Ulmo
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They don't look PT.
Well, Will is about to see why Aluminium & Pressure Treated wood DO NOT GO TOGETHER. I used PT for my rack frame but with rubber isolators to prevent any contact and stainless bolts which are PT safe.
They don't look PT.
Well, Will is about to see why Aluminium & Pressure Treated wood DO NOT GO TOGETHER. I used PT for my rack frame but with rubber isolators to prevent any contact and stainless bolts which are PT safe.
Love your creativity and sure do wish I had a wall to mount my stuff on. How do sand storms impact panels?
They're not. They will be fine
Well, Will is about to see why Aluminium & Pressure Treated wood DO NOT GO TOGETHER. I used PT for my rack frame but with rubber isolators to prevent any contact and stainless bolts which are PT safe.
Also safety certified, fire resistant, blessed by five elders and we sacrificed a goat for extra protection.Let me kick off the upcoming nitpicking.
Are those UL approved 2 by 4's ?
Has to be a virgin or you won't get 100 years out of them.Also safety certified, fire resistant, blessed by five elders and we sacrificed a goat for extra protection.
If that lumber isn’t PTL, it wouldn’t last 6 months here in NC. Looks great.
I was thinking the same thingNo HOA, I hope! I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be allowed to attach to the wall like that, at my house.
Welcome to DIY solar, where "cheap" panels leads to a lot of time and a big total bill in the end. But it's fun. An adventure.Well, I just came home from purchasing 4 x 260 watt used polycrystalline panels. My original plan was to just figure out some simple ground mount system in my back yard. Batteries, solar charge controller, and inverter would go into my attached garage. However, the more I think about it the more I really want a solar shed for safety so I don't have to store all this in my attached garage. I'm not all that handy when it comes to construction, but rather than buy a pre-fab shed with non-optimal roof that can only have panels on one side, what if I build or have a handyman build a lean-to type shed, except instead of shingles, felt, CDX, etc. the solar panels *are* the roof? I estimate my shed would then be about 11' x 5', would be facing due south. Fewer materials to buy. Are there problems with this idea? Will sealing the seams between the panels with silicone be sufficient, or will they leak with settling and time? We need to approach the manufacturers of pre-fab sheds and have them make a line of solar-friendly sheds.
LiFePo4's are the best if you're worried about fires. I'm running them in the house, in my basement. I've tested them with a short to dead. Not only do they not explode they can be charged to full again. I didn't believe it until I had a 36V DeWalt pack fail to charge. I had left it in it's packaging for a year or two and a couple of the batteries were registering less than 0.5 volts. I charged the batteries individually then put the pack on the DeWalt charger and the batteries charged fully. I'm still testing the pack but so far so good. I swear by LiFePo4's!It is a 6x10 Tuff Shed. Total cost was 2,500 bucks. It will have air conditioning to keep my LiFePO4 battery collection nice and happy. I will install a MASSIVE 48v 5kw system in it (this one). It will serve as a backup system for my house if the grid were to fail for prolonged duration. And as a super cool man cave:
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This is how I designed it to fit into my back yard and to match the color scheme of my house:
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I will have the front door facing north, and the south facing roof covered in solar panels. This MPP unit has 2x mppt's, so I will have 2x separate arrays on my property. Will talk about the solar panel array in another post.
The hardest part of this system is temperature regulation. It will be 110 degrees plus here in vegas. Luckily, we have lots of sunshine to run air conditioners off of solar power. If I can regulate the temperature of this shed with a couple of small ground mounted arrays, I will consider it a success.
What I love about sheds is that you can store/charge dangerous chemistries of batteries inside of them without the stress of having your house burned down. I do not use combustible batteries for solar (as many of you know haha) but I have some long range fpv drones I will be building in the following months. I have caught those batteries on fire too many times! And I am scared of them. I will charge them only in this shed.
I will also add lights, security cameras and so much more. I can't wait!
Let me know what you think or if I should add something