DIY Ground Mount Solar Panels-So Easy only need one person-Solar Wholesale - SnapNRack 

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Do you live on the East Coast or near VA?

You can do it. Look at home depot for equipment rental. I used their one man ground hog auger. It kicked my butt, lots of shale, lots of clay. Probably the hardest ground I have ever seen. I did 4 10 inch piers with 14 inch footings. Figure out your soil type and weight psf it can handle of you are designing your own thing. As I calculated based on 12 inch footings...4 piers a re good for 6k pounds. All materials and panels, I still have 3k pounds head space. Just take your time, plan it out and execute! Good luck!

It went to Lion Energy 8kw inverter charger controller. This is for an off grid system.

@@scottssolutions3849 thank you!

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No these are not bi-facial panels. I have heard they only give you around 3% of what the panel is and that's at optimal conditions. With that, in my opinion, I think they will never be worth the money.

The PV hooked up to The Lion Energy inverter battery system. Its hard to tell how much it produces because its an off-grid system. Once the batteries are full its stops.

1kw inverter??

Wow….

Yes

It's just mainly hand tools besides the few battery powered tools. If you are a few hundred miles from VA maybe I come help you out.

Yes. SnapNrack using wind and snow load to determine how to build the structure.

If you go through Solar Wholesale. You need buy the pipe, concrete, conduit and depending how far it is the wire from the panels to the main power.

Since this is DC, and each PV input has a X amount of total voltage and amperage. You cannot combine all the panels together to run two wires. The voltage drop was already calculated for the wire size. He used the lion energy 8 kW inverter combo with two battery packs equaling 27 kWh.

@@scottssolutions3849 Thanks for the response. I think i'm still head-scratching a little . I have been involved in the electrical trade for a long time, so of course that makes solar even more interesting. Those individual pannel fees end up somewhere (i'll guess inside the house in a solar controller) , where they will get ganged anyway. i have set up about 8 150 watt panels on a storage unit that powered inside fans/lights. All leads were ganged, then on to the controller with larger wire sized for the va of the load. In that example , no issues. If i am setting up a field 150' or more from the controller, i can't see running each panel feed that far. Additionally, as long as they are wired in parralel and not in series, nothing changes, just more available va. So, still want to study this a little to see what ends up being my best option. Thanks - good vid.

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I would try a supply warehouse not a box store or a scape yard.

I am not sure. It wasn’t my project. You can give solar wholesale a call to get an estimate. With ground mount systems you will need to buy some material on your own. The piping, conduit, concrete and the wire that goes through the conduit.

Only because I had to go 4ft down

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around 8ft tall and 23.5ft wide.

This system is 4.62kw with the Lion Energy Sanctuary backup battery system. Its off grid.

At the time ~$9,500 for the kit. That not include the steel pipe, concrete, the wire from the panels to the inverter and conduit. This was not my system so I do not know the final price.

It doesn't go to a breaker, it goes to the inverter first.

@@scottssolutions3849 yeah I understand, aren't the grounds all bonded in there or does the AC ground become a derived ground and just bond back to the panel?

@@hondaguy9153 I'm thinking you are right on this, Hondaguy91. One (1) earth ground per system is the message I keep hearing.

@@Steve-wz5pz following up on this since I initially commented, I installed my own solar and battery in my house and all the grounds are bonded together. The neutral on both sides of the battery had to remain separate (ie: no neutral connection around/outside the battery between the backup panel and the main panel, the neutral connection is managed through the inverter.)

@@hondaguy9153 Yup, that's consistent with apparently credible sources.

Yes there was a couple of people briefly in the video. I did mention that in the video, also never used an auger before. That equipment cost a lot money and was not rented. I also showed that I did the last two holes without any help. Didn't need any help supervising. So please go check out my other DIY video, see if you see anyone on the roof. Shortly I will have another roof top system video coming out with no help.

@@scottssolutions3849 Just kidding, man. Good work.

I think so lol. It was my third system that I have installed.