thanks for making the videos it helps me a lot
@matthewknight5641 what is the brand of mini split?
Very nice set up. Those 38 seer units really do a great job keeping power usage at a minimum. Check out my newest video where I am running all my air conditioning in house and garage on just solar and 25.5 kWh EG4 LiFePO4 battery bank. First 28 days with no grid power for air conditioning while 113 degrees in the day and 85 degrees at night. My house and garage are close to 3000 square feet that I’m cooling. And running pool pump 24/7 along with 3 freezers and a fridge as well. Thanks fir your input.
@@diy-solar-guy you have a truly unbelievable home and solar set up. I'd give about anything to be able to put my family in a home like that. You running all that air-conditioning and other stuff on solar is what more people should be doing. Our grid might crash sooner than later and we will still be comfortable and keeping food fresh and that security has a value of more than people realize. I spend a good part of each paycheck on building my off grid systems larger and making them more capable. One day hopefully I'll have something similar to what you have done
Thats a awesome system to push those ac units like it does. Impressive for sure
Thank you. Was not easy to accomplish when I knew nothing about solar or ac units 3 years ago. But this stuff is easy to learn and very DIY. I am using used solar panels. It would be better if they were new but they work well. Thanks you so much for your input.
Great job! We learn so much from you. Thanks!
Thank you, as I learn along the way I share on videos. I went through a lot of different inverters before I settled on the 12 kw Growatt. It handles both ac units. 3 years ago I knew nothing about solar or ac units, so with DIY, you can pick up on everything pretty fast. I try to share a lot in videos that some might think is too much but better to cover a lot than miss some very useful info. I live in the city and can not put solar panels on roof without getting permission from homeowners HOA and the city. But with off grid, I don’t have to notify either. Saving 85 percent off electric bill for the rest of my life is worth the time I put into installing solar. But it only pays to do it yourself. Thank you so much for your kind input. Hope you have a wonderful and truly blessed day. I will try to do a video of all the mistakes I made along the way and helpful tips to avoid problems soon.
@@diy-solar-guy know i feel kind of bad because you guys don’t get all the credit for all you show us all. I hardly EVER comment on the videos i watch and learn from. Like you, Will Prowse, Poz, Gavin Stone. Im a subscriber and watch all the videos and i only i hit like once in a while (i just forget to do it)
But i am going to make a better effort letting you guys know how appreciative i am for all that i have learned.
Now that you took your time to reply back at my message ill share my story, for years I’ve been watching videos regarding solar, battery backup, wind, electric cars, etc. Very passionate about all clean energy. But i live in a apartment so no luck or possibilities to install panels. Until two months ago we bought a house we are still renovating. But only because all that ive learned from all of you guys, i made a giant leap and investment and bought the EG4 18kpv inverter and 6 x lifepower4 batteries with the battery rack. And just TODAY bought 15,800w of solar panels and all the racking and wiring stuff.
I am building a “solar plant”/office shed in the front part of the house right next to the meter for future grid tie (it takes a lot of months to get approved here, I live in the Dominican Republic) so for starters ill have the inverter connected to the grid but with 0 export, just using the batteries and later grid when they disconnect.
You cant imagine how much I’ve learned from you and how grateful i am for your videos. Specially this one, because its bothering my mind, wanting to know if 30kwh will be enough to go from sunset until the next day running 4 ac splits (we dont really use the ac you guys run in USA, mostly its individual 12,000btu, 18,000btu or 24,000btu high efficiency inverter ac splits, so never have surges). But this video is pretty encouraging since it seems you have 25kwh storage running the ac’s and still having over 25% in the morning! Thats awesome
So thank you again, and im sorry for not giving you the credit before, but youve helped me and YOU have been on of the few that have made me decide Im going to do this all DIY
Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing. You will definitely have no problem running mini splits. They are really efficient and use so much less power. I wish I had a 1 story house now that I know all I know about solar and ac units. Just 3 years ago I knew nothing about solar or ac units, on top of that I was battling two incurable cancers and did all the work myself, it was slow and I had to take some long breaks in between bad side effects from cancer. I can only do about 20 percent of what I use to accomplish in a day and sometimes I can’t also anything for weeks at a time. I really appreciate your comment and input. It means a lot. If I going through 2 horrible incurable cancers for the last 10 years can accomplish this, then healthy DIY can know it will be pretty easy for them to do solar off grid. It’s been almost 3 weeks since my last video because I was having a really rough time with infections and allergies due to side effects from IV treatment I get every 8 weeks for last 7 years. But it is wonderful when I can work in the solar, accomplish a goal and share just how easy you will be able to do, I worked out all the bugs to get it to simple way. Thank you and hope your solar system works great for you. I truly hope you have a wonderful and extremely blessed year my solar friend. Keep up the good work on your system.
