Solar Panel Systems for Beginners - Pt 1 Basics Of How It Works & How To Set Up
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In this video, I will show you in layman's terms how a solar panel system works and how to set one up in 2 different types of systems. This video is intended for beginners so obviously there is a lot more involved than I am explaining but this covers the basics to get started. #solarforbeginners #solarmadeeasy #solarexplained #solarguide
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Nice video. One note: DC power can be much more dangerous than AC due to how the shock affects you. DC shock will cause your muscles to tense, possibly on the source of the shock = prolonged electocution. Not really an issue with the demo you are using, but another good reason to get it installed by a pro.
True. But in very low wattages like in this video that isn't going to happen.
Wrong way around. AC is the dangerous one. Electric fences are DC and can run up to 70,000 volts but they won’t hurt you. The voltage throws you off the fence (AC grabs you) and the low amperage means it’s not harmful. Don’t play with AC!
Great man. An excellent and clear demonstration for understanding solar energy usage for beginners like me. Thanks very much hope more and more video as raised by FAQ.
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once again thank you dude i am a dummy when it comes to this people forget that not everybody is up on this ! im 60 and just learning this thank you for making it (OLD SCHOOL EASY) for me.i cant thank you enough im a follower and cant wait to see what else you have to show us thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! ive watched plenty of vids but you break it down god bless dude .!!
great, finally someone who breaks down their entire solar system for others to understand. we always need to break it down for clear understanding
Yes, I agree. Thanks for the comment!
Perfect explanation. I was very confused before, but now I understand the basics. Thank you!
Thank you. This is the beginning for me. Great confidence building exercise!
Great. Glad it helped you understand solar a bit better.
Batteries in series: same current more voltage
Batteries in parallel: more current same voltage
See current and voltage divider theory
is there a formula for storage?
Chris : how do you connect them in series, and/or parallel in layman terms? Thanks
I have always love to know a lot about clean and renewable and here I got the idea. Thank you very much for this video.
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even these small setups are very useful. I set up a small DC setup to heat my sunroom/dog room in the winter and to keep vegetables all year.
Very nice! Glad it is working out for you.
As a dummy of solar electricity, I learn a lot from you. Thanks
+Chungchi Chiu You are most welcome.
+Chungchi Chiu There is also a guide on facebook.com/diyhomeenergykits/app/190322544333196
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Spec on the Video. Correct me if i am wrong?
Solar Panel: 12V/100Watt/ Amp?
Charge Controller: 20V/Amp?
DC Battery: ?
Invertor (DC to AC): ?
Load: 12V
These are the products from the video (or a current model of same):
kit.com/LDSreliance/beginner-solar-diy-kit-10-watt
Wow. Just what I was looking for. Before watching your video I was clueless. I just purchased a 12v Endless Breeze RV type fan for my greenhouse to try to lower the temperature and was researching on how to rig it up. I have seen in run on 30 watts solar panel here on youtube but it wasn't hooked up to a battery so now I know how to do that. I do need to find out how to hook it up to a thermostat so that it only comes on when the temperature gets up to 90 degrees. Thanks for your tutorial!
+eyesalooking You are welcome. Glad it helped!
To wire in your thermostat, just wire it in series with the positive (red) cable going to your fan. In other words, run a red wire from your charge controller to one side of the thermostat and then another red wire from the other side of the thermostat to the fan. The black wire just goes straight from the charge controller to the fan. All the thermostat does is flip a switch and break the connection when the temperature is less than 90 degrees. When it gets over 90 degrees the switch closes back up and the connection resumes and powers the fan.
+LDSreliance Thanks. This is going to be fun. Never to late to learn something new.
eyesalooking
Yep! Good luck and let me know if you have more questions.
I've only been using the off-grid system for my work. Never thought the other systems before. Really cool, thanks!
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just so you know you do not connect the batteries in series but parallel or else you will up the voltage.
Yep, I kind of misspoke on the video but I put up the correct info on the caption on the screen
what batteries, lead acid, lithium, nicads?
The comment is 3yo, but nope...
Depends on the system you want to use. There's the typical 12v, then there are 24v, 36v, 48v.
Correct me.
Series for voltage, and parellel for amps?
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your battery sir, what is the capacity and how long it last?
do it can last on 12 hours if i just use 5v 2a device?
Idk what battery capacity he using ,
But we assume he using 7Ah @ 12v battery fully charged
So total power
7Ah x 12v = 84 Wh
If you using 5v 2A
2A X 5V = 10 W
You drain battery to 0% you can use for about 8 hour
This video is very useful, planning portable setup for a car.
