Off Grid Solar Well screw up! Today we fix and upgrade my mistakes! Learn from my mess up!
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- Off Grid Solar Well screw up! Today we fix and upgrade my mistakes! Come along today as we upgrade the solar well..we'll set post, use the new TYM Tractor and more today on the farm! Lorentz Solar Pump System Link: www.lorentz.de/
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Your "L" steel is properly called "Angle Iron".
Josh, I learn so much from watching your videos and glad you show all your mistakes and corrections that you do also. Makes us realize that you are human also. Keep on keeping on!👍👍
Josh, I watch you do things around YOUR farm. Yes sometimes you do things that I might have done differently . But that sure as heck doesn’t mean I’m right and your wrong. That’s the beauty of life, we are all different. You don’t have to apologize when your not sure if your doing something wrong.
I love your outlook. You are absolutely correct and can be applied to all aspects of life.
Came out great Josh. I bet you'll get plenty of power to the well now! Wooooo!
cool set up! thanks for sharing
Adding welding to your many talents.
Hey Josh not sure but it looks galvanized if it's not never mind you want to be careful about welding galvanized fumes are toxic just put you up a fan or something you definitely do not want to breathe galvanized metal just a heads up brother great video keep up the good work looking forward to seeing that super shop
I'm getting a little bit closer soon I'm going to have my own spot when I get down and out I just love watching your videos brings me back up
agreed, the fumes on galvanized are like rocket vapors.. wait where am i at? what was i doing..
Welding on galvanized metal will create lead oxide fumes. You DO NOT want to be breathing that. Not only cancer concerns, but it can royally mess up your nervous system and I think it's permanent.
@@JasonChrin It's actually zinc oxide, and zinc toxicity is equally bad.
And BTW that pipe cutter is awesome.
Josh, you're ALWAYS WELCOME at my house!
Man, attached firmly to the post.... Time for welding school.... Lol. Just kidding but stop on by Blue Ridge GA (Freedom Truck Beds) and we show you how to weld up an awesome truck bed and give you some free welding instructions.... Great channel and love to see what you have going. Been doing similar on our property now for 30 years. Hard work but very rewarding.
Thank you! We really want to get a solar well pump installed.
Hello Josh
Great video and very informative
Thank you , for sharing awesome project.
I know da video was posted 4 days ago but again josh awesome video n definitely great teaching u r giving me n all of ur scriber....Kool n hopefully we will get to c more of ur awesome video
It's always simple when prep work is done properly.
Awesome Josh, another highly entertaining educational video. Appreciate all the content, take care.
Something you may not know, galvanized pipe(or anything galvanized) needs to have the coating ground off. Better weld, but more important, galvanized material gives off poisonous fumes when welded. Even outside unless you have a decent wind. If no wind, the fumes can get up under your helmet and make you sick or even cause damage to your lungs.
yeppers I know for sure...but welding for 20 seconds...I can hold my breath for that my brotha...I have a respirator for doing serious welding
Didn’t know this!
Hey Josh, thanks for your reply, I guess soil and its hardness are different in different areas. I just lightly lower gently to the ground. My post hole digger has a 3inch point. The ground here in the summer time. The anger goes crazy.. I enjoy your chanel.
Having them staggered slightly reduces the pressure the wind will put on the kites. You might want to look at stronger fasteners for the panels but not handling them I can't be sure. I saw the aftermath of a snow storm in minisota that the boss man told us not to tighten down the panels. After throwing away 175 of them we never installed without great hardware again. Might want ro cap off the horizontal pipes so wasps don't make a home. Cool build.
Have you thought of running your "Ground Wire" through a 1" PVC Pipe to protect it from your String Trimmer?
Josh always use a welding helmet and gloves to protect your hands. I use to not use gloves when I welded, and now have skin cancer on my hands. Hard lesson to learn.
thanks ...great point Ken
Pull the post out and wack the concrete a couple of times with a sledgehammer. Use some of that pressurized well water thru a pipe forced down around it if you don't have a piece of equipment strong enough to get it it out without the water.
