I am building a house this summer and will be putting in solar. Here's what I have planned so far, I'd love input on quality of parts and if you think it makes sense or if I should change something.
Solar System
24 x 400w bifacial Canadian Solar Mono Panels - $207 each - $4,968 total
10 x 100ah (2 of the 5 battery kits) - $8,449 each - $16,898 total
Sol Ark 15k (recommend other all in one set ups?) - $7,925
Fuses, cables, etc - Haven't looked at these yet
Rack mount - Haven't looked at these yet
My situation
The house I'm building will be off grid. My house is at 48 degrees latitude and gets and average of 2.5 hrs winter sun per day. I will be rack mounting these, and we get a lot of snow there so the bifacial panels should do well there.
I will be powering:
Side note - someone recommended a CO2 water heater which is much more efficient with solar - any thoughts or experiences?
All input appreciated on the system and also recs on where to buy. Thanks
Solar System
24 x 400w bifacial Canadian Solar Mono Panels - $207 each - $4,968 total
10 x 100ah (2 of the 5 battery kits) - $8,449 each - $16,898 total
Sol Ark 15k (recommend other all in one set ups?) - $7,925
Fuses, cables, etc - Haven't looked at these yet
Rack mount - Haven't looked at these yet
My situation
The house I'm building will be off grid. My house is at 48 degrees latitude and gets and average of 2.5 hrs winter sun per day. I will be rack mounting these, and we get a lot of snow there so the bifacial panels should do well there.
I will be powering:
- My house, which will be using a lot of passive principles like making use of the natural light with a big southern exposure, big windows etc which should help reduce energy consumption
- Shop/garage - will need to power lights there but not very much. Occasional use of power tools, charging batteries etc.
- Possibly a well pump, or that may on a separate system - that will depend on where the well is drilled, that has not been finalized yet.
- House heating will not be on solar, I'll be doing a rocket mass heater for that.
Side note - someone recommended a CO2 water heater which is much more efficient with solar - any thoughts or experiences?
All input appreciated on the system and also recs on where to buy. Thanks