Food for thought: a lot of electronics actually doesn't need more than 12V (e.g. computers), their power supply actually converts voltage to 5, 3.3 V. You will need a different power supply, sure, but you won't loose energy during conversion
Yes, that is true. If you can find a DC to DC converter for your favorite electronics instead of using the AC adapters that come with them you will be much more efficient.
yes i am beginner , even if i live live sunny climate, i did not recognize living in engulfed in flood of solar energy . but i shall learn more and more starting from your presentation lesson . thanks a lot !
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You will make a very good teacher.
Thanks! I appreciate that.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!
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your training is an eye opener and self help please keep it up. Thanks
You are welcome. I appreciate the feedback! I will keep making videos for sure.
thanks, for clear demonstration for understanding solar energy usage.
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This is a really informative video! Bravo!
General explanation of how it works is good for me who is working at solar panel sales Dept.
+Eric Park Hey thanks! Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and feel free to send your customers over to my videos for a good explanation :)
Thanks it is very useful for beginners easy to understand god bless you,
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Yes very good video.Thank you for sharing. Ill check out the rest of the series.
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Very well explained! Im doing my DIY solar system installation at home, and i find your discussion very easy to understand.
Thanks! I am glad you found it helpful.
Subscribed! :)
We also had our own DIY solar home project. The way I showed how it's done is no where close to the detail in your discussion :(
looking forward to more videos!
Haha, thanks. My early videos were garbage. Even this video is pretty old and I have gotten a lot better since then.
very educational.
very easy.
i clicked on the like button
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Thanks!
It's a very good observation, the diode's rectifier is actualy the most important thing you need to now wen converthing AC to DC and controlling the generation and flow of electrical currents from 127 Volt's to 15 DC and vice versa. I actually learned the trick in a lab from a 87 year old teacher that wered a bow tie insted of a regular tie and a dude that drove the truck's and operated the montacargas (the machines that lift very hevy things from one place to anoter) and was more beach wale alfamale than man they all made fun of them both, including me the 1rst day of school, nothing ever worked that I build, but gona try to build a solar charger for my mini my pot caus im hitting the road in serch of adventure, and you now that means no electric outputs as far as you can see. Thank's for the beginer demo, going in to the frey as a profetional señior electromecanical tecnician with 0% work experienece, but if I buid my own mypod solar charger I can do anithing. You dudes like the cience society secret guild or something? KUDOS
Good luck with your adventure! Sounds fun.
Your explanation makes me really decide that we need one! Thank you!!!
You are welcome! Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Dude, I have been looking for simple explanation for this solar panel system. Thank God he created you to make this video! Question tho: much is a small 250W system off grind will cost?
+Leonard Petilo Thanks! I appreciate that.
A 250 watt off-grid system will cost about $600-1000 depending on the quality of the components you use. If you find a couple of 120-140 watt panels those are usually small enough that they can ship without paying freight costs. Also, if you go with a couple marine deep cycle batteries for your battery bank that will cost about $200 and be a good starter set. They are not perfect for solar but they are good and they are cheap and you are very likely to destroy your first set of batteries making rookie mistakes. Most people do. So it would suck to buy a couple really expensive renewable energy batteries like the Trojan T105RE and then kill them in a year.
hmm. sound about right. Will try to build a small one first I guess.
Leonard Petilo
Yeah you can build a 10 watt system for about $75 that will let you charge tablets, phones, and power an LED light bulb. That might be a good place to start.
Alright! That will be a good start!
67 years old! and a friend is giving me one, and its bigger than this one, lol it will be off grid because here they require permits to put in on grid, so phoey to them I say, am in Mexico, so as long as I am off grid I dont have to have a permit. Thanks young man! jejeje the one I am getting has an inverter which I assume is to convert from 12v to 120
I got a Xantrex mounted on an old wheeled Igloo cooler (with a folding handle) with a deep cycle marine battery inside. I drilled vent holes in the side of the cooler for battery charging since its always on a battery tender. That way if I’m not home to start the generator my wife will always have something to work with.
I’m thinking on adding a 50 w solar panel to my set up mounted on the cooler with an adjustable bracket. This thing will look like a Mars lander made by Igloo.