I call your bracket "angle iron". 🙂
Josh, Consider this if you will, Instead of Cutting off the extra Pipe at Ground level (the one between the 2 runs) that you said you were going to cut it off) why not use some basic connectors and tie both sides of the solar into that pole as a Reinforcement for high winds and storms. Just a thought.
yeppers...good idea...but I only have one connector to attach to the post
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer you have scrap a welder and a brilliant mind I bet Dollars to donuts you can do it..👍
You should still be able to pull that post even with a bunch of concrete around it if you use the three-point on your big tractor. I don't know if the loader will pull it but the three-point arms should be able to. I've pulled some posts that were buried 4 feet in concrete with my 4020 John Deere. I usually wind up pulling the concrete and all then have to bust the concrete off the post.
Hey Josh thank you for the video and yes I learned something again from your video this throw the cement in the hole and wait for terrain and it will get hard well I wish my boss would let me do that when we have cement we have to mix it and it's back breaking
I have a 24 panel tracking solar system. Your system might produce more average power if you orient one group more towards the morning sun and the other towards the afternoon sun. Midday, you will most likely have more power than you can use if you align both towards due south.
Always called it angle iron. Josh is that post hole auger bent? Frame looked tweaked to me.
People now know what kind of work goes in to installing solar farms. 20,000 panels, lined up in rows and columns, with auto sunlight tracking for maximum light exposure. It takes about 2-3 months for the electricians to install the complete systems with all of the wiring going from the panels in groups back to a main switchboard in a maintenance building office computer system. Thousands of feet
Hey Josh have you considered leaving that misplaced pole there and tying it in to both arrays as an extra support? Might be a “fix” to make the mistake count more than just ripping it out or cutting it off. 🍻
Interesting video thanks 😊
The ad with a clip with one of your videos using the "bigtoolrack". The funny thing is. I seen it again today clicking on this awesome video. Lol
I was yelling helmet!!! also you got the brush out too, good on ya, now the chemicals that burn off of galvanized are toxic and you can poison yourself if you do much welding galvanized pipe. good luck
yep...I have a respirator...but not needed for 30 seconds of tack welding....for sure needed if I do any more with galvy...nothing like being galvy sick
1" angle iron is what I've heard it called though it may be a 1 1/2" some L angle too o believe. Wish you had tacked a hook and used your backhoe to pull that post it would lift out then smack the concrete on the bottom it would break right off. Oh well. . . .
Blessings David
I was thinking similar with the post. Loosen soil around it, yank it out, put in new hole.
@@scottstewart3884 Yep; And a big plus clean up around your well cap, never a bad idea. I've seen more than once a livestock , or "It's just a irrigation well to water the garden become a main well source for home water when the 'main well conks out suddenly, & well that water to garden well is plenty good and homeowner doesn't need to drill another well right now just run another water line to house & .. . . .
Angle iron.. that's what we call it here in Australia.. old bed frames are great for building stuff..
If your solar panels produce more electricity than you would use, you could sell it to the power company in your area. If not, you could use it yourself, if possible. Great work! Looks great!
Yes, and from that remote location on his farm all he has to do is get one of those Bluetooth transformers in order to get the excess power sent to the grid. 😉😉
That depends on the company. Some States forbid this.
@@stephaniewilson3955 Have the law changed in your respective state.
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Didn't Coolhand Luke have a pipe cutting tool like that for cutting the tops off parking meters.
Wait for the bloopers….thought that’s what I was watching. Ha ha
Angle iron!
You measure it in four ways. The width of each leg, the thickness and then the length. That particular piece looked to be 1-1/2”x1-1/2”x3/16”x 30”?
Please look into running a 4 inch geo thermal air pipe. Can it be run with other utilities. Great way to cool the buildings and temper fresh air before burning. Guy in Nebraska raises oranges all winter.
Nice system. Made for huge deployment, so a single panel can be switched out
A fake uh, artificial rock…on a ridge….I know…The Stoney ridge on the Stoney Ridge Farm. 😃
Awesome info
😂 bloopers are funny!
