The Solar Powered Shed

[British Red]

As people were kind enough to enjoy our "solar firewood" thread, I thought some here might enjoy seeing the step by step process of taking our outbuildings off grid. In this video we look at

Sizing & designing an installation

Selecting a storage & power solution

Buying, installing & wiring solar panels

Safe installation

Seasonal issues

 

[Tony]

Good video Hugh, I've been thinking about getting some panels and setting up some off grid solar, at the moment i've got a 200w panel for charging my bluetti portable power packs. We've got solar on the roof for a mains feed, I like the idea of this though, especially as we had 6 days without power end of last year...

 

[British Red]

Good video Hugh, I've been thinking about getting some panels and setting up some off grid solar, at the moment i've got a 200w panel for charging my bluetti portable power packs. We've got solar on the roof for a mains feed, I like the idea of this though, especially as we had 6 days without power end of last year...

Thanks Tone,

I think power independence is something that is becoming much more viable these days as panels become cheaper & battery technology improves. I feel much more comfortable knowing that we have enough power to do most things now (albeit not at the same time!). I would love to be able to run entirely from our own power, but we aren't there yet!

 

[Pickle]

Interesting video - the title caught my attention because I have a solar potting shed that I built a year and a half ago. I designed the whole shed to take a couple of panels on the roof, and I've since bought a few more panels to go on the roof of another one of my sheds. It's amazing how cheap they are now! I'll definitely be copying your mounting method for the next install as well! Mine is currently grid tied, but I have a collection of reclaimed telecoms batteries ready to go for a part off-grid setup.
Last night (spurred on by your post) I sat and copied a years worth of data from my (grid tied) datalogger into a spreadsheet to calculate how much power I could consistently use, per day, throughout the year, without flattening the batteries too much through winter. I might make a post about it all if there's some interest!

 

[British Red]

. I might make a post about it all if there's some interest!

Yes please! But also keen to know what you use to consume the power