How Does Off Grid Solar Work - Explained with Diagrams

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    This video is your guide to understanding how off-grid solar works.
    From the simplicity of a single solar panel system to the robustness of a hybrid inverter setup, I cover it all:
    - Discover the basics with an off-grid solar diagram that starts with just one panel and a small inverter, perfect for camping trips where you need a few lights or perhaps a TV.
    - Learn how an off-grid solar system works when it’s paired with an inverter charger and a backup generator - ideal for a cabin in the woods.
    - Explore a comprehensive, large-scale system featuring a hybrid inverter that powers a home entirely off-grid.
    Curious about how I calculate these systems off grid solar systems? Leave a comment and let me know which setup you’d like a deep dive into. I'll break down the nuts and bolts of off-grid living, including the wire and fuse sizes and the thought process behind each component selection.
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  • @cleversolarpower
    @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    System 3 deep dive: th-cam.com/video/93KvbrxYCVU/w-d-xo.html
    🎁 Free Diagrams: cleversolarpower.com/free-diagrams/
    📖 My Best-Selling book on Amazon: cleversolarpower.com/off-grid-solar-power-simplified
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  • @nicholauslema2707
    @nicholauslema2707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    @Cleversolarpower, i'm more interested with Off-grid solar system(3rd option based on your explanations) especially 5kW, 10kW, 15kW, 20kW, 50kW and 100kW.
    I think i need more understanding on these Bigger capacities solar systems.

  • @russelltaylor6873
    @russelltaylor6873 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I like option 2. Perhaps more of a backup for essential appliances when the grid falls over (again) 😂

  • @Scardus412
    @Scardus412 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finaly found the one Channel that has it all. Simple and clear explenations, all variations, thank you very much for making your videos!

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your kind comment! ☺️

  • @DavidWegner-jr9wc
    @DavidWegner-jr9wc หลายเดือนก่อน

    System #2 would be great to learn more about! Thank you for your videos!!

  • @ladypetrus3227
    @ladypetrus3227 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Kindly do the whole house offgrid system. 20-30KWH

    • @eivindlindefjell5602
      @eivindlindefjell5602 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes same i means only for boat.
      Engine electric diesel hybrid

  • @reedyhopkins4099
    @reedyhopkins4099 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Deep dive #3 please

  • @anivitalis8753
    @anivitalis8753 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoy your videos as they are very educational. Thank you much

  • @abiodunagunsoye9960
    @abiodunagunsoye9960 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks. Your posts are just sweet to watch. I'd be interested in the 20kwh system as I've been envisioning such for my solar project

  • @kerrybain3196
    @kerrybain3196 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I do enjoy your work. I'm currently working on a system consisting of NiMH batteries from a Toyota hybrid, configured for 12v, PWM change controler, 400w of solar panels (one 100w & two 150w) and a 1500w inverter. This is for off grid use, for a refrigerator, lights, TV and a water pump. I get about 12 hours of sun where I live.

    • @Teknopottu
      @Teknopottu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi! What cars use NiMH chemistry in their batterys? Only thought they were for smaller applications.

    • @kerrybain3196
      @kerrybain3196 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Teknopottu Toyota Aqua, Fielder, & Prius use them.

    • @Teknopottu
      @Teknopottu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kerrybain3196 Yeah, it seems they did and Toyota still does. Learn something new every day. Thanks.

    • @stephenhickman9502
      @stephenhickman9502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm curious about your sun hours. Where do you live that gets 12 hours of sun? Where I'm at, the sun is out for 10 plus hours, but I only get 4 hours of prime charging. The rest of the daylight hours are partial at best.
      For me, I have near shading to the south of my property. Trees. Between 9 am, and 11 am, I pull in 500 watts from my 700-watt Solar array. After 11, I typically drop back to 250/300. And then from 3 pm, to 5 pm, I get around 350 to 450.

    • @kerrybain3196
      @kerrybain3196 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@stephenhickman9502 I live in a small twin island republic called Trinidad and Tobago just off the coast of Venezuela. Practically on the Equator.

  • @Rene5200
    @Rene5200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    3 - Whole house hybrid inverter

  • @rogerdalpe587
    @rogerdalpe587 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My interest is section 3 as I’m planning a whole house power system. Your descriptive videos are the best, thank you for that.

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Video coming soon! Thanks for the sub!

  • @solarvenue.engramir
    @solarvenue.engramir หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, it's good work to share diagrams of each systems with explanations...

  • @fyah2k5
    @fyah2k5 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great, great video. I'm interested in the whole house setup.

  • @SirDavosChannel
    @SirDavosChannel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video! I want to learn about all the details of #3.

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Will be posted in 8 hours 😉

  • @EWDPhoto
    @EWDPhoto หลายเดือนก่อน

    For starters I absolutely love your videos helps me understand all of this. We actually have an off grid system that after learning as much as I can about it I believe it was way under powered and is not keeping up with our consumption. And I also have an RV that I’m planning on putting solar on for Boondock camping. So again thank you very much and I look forward to watching everything else you can teach me.

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure!