Hi Josh, Hope that You, all of the pets and the critters are doing well? BLESSED BE! Batman
Josh? Any way to wrap a chain around the misplaced post and use the fork lift to get the post out of the ground? OR was it cemented in and gonna be a huge struggle? Seems a shame to waste that post? Maybe use the augur to dig around it???
Kinda interesting you putting that bar on there to keep the frame from rotating, I want to do a solar well here in Florida so I may need to do that here with storm high winds, BUT I would think if the pole is concreted it would not move??????? BUT, if I used a pole on each end it appears I wouldn't need the xtra bar
7:58 we always just called it angle iron.
Good ole angle iron
Hay Josh I set up a well like yours on the farm I wood not go no smaller than a 2000 gallon tank but make shure it is a black one and I try and keep it in a shady spot
G'day Josh, I like what you have done with the Off Grid Solar Well installing the Solar panels. Well done mate..
Just a quick question, Why wouldn't you put a Battery inline for the days the Solar panels can not work, Overcast days, Rain, Snow.
Keep up the good work your doing there been watching you for quite a long time from East coast Australia.... Thank you....
cheaper to store water than to store power....lower maintenance my friend
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks Josh for you reply. I fully understand where your coming from. Thank you....
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a battery backup for your solar panels?
advantages: power anytime Disadvantages: Cost, Storage, Wiring, Maintenance, replacing batteries
Post hole mechanics lok good, will say it's ok, just a little oil, not bad
Look
Josh - man or machine? 😎
Hey Josh , shouldn’t you be measuring the height of the pole from the top down? 🤣
U can use that system for house and shop and cattle
Angle iron mate!
A little lube on those cutters will help that tool last a bit longer.
It’s called angle iron
Don’t cut the pole. Extent it higher.
Did I miss a video ? What is the back story on that bashed up finger on your right hand? And did it make it to the bloopers? I don't think we've ever heard Mr Josh say a cuss word, but that had to hurt a little.
Why didn't you weld something on the offset post to make it useable. The wind will take those panels down, they need all the support they can get. Just my 2 cents...
sometimes when ya mess up ya gotta fix it.....doing the wrong thing twice wont fix the problem my brotha
Not sure you will see this since it has been several months from posting. did you make the pole caps or purchase them? If purchase, can you share your source. Also the aluminum solar mounts between the panels, can you share what this is and possibly a source. Great videos for us since we are starting an off-grid property. Thanks
instead of cutting down the post why not add another with a crossbar to mount additional solar...at least you wont need to worry about rotation...
I call that piece of metal angle iron. Is there a way weld a piece of metal to use the post you got in the wrong place as an additional support to keep the solar panel from trying to turn. Just a thought since it is all ready there.
the other post has 400 plus lbs of concrete and the exact same angle iron welded to it brotha
So galvanized pipe for all your fencing? I don't know how but i guess i never realized that was a thing. I guess where i'm at everyone is still just doing the old school stuff. Just round or square wood posts or t-posts. How do you like that fencing system? I guess it ought to last quite a while with probably a little less maintenance?
best fencing system out there that's for sure...never rot...buy posts when steel prices are down...we've got 50 more acres to fence soon and I've had the materials here for 4-5 years when they costed 1/3 of what they cost now!
Clean the galvanized steel more to raw steel. Remove that galvanized coating
Josh, ever considered solar for your home?
maybe in my permanent home at some point
Do you need a light sensor on both or just the one?
one light sensor works the controller for as many solar panels as I can hook to the system
ANGLE IRON
Dang it, Hit me in the face with a pipe then throw me in hole !!! LOL , cool video
WELL ladie daa,,,,high tech meets applacha farmer
Angle iron bud
Josh, where’d you get that “fake” rock? Ima thinkin I’m gonna need one of those soon.