That was an amazing installation you have in your house - inspiring. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed. It is easy to do. Just have to be willing to put in the time to research and watch videos of how components work, installation, and how to program. The new products they are coming out with make it really easy to set up your own off grid system. Thank you for your input.
Nice video man, keep it up.
Thank you sir
It sure is a great feeling
It certainly is considering I knew nothing about solar or ac units 3 years ago. I love DIY. It has definitely been worth it.
@@diy-solar-guy same here man totally diy. Such a confidence booster. knowing if one applies oneself anything is possible
I have a big house, all single story. Im thinking I want many mini splits at differnet locations around the house. And dont have the money for batteries. Just 3 panels each at 48 volts in series for each mini split. If the grid goes down, there are 110 volt ac gas generators that could power any of those mini splits. Maybe the master bedroom at night and move the generators to the living room and kitchen in the day time. That's only if the grid goes down. Thank you for this video. It is very impressive what you have done to power the house like that.
I reduced my electric bill by 80 percent just running mini splits during the day on agm batteries, used solar during the day with mini splits and main 3 1/2 ton & 4 ton ac heat pump at night. They have multi zone units you can buy. 5 of my mini splits are 120v 12,000 btu and a 220 volt 18,000 btu mini split. I spent around $5000 a year for last 3+ years and all my system will be paid off by the end of 2023.
@@diy-solar-guy I prefer the 12,000 btu mini splits because there are small low noise gas generators at harbor freight that can power each mini split with 110 ac in case of power outage. The mini splits have ac 110 or solar inputs
@@neilwani1178 I too like the 110 volt mini split. I can use solar or plug into grid power. Very efficient.
Love your videos you inspired me to build my system started last year getting things I got the 12kw growatt inverter. 30 400 watt byfacial panels and two eg4 batteries I definitely need more batteries I installed a micro air soft starter on my 4ton and it starts the ac no problem but after it cycles a couple times the batteries are to low to start it again going to get some more batteries befor the year is up. But all in all I am amazed at what the inverter can do all ready have cut my light bill in half. Thank you for the videos really helped me in picking out my system keep up the great work
You are welcome, the EG4 LiFePO4 batteries make it possible to run ac completely off grid 7/24. My 4 ton uses considerably more watts than my 3 1/2 ton ac. So a lot of the time I will just use my 2 12,000 btu 120v mini splits downstairs which only use 1/2 of what 4 ton ac uses. It was 111 yesterday and 85 overnight. When I woke up this morning I still had 50 percent state of charge left in battery bank. I kept my house at 78 degrees from 8pm till 6 am. Now this morning at 6 am I just started both mini splits downstairs till about 10 am, then I will run 4 ton ac unit till 3 pm and get house temp down to 70 degrees. Will be 113 today. It is already 90 degrees at 7:30 am. It took me 3 1/2 years of buying about $5000 worth of components a year to get to this stage and at the end of 2023, all of it will have paid itself off. $20,000 over 4 years and paid off at end of 4 years is a great investment. Now I will just save over $6,000 a year on electric cost every year and as the electric cost keeps going up , my bill will stay on average about $75-$80 a month year round. That is insane living out in Phoenix az. My yearly electricity cost is less than some of my neighbors monthly bill. Thank for your valuable input. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day
@@diy-solar-guy I forgot to ask your 12kw that is connected to the 5 eg4 batteries do you have it set up to charge the batteries cause you also have a eg4 charge controller to keep the batteries topped off if so what is the settings on the inverter and charger controller. Thank you again
@@user-xf9nn5sl5v the 12kw Growatt is connected to 25.5 kWh EG4 LiFePO4 battery bank through the bus bars. The EG4 extra charge controller is connected to that same bus bar to supplement charging battery bank.
I did not have to change any settings in inverter to use EG4 charge controller.
