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i live in rural ontario canada and i'm planning to do a 4 panel setup (but might add 4 more in the future) with 2 6x6 posts. i will also put a linear actuator to automate tilting in summer and winter between the 2 angles calculated by your website! thanks!
Just a heads up, aluminum and pressure treated lumber don't play well together long term. The copper in the treatment will accelerate corrosion on the aluminum. In my personal experience, it hasn't been too bad. I built two 3500Wp arrays from treated lumber and check the panels regularly. There's some slight discoloration on the frames where they touch the wood, but they're still sturdy. It's just something to be aware of.
I've found not using tube forms to work very well, and reduces the cost as you don't need to buy the tube form. Concrete below level, then after it cures a bit, cover up with soil or gravel.
Shed will be wired up, powered up, and the video published by the end of the week. Also will point you guys to the Romex wiring video on Everyday Home Repairs and we will have the shed build video coming out in a couple weeks. Thank goodness for nice weather in Feb 👍
Not sure how I missed this whole project. The algorithm just showed me the connection video on the other channel then I came here. This is timely as I have a resin shed from Lifetime and picked up a pair of rigid 100W panels and was trying to figure out how to hang them from the roof w/o putting holes in the resin. I have an empty spot next to to the shed and wondered how I could build something to hold the panels that would not cost more than the panels. This is perfect. I will look for ideas on making it adjustable, but I suspect the fixed angle will prove to be enough for my meager needs. Thanks, Scott!
If I understand, the panels are for the shed just behind to the left? If yes, I was wondering why you didn’t put the panels on the shed roof? I can think of a few reasons: angle, more panels needed, wanted to build the pole support setup, etc. I’m just curious about your thought process on this. Thanks!
Yeah, those panels will be for that shed. I will put the whole system together in a video within the next week or so. I just wanted to show one of the many options for mounting panels and not necessarily saying this is the best. Like you mentioned each case is different with multiple factors that have to be considered.
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate your efforts on showing the ground mount. I've been considering a ground mount type setup for the solar to some portable batteries. Thanks again!
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Great video, thank you. This is exactly what I wanted to build for a shed out back of my property. Using an Ecoflow Delta battery and just need to understand how to get it wired from the panels to the inside shed location.
For the surface area of your 2x 100w panels, would it have been better to go with a single panel of 275w to 400w? More output for the approx same area.
Yeah, I like 100W panels because they are so popular in the DIY space but you could probably make better use of the surface area with only 1 larger panel.
How about a car canopy structure with at most 3 legs that is designed to have solar panels mounted to the canopy? The solar wires would then feed into a nearby ecoflow battery bank. You then have an off grid car cover and an EV charging station in one. That would be a highly watched video!
Thanks for the suggestion. That would be highly watched and also would highlight that car/truck batteries are much, much larger than even a standard EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra. Would be interesting to breakdown the energy generated into how many miles added to the EV car range.
Solar panels actually function much better in the winter with the lower temperatures you just need to take the snow off like Scott said. You're not going to get as much production during the winter as you will during the summer but you'll definitely get something.