It doesn't look like much but that's the rack for our Powerwall. Unlike the Tesla Unit, ours will actually be a PowerRack, not a PowerWall. These photos were taken the day John put together the rack for it. At this point it's got all the car batteries and some of the other solar equiptment.
We're in a weird sort of inbetween at this point. Our power bill is past due yet we still haven't been shut off. It's a little annoying considering when we first moved in and our bill was a fifth of the size they showed up a day after it was past due to shut off our power. It's been weeks at this point and we've expected a shut off that hasn't come.
For that reason we're still not off grid. We've only got 9 260 watt panels, which is a lot less than we wanted. It's also a lot of work to put it together. Soon we will though and when we do you all will know about it.
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From just ordinary equipments to what you built, this is fantastic, the stages are quite well explanatory.
Thank you for this.
It's been my dream for years to live off the grid, and I will...some day. Good luck on your endeavor.
nice post,sir
Good job. . . Thanks for sharing @lily-da-vine
It will be interesting to see if the pannels put forth the intended wattage. One of the most motivated guys exposing the stratospheric injection of nanoparticles for solar radiance dimming program (geo-engineering) had a huge solar array up in northern California (as I recall) and he started noticing about a 60% drop in power from the areosol spraying of nano aluminum, barium, strontium etc...
Still I'm sure you will enjoy lots of power from the sunshine. What a great project you're working on!
aresol spraying is virtually non existent here
I think nine 260w is decent enough for a backup during the sunny days but poor if it's the only source of power. What type of batteries are you planning on incorporating on this quest? Gracias.
It totally is but we've just put off putting everything together for now as things have been really busy. We're using lithium ion battery packs
Lithium is better than the common lead acid batteries. More cycles and deeper discharge percentages. Just requires more finesse in terms of its charging parameters. But with an appropriate charge controller you are home free. If it won't be a bother, tag me whenever and if you decide to share the final working system. I'm a great fan of green energy. Gracias.
We agree about the lithium. A lot of people have told us we're wrong that we should be using lead acid batteries or worse iron phosphate, so we appreciate at least one comment telling us that someone out there understands LOL. Thank you :)
Lithium is the best value-for-money battery. Though costlier than lead acid but I still think it's money we'll spent. So I'd say it's the right choice you guys made.