    • @EWDPhoto
      @EWDPhoto 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well I watched a lot of your videos and I recently paid for your assistance for the system we’re trying to put together and you were supposed to send me a questionnaire on an email. I have yet to receive it and haven’t had any further contact from you so I need to know what’s going on or go ahead and send me a refund if you can’t get it figured out thank you.

    • @EWDPhoto
      @EWDPhoto 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nick can you please send me to the new email address that I sent you, the questionnaire or whatever I need to do to proceed with my system I’m sitting here with all my components waiting to assemble and make sure I have everything right and haven’t heard back for what I paid for. I received the free downloads without a problem I purchased your book from Amazon without a problem and I was paying for your help so let’s get this taken care of please. I do understand how busy you are because a lot of people look at this and decide to get off grid because my electric bills basically quadrupled since Joe Biden has been in office.

  • @808pathfinder
    @808pathfinder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought your real book, great to have it on paper. Very helpful thanks

  • @patbouwer1637
    @patbouwer1637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Please let me know more about your third option allowing for 3 days power. Many thanks for these videos

  • @Theoppositeofchaos
    @Theoppositeofchaos 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job

  • @Electronzap
    @Electronzap 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good info.

  • @Tefelucky
    @Tefelucky หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your effort to explain those solar types...by the way in the first diagram can you tell me how much Amps should the fuse to be?

  • @michaeldedan6567
    @michaeldedan6567 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THANKYOU VERY MUCH

  • @darrylm3627
    @darrylm3627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😀👍 Great Tips

  • @TimHill-lk5bn
    @TimHill-lk5bn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How about the differences - pros v cons - of an inverter/charger (2) against the all-in-one of (3) (beyond the built-in MPPT charge controller).

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      System 2 offers more flexibility and customization. System 3 offers easy connections but is not customizable. With system 1, you can have multiple MPPTs for reliability, while if one component in the EG4 breaks, you are out of power. So, system 2 is more redundant.

  • @echelon2657
    @echelon2657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a very helpful green energy realtime content creator I'm In

    • @TOMVUTHEPIMP
      @TOMVUTHEPIMP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lithium batteries are not green. They are toxic E-waste.

  • @Cainbantam
    @Cainbantam 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey! Thanks for the very clear explanations! I would be interested to know more about systems that allow you to connect the battery to a wall electricity outlet to pour the current produced by the panels in your home AC circuit. Some solar power generator offer this possibility, how to make it yourself? Thanks again! I think I will end up buying your book :)

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      These are called grid tied inverters. Check out my video: different types of inverters.

  • @stephenhickman9502
    @stephenhickman9502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello from South Carolina

  • @terryuland6502
    @terryuland6502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have that exact generator, it’s great! Only thing is you might need to add a hard start kit to your HVAC to make it run off that generator.
    Which brings up a question - what size inverter and solar system is needed to start and power a 4 ton AC system?

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your comment. Do you use the generator to run into a hybrid inverter, or do you power the loads directly with it? I'm asking because this generator can have high harmonic distortion, which is most likely not accepted as a generator input.

  • @simon359
    @simon359 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hybrid systems are the most useful and more likely needed for power a house! 🤙

  • @patbouwer1637
    @patbouwer1637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am living in south africa and want to go off grid as we have no power sometimes for up yo 3 days. Many thanks for these videos

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check my video about load shedding solution for a cheaper alternative in south africa.

  • @mastergul61
    @mastergul61 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you make a video about what kind of system is the moste effective if jou have solar withe microinverters

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you have microinverters, you should be grid-tied. Otherwise, a microinverter is not useful (in my opinion). I don't like to use them because they have quite some limitations. Check my video about different inverters to learn more.

  • @glenludwig5135
    @glenludwig5135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just bought a RV pull trailer and it has a 200 watt solar panel feeding to a PMW then I believe it goes to the lead acid battery then to a cut off switch. The RV has already a lithium ready inverter built into the breaker A/C D/C Box. I want to upgrade to 400 watts and put in a LiTime lithium 12 volt 230 Amp battery. I want to keep my 30 amp plug shore power to also charge my battery. Can you supply me a drawing for that ? I’ll pay also.

  • @user-bw8tu6ub5s
    @user-bw8tu6ub5s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Nick, I bought your book yesterday. The link is not taking to your web site? Can you please help?

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for getting the book! Do you mean for the diagrams? You can email me with your questions.

  • @SADJful
    @SADJful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interested in building a mobile off grid system using Victron 3000a multiplus inverter charger and other Victron components with 4 100amp Battle Batteries.

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good choice! However, why would you choose battleborn? They are quite expensive, but they do have good support.

  • @MolatediEmpire
    @MolatediEmpire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can I use 1600w 48v Inverter powered by panels without battery?

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Checkout my video, 'How To Use Solar Panels Directly Without Battery - Off-Grid'

  • @faren62
    @faren62 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Already made a video about it 😀

  • @EWDPhoto
    @EWDPhoto 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I sent my order# again with a different email address.

    • @cleversolarpower
      @cleversolarpower  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hello, I will get to it asap. I was on holiday for a week.

  • @eivindlindefjell5602
    @eivindlindefjell5602 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3 vefore even see video.
    And for boats ar nr 3