i’m 57. Retired fire captain, not hurting for funds But my dad raised me to almost always do everything myself. I built houses and rebuilt engines. I’ve wired quite a few new construction homes. I am positive I have the tools and competence to do my own solar set up but i’m a bit too impatient to read all this stuff.
By the way, for the folks who never watched Game of Thrones, Jon Snow was always being accused of “you know nothing, Jon Snow!”
my question is, are there any other somewhat retired do it yourselfers on here who have maybe done two or three solar set ups that would not mind talking to me a bit. I basically just want to know what to buy and the cheapest place to buy it at. Have it delivered to my project locations and start doing it.
is this a realistic idea? Is there someone out there who wants to pass on their experience? Is there anyone in central Arizona who would want A job helping me install a couple of probably larger than normal grid tie systems with a battery back up start to finish. I’ve got enough acreage to do ground mount panels.
my apologies but if you work for a company it’s probably not gonna work out, I just can’t bear the thought of paying The profit margin for your company.
my question, what are the best panels to get? Should I order a bunch of 48 V lithium batteries? Are there any supply chain issues right now for the accessory parts like cables and computer systems and brackets and such stuff?
project 1: A 20 acre ranch, all electric at this time but I may switch some stuff over to Propane. I have a windmill on one of my wells but I want to put down a back up submersible pump, probably in the 300 to 400 foot depth range I’m only looking at getting five GPM because I want to be able to hopefully use batteries to run it for maybe one or two hours a day to fill up a big holding tank. What sort of battery set up should I get, and of course panels, to power a one and a half or 2 hp submersible pump which will no doubt be a 220 V pump probably pull in around 5 to 6 Amps after start up. How do batteries handle the start up load versus the run load?
project 2: similar property but without the windmill, I’ve got a 3 1/2 hp pump at this one, I’m not sure if it’s even feasible to have enough batteries to run it
project 3. Tile roof install with a grid tie system with minimal battery back up
project 4. My 2007 toy hauler trailer, the lifeline AGM batteries I put on there pretty much suck, would like enough solar to comfortably charge a 4-600ah set up. I have no illusions about running the air conditioners, but I would like the heater to be able to run most of the night plus lights and water pump
Thanks for any help or advice, my email is Same as my username but at yahoo
I live in Las Vegas but my first solar project Would probably be in Arizona, but maybe I should start on my house first
By the way, for the folks who never watched Game of Thrones, Jon Snow was always being accused of “you know nothing, Jon Snow!”
my question is, are there any other somewhat retired do it yourselfers on here who have maybe done two or three solar set ups that would not mind talking to me a bit. I basically just want to know what to buy and the cheapest place to buy it at. Have it delivered to my project locations and start doing it.
is this a realistic idea? Is there someone out there who wants to pass on their experience? Is there anyone in central Arizona who would want A job helping me install a couple of probably larger than normal grid tie systems with a battery back up start to finish. I’ve got enough acreage to do ground mount panels.
my apologies but if you work for a company it’s probably not gonna work out, I just can’t bear the thought of paying The profit margin for your company.
my question, what are the best panels to get? Should I order a bunch of 48 V lithium batteries? Are there any supply chain issues right now for the accessory parts like cables and computer systems and brackets and such stuff?
project 1: A 20 acre ranch, all electric at this time but I may switch some stuff over to Propane. I have a windmill on one of my wells but I want to put down a back up submersible pump, probably in the 300 to 400 foot depth range I’m only looking at getting five GPM because I want to be able to hopefully use batteries to run it for maybe one or two hours a day to fill up a big holding tank. What sort of battery set up should I get, and of course panels, to power a one and a half or 2 hp submersible pump which will no doubt be a 220 V pump probably pull in around 5 to 6 Amps after start up. How do batteries handle the start up load versus the run load?
project 2: similar property but without the windmill, I’ve got a 3 1/2 hp pump at this one, I’m not sure if it’s even feasible to have enough batteries to run it
project 3. Tile roof install with a grid tie system with minimal battery back up
project 4. My 2007 toy hauler trailer, the lifeline AGM batteries I put on there pretty much suck, would like enough solar to comfortably charge a 4-600ah set up. I have no illusions about running the air conditioners, but I would like the heater to be able to run most of the night plus lights and water pump
Thanks for any help or advice, my email is Same as my username but at yahoo
I live in Las Vegas but my first solar project Would probably be in Arizona, but maybe I should start on my house first
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