Good day, & new to the forum! Looking for some advice & feed back from those well versed. Sorry, this is long winded, please stay with me LOL
So, I have what I'd consider a unique plan, unique to me (probably not too unique to those well versed in solar or who are doing off grid already lol).
I have a tiny home I build on our property. Its fed from my main home, via a subpanel, operating all the essentials, like lighting, microwave, small mini split a/c, h2o heater and fridge. All lighting is LED, the h2o heater is only 12 gallons, and the microwave is a small counter top unit which is rarely ever used. No stove-oven appliances. The H2o to the tiny home is supplied from main home and a solar well pump setup will soon be installed to operate the well in the event grid power is lost.
My "unique idea" comes in to play when I ran across & purchased a DOT department of transportation solar powered AM radio broadcasting trailer. The trailer has 4 solar panels currently mounted on it with room to expand. It has a battery box housing 4 large AGM batterys & a water proof electronics box where the radio broadcasting equipment was housed.
Ive stripped the trailer of the broadcasting electronics and in its place, Ive installed a large 240v home inverter ( will need to convert 220 to 110). I replaced the old failed AGM batteries with 4 new ones and have connected the existing solar panels back up. The the panels are currently charging the batteries, keeping them at full capacity.
My idea is to utilize the portable solar power trailer to power up my tiny home when needed, in the event grid power is out. Could also use for camping trips etc. I intend to tie in at the subpanel of the tiny home where I can plug in, maybe using a 30amp power cord, plugging into the solar trailer & then to the tiny home subpanel, use a transfer switch & be able to power up the tiny home. Being smart about power usage and what I would run at any given time, I thought this would get me through things like storm power outages, Florida hurricanes, and who knows what else could be coming down the pike...Im not a dooms day prepper (ok, maybe I am lol) but this world is acting sideways right now.
What I currently have may not completely cut the mustard, i dont know for sure, but I dont think I'm too far off...yes there are other pieces of the puzzle I will still need and Im hoping a knowledgeable solar guy or gal here can point me in the right direction.
Does this seem feasable? Ive worked it over & over in my head and it seems like a good idea.....
So, I have what I'd consider a unique plan, unique to me (probably not too unique to those well versed in solar or who are doing off grid already lol).
I have a tiny home I build on our property. Its fed from my main home, via a subpanel, operating all the essentials, like lighting, microwave, small mini split a/c, h2o heater and fridge. All lighting is LED, the h2o heater is only 12 gallons, and the microwave is a small counter top unit which is rarely ever used. No stove-oven appliances. The H2o to the tiny home is supplied from main home and a solar well pump setup will soon be installed to operate the well in the event grid power is lost.
My "unique idea" comes in to play when I ran across & purchased a DOT department of transportation solar powered AM radio broadcasting trailer. The trailer has 4 solar panels currently mounted on it with room to expand. It has a battery box housing 4 large AGM batterys & a water proof electronics box where the radio broadcasting equipment was housed.
Ive stripped the trailer of the broadcasting electronics and in its place, Ive installed a large 240v home inverter ( will need to convert 220 to 110). I replaced the old failed AGM batteries with 4 new ones and have connected the existing solar panels back up. The the panels are currently charging the batteries, keeping them at full capacity.
My idea is to utilize the portable solar power trailer to power up my tiny home when needed, in the event grid power is out. Could also use for camping trips etc. I intend to tie in at the subpanel of the tiny home where I can plug in, maybe using a 30amp power cord, plugging into the solar trailer & then to the tiny home subpanel, use a transfer switch & be able to power up the tiny home. Being smart about power usage and what I would run at any given time, I thought this would get me through things like storm power outages, Florida hurricanes, and who knows what else could be coming down the pike...Im not a dooms day prepper (ok, maybe I am lol) but this world is acting sideways right now.
What I currently have may not completely cut the mustard, i dont know for sure, but I dont think I'm too far off...yes there are other pieces of the puzzle I will still need and Im hoping a knowledgeable solar guy or gal here can point me in the right direction.
Does this seem feasable? Ive worked it over & over in my head and it seems like a good idea.....
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