I actually made something very similar, although I built a wooden box for the battery and electronics inside: th-cam.com/video/gvOXWfyJD5Y/w-d-xo.html
I want to run 100 watt tv off grid for 15 hours a day. Being tight budget, what exact power equipment I need to run on solar panel.???
Thank you in advance 🙏👍🏼🙏
An accurate answer depends on numerous variables. But if you live in an average sun area (4.5 sun hours per day year round), then you would need at least 700W of solar panels and 250Ah of lead acid batteries or 150Ah (approximately) of lithium batteries. All of that is at 12V.
I found this demo very useful, it helped me alot. Thanks.
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Kool! I'm a beginner and very helpful! Thank you! I live in a R.V. That I Love!
You are welcome. Glad it helped you. Solar is great for RV's. I actually sell and install solar panel systems on RV's where I live.
thanks i now have an understanding of solar and components i would require. . simon
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Thanks .
Your way of explanation is very clear.
+Bibin Babu You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for taking the time with that
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Interesting and simple to understand
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Does the panel need to be outdoors to work? Can you put it in a sunny window on the inside?
Very clear demo thumbs up
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finally a good video! explained nicely and easy to understand. Thank You!!!
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Thank you, that was the perfect introduction
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There is also a PV direct system without batteries. I have one for my DC solar pool pump. The sun shines, the pump runs. That simple.
Yes, that is very simple. As long as you don't expect the pump to run when it is partially cloudy, overcast, or outside of peak sun hours.
I'm wondering if I can use something like this set up to run a sewing machine and / or iron. I need a mobile station. Thanks.
An iron would require a lot of power. I'm not sure about sewing machines. Of course you can do it but the question is how many solar panels and batteries would you need and then would that be too big to be mobile? If you can send me some information about the power requirements of your iron or sewing machine I could tell you better. Also, I would need to know what city you live nearest to be able to know how much sun you have.
Hello sorry i am looking into this kind of technology..... Is it best to have a battery or to have it converted straight away?
It is more efficient to use the power immediately. But if you can't then you want to store it for later use. You will lose about 20% of the energy by storing it in a battery, maybe more.
Great job explaining - very helpful!
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Sorry i meant a battery to store it in or to have it converted straight away to use it there and then, and if not, what kind of objects would use a continuous stream of electricity
good information. Question: how would I hook up to a stationary trailer with a deep cell battery and also I use a generator. The generator charges the battery but I would like to have a solar panel change the battery when I am not at camp and/or using the generator.I only need one battery and a small system. One of the concerns I have would the generator harm the solar set up? What kind of watt would I need to run a 32 trailer?Thank you again for the excellent videos. Don
Thanks for this highly educative video. I really appreciate it.
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Thank you engineer this video is great
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Very good explained! Thank you very much!
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Commendable presentation!
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Thank you so much! It's dummy enough for me as a beginner :)
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To the charge controller the Battery hooks up 1 st. then hook up the solar panels.
Thanks so much teacher! 👏👏👏👍
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Basics well explained. Thanks so much.
Thanks for a cool video. Very informative. Just to make one nitpick though. Technically DC is WAY more dangerous than AC given the same current. So the reason for not touching the main power is not because it's AC but because you should not touch anything over 50v. But you propably knew that I guess.
Yes, true. I guess I should have explained. The reason DC is less dangerous in solar is because all solar systems I have ever seen except for grid-tied systems are less than 50 volts. And all smaller systems like the one in the video are 12v. That isn't dangerous. But AC power is at least 110v and is more dangerous because you are dealing with 110v and at least 15 amps on the circuit in your home.
very good practice for solar power I needed grid connect solar power plant
Cool, thanks for watching!
Thanks for dumbing things down !
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Thank you for the very "solar dumb" friendly explanation. Helped me understand perfectly!
You are welcome. Everyone was solar dumb at one point, especially me. Glad I could pass on some basic knowledge.
Great job in explaining, keep it up, thanks.
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Very helpful I'm learning to be able not to be ripped off by companies,,,,,what do you think about generac, n what generator would you suggest for emergency just for tv heaters fridge.?????😇😇😇😇😇😈😈😈
Thanks for watching. I like WEN generators for small generators. Hondas are the best in that segment (inverter generators) but they cost an arm and a leg. In the recent Texas power outages, I used my WEN 562000i for almost 4 days straight on about 12 gallons of gas and kept a space heater running 24x7: amzn.to/3rnKNuk
hi,
loved the videos.
have lots of questions.