It's been a while since I been on but I'm still hanging in there it's was hot today in Northwest Ohio I see you expanded since the last time I was here nice !
Is your mini split running? We added more LiFePO4 batteries. I can’t believe my electric bill will be less than $100 for month when it is 113 degrees during the day out here and 87 overnight. I feel I have accomplished something this month. Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July.
@@diy-solar-guy thanks its was a quiet 4th around here but yes it's running I took it down & relocated the indoor unit from the man cave to my dinning room I bought a 25ft line set a new vacuum pump and some R410a from Ability Refrigerants my Senville holds 28 ounces 1.75 lbs a 2 pound bottle only costed $109 free shipping remember I'm completely off grid here I also go some cannabis plants growing
@@diysolaradventures7894 it is wonderful when you can install and fix mini splits. Keep up the great work being completely off grid.
Awesome, but also take note that you need to increase efficiency in your house, maybe some air gets out at your house or insulation are not that great on some areas, you can save up to 20% of not wasted efficiency in your home, if you do a check out these little things (its like a refrigerator have a bad insulator on the doors) Regards.
We have done major projects to insulate our windows and doors along with 2 solar hybrid attic vents that exhaust over 5000 cubic feet. We have insulated garage door with 2 inch foam as well as garage walls. We did a lot to improve efficiency of loosing cold and not allowing heat to come into house. That’s one reason why we can run 2 full size house heat pumps that most people would never try to run with solar in day and battery at night. We have new high efficiency ac’s, kitchen appliances are all less than a year old, two sets of washer and dryers are less than 3 years old. High end hot water heater installed 5 years ago, new front door. Thanks for the input, it can help us to improve the efficiency in our homes.
@@diy-solar-guy I put in a Ruud heat pump water heater in my garage I'm in Phoenix also switch it to heat pump only because the garage is so hot here right now my power usage went down by 20% compared to using the default setting of energy save. This is from the application on my phone that graphs the water heater. Energy save mode runs one direct heating element and heat pump which according to the app the most savings that probably true in most climates. It's a 60-gallon unit I can drain it the thing will heat back up in about 15 minutes in this heat. I wish it would run longer cool off my garage but no such luck.
Very nice
Wow, those are some crazy electric bills. If I had $1,000 a month electric bills, I would be spraying my roof with water. One unorthodox way to keep a house cool is to use the evaporative cooling of water. When one gallon of water evaporates, it absorbs 8,000 BTU of heat due to physics. A small window unit cools 5,000 BTU per hour, while a small one ton mini-split cools 12,000 BTU per hour. That is to say, the minisplit cools about as much as 1.5 gallons of water evaporating. While doing remodeling work on a house, I have used this method. It works to some extent. It cools about as much as running an extra window air conditioner. I sprayed the roof every couple of hours, and observed the cooling effect with my thermal camera. It helps, it makes a difference; it is not perfect. Obviously, some of the evaporative cooling effect is lost to the environment and this is better at taking load off of a cooling system than being a good stand alone cooling method. If the grid ever fails during a heat way, it might be a fantastic method to keep people from dying. It helps to get a house down closer to ambient temperatures. This can relieve a significant amount of cooling need from the HVAC system, but is not going to make a house a nice 72 degrees by itself. In a situation like you have, an ideal setup might have a garden hose running up to the roof with sprinkler, which could be turned on with a cheap $50 automatic timer for 1 minute every hour sprinkling the roof with water. Long term getting a roof wet like this could be tough on a roof; that said those cooling bills are tough on a wallet. This method is going to work better in a desert where the air is dry. One could cool the house all night long or just focus on hot daylight hours; it probably depends on humidity of the area. If you are sprinkling the roof, there is no reason you can’t also sprinkle the rest of the house. (siding, walls, windows ect) as that water can also help cool the house. I suspect that this method of running water on the roof based on my experience, can remove about one third to one half of the cooling needs of a normal house. With a $1,000 electric bill, that would save about $300 to $500 of power per month. I think the water bill would go up by less than that. I take no credit in inventing this method, castles and palaces of old used evaporative cooling to help moderate temperatures.