Obviously solar is nice and first class but I can only imagine what the cost of the solar array is. Why wouldn’t you use a $300 pto or a 12v electric pump to fill your 1000 gal tank? If you need high power throughout the farm, you could use a pto generator for 30 amps of 240v single or 3 phase power.
uh....the goal here is a turn key low maintenance system...the well pump is great....can't run a tractor everyday to water the cows my friend...if I did that I could never leave the farm
Awesome video i am surprised that the solar frame doesn't have a lower support beam due to the high winds eg your middle support would be for the top of the pannel then you would have a beam running along the bottom of the solar panels thus makes the whole system stronger less likely of the panels moving or cracking due to high winds . What are your thoughts on this . Just curious.
doesn't need any more support my friend...the metal frame on the outside of the panels is plenty of support
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thanks for your reply not sure if i agree but i do know that you have done your research looking forward to the next video peaceout. 👍👀
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I would not cut bad steel pole but weld angle iron to ew post to it for rigid install and. E er have to worry about any wind ever
Hey Josh, I like that insulated rock. Do you mind me asking where you got it? Dave
any plumbing supply or pipe/well supply company should have it... I use a local company called PSI in Stokesdale NC
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks Josh. I purchased a solar pump from RPS Solar but haven’t completed the install. Just have the post in the ground to mount the panels. Woo!
i know its to late now but you could pull that post out of the ground with the tractor an as long as ya can pull straight up it will be fine then just beat the concrete off the bottom with a sledge hammer or somthing..70$ for a post WoW its worth a try..lol. Diesel Fuel is 5$gal now in ohio and its already hit 4.50$ here in ky n my little hick Town ! we ben trying to get our corn in from the winter its to mudy and got 2 big loads an had a flat on the front tractor tire pulled it off & back on 10 times trying to get it to seal & it wont so we just called around about a new front tire and thy said 1200$ its a front tire..No Way in hades a man can make any money on a farm like that ! its just ben one of them days but X2..lol.
that post has nearly 450lbs of concrete on it.....I cut it off and will use the post on another project...but I don't have the time to beat concrete off a post for 3 hours of frustration....maybe if I had kids lol
Plum not level up and down is plum right to left his level
Josh were did you get your trencher attachment? Max digging depth?
Hey josh
Some day everything will be powered by batteries with the grid, solar or wind used to charge the battery. LMB or liquid metal batteries are not perfected yet but will be before long so the need for sun, wind or other generating methods will be reduced. Had a proper battery been available the solar lost now would have been stored for cloudy days. As much as 60 percent of all electricity generated is wasted by the lack of storage.
That is a piece of inch and a half to 2 in piece of angle iron steel
I wonder why the one solar panel is different from the other three on the first set?
Angle Iron
New
How do you like that TrueWerk gear? I’ve seen a few of the guys I follow on TH-cam sporting it. I’ve got a horse farm here in Eastern NC (Greenville to be exact) that , as you know, is a lot of work. I’ve been thinking about trying their stuff…..
I love it....coupon in the video description of most every vid for ya too!
Angle can't tell if it's structural or bar angle from the video.
Angle iron
angle iron
Angle iorn.
Did I see a black nail?
Your ground not look all that bad when not use the spin in post that has own auger bit not concrete need check out Lumnah areas solar panel grid install
yep...I'm not Al Lumnah my friend...the recomendation from the Lorentz solar folks is concrete...so I'm doing what they recomend....cheap insurance to keep the post in place a lifetime
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer always best to follow manufacturers instructions for warranty
Other than that different strokes for different folks
Solar still new and advancing in technology
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As in Toy Yota
Hey Josh ,let your post hole digger to ground before engaging. ,if you take your manual phdigger and take a scoop of dirt digger is less likely to move. Your arms on tractor seem to be not level.Don't know if your post hole digger has a vent cap ,if air can't escape the seals are the next weakest spot. Enjoy your videos.
engaging the post hole digger under load puts undue stress on the tractor my friend
Where is mrs Stoney ridge?
where do you think?
Watch out welding galvanized anything those fumes will out you in the hospital real quick!