Sep
17
2011
My Cheapie Solar System
By Solar Expert
My inexpensive solar system. Solar angle link; susdesign.com Music used under creative commons license; ccmixter.org Power lines photo used under GNU copyleft; wikimediafoundation.org Ice storm photo, Public domain Note; All electrical wiring in your home should be performed by a licensed electrician, to meet local codes 
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Great video! I bought the same system, but have not yet installed it……so your video gives me some excellent pointers. Also, the price of this solar kit is only around $250, so maybe a good idea to buy an extra as back-up in case the panels go bad (or get bombed by a meterior shower).
very clever! Love it!
Like your system and video / i need post mine // I have 2,980 amps battery store age I built a battery room off side of the house 12′ x 12′ and like you i ran circuits throw the house TV in living room // and PC / And few other as well throw out the house i have 12,500 generator but takes 3/4 gal hr operate/ I find i was running generator for convince when powers off That’s y what started me on my project Now hope to be off grid next 4 yrs when completed 9000 amps storage
you did alot of nice neat work im doing a off grid cabin and getting ready to wire it your system is what i have in mind to do once again really nice work start to finish
Very nicely done, Alot of work recognized…..
I am working on setting my system up. I wanted to make it portable, but it is not too moveable. I like the way you’ve set up solar lighting throughout your house. How did you run wiring throughout your house? Right now I have a 90 watt panel, a 90 amp battery, a 10 amp sunsaver solar charger and a 1500 watt inverter.
@phermansr I’m getting 2 more sets of panels on Thursday
very nice system, you did a great job
It’s a rOOf not a ruf
Have you considered using a 12 volt system as well? In case of a power outage a 12 volt lighting system would be much more efficent than changing to 120vac (you can get 12 LED and CFL and incadescent bulbs)
What is a ruff ? is it the same as a roof ?
@TomZentra The fan is outside of the enclosure, and protected by the plastic flap. Batteries primarily only produce gas when charging, so the fan is on and forcing “clean air” into the battery box (away from the fan) before gases are produced. It’s also not a brush type fan, and normally does not produce any sparks.
An electric motor fan to remove hydrogen gas? KABOOM!