@@engineer775 Thanks , I've been a long time sub and couldn't remember if you did or not . Im having to go 100% off grid due to no power available to my farm without substantial cost . As of now its a large timber tract . Will definitely be in contact next spring for a consultation .
I wish I had that kind of money, wow ! My cabin is close to the Canadian boarder as well, however I'll be lucky to have a 450 watt solar system 1.5KW and a little Honda 2000w generator. Ask that homeowner if I could borrow some$$$ lol. What a nice install Scott. Did you say (5) 1000 gal. tanks ? Sheesh ! !
It being cold climate. I'd be collecting all the heat from the generator I could. And maybe in that process maybe the gen could be pre heated to make starting in cold easier. And extend its life! Cold oil don't oil well!
Jesus Christ how big of a house do you have? Here I am thinking tiny. I can't even imagine how much that system cost. My first reaction was "nope" but then I guess if I had the money then I would want the best. Thanks for sharing.
Taking my Lord's name in Vain is unacceptable on my channel. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LCu5Sl_R0s8.html as to the system , it was expensive but not anymore than most offgrid systems.
This is such a complicated system compared to my solution. My house is much smaller and fully powered by solar PV that means electricity and heating 100% no backup. I'm in Canada Saskatchewan so even colder here. For details see my google+ page plus.google.com/+electrodacus
Nice work. When Ripple-XRP moons. I may have to bring u down to central America to install my Solar system. You won't have to worry about cold,because always super hot there. Seriously ENG775.
1969 snoqualmie pass WA elevation 4000' temp. Minus 45 degrees w 40 mph wind artic express. 100 year season 90 days. All that energy and not super insulate house. Basement floor r 40 walls r 40 and ceiling r80... We put propane gas outside covered with snow. Your gen set shed is not designed for snow load...
Thanks for sharing... Any more information on how reliable those Northstar batteries are? They seem comparable price-wise to the Concorde line, which I am a fan of. One Concorde battery I've had in service since 2004 and still solid. That is some Propane field! Holy COW!!!!
The use of a generator that size is wasteful for such a small cabin. There are CHP, Combined heat and power units that are coming on stream that capture much of the waste heat from generators powered by internal combustion engines. A 5-7 kw system would be ample for that application. It would use all that gratuitous waste heat for hot water and building heat ,all while charging the batteries.
Lol "extremely cold" wow it's still fall come back in the winter... Lovely setup we can only dream that big... 5000 gal of propane is a whole lot enough to run a good size lodge for a winter. I guess he will be able to wait for the cheap price come summer. The biggest problem will be snow accumulation on the panels this could cause 6 to 8 weeks of no sun on panels but he must have a caretaker to come and remove the 4 feet of snow he will get. Awesome build 775 love it.
Wow they got some 💵💵💵 on that system. I would love to have a setup like that but I can’t afford it. Need those wind turbines up to off set the solar panels. 👍👍👍
all this crap, why not just get DC equiment all electronics are dC then for heat use the free dc power from sun wind and make it into hydrogen... it cost alot of money to be "off grid"
When I heard the size of the generator, and using it's OUTPUT to heat water, I stopped watching. Thumbs down. What an abomination. The parade of propane trucks required to feed that pig will be expensive and inconvenient. That generator should be, what, maybe 3kW for a house? The battery makes up the difference, charging when load is lighter. And as much of the WASTE heat from the engine is what you use for your space heating and domestic water heating. A good design NEVER uses electricity from a generator at ~20% efficiency as a source of heat, except for things like a toaster or microwave etc.
I'm curious about the solark inverter rating. You stated it was an 8kw solark but it would take 11kw. I would think you would be degrading the reliability since it appears they intentionally derated it to 8kw. Most inverters only last 10 years so if they over built it to last 15 years that would mean you would only have to replace one more time instead of two.
Beautiful work, but is there any way the average person could maintain this system. Also, if they ran strictly on the propane, how long would the 5000 gallons last and how much to fill those babies up from empty ? Thanks.
Propane is $2.49/gal in most areas of the country. 5000 gallon propane tank can be filled 80% to 4000 gallons. At $2.49/gal that is $10,000 without taxes.
It looks like your PV dc circuits are entering the building in PVC conduit. If that is true, are you not covered by the NEC? 690.31(G) is the code reference.
You should find a way of using the liquid cooling system on the 30 k Generator. The 75,000 BTU's that the unit will waste, will heat the floors. I am going to experiment with a 22 k liquid cooled and i think the Exhaust can be exchanged to water heating since it puts out 900 degrees F.
Utah cell tower 20' snow no culvert for access. No cover for propane tanks. Shifted from snow a rupture gas line big fire... Your water will freeze artic express. Survival r40 basement. Basement below frost line. Survival food water snow cat . minus 70 degrees cold... Would install rock storage backup wood furnace and green house passive solar heat. Water storage below frost line and super insulated
total of 16 batteries ? Did I hear you say you can pull 11,000 watts from the inverter? if that is right then I'm assuming this is a 48v inverter about 230 amps ? ( that would be a whopping 900 amps if it were a 12volt inverter. ) as a marine electrician I'm just curious to see how this is set up. Those look similar to mastervolt agm chassis but u said northstar. Also were they able to get a construction loan on this if they were not connected to the grid?? ive heard some banks will not finance if off-grid. cool house. sweet view. lots of wind arrives after october . hope they are prepared.