1) recommended gauge of wire which goes into charge controller from the panel
2)can I use the charge controller without batteries.. the load would be 12v to 220v inverter
3) how do I calculate how much load can I put via the above inverter. (300W @12v panel)
many many thanks for the videos,
Regards,
Vnod
India.
+Vinod Neelagiri Thanks for the support!
1) Depends on the size of the panel and the length of the wire. There are lots of solar wire sizing charts out there that will show you how many amps it is safe to run on a given length of wire. If you get confused, reply with the size of panel and length of wire and I will give you the minimum size.
2) Depends on the charge controller but some can do that. But all it would be doing in that setup would be protecting the inverter from over voltage and under voltage and converting the voltage to 12v. The inverter may still shut down if the sun goes behind a cloud or if the angle of the sun falls to the point of indirect sunlight.
3) I'm not sure I understand the question. You should be able to put a 300 watt load on a 300w inverter. Generally I would only load an inverter to about 80% of its rated capacity to keep it from overheating and prolonging the life of the equipment.
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Very helpful information!
Glad it was helpful!
I got it!!! Woo Hoo
Thank you so much!!!
thanks you for this very good video.i have a question,i only need power for a light bulb to be set in my tool shed.what will be the appropriated solar panel? 10w or 20w or more? thanks. also since the power fro solar is DC i will need to convert to AC for the light bulb?
You can easily do it with a 10W panel and a single LED light bulb. I use 12V DC corn cob lights in my shed (amzn.to/2qepU4s). You can use a normal light socket base and then just wire your 12V DC power to it from your solar. You will not need to even have an inverter in that setup and it will be more efficient.
If you decide to use an AC bulb then you can certainly do that but you need to add in about 25% extra panel wattage and battery capacity to account for the losses.
My DIY 10W solar panel kit, which is the same components you see in this video, would be perfect for this project: kit.com/LDSreliance/beginner-solar-diy-kit-10-watt
Great video for indtroduce to solar power. Just a comment: Some inverter just don't work if they are connected directly to the solar panel, because they output more than 12 volts and inverters' overvoltage protection kicks in.
Right. I never recommend trying to connect an inverter directly to a solar panel. It must be connected to the battery or the load terminal of the charge controller.
Thanks I’ve wondered how all that works.
No you want to use a charge controller on the system or you will over voltage the batter and it will degrade the battery life. On problem at (3:27)is the series will add voltage but it's the same amperage you will get more storage. And in parallel voltage will stay the same but amperage will go up. If you had the same batteries in parallel or in series the storage will always stay the same. It's amp X volts = watts. Watts is your storage.
That is one way to look at it. But you can look at it as amp hours are the storage unit and in series it will stay the same and parallel it will double. That is easier for a beginner to think of that may not be fluent with Ohm's Law.
Hi. In the off grid set up, is there any difference in the two scenarios below:
a. Load connected directly from the battery terminals
b. Load connected from the charge controller's load terminals?
c. Any pros/cons against each connection type
Yes, there are pros and cons. I did a video on just that topic: th-cam.com/video/k8aVnRpoRLc/w-d-xo.html
LDSreliance Thanks!
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge
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Can you power up a pc that uses a power supply of 600 watts for entire day using this tricks? Especially with the first one...
Question: Lets say you just bought a 100w flexible solar panel, your charge controller, you battery; Can you clamp on your inverter to the the battery while the solar panel is in the process of charging? thanks in advance.
+Joshua Smith Yes, but I would connect the inverter to the load terminals on your charge controller and not directly to the battery. The charge controller will protect your battery from over-discharging and will be able to simultaneously charge the battery and power the inverter (although it won't charge very fast that way).
Thank you very much? Can you reccomend a solar panel, controller and battery for my condo to recharge AA and AAA batteries?
+Kiana Foster These may be old links but here they are:
www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels-&-Systems-12-Volt-Solar-Panels/c1_269/index.html
www.amazon.com/ExpertPower%C2%AE-Rechargeable-Sealed-Battery-BLMFM12_7/dp/B003S1RQ2S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415546997&sr=8-2&keywords=12v+sealed+battery
www.amazon.com/Docooler-Controller-Battery-Regulator-Protection/dp/B00L37KZI6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1463175490&sr=8-4&keywords=charge+controller
Good luck and let me know if you have other questions!
Great video. Thanks!
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thanks so much for these videos! for a grid-tied system, installed professionally of course, could you plug in a power bar to the inverter instead of building a load centre?
