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You have done enough ground mount installations that you could do a pros and cons comparison. Thanks for all the views of undisclosed locations.
Ok, lets put this experiment up for discussion..... Sizes have been expanded for grasping the subject matter......
Lets take a 500 pound round neodymium magnet that is suspended with a non-metallic cable off a 100 foot non-metallic structure. Now this will be bringing gravity as a power source into play as well as magnetism and creating a huge pendulum configuration. This ball magnet will always be trying to swing to a perpendicular configuration with the earth by way of gravity.
Now the floor section of this entire structure will have one huge flat round neodymium magnet at the base (maybe with a diameter of say 25 feet and opposite polarity of the swinging ball magnet or a combination of thousands of individual ones in a tightly set out pattern, also with opposite polarity of the swinging ball magnet. Of course engineered so the suspended ball magnet by swinging can not make it to the edges of the outer base magnet or magnets. By doing this we are eliminating dead spots at the outer edges of the structure. The hanging distance of the ball magnet will be engineered into the equation to maximize the amount of excitement it will receive from the lower opposite poled base magnets or magnet.
Now the fun begins with everything setup above the floor with the magnets. This is where we get our energy from with the next steps. Below the floor we have hundreds or thousands or maybe just one huge coil configuration that collects magnetic flux from the magnet configuration above moving all over the place for a very long time. ( I have set this up small scale and it takes a very long time for the hanging magnet to eventually find a dead spot and stop. By having that single magnet in the base, those dead spots between magnets are eliminated. Remember that heavy ball magnet wants to get back to perpendicular by the power of gravity. The voltages from many coils or the voltage from one huge coil is collected and stored in super capacitors. That in turn is used to do work, but also keep in mind if the swinging ball magnet needs to be re-excited for whatever reason, a very small amount of the stored energy can be used to keep the process going indefinitely.....
Well that's the experiment fire away at the potential power source or debunk the premise..........?
@@Adirondacks4me I think you mis-posted this comment. I am interested in the different methods of securing ground mounts. Is driving the uprights more cost effective than setting them in cement and is using a ballast weight and shorter uprights stable enough.
Charles, We feel that driving the posts will be the best move. However, We have just started that journey. I just received my driver attachment from Ireland. Stay tuned. The terrain and soil dictates a lot too. Is it rock, can a concrete truck get to the site. I could see that even on some sites starting out driving then the next one concrete then the next one ballasted if we hit a rock ledge. But, I am really liking the driving option.
@@engineer775 Thanks. Site specific issues will dictate the best method, but it is good to have more options.
@@engineer775 can i borrow it to drive some fence posts. just saying i could use it putting up 3k feet of fence
Nice low mount setup . Great job always clean work that you do!!!
You do some great work, always amazed at what you come up with.
Nice!! Every time I feel I have learned a ton about solar and feel like I could build my own system I see a video like this were a few things are over my head and I feel like I know nothing! lol Great video.
Very cool!! Low mount solar.
I love your videos! Looking forward to the day where you can do my house
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
luv that you help your son build these, lol
The Mod squad at work again !!
I don't like solar but when the power is out I will ask you if I can plug an extension cord into your inverter....lol Great viedo as usual Scott!
How come you don't like solar?
@@andrewford80 I like solar, it was just a joke.
I get similar from people who keep smugly saying “I’m a minimalist, I get rid of stuff if I don’t use it in 6 months and I keep my property super clean,, and you should be like me”, but when they need some tool or materiel, they are calling me!
Perfect place to stack firewood under!
I've got those same panels. They work good!
Nice job 👍. Greetings from Greece😃
If you have a neighbor that bitches about someone utilizing renewable energy you might want to have different neighbors!
Or maybe 50 foot tall fencing :)
EVACTLY ever HOA S sometimes giving in to a degree.
those kind neighbors are the smuts that want farmers to disapear and solar energy plants to go on ag land. but the best place to put solar is on roofs as they are not in any ones way and you can only see them if you look for them.
@@highkicker11 I agree otherwise useable land like farmland is a waste to use but I disagree that the best place is a roof. This is my mounting location of last resort mainly due to expense of reproofing and requirement to work in generally more dangerous environment and less efficiency due to the heat of the roofing. A ground mount is much more beneficial and cheaper and much easier DIY which saves the most money.
in suburbs, its usually neighbors saying that panels on the roof look ugly. (especially the ones that pay $ to have very nice front yards). Its one reason that cities will not permit solar panels on the side of the roof that face the road. (which is a bummer if your road is to the south of your house)
Nice done clean work very professional
Hi Engineer775, Love your videos, they are so informative. I see you've been to Canada in one of your videos, Where can I buy a seasonal DIY ground mount in Canada? Or can I get a Sinclair mount shipped to Canada at a reasonable rate?
