Great roundup guys this is just what info would be offgridder people need, FYI for anyone else wind generation isn’t worth it as opposed to solar, having said that there is a company in the USA that looks promising “Harmony wind turbines” 12 volt systems require larger conductor cables, 48 volt can run smaller gauge cable. We installed a ongrid service up around your hill back in the day, standard transformer is a 10kv single phase (SWRE) single wire return earth, I can agree totally it’s not cheap because you can’t auger granite and running overhead conductors up that sort of country isn’t easy. Living Offgrid is a great journey and gives you perspective of how we all should look at life i recon. The meaning Depth of discharge is how much you battery percentage would be say in the morning without any charge going into them. State of charge is what percentage your batteries are charged say from zero to 100%
These days you can buy solar panels that have their own micro inverter screwed to the back of the panel. Some have a dual micro inverter in a single housing. There a great benefits to that. Basically each individual panel has its own AC voltage output that is common in your area. Either 240 volt or 110 volt. The micro inverters last much longer, and you get a much longer warranty because they do not have to deal with high currents like a regular inverter does. The micro inverters are located outside, so there is less fire hazard. Each panel has its own micro inverter so it does not effect the entire system if a single panel gets less sunshine. You can add additional panels to your system or replace broken panels with panels from any brand because it doesn't matter since they all have the same AC output from their own micro inverter. The micro inverters are more efficient, and because their output is AC there are less losses due to resistance in the power cables. And it is much easier and much cheaper to connect all the panels with regular 240 volt or 110 volt power cables instead of having to use very expensive high current DC cables and connectors and fuse boxes and what not. And each micro inverter can be monitored with an app on your phone, so you can monitor the state and output of each individual panel at every single moment in time, anywhere in the world. The panels with micro inverters are more expensive, but I think that it is cheaper in the long term. You pay less for additional hardware that you would need with traditional panels. You get more efficiency and functionality. It is easier to add or replace panels. And it is safer. And it will last longer with a much longer warranty. As always thanks for sharing your experiences. As time goes by technology improves. It is impossible to keep up with the latest and most modern technology since these type of systems are getting installed to last for decades. But I think that it is good to point out that the technology has changed and improved, and that it is getting cheaper as well. So for other people that might be a better and more feasible option. I hope that this bit of information was helpful. A huge 👍
In terms of wind power you might want to look into a man who has a company that is called Hurricane Windpower. He also has a YT channel with that name. I believe that his turbines produce up to 1000 watt, but it could be more. He also sells all the additional hardware such as inverters and all other sorts of off-grid products. And to me off-grid means no connection to any facilities that you have to pay for. Nobody can ever live completely off-grid because you are always reliant on something that is made with technology that was powered by the grid. For example I don't see people dig up their own metals to create electrical components so that they can build their own inverter from scratch. In fact 99,9% of the items that people own are made by the grid. 👍
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Fantastic topic and break down of content. Very informative and exactly what we are looking into for ourselves! Thank you both so much!
@@GiselleWalker-w5b most welcome!! Glad it was helpful 👍
Great roundup guys this is just what info would be offgridder people need,
FYI for anyone else wind generation isn’t worth it as opposed to solar, having said that there is a company in the USA that looks promising “Harmony wind turbines”
12 volt systems require larger conductor cables, 48 volt can run smaller gauge cable.
We installed a ongrid service up around your hill back in the day, standard transformer is a 10kv single phase (SWRE) single wire return earth, I can agree totally it’s not cheap because you can’t auger granite and running overhead conductors up that sort of country isn’t easy.
Living Offgrid is a great journey and gives you perspective of how we all should look at life i recon.
The meaning Depth of discharge is how much you battery percentage would be say in the morning without any charge going into them.
State of charge is what percentage your batteries are charged say from zero to 100%
@@alanblyde8502 cheers for that mate 👍
The wheat belt in WA is a large area. What is your nearest town?
@@JohnIreland-ks3lj it is! We’re in shire of York 👍
These days you can buy solar panels that have their own micro inverter screwed to the back of the panel. Some have a dual micro inverter in a single housing. There a great benefits to that. Basically each individual panel has its own AC voltage output that is common in your area. Either 240 volt or 110 volt. The micro inverters last much longer, and you get a much longer warranty because they do not have to deal with high currents like a regular inverter does. The micro inverters are located outside, so there is less fire hazard. Each panel has its own micro inverter so it does not effect the entire system if a single panel gets less sunshine. You can add additional panels to your system or replace broken panels with panels from any brand because it doesn't matter since they all have the same AC output from their own micro inverter. The micro inverters are more efficient, and because their output is AC there are less losses due to resistance in the power cables. And it is much easier and much cheaper to connect all the panels with regular 240 volt or 110 volt power cables instead of having to use very expensive high current DC cables and connectors and fuse boxes and what not. And each micro inverter can be monitored with an app on your phone, so you can monitor the state and output of each individual panel at every single moment in time, anywhere in the world.
The panels with micro inverters are more expensive, but I think that it is cheaper in the long term. You pay less for additional hardware that you would need with traditional panels. You get more efficiency and functionality. It is easier to add or replace panels. And it is safer. And it will last longer with a much longer warranty.
As always thanks for sharing your experiences. As time goes by technology improves. It is impossible to keep up with the latest and most modern technology since these type of systems are getting installed to last for decades. But I think that it is good to point out that the technology has changed and improved, and that it is getting cheaper as well. So for other people that might be a better and more feasible option. I hope that this bit of information was helpful. A huge 👍
In terms of wind power you might want to look into a man who has a company that is called Hurricane Windpower. He also has a YT channel with that name. I believe that his turbines produce up to 1000 watt, but it could be more. He also sells all the additional hardware such as inverters and all other sorts of off-grid products.
And to me off-grid means no connection to any facilities that you have to pay for. Nobody can ever live completely off-grid because you are always reliant on something that is made with technology that was powered by the grid. For example I don't see people dig up their own metals to create electrical components so that they can build their own inverter from scratch. In fact 99,9% of the items that people own are made by the grid. 👍
@@insAneTunA all awesome info. Super interesting! Thanks for taking the time to write all that out for us and others to know 👍💪
@@ROCKPILEOffgridHomestead It is my pleasure.🙂
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@@michaelmorgan6154 you have a question mate? Happy to answer, cheers.