That is pretty Amazing, I actually have 2 solar hybrid roof vents in my attic that run 24 hours a day between solar and battery bank at night. It keeps my attic at the same temp outside which is about 60 degrees cooler than before I installed about 3 years ago. We can’t use water out here to do that, even with a nice whole house filter, the white calcium in the water would leave white streaks everywhere and down the sides of the house, which we would get fines from HOA or have to paint. Calcium in the water out here is really bad. The humidity right now is 10 percent and 113 degrees out, would have to run continuously to have and effect. Our water bill out here in the summer just having a pool and plants in yard on drip system is $250 a month. If we did that it would probably be about the same as electric bill. I am not paying anything anymore for air conditioning my house 7/24 and garage during the day so fortunately I don’t have to do anything else since my system with a 25.5 kWh EG4 LiFePO4 battery bank. We stay nice and cool all summer long with free ac now. Thanks again for your input. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed day
Isn't it a lot cheaper just to...❤
Move?! Haha.
But great info!
Actually every year for last 4 years I spent around $5000 a year for off grid components and at the end of this 4 years in December of 2023, it will have paid itself off with just the electricity bill savings. So next year I will save over $5000 a year on electric bill. When you can install all the products yourself and buy used solar panels, you can create more electricity than you actually need. Most people in Phoenix in summer spend around $400 to $1000 a month in the summer to air condition their homes. Thanks for your input.
@diy-solar-guy excellent! But I think for people like me in Sierra foothills of California it would not be cost effective for a long time and would be more of a novelty. I might consider for fun doing your mobile ac setup for my 150 Sq foot pool house... just for fun.
Thanks again.
@@graphguy you are correct, it probably would not benefit you in California.
Awesome! I'm in central California, taking off for the week, and finding out my system is good for night time only. I've got less than 3000 watts of solar panels charging up a 6kwh and 5kwh bank to run a 10000 BTU and a 5000 BTU air conditioner, plus one refrigerator and kitchen appliances. January till now was great with consistent $25 less than 100 kwh bills, but now I definitely foresee running my central air conditioning here and there. It'll still be better than a 400 to $600 bill like most of my friends have. My neighborhood is full of solar, but it's all leased.
Leased solar is not worth it, but off grid solar pays for itself in a very short period of time. I bought stuff every couple of months for the last 3 years. Thank you so much for your input.
What is your price per kilowatt??? This bill seems outlandish even for California.
I pay over 17 cents per kWh. I keep my house at 70 degrees during the day when it is 113 out right now and overnight lows are 85 degrees. If I used that amount of power on grid my bill would be $1000 for the month. They have a 3 tier usage where it is around 17 cent kWh up to 1200 kWh, then increase to over 20 cents kWh up to 2000kwh, then it increases even more. Not sure of how much after 2000 kWh for month, but it is to greatly discourage you from using power in summer when it is 113-118 degrees in the day. They have plans where from 1pm-8pm your electricity is like 37 cents kWh. But 9 cents from 8pm-1pm. It is expensive to run ac in summer, most of my neighbors with older ac units spend over $1000 a month in summer just to keep house at 78 degrees 24 hours a day. My electric bill will be less than $900 for entire year in 2023. Well worth the investment. Thank fir your question, hope you have a wonderful and blessed day
@@kevinroberts781 it goes over forty cents per kilowatt-hour during peak hours in the summer. So say you have a 2000 square foot house with a pool, you can easily have a very high bill. I have 1200 square foot house and it still gets expensive. My last bill was $24 for 73 kwh, that averages to be about thirty-three cents a kilowatt-hour.
@@diy-solar-guy holy crap! I thought we had it bad. My mother in Oklahoma uses about the same amount of electricity that I did before my small systems and her bill was always about a third of mine even with the extra penny or two that they pay for purchasing electricity from Texas a couple of years ago.
Sealing all duct work with dp 1030 mastic use mold resistant drywall tape for bigger gaps. Hvac is notorious for having leaks, check the supply box and all your vents.
Adding an attic fan with a temp shutoff along with a closet switch to turn it on and off will make a huge difference with all that heat trapped in your attic, especially at those temps that you’re at you want it out of there as quick as possible it will cut your AC cost way down .
I used hvac caulk in all my air vent boxes and made sure in the attic there were no leaks with flexible ductwork. My roof solar roof vents are hybrids so when there is no sun on solar panel, it runs off battery bank at night, all night. My attic stays about what outside temp is and no more. I no longer have ac cost on grid. But thank you for all your great suggestions. We even insulated garage and air condition that with solar so the rooms above garage are not hot.