I would like to see another video on PV direct solar both with heat exchanger closed system and open water heater storage tank type system. I also looked recently and couldn't find the Techluck type device you were selling for direct pv use. I did see another unit. I presume it may be temporarily unavailable but link also didn't go to it.
Hybrid water heater is the way to go now. Pretty cheap. Mine runs on 650 watts.
@@av1204 a pv direct exchange system has no moving parts and costs less and wont ever need to be replaced but pretty much needs to be done DIY and you dont have a recovery time or codes to deal with. You also need an appropriate place to locate a heat pump water heater that has adequate ventilation to provide it air to take the heat out of and if inside you are then heating that air back up in winter with your HVAC so another 650 watts. It may also draw more when initially recovering using a regular pure resistance element even in economy mode. Yes its a good option for many but a metal tank is a metal tank. perhaps with a non metal tank or stainless tank it would last about as long but then it would cost at least 2-3 times more. They are available at a generally attractive price now though in the neighborhood of $1,000 with tax and in some areas extra rebates .
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Happy New Year great video as always what about the mech room
Thoughtfully done. Thanks. If you are considering expanding your business, we in Florida could use your expertise..
Hey 775! Did you ever consider using ground screws instead of concrete? I it will be faster and cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, too.
Good question. I can’t imagine why people want the concrete for this kind f project
Not to mention....of you ever decide to move it the concrete adds a serious challenge.
The screws you can buy in Europe are not available here. But they are slick and would sell a lot if them if available.
@@wadebrewer7212 I assume "here" is the USA? If so, check out th-cam.com/channels/jLmbsx5-a7yhdKbVBqbG2g.html
Anyway, depending on the desired longevity of the project, another alternative to concrete is to forcefully tamp dirt and/or fine gravel in the hole around the pressure-treated beam, in stages, so you get a laminated effect keeping the beam or pole in place. a bit more time consuming than the ground screw but much cheaper and it works well. Small rocks go in first, for drainage.
You mentioned parallel strings…any diodes in the mix?
What gains/losses without diode usage?
This looks great. Would you mind providing the specs on the ground mount metal ballast pieces? I am looking to do a very similar thing and am wondering what to use for ground mount base. Thanks!
love your channel and i've learned a lot about practical solar intallation, but you're going to have to dumb it down a little for me to understand a lot of the engineering specific jargon ... didn't even know what "ballasted" means in this context and the acronyms for the connection points, didn't know those either. Just a suggestion, thanks as always.
ballasted is using the weight of the material,/concrete shallow or even above ground rather than dgging deep holes for posts and needing longer more expensive posts like 4 feet in the ground. This low profile single panel height system was good candidate for this due to much less wind loads and wind even largely blocked by fences and house too.
Agree with you @ServiceTrek. I am also trying to learn about solar, along with wind and hydro to power an off grid property in the works. Both my dad and step were engineers and they all too often forget that most don't live in their world and need to explain it so others can follow. Not knocking @Engineer775 whatsoever. The wealth of knowledge he possesses is pretty cool and too see him keep branching out is too. No doubt he has forgotten more than most will know. Every video gets me more excited to be powered up and self reliant! 🧔🏼👍🏻👍🏻
what is the model number for the ferraz shawmut power distribution block?
I wish you would work in Florida any installer you would recommend in Florida?
Are you looking for a ground mount like this?
Can I buy Sinclair ground mount in the UK?
Could you grow hostas or a ground cover under these systems??
This will change and I doubt the cities would or maybe even could object to Tesla roofs. HOA s are a different story.
Could neighbors complain? that might be a good topic to talk about
Around me that would require a variance. Pita! Very cool though!
@@chrisslky7018 Same here. Same with setback requirements... totally ridiculous!
awesome !!!! what is mega watts??? god bless!!!!
One million watts
@@gregorythomas333 or 1000 kilowatts
@@gregorythomas333 awesome thanks!!!!
About 1/1210th needed to jumpstart a Flux capacitor
Curious, the customer didn't have the option for a roof mount due to HOA regs?
personally I wouldnt want solar panels on my roof. Anytime you put screws into your roof you have another hole that could lead to water entering your house. Plus If its on the ground I can work on it. If its up on the roof as I get older it gets more difficult for me to get up and down the ladders to get on the roof.
@@mikemcdonald5147 Agreed, although if land is limited, it might be the only option, not sure in this case, but thanks for the follow up?
Algorithm bump
Solar for Hobbitses haha
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Home owner: "I hid my solar panels."
Drone owner: "Nice panels."