I heard you say 5000 gallons of propane in your last video on this project and thought you misspoke...but now I see you were correct. WOW! What is the estimated operating time under normal conditions on full propane tanks?
I needed regenerated! Great video. You poor soul! What a terrible place to have to work! Ha! I'm in Colorado with much the same view. Gorgeous mountains and open! The wind is intolerable, but hey, it is worth it just to live here. Going to build on the high alpine plains in a mtn valley. We may be calling you!
Engineer775 GREAT WORK! Always love watching your videos. Curious as to the round figure pricing of the current setup in this video. I am sure way out of my price range, but it is something to dream about.
Is the Solark generator capable of a manual update via USB stick? Also if there is any kind of cell service can you hotspot your phone to push the update through? I'm very much loving this Solark 8K inverter, it seems almost too good to be true! Please keep us updated on all these installs your doing, good or bad!
We've been off grid full time for ten years. 1640 watts of PV, 16 290aH L16 flooded batteries in two parallel 8 battery banks (fully charged by noon most days), one Outback VFX3524 sine wave inverter with "mate", TriMetric monitoring, two Rogue MPT3024 MPPT controllers, two backup IOTA 25a battery chargers powered by a propane 4,000w generator (I don't use the inverter to charge batteries, or I'd need a larger, more expensive generator), solar thermal water heating for radiant floors, propane (w/ loops behind wood stoves, and solar thermal) for domestic hot water. 12kw is way overkill for a "cabin". We're just not lazy suburbanites who have to burn tons of electricity after dark. We easily adjusted our lifestyle to where we don't do heavy load tasks when we're not making free electricity, and are still happy about it a decade later. About half our project was built using the house solar, including building the 20x30 shop, 16x36 greenhouse, and new 12x18 studio addition (using table saw, chop saw, air compressor, drill press, misc hand power tools, etc... ...I do use the generator when welding). We use a full sized energy star rated refrigerator, chest freezer, vacuum, component stereo system, televisions (although we cut the dish off about 4 years ago, so watch movies), computers, washing machine, water well pump, etc.... we have everything we did in the city (New Orleans), except that we don't need air conditioning up here in the beautiful Colorado mountains. Nice work with the install on this video, but post the price of that massive system, and why anyone would need to burn so much money on too much equipment. Our system cost just over $10,000 ten years ago, and the PV was quite a bit more per watt back then. I'd guess the cost of shown system is probably over three or four times that amount. Why?
....those Rogue charge controllers are great. They are efficient, have plenty of features and user settings, and were made in an off grid facility. Highly recommended.
Real life batteries, at 150 lbs.. I have 8 6v fla. And about 700-800 lbs for the set!! That's why I have lithium I'm working on. The same capacity and about 1/8 the weight!
Steve Sherman I get it is not so much. However when you are carrying all that weight, and if the floor can't hold it. So more like weight is a small concern in fixed installs.
Hello Engineer775 1/3 of heat is rejected from water jacket and another 1/3 from exhaust small pump to and from generator shed would give you all the heat you would ever need and vastly improved efficiency! Great layout and quality installation looks great! Setting quality bar very high!
Another project for another day. I really want this generator just to be back up and once the remainder of the solar is installed I don't want this generator running at all but I still want to be able to eat that house.
Is this equipment susceptible to magnetic pulses from solar flares? Seems very complex, Are there planned methods to bypass various electronic components? It would be great if the methods of protecting from magnetic damage and redundancy of electronic components could be discussed in another video. This was an excellent and informative video, we would live in a safer world if more people cared about our vulnerabilities.
Great question and this system has the answers built in. It is an EMP hardened system. The Solark 8k is part of a hardened system that protects the solar modules, inverter, and appliances. The Battery is AGM so it is inherently protected.
It all depends on the load. There is not a lot of load. Lights, refrigeration. Many things run on propane, the water system is independent. The only load issue is during construction projects. They stopped using their generators and are not using the system so they are making that genny run a bit.
Love the idea of radiant heat! Could you cover something about the life span, maintenance, and expected cost of replacement(s), expected critical component availability long-term given advancements for different battery and controller types? I think this is one of my greatest concerns regarding sustainable energy generation.
Good video from another South Carolina prepper. I watch southernprepper1 so I learn where to find good stuff at yard sales and I watch yours to know what I'm going to do when I win the lotto lol
Beautiful job. If maintained, this site should last for many years off grid. On an annual basis, what percentage of energy is expected from the gas tanks for the Cummins generator and the hot water tank?
Engineer775 yeah I figured that so I’m guessing a system like this pays for itself after 10 years but really you are just paying to have electricity off grid and it is what it is. Nice system though
Lol that's rough, I saw the 10-20k figure and almost spit out my drink laughing, it's a tough $pill to swallow but if a guy can afford it, what a wonderful way to live!
Just looked up solar generation for that area. Really nice. Especially since December generation being around half of June generation. Unlike my area, where in December you get less than quarter of what you get in June :( 45°N vs 56°N
@@Pimptorious69 Also the unknown of how much energy is needed on the north side of a mountain in this location. If this much is not need at this location, tanks will be moved to future build sites on the property.
