Off grid completely

[ChillnGrill]

Not that anyone would care but I thought I would share anyway. My wife and I just made the move to our off grid home I been working on for the last year. We are excited and very nervous. Pray everything works out for us. And we are selling our old house as soon as possible.

 

[OffGridInTheCity]

Must be VERY exciting! 10kw of PV?, 12,000w, and 30kwh battery bank - should be very useful. Do you have winter at you're location / how do you plan to compensate for bad solar days?

Good luck as you make you're new life

 

[ChillnGrill]

12700kw pv
Winters are mild here in north Florida compared to some places.
I do have a Chargeverter and generator for bad solar days. In fact I had to use it twice this week for a couple of hours each time. Lots of rain during my move this week.

 

[DIYrich]

In your battery rack, where does the black wire connect that goes to the inverter? Since the red connects at the top, the black should connect at the bottom.

 

[ChillnGrill]

All the way at the bottom and red at the top

 

[ChillnGrill]

1 thing I want to add. Thanks to Will and they guys on the forum made this possible for me. Could not have made this far without all the help here.

 

[MrM1]

Very nice. I'm in N E FL. East of Gainesville. Hoping it goes well for you

 

[ChillnGrill]

Very nice. I'm in N E FL. East of Gainesville. Hoping it goes well for you

I’m in a small town of Sopchoppy near the gulf

 

[1201]

Very nice. What racking system do you have for the panels?

 

[dougbert]

great work, I know the feeling

 

[ChillnGrill]

Very nice. What racking system do you have for the panels?

Sunmodo expensive but very solid it has 5’ screw augers about every 10’

 

[rodrick]

I know you have breakers on the battery and you have 2 breakers serving the aio’s but you might consider a large class t fuse on you main cable feeding your 3 lug buss bar just as additional protection dc arc can be hard to shut down

 

[1201]

Sunmodo expensive but very solid it has 5’ screw augers about every 10’

Nice. Thanks!

 

[Cuemaker]

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ChillnGrill]

 

[JRH]

Very nice. I'm in N E FL. East of Gainesville. Hoping it goes well for you

Gainesville … home of Tom Petty …what a wonderful gift to our culture ...bless him…. RIP.

 

[OzSolar]

Sunmodo expensive but very solid it has 5’ screw augers about every 10’

Nice! Does that install with skidsteer auger attachement?

 

[faccnator]

Would love more information on the ground mount. Also in Florida

 

[ChillnGrill]

Installed with a mini excavator with a rotary head attachment

 

[1201]

Do you mind sharing what the racking cost? I love ground screws