bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
anyone can give me hints or links on what i'd need for a smallish off grid solar setup and pitfalls during installation? i probably can figure out most things, but there sure are mistakes to be made ;)
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Unless major changes since a few years some things for list are
Good sunlight area !
Fairly solid / heavy mount even if mobile (for hand turning for example or catching peak sunshine). Thinking about wind, rain, gales etc...
Regulator (box in between battery and panel) important
Battery checking / knowing about them a bit
Having a friend you can call or one website with 1000 comments
Even YouTube VIA Invidious to get common questions
https://invidious.snopyta.org/search?q=solar+setup
All ways will probably exhaust you so cup of tea also included on the list!
perhaps this order
- look at some videos visually
- audio chat with friend
- make notes, draw your own setup/conclusion then
- loop this list
It's good you did a call out or have someone who has done it a few times as different hardware matters
This is purely from non-deep perspective / a tin can talking
@freeschool thanks! regulator and stable mount is a good point. will look into that! the video doesn't play right now, but that is probably a newpipe bug :)
@bonifartius
SUPER. And gave wrong link before - this should work:
https://redirect.invidious.io/search?q=SOLAR%20SETUP
and click any server which filters out google youtube tracking and ads
@bonifartius
Any update or progress in their field for you? Looking to see where it goes in terms of performance... was very possible / achieved way back and even better equipment and integration available I'd hope for now...
@freeschool @bonifartius I *TOTALLY SECOND* the Regulator Box.