+Leeanne Barr No, but only because in a grid-tied system the inverter is not like the ones I show in my video. It is a big device that is permanently mounted by your breaker box to your house and is hard wired to the panel. There are no 120v electrical outlets on it. Does that make sense?
+LDSreliance I think so. So the cords from the inverter tie into a breaker. But then what? How does one access the power through the inverter?
Leeanne Barr
Through all the outlets in your home. A grid tied system feeds your whole house and, if you produce excess power, feeds it into the power grid for your neighbors.
Okay. I'm wanting to set up a little system for an outdoor pond and lights for a greenhouse, so I don't need a lot of power. Can you give me a basic idea of what size panel/battery/controller would I need?
And would I need anything special to protect it from the elements outside?
Solar panels don't need any protection. As long as you use the proper wire and MC4 connectors that won't be a problem either. And I assume the charge controller and battery will be indoors. If not, I will answer that in a separate comment.
To answer your first question we need to know the power consumption specs of the lights and pump for your outdoor pond. We also need to know how many hours per day those devices will be turned on and also what city/state/country you live in.
I live just outside of Dallas, Texas
I can't figure out the power consumption for the pump but going to use some simple LED lights around the pond at night. Was hoping a smaller battery would work.
Here is a link to a possible pump for the pond.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0009YYURQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2Q69XSXZL4I4I&coliid=I1UHISHT0LEV7P
Chad Ford You may want to choose a 12v pump because you are going to lose a good chunk of power converting from 12v to 110v with an inverter. There are plenty of 12v pumps out there to choose from.
But taking those specs (1.8 amps) on that pump and using the average sun in Dallas (5.41 sun hours) you would need 1,400 watts of solar panels and 600 amp hours of batteries to run that pump around the clock. I don't know if that was your intention or not. If the pump can be turned on and off throughout the day that obviously lowers the requirement. To run 6 hours per day you would need 350 watts of solar panels and 150 amp hours of batteries.
The LED lights will be pretty insignificant. To run 20 watts of lights for 8 hours per day you would need 65 watts of solar panels and 30 amp hours of batteries.
just simple enough for me thx
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Great explanation thanks
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A question: Should a pure sine wave be the product I purchase for charging things like a Macbook and Iphones off of a small solar panel?
If that is the primary use of the inverter and you plan on doing it regularly, then yes. If it is only for emergency use or occasionally for camping or something then it won't be a big deal to use a modified sine wave inverter.
Hi nice video, kindly assist me on this one please,
I have a 130 WATT SHARP SOLAR module NE-130U1-12V (SOLAR PANEL)
Maximum Power (Pmax) = 130 W
Open circuit voltage (Voc) = 29.1 V
Short Cuircut current (Isc) = 8.2 A
Rated Voltage (Vpmax) = 17.4 V
Rated Current Ipmax) = 7.5 A
Maximun System Voltage = 600 V
Maxumum series fuse = 15 A
My questions are:
1) can I use a PWM 12 Volts charge controller OR which is suitable ?
2) Can I use an INVERTER between 500 WATT to 2000 WATT with it OR which is suitable ?
3) Can I use one single 12 Volts battery with it?
4) What fuse size can I use for the solar panel and for the battery OR must i use a fuse ?
5) Can I use car battery in place of a deep cycle battery ?
THANKS
1) Yes
2) You can use any size inverter with it as long as you have a battery that can produce the desired power
3) Yes, see #2
4) You do not need a fuse as long as you are using the charge controller properly. However, using a fuse does add extra safety and protect your equipment.
5) No. In an emergency you could use one but it would die quickly and would not produce power for very long. A car battery is like a sprinter and a deep cycle battery is like a marathon runner. You would be asking a sprinter to run a marathon. Not a good idea.
Thanks for your time and answers, I appreciate
Osakwe Jindu
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That sure helped me and made it easier for me! Thanks for the video!! Keep it up, and upload more vidoes. Thanks again!!😄
I will do so. Thanks for watching!
Pretty good explanation my friend.
+cnonline2 Thanks! I appreciate that. And thank you for watching.
Hi sir, nice to seee you again, can I to connect directly from my solar panel to a resistance in order to heat water? Thanks in advance for your help.
Hey man! I would not connect from a solar panel directly to a dump load or diversion load like that. Get a charge controller that has that function. It may work the way you describe but I can't say for sure. Solar panels only create electricity if there is a load on them. Otherwise they do nothing. If you put a solar panel out in the sunlight and then take the positive and negative wires and touch them together there is no spark or short because there is no load. I am afraid it might be the same with your resistor.
