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Sorry been away working a more accurate location to where we are meant to be is Nearest post code: G83 8SA GPS coordinates: 56.0317, -4.50533 I don’t have any equipment I mind though I don’t mind a hunt, eg a dude on eBay selling 74kwh 48v deep cycle batteries for £4000 in good order seems...

our land is in north west scotland, uk. @ MisterB1959 yes i have open field , i planned to put them ontop of a barn i build for them, , ive even though about putting it on a roundabout to move during the day lol, so yes i am flexible, @KITROBASKIN yeah its a workshop, we do alot of woodwork...

Every 5th house has panels most range from 4 to 12 but I believe they stil use the grid Some farms and bigger houses have up to 30 panels but yes a lot do have them here we even have solar farms on field using over 500 giant pan els

well i am semi new to this game and dont know the brands and with so many and so many fakes and horror stories i though i would ask . i recently had some good business and have £4000 in savings, i will be getting more trade in a few month but to ensure i dont spend it i want to start putting it...

I’ve been looking at pannels for years , we’re moving to land to continue farming but off grid Scotland uk , Our current consumption will drop due to cooking by log as apposed to electric ,our heating also log as apposed to gas and electric and other things we would leave too, but I am trying to...

when we talk sizeable batteries i read that we cant store more than 5 days electric without havign to use it ? so if thats true what good would more batteries do ? my origional though was that more meant more storage from summer for winter, but i learn that apparently not true, ? thus i will be...

bloody wish it was me lol , nah this is how i plan to setup. as instead of begin fixed on a roof, i am more free to move them, as i need :) made me sad now , his setup is amazing, wouldn't need advice if that was me lol, yeah he runs a 10kwh in a cold climate which has less if not the same sun...

haha i like it, if i didnt have 6 kids thats what id do too, furnace log brick powered i guess eh ? keep warm from fire there's no better way . have you seen the gasifiers? you can generate from them too,and keepo warm, real easily lights is my next look at, as the shop bought are 14wats each...

hmm im gonna do some reading as i dont understand this cycles thing, my usage is 15kwh a day, as i run my workshope i have some decent loads, i do work during day time though and sleep at night so usage is low at night just netflix and fridge hehe , my plan was to get 16kw roughly 30 550w...

i have decided on getting 16-20kwh solar in the other sections and was directed here to talk about batteries, im not fond of lifepo due to the harvesting tech and damage they caused to get it, but also which i know low with lifepo but fire risk and explosions etc makes me want to get deep cycle...

how do you mean ? solar pannels will be powering my house/farm, so Sun>solar>inverter>batteries/power im not connecting to the grid if thats what you mean, im miles from anything

Fair play , the 75kwh per day is only summer though eh and can’t store that for winter with batteries only storing a few days apparently , so yeah I’d use my 15kwh. And the rest spare be welding grinding or somthing els to waste power exess like a hot tub heard heating water is a loss you can do...

thankyou, its a crazy thing this lol, some say its so easy others dont lol, not sure i understand what he meant with teh inverter , i mean i understood when someone told me to divide the total to the inverters, but now confused its by max load at 1 time used? so if u dont use more than 7kwh at a...

thanks bit confusing that lol im sure its simple when you understand it , i thought it was going to be like sims world or roller-coaster tycoon , got excited then, the pc array says 1kwh panel installed there but seems like i should enter the wattage there but below looks like the number of...

wow that seems like alot of electric lol, i didnt expect that? am i see right that evenin december 564 by 30 gives 9.8kwh of electric ? and it only drops really for 3 months then is back up to above my 12kwh useage ? am i reading that right ? if so how does all the surplus summer power being...

surely the amount of power you need would equate to shat amount of panels you have, which would tell you what inverter you'd need? i mean i cant choose a 5kw inverter and then wanna run 30kw panels later on right ? i was on here on the other forums about my power needs and was informed that id...

thats awsome :) thanks, haha so i under calculated my mother thats not a bad thing so you heat using electric ? if you dont mind me asking how come you dont use a log burner or such ? , you have a 16kw solar system thats like 40 400w panels right ?. and a 60kw battery bank do you use deep cycle...

so i dont need inverter to match my solar kw i need it to match my max load, is that why you say the 10k and be done? yeah my usage is small, tv/xbox in evening maybe pc. my fridge and freezer ofc, we do alot on logs , so really the off cooking mixer n blender, few lights, phones etc thats it...