@@diy-solar-guy 🫡 thank you for sharing, was sharing what I did that made our 2004 AC 400% better than new. Stays 76 degrees Fahrenheit went outside temps are 97°F. Only runs for 9 to 12 minutes then shuts off for 20 minutes. Change the capacitor and the contactor cleaned everything up replace to filters, sealed the supply box, which had major leaks some spots for 1 inch gaps and sealed all the hard pipe going to the vents that I could. It is efficient as it can be without me getting in the attic and sealing all those ducks and insulating them to keep the attic heat out not worth my time or effort in my opinion hottest it gets we’re on that is 116° regularly 100 to 106 in the summer.
I enjoy your videos. I hope to one day have a solar package too, with the mini splits. I especially like the RV set up using solar, I like to run 120 V refrigerator is actually the best efficiency over 12 V refrigerator which is the second best . Would be nice to run refrigerator and AC off solar package for RV .
Thank you for sharing.
You have to spend big bucks $$$$$ to save big bucks. Return on investment is #1 without diminishing returns!
You are correct, you have to spend money and invest, but if you DIY. It will pay itself off in no time.
Bad ass!
It is really an accomplishment to run main ac units that use so much power. Check this off bucket list. Thanks for you input.
Nice!
It is nice, no ac cost ever again. I knew nothing about ac or soar 3 years ago so it is truly DIY. Thanks for your input
Wow that’s great .. both GW are 5k? A soft start on the compressors would cut consumption (and surge load on start up) and pay for itself in time
They all make a great combination. I can’t start my 3 1/2 ton and 4 ton with any other inverters I have tried but Growatt low frequency off grid inverter works great every time ac kicks on. Soft start reduced inrush amps by 75 percent, so that helps a lot when your ac starts up on battery at night.
I actually have my mini-split running right now it's 11:50 battery 70% state of charge it say I have 12 to 15 hrs left
Very nice. Glad you got the mini split running great for you. Stay cool my friend
@@diy-solar-guy thanks
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I'm just curious...what was the total investment in the solar setup vs. the cost of getting power from the grid? How many years until break even?
Around $20,000 for everything, I spent about $5000 a year and with just the savings on electric bill, that $5000 each year has paid for itself. 4 years, $20,000 invested and will be completely paid off at end of this year in 2023. If I had to pay electric bill on all the electricity I use, my bill would be around $7000 a year. I use a lot of electricity now that I produce for free.
Very cool. How is it hooked up to run the central AC? I've seen people plug into an generator outlet. But it doesn't appear you are hooked up that way.
I ran 10-2 with ground wire to each AC from inverter. Around 100 feet run. With off grid you have to run separate wire to each component you are trying to run. The closer you can install the inverter, the less wire you will use.. None of my off grid is tied to grid. I can use grid to charge batteries on cloudy days or use grid instead of solar but grid power is used to run loads. Not connected in any way to feed into grid.
@diy-solar-guy awesome thanks. I'm starting my solar journey now, and your videos help a lot.
I glad the videos help. 4 years ago I knew nothing about off grid solar or mini splits or ac units. Now I run my ac units with solar in day and battery at night. Very easy to learn.
As all being said, how long does it to recoup $$$ invested?
Will all your wiring over places, have you pass electrical inspection ?😊
This is all off grid. No inspection is needed since none of it is connected to grid. Usually by the end of each year everything is paid itself off by the savings on electric bill each year.
@@diy-solar-guyYou are such a smart man🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍
Thank you, just to let you know, I did not know anything about mini splits, ac units or solar 4 years ago. Self taught. A lot of fun along the way. Add in the 2 incurable cancers I have had to contend with Ivette last 10 years with all the horrible side effects and meds side effects and it makes it a really big challenge , but if I can do it being severely sick, any healthy diy person can do it and it will be super easy. Thank you for your input
Wondering how all this works out when you finally need to purchase all new batteries ?🤔🤑
These LiFePO4 batteries are supposed to last 20-25 years. Much more life cycle than AGM many times over. We will see. Looking forward to seeing how long they will last.
@@diy-solar-guy Oh Wow!! was not aware of the lifespan, just bought my first 12volt 100ah litime battery for my boats electrical and trolling motor , this is all very interesting stuff thanks for sharing so much info I'm learning so much already, can't wait to put it to use.
@@jackwood6023 you are so welcome
Who added your soft starts on your a/cs?
I did about a year ago. They are very easy to install.
Just wondering why u cant be completely off grid in the city if u didnt pay ur bill and they turned ur power off then what ?
I completed happy with an electric bill being less than $1000 a year. My wife power usage has not changed. She still uses all of the appliances on grid as usual. The only difference is no air conditioning cost or pool pump or pool heater cost. If I were to move to the outskirts I could alway live off grid if I wanted to. I have 2 incurable cancers and I want my wife to be able to not have to worry about being completely off grid. If something were to happen to me, she could just have someone disassemble the solar, sell solar and sell house and move. Hope that helps you understand why I stay on grid but supplement my electric power.
@diy-solar-guy ohh ok I'm so sorry and I understand wishing u long Jeopardy and a happy life I knew u could go off grid I was just wondering solar is very fun for those who can afford it I'm finishing up my 11kwh Lithium battery bank I'm building 8 277ah cells to go with my 16 120ah cells all in a 24v configuration
Very nice. I spent $20,000 on my system and after only 4 years it’s will have paid itself off by December of this year 2023. When you Diy the off grid system is so much less expensive and much quicker payback time. Ongrid solar will never pay fir itself, that’s why I chose off grid solar.thanks for the input.
@@diy-solar-guyAwesome work! Wonder if this type of off-grid setup can be done in California?
@@gedionsamuel2256 you would have to check and see if they allow it very regulated.
What’s the cost for everything?
12 kw Growatt off grid inverter $2000
5-5.2 kWh batteries $8000
Battery sever rack $450
48-250 watt used solar panels $2160
10 gauge wire 150 feet $180
Breaker $25
Battery cables $100
Solar array to mount solar panels will vary
But could cost $500 - $2000
At prices as off today it would cost $17,465(. Included $500 for solar array)
I paid before inflation $8500. I bought when prices were at the cheapest. I got a great deal. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed week
HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND ON ALL THAT
I invested around $5000 a year over last 3 1/2 years. There is some stuff I no longer use as I started with a 12 volt inverter then went to a 24 volt inverters, then 48 volt split phase inverters. All this investment will be completely paid back at the end of 2023 with just saving on my electric bill. So next year in January I will be producing free electricity for myself. A very short payback time is only possible when you DIY. OnGrid solar would have been the same amount of money but only 20 percent of what I can produce now and they would have raised my electric bill to double of what I pay now with only 20 percent of what I can produce. They charge about 60 percent for installation and double the price of all the components when they sell you the system. If I knew back 4 years ago what I know now, I could of only spent $10,000 for everything I need. But it was a learning curve since I did not know anything about, electronics, electricity, mini spit or pool heaters, electrical panels. If you do all the work yourself and can buy used solar panels locally like I did. Your payback time can be very short period of time. How this answer helps you . Thanks for the question and hope you have a wonderful and truly blessed day
Um, how much are you paying per kilowatt???? I honestly can't believe you would be on grid at all at those cooling costs. Not counting everything else using grid power?
Please explain this high cost!
I pay 17.6 cents a kWh. I am using the same as in winter when it is 8.3 cents kWh. So your electric bill doubles using the same amount of kWh. I have to use off grid, if I went on grid solar they would double my price I am paying now. My minimum bill for year would be close to $2000 even if I produced 100 percent of my own power. Being off grid I can cool my house 70 degrees during the day. If I tried doing that with grid power my bill would be $1000 a month in summer.
Pappa I have a question I see all these ppl on CZcams say they being sponsored what does that mean are they paying ppl & giving them free stuff I'm just wondering how ppl make money on here
Some companies will send CZcams channels free product to be reviewed. I never have had anything sent to me at all from any company for free. Lol. Some companies will give a small portion of the sale to the CZcams channels if viewers purchase products through the link in their description on video. I have made $150 in 4 years. Nothing in the last year and a half. That is called being an affiliate. Not a lot of money, lol. Also you can get money from CZcams for advertising in your videos, you can sell stuff in your Chanel, you can sell memberships, there are a lot of ways to make money not just on CZcams but on social media. You can research this on the internet on how to make money on CZcams. I have yet to make any money on advertising. So I appreciate it when viewers watch the commercials, in the future it will help us to purchase new product to unbox, install and review in videos so you can have info before you decide to buy products. I try to give as much info as possible in my videos on what I like, dislike, how product works, weather I like the product, love using the product or don’t like the product. I have to buy everything I install and use on my channel. I am not that big yet that anyone sends free product for me to review, but maybe some day. Hope this helps to answer. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed week
@diy-solar-guy thank you for responding yes I watch your videos at least once or twice a day I love watching your videos just keeps me company all day you're a big inspiration to me..
@@diysolaradventures7894 thanks, I appreciate it.
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Holy hell what do you do for a living...?
I am medically retired with 2 incurable cancers that started in 2013, and was completely unable to work anymore in 2014. I had a lottttt of time on my hands since I was pretty much bed ridden from 2014-2017 so I started watching videos on off grid solar power, at first just a few videos a week, then in 2019 I really started to watch a huge amount of videos on solar power off grid. I had no knowledge with ac, mini splits or solar before then. So I learned as I went along. I started with a 12 volt 2000 watt modified sign wave inverter, some Wallmart batteries and a couple used solar panels I bought for $30. And in the last 3+ years my knowledge increased and so did my system. If I, going through 2 incurable cancers only being able to spend maybe a hour or two a day, maybe 2-3 days a week, installing solar components can achieve this, than anyone healthy can do the same. Most products today are really easy to install and program. You just need to see how it is done. I installed 100 solar panels, 6 mini splits, 17,000 btu & 127,000 btu electric pool heaters heat pumps, inverters, battery banks, etc all over a long span of 3+ years. A healthy person could do the same in maybe a week total. I have a lot of determination. Once again I knew virtually nothing about electronics or electricity a few years ago. Now I’m able to show what is possible with off grid solar. The reason I did off grid so is because the cost to go on grid was 4-6 times more expensive due to mark up and 60 percent installation cost. DIY is the only way to go if you want to ever break even. Thanks for your questions and I hope you know you can learn to do this as well. Just make sure you are very cautious and safety minded and double and triple check everything you install before powering up to make sure you did not make any mistakes. Do that and you should be able to do the same as me. Hope you have a truly wonderful and blessed day.
@@diy-solar-guy wow I'm so sorry to hear that. You've definitely had a rough time and I wish you all the best! I really appreciate your videos and I appreciate you taking the time to be so informative and thorough. I've actually just started on my solar journey and I'm just now learning the cost investment into things like LiFepo4 batteries and such so I was a bit sticker shocked. Your story has inspired me though to see this through.
Thanks again so much and keep up the amazing content!
@@VworksArt it’s ok, I love doing the solar and helping others that want to do the same. The worst part is in the past. I look forward to each and every day to come. I am amazed that this much is possible with off grid solar. I never thought I would be able to run whole house ac units with only solar. Every week brings new achievements. Thanks and hope you have a truly wonderful and extremely Blessed day.
You should NEVER place an A/C outlet above electrical equipment, water can condensate in these units and drip down, water and electricity do not mix, people like this who DIY with no real clue put theirs and their families lives at risk.
Our humidity is 10 percent out here. That’s why they call Arizona a DRY HEAT. I plan on moving the mini split head. But thanks for your concern.
This is a joke. Spend nothing on electricity. Yeah after $20,000 or more worth of equipment.
Sorry you are not able to figure it out but I did and I knew nothing about any of this 4 years ago. My entire system will be completely paid back in December of 2023 just in elective bill savings alone. You don’t have to believe me, but I’m the one saving all that money, Lol. I started this with no knowledge of solar, hvac or electrical 4 years ago. Sorry to tell you that you not believing me and thinking it is a joke does not change the fact everything I said is true and a fact. All DIY with no experience!!! Saved over $5000 a year in electric bill savings this last 4 years. That would make it paid off in just 4 years. FREE electricity for next 20-25 years. It feels so good to say that after figuring all this out. I share this in videos so others can do it as well and no experience is needed, just a desire to learn before installing. Hope you have a truly wonderful and extremely blessed weekend. I know I will be staying nice and cool with my free electricity running all my air conditioning in house and 3 car garage.