I Installed a Power Plant Myself | HUGE DIY Solar Panel System 

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As someone who works in the solar industry let me say this guy is a hero. The time and work he put in to do the job is impressive and then share it with all for free on the internet. Bravo. I initially clicked on the video half expecting to see another non code-compliant and shabby installation but instead I found the GOAT of DIY.

Definitely getting my likes for being that guy with no knowledge of doing something, scouring the internet for help, learning, THEN putting out a free guide for other noobs!? Hell yeah, dude!

What’s most impressive is that he was not afraid to hire people for specific tasks he knew he wouldn’t do very well in. Most peoples ego would stop them

Oh man the world needs more people like this man that helps EVERYONE no matter what, giving all the information to the masses.

I’ve been an electrician for 27 years and am pretty impressed by your craftsmanship. Well done sir!

I can't believe the "Made my own checkbox" thing worked for the permit haha!

I won't be installing a solar system myself, but I do what to be educated enough to ask the right questions and your informative video is just the ticket. Thanks for putting the free booklet together. Much appreciation and great work.

Finally! Someone with appreciation for details!! Code compliance is paramount!

This guy took DIY to a whole new level.

The fact that you set that entire system up all by yourself is absolutely impressive! Tip of the hat to you, Sir. Respect!

Wow - the roof mountings were the most interesting to me - nobody ever shows that part. Many thanks for documenting this whole process - you are helping other people in various countries. In my view - there are too many regulations for solar in each country which restricts it adoption widely.

I love the honesty in this video. Absolutely inspirational.

I love it when guys like you that did all the hard work is willing to share his knowledge and help other people to do it much easier without the struggle. Cool man!!!!

You're an inspiration and a credit to humanity for making it easier for the next guy thank you

I'm not sure why, but I got a certain satisfaction for you when you said the inspector said he would consider you a professional for any future work/inspections. That's just awesome and he could have easily not given you that recognition.

Awesome job! Been considering this myself, one thing to note for roof prep is i would use 1-2 leayers of stick on underlayment(such as gaf ice water shield) This way you can encapsulate the attic later and never worry about leaks for the next 50 years

I have no plan to install one, but it is Very fun to watch

I like how you are not being 'selfish' and let people help you when you don't feel comfortable.

I love the part where solar panel installation day is literally the cloudiest day in human history, haha! Great video, thank you. Very informative, interesting and entertaining.

This is a guy you need to keep alive in the zombie wars. He will be one of the people helping us get back to normal lol.

It’s pretty amazing you were able to install this system yourself, but it’s honesty more amazing that you provide resources for people who wanna do the same! ♥️

Your DIY was far more informative than most I've watched. Thanks!

Wonderful video, with clear and concise explanation. I enjoyed watching this and big kudo's to this man for getting it done himself. Thanks for sharing your Solar install adventure. I can't wait until I can start mine. ✔💯

As a solar project manager and engineer, everything seemed very correct. The only thing I would change is not using zip ties. You want everything on the roof to last as long as the warranty. Zip ties have about half the lifespan of the PV module warranty. It’s a small thing but everything else was spot on. Good job.

I didn't realize you made a video on the whole process! This is awesome! Also props on the time investment.and patience to spend like 2 years making this video to help people out.

Great video. Clear, friendly and lots of detail. Thanks. I had someone do my solar install 4 years ago, mostly due to falling off the roof risk, but I should have done what you did and speed up my ROI by 3-4 years.

One of the best videos on RU-vid by a long shot. Congrats man. Nice work.

Your install is Amazing. And you said you had fear of messing up at the start, that was the real connect with us fellow humans, and you overcame your fears. Kudos.

This was such an informative video! Well edited, you didn't go on and on. You gave the right amount of information, was accurate...I can't compliment enough. Great work!

Dude - has anybody told you that YOU ARE AWESOME! Thanks for sharing your journey. And the solar guide that you wrote.

Thank you for making this amazing video. You educated so many of us.

You have qualities of a great, clear and thorough teacher. You've now got the skills - an courage! You focused on reproducing exactly that technology, you were not afraid to ask for help, so you made it! People need you now. We have the same questions you've had, and you have most of the answers (or know where to find them). Financing may come up, and anything else that will make it easy for the average joe (like myself) to sign on the dotted line. It's one of the jobs where everybody, the fauna, the flora, Earth, and people's financial scene, all this goes upward. A beautiful win-win solution. My hats to you - you are GREAT at this. Eventually years from now when you're too old to climb on roofs, you can run teams in sales, orders and installations to multiply the goodness. I think we're all wishing you the very best! Cheers.

Nervousness is sometimes a key to success, second guessing yourself actually keeps you from overlooking anything.

You left my mouth wide open from the second I opened this video. Phenomenal work sir!

I know this is 3 years old but wow. This made me cry thinking about how proud you mustve been to flip the switch finally. Incredible job

The guy whom approved his papers must me like "haha yeah man, I like you, go on!"

I bought a DIY system via a whole sale company so it should be at my house by the end of the month. Watching this video is very inspiring that I know I can’t mess it up and definitely doable for your average Joe.

Dude. This video was amazing! Very encouraging and inspirational. It's amazing how thorough and professional you were and willing to help others. I wish I could do this but feel like it's still beyond me. One day maybe. But thank you so much for this video. New fan

One of the most honest and informative videos I’ve ever seen

THANK YOU! For being a TRUE MAN, making YOUR WORK / LABOR & KNOWLEDGE for FREE. YOU are actually trying to help, thank you again.

The most important takeaway from this video...realize your fears and find a way to overcome them. Many people never do that.

There's something super satisfying about seeing a massive solar array. You could charge an EV off that puppy.

Awesome job! I already have solar on my house and it gives us ~115% of our power usage. Soon I'm going to add more panels when we change over to all electric vehicles. The future is here.

You are such a good man. GOD BLESS YOU

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I got solar done this year by a local company. I had an amazing experience and near zero electric bills! Very impressed you designed and did all this yourself! KUDDOS!

Nothing but respect and admiration.

Cant wait to start my project. Thanks so much for the video. Awesome job.

That roof was made for solar, no vent pipes or anything blocking any spots, just ideal! Glad you took advantage of that clean roof.

A little trick for everyone security when you use a disconnect, operate the lever with your left hand so that if it blows you face is not in front of the disconnect

Thank you so much for making this !!!!

This is absolutely impressive and inspiring. Thank you for sharing!

I must say, I cannot believe that you did this yourself. I am so impressed that you were able to do this. Great job, and great video. I got burned bad by a solar installation company, and learned the hard way.

Wow, from no experience to that finished product. Amazing!! Testament to executing a well thought out and researched plan, one smooth step at a time. No small feat at all but your killed it!!!

INCREDIBLE!! Simply INCREDIBLE!!!

As someone who’s been in Solar for 9 years starting when I was 21 I think you did a great job I’d give this a A- one thing that I thought was really impressive for someone doing it by your self for the first time is your wire management and not running a bunch of conduit between both arrays and running everything in the roof it just looks sleek and a lot better I’ve seen other solar companies run a bunch of conduit and it looks like amateur hour and it looks horrible It reminds me of people that hang up a tv and have the wires hanging down under it so I give u major props. On that the only issue I see I would have done differently is used the enphase micro inverter instead of the solar edge with optimizers with the micros inverters you get both in one with great monitoring it might be a little more expensive but it’s worth it plus you have less components and if you ever wanna add batteries in the future enphase has a nice new battery that integrates with there micros inverters perfectly my other issue was tapping straight into the meter I’ve also preferred to go into the customers main load center into a breaker for the extra protection but other then that you did a great job for a first timer and it will give other people confidence that they can do it themselves also. Great job all around 👍 oh and one other thing I would use a non fuseable disconnect if your local jurisdiction allows it because after a few years them fuses blow out a lot and if you tie into the main load center your already protected by the breaker

I was really proud of myself when I installed a professional electric fence, but now, looking at what you did, my achievement was like changing a light bulb. Well done, sir.

Thank you, I have wanted to do this. Its good to see someone who already has.

How beautiful is the clean energy

This is amazing work, solar is slowly starting to move in Ireland and thanks for being so kind with your knowledge... I've always had a keen interest in this sustainable energy ❤

This is a really good video. Great quality in all aspects! Nice work.

For others interested in doing this DO NOT use plastic zip ties. Instead use SunBundlers, which are stainless steel and will last the life of the system.

Congratulations ! I’m impressed you are so smart !

I am NOT even close to thinking about solar. I saw the title and length of the video n said why not. After watching the entire video I liked and subscribed. Dude stayed on topic never waivered extremely informative as well as professional!

I'm an engineer and DIY type guy and man did you knock this project out of the park! Great job.

You're awesome! I love how you did everything yourself without giving up! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU FRUGAL GUY👋

Well my brother, I appreciate that so very much. Thank you and God bless you.

Dude! Seriously impressive. I just got my first house and am looking to install solar. I consider myself fairly competent to learn home diy improvements but this was one I am very skeptical in doing myself. Seeing you start from the same area and making it work so well is beyond impressive. Well done.

It gets me every time , solar show on a cloudy day

This is what you call good content!!! thank you for sharing this vidso

The amount of research and work that went into this is ,is amazing 👏 , you sir have earned the pro title ....clearly . Awesome job !!!!

Wow! Having installed my own grid tie 8.4 kW system a few years back I'm seriously impressed with how well this relatively short video covers most items involved with an install. While there are lots of details to get right, most parts of the install are relatively straightforward.

What a legend!!! makes it easier for others for free. Even spends his own time to write it.

thanks for sharing your experience

Now. This is the best recommendation from RU-vid! I learned a lot 🥰

This is amazing! Thank you for