It’s time to upgrade our big DIY Off-Grid Solar System! After several years of use we’re adding 2500 watts of additional solar facing …
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It’s time to upgrade our big DIY Off-Grid Solar System! After several years of use we’re adding 2500 watts of additional solar facing …
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Sun-tracker are awesome.. they keep panels on the movement.. so 80% of peak time your banks are 100% and you still run off panels. Try northern Michigan.. generator
Hi guys.. how can i send you a picture?
So good to see the mini air splits taking a hold in the US and esp in your Airstream !!! They are the main source of cooling /heating in our homes in Queensland Australia . It seems funny to watch the excitement of these being installed when they are so standard in our housing here in the tropics & sub tropics. And in the south they are installed mainly for heating. I hope you get many years of cooling and heating from that sweet we minisplit system. You did an xlent DIY install. It may well have been a paid sponsor but you made it appear to be a simply entertaining video of your life as per usual day to day in the desert. Enjoy the QUIET COOLNESS folks. 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏✌️👍👌👏🇺🇸
You guys are very sweet 🤗 nice video 🤗🏋️♀️🤺🤺☦️
Did you consider swap out the RV A/C with a mini split like in your office?
nice. and glad a mini split is in your future.
So cool! 😎Ive been itchin to see this done. It makes so much sense. I have to sat, though, the way y'all do earthing/grounding makes me laugh! Metal on metal on metal, then you run copper wires all the way down the metal to ground? It would be more sensible to ground the frame at each post, with some copper in the ground away from the structure, and under the conduit tieing the different structures frames together, and a bit extra near the soak-away. Anyhow, you will see how effective your installation is when the lighting comes along…(I grew up in a lightning belt, and was a contractor for three decades, mostly installing antennas, towers, dishes.)
at your latitude your better off running you panels near level
Excellent episode. I really liked you highlighting the problems you were seeing with your system and your fixes. I also liked you covering the cooling load challenges with solar generations. Thanks for all that great info.
Looking to cut the sh*t tube storage box off the tail of my Airstream, add a real bumper with a larger flat surface, and mount a minisplit. The roof top AC units are terrible in every way except maybe reliability. Burns too much power, and way too loud.
Try to get a Windturbine Maybe that helps
If only you had a self reliant water supply. Water is the #1 necessary resource for life and as the Earth heats up and the human population explodes water resources are diminishing.
What is the report on the little dome for your daughter? Love/hate/need more power/could use less? Just curious.
You guys are so MANUEL !!!
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sometime you might mention that solar panels generate electricity when they aren't hooked up and it can be quite shocking working with them if you're not careful. Some people cover them to keep the sun off during installation and most people just realize they're hot and carefully don't short them through themselves
and all free free free free …… there is a God.
Mini-Split! I like it!
You have that instillation down to a science Jonathan. It’s such fun watching all you guys just getting better and better at everything you do.
Good muscle man😊
Congratulations on the Solar upgrade!!!😊🎉❤
I didn’t understand all the explanation but I got how it is going to work and am so happy you have added this to the “done” list!
I'm taking note, 1, think ahead. ✌
"…mini split…"
I was wondering if you were going to install one.
I had a feeling you would want to, but, I couldn't envision how that would work with your beautiful Airstream.
Guess we're about to find out 😁
Four suggestions: 1. Put your existing solar PV array on a horizontal tracker that would allow you to catch early morning and late afternoon summer sun or 2. Build a reflector to direct sun onto your pv array. 3. Prevent direct solar gain on your airstream by hanging shade from your carport south side. 4.. Install temporary insulation like fiberglass or cellulose around your Airstream to add R value to help keep it cool and warm.
" Fortunately, we planned ahead." Oh my gosh!!! You guys are the most planner-aheaders that I have ever seen.I'm so proud of you guys and your ability to see into the future!!!! "And how did it work? Pretty much the way we had planned." Exactly, you guys rock!!!!!
Direct DC hvac mini splits are easier to installl for the average Joe. You guys would be the perfect candidate to compare a regular v dc hybrid mini split.
Smart, hard working family 💪.
Oh no I was hoping to say congratulate you on finnially being cool to hear that it died on you, that sucks!!!
Lol @ desert summers are special, love how u thought what word to use there, cause saying it is hot as bleep, my sense of humor 😂, forgive me. But well done anyways.
Great episode. Love how detailed and informative the installation was. Your channel has grown on me 🤓. I’m so impressed with all of your work ethics and team work. Family that works together, stays together. 🤓🥰
Dan the man
Nice system! 👍
So cool, I was thinking mini-split as soon as you started the video. Good work, all.
There's a company that I've recently found called Eco-Cool by Gree that sounds like a better unit for travel trailers that I might eventually put on mine ,but I'm building a cabin and hopefully putting hempcrete in the walls and trailer will have to wait.
Have you considered using a gear system to build an adjustable frame for your solar panels?
Way to go Jonathan & Ashley, you guys are amazing! Love your family & channel!❤
Why not install earth tubes?
Nice extension of the solar power and good use of the roof! Last year I extended my solar array from 6kWp to 8kWp and an average summer day production went from 30kWh to 40kWh.
Clever you lot…I have a mini split…I do live by the sea and the salt killed my outside motor, thingamajig, lasted 2 years only…I had to buy a new one..the electrician suggested I get a box made for the machine when NOT IN USE…well I use it summer and winter but you can make a box for it when in use. Just put in LARGE vents either side of the box…make from MARINE PLY, the box and paint with varnish….works….ask your distributor if that is an option….buying a new aircon every two years is not viable…..You guys have a lot of power careful you don't take off to the moon…😊….laffinnnnn..thank you darlings…blessings darling from Granny Linda in OZ…😊
Awesome sauce! More power when you need it. Oh, and don't let the SolarFoot sit out in the sun. They get all gummy… Forgot to mention that.
Have you ever considered using vertical bi-facial panels? I saw a video about them a little while ago, here: https://youtu.be/LqizLQDi9BM Your conditions would seem to be ideal. I'm not related to the video I shared, it just popped in my head as I watched your video and heard your issues with solar.
Always a great vlog.
I hope your minisplit works as well as mine, I love mine. My heater went out last year, and talk about miserable.
Why don’t you put the panels on a rotating platform to catch the sun all the time
That's awesome guys. Love from Australia