Thank you and how much can cost total for off grid method
It can cost as much as you want. A small 10W kit can start around $100 for everything you need including wires, mounts, batteries, etc. And full scale house systems can cost $20,000 and up to power your whole house independent of the grid.
Thanks for the video... I have a question about the first setup... is the battery a rechargeable battery? The salesman at Fry's electronics told me that the $18.00 12v batteries were not rechargeable... or does it matter if it's rechargeable or not?
Yes they are rechargeable. That salesman was incorrect. It does matter if the are rechargeable or not but these SLA (sealed lead acid) batteries are all rechargeable.
Thank you for the explanation. You rock
Thanks, bro, I'm assuming you could run your 12v to the inverter, to charge your electronics, right? Basically I'm looking for a solar rc battery charger
Yes you could. But like Reef James Stevens said, you would lose less of the power your panel produces by not using an inverter. I assume your RC battery is LiPo. Is it 7.4V or 11.1V? Either way, you can get a charger that will use DC input power to charger your batteries. Here is the one I have and recommend: amzn.to/2fLxtfY
if you do a combination circuit with your batteries you can increase voltage AND storage.
+Korben Nightfire I'm not familiar with that. What does that mean?
with the inverter in my camper can i run solar panel and car batt as a power source at the same time?
I don't know about your inverter but yes a charge controller will manage this for you. It is the brains of the operation and will route power from both sources if necessary.
I’ve got some solar lamps outside, I think they’re pretty cool 🤷♂️
THANK YOU!!! Sad to say dummy down really helped sooo much 😁
Glad it helped you! Thanks for watching.
Great Video! If I am powering a car radio and speakers with a car battery and hooked up a solar panel directly to the battery to keep it charged while in use, will I run into any problems? How can I calculate the size of the panel I would need? Thank you!
First, start by determining the load. Lets say your head unit is 100 watts. Then you need to think of how long you want to be able to run it. Lets say 2 hours per day. Then you look up how many average sun hours that you get each day where you live. Lets say you get 4.5 hours per day on average. Finally, you need to know how much backup power (if any) you want to store in your battery. Lets say you want to keep 1 day of reserve power in case it is overcast.
Take all that data and plug it in to a solar calculator (this one is my favorite: www.batterystuff.com/kb/tools/solar-calculator.html) along with your system voltage (12v) and the amp hour rating and size of the solar panel you want to use (just use 20Ah and 100w as a starting point and work from there). In this example, you are looking at needing 34 amp hours of battery power and at least 93 watts of solar panel(s).
Hmmm.... Am quite a novice when it comes to electronics, but I would like to ask a question... Am trying to power up my 30 watt studio speakers for if possible 24 hours, And I don't know what battery to use neither do I know how to connect the battery to my speaker (they are a set of 30 watt Krk speakers with in built amplifiers).... Any suggestions on what I could do to make this happen? (I wish to power each speaker individually with their own rechargeable batteries).... Also, woult it be possible to charge the battery with a 10 watt solar panel???
nice and simple vid.
So I know nothing about solar systems and i have an idea to install one on my boat to charge the battery and use things like my motor start, my fish finder and trolling motor. which system would be best to use for this application and what kind of safety measure or devices would i need to prevent over charging when not in use.
If you want to keep the battery charged (maintenance charge) when you aren't using the boat then solar is the perfect solution. You could use a 10W panel (my kit is here: kit.com/LDSreliance/beginner-solar-diy-kit-10-watt). But if you want to actually charge from a discharged state you will need a bigger panel and that obviously starts to take up a lot of real estate on a boat.
As far as safety measures, the charge controller will take care of most of that for you. I would add a simple fuse or breaker to the battery connection but that is it.
Hi, Do you need to fuse the off grid system set up with a 10amp fuse.. between the charge controller and the battery?
Not between the controller and battery but between the battery and load would be good. Fuses or breakers are never a bad thing to use anywhere, but it isn't necessary where you are saying.
Thanks! I found this helpful.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thanks alot for this video.
Is it ok to connect many solar panels to each other then connect it to the solar charge controller?
note: I have the same solar panel which you used in this video.
Yes you can. Just keep in mind that if you connect them in series you will increase the voltage each time. If you connect them in parallel you will need some sort of combiner box. Here is what I mean by that: th-cam.com/video/UG2pbErPKi8/w-d-xo.html