Off Grid, 5 Bed, Self Build Barn conversion - Powered by Solar
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2020
- Vanessa, Bruce and their two children live in a converted cowshed. They thought they could access the mains power grid easily as they weren't that far from a road. They soon found out the costs to connect were way over their budget. So instead 80 solar panels were installed on plastic Renusol PV mounts and along with a Victron Quattro and BYD batteries, they generate their own power from the sun.
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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
01:43 💡 Building a new home in a remote area without access to the grid can be extremely costly, with initial quotes ranging from £60,000 to £160,000 for connecting to the grid.
03:42 ☀️ Off-grid systems, which include solar panels, advanced battery storage like lithium-iron phosphate, and inverters, can efficiently power a large home and minimize reliance on a generator.
07:50 🔋 Lithium-ion phosphate batteries offer high cycle life and faster charge and discharge rates compared to lead-acid batteries, making them an ideal choice for renewable energy systems.
09:21 🌧️ An LPG generator can serve as a backup for periods of high energy demand when solar generation is insufficient.
13:54 📊 Continuous monitoring of the off-grid system's performance allows homeowners to optimize energy usage and understand their self-sufficiency, reducing the need for grid connection.
This is great, just about to start a selfbuild project and planning to go off grid. Looking for contacts to obtain quotes.
Thank you for including the cost of their system, such an important figure is far too often omitted
Our pleasure!
Your story is exactly like ours. They wanted $60,000 dollars to connect us plus we had to clear a path 30 feet wide through our timber. Going off grid was only $28,000.
Enhorabuena, conozco el duro ,intenso,estresante,y gratificante camino de la autoconstruccion ,pero si todo acaba bien al final vale la pena
Wow!
Fascinante!
Una historia muy bella, me encanta! Gracias por mostrarnos el camino del ser "autosuficiente" con equipos de Calidad.
Saludos desde El Salvador, en Centroamérica.
Mauricio Archila
Técnico Electricista
Técnico en SFTV
Victron is the Ferari in the Solar world,that is my experience from the days where Victron started also in Off-Shore. Myself i build a Solar Island System and Vcitron is nearby when i need hardware for customers.
Victron is energy.....Information is power.
love it!
Fabulous, but I think a small wind turbine would have made a valuable addition in winter.
I do believe that is on their list of ‘to buy’ items.
It would have to reside pretty much in the middle of the field and not be so small. Wind turbines are great... but turbulent wind causes them nightmares
Hi
I have built an offgrid property in the UK, I would like to know more about the generator.
From my understanding the generator needs to be 1.5 times the max total of inverters.
Unfortunately for me I have a total of 3 x 8kw inverters so I need a 36kw generator which I wanted in lpg as i have a bulk tank.
Is it possible to have a chat and potentially getting you to look at my system to make improvements if possible.
In the description there is a link to Ian.
But I thought the inverter charger will get very hot if its not synchronised with a fronius for direct solar consumption. If the battery is full can the victron run off the solar power direct from the sunlight without touching the battery?
Yes dc coupling and if your loads match the solar irradiance
@@bramcoteelectrical1088 when you say match the irradiance, which means also if the loads are below the the sun production the mppt will somehow divert to the inverter as the battery is already full?
@@donlatinohits kind of... if the loads are below the sun production the DC and ac will throttle back as long as you have set up the micro grid settings correctly on the fronious I didn't knew this when I first started out.
The DC mmpt victron will also throttle back if battery is full.
When battery is full and no or little loads
= power come batteries
When batteries are low state of charge and high amount of sun and have loads = irradiance (sunlight) will go to Dc victron to charge batteries (very efficient) and provide power to mains inverter (less efficient) and the AC coupled froniuos will make mains power to directly service your loads (best efficiency dc to ac and used straight away to power loads)
Hope this helps
13.8kwh per battery or is that the total?
Per battery, 14:55 shows there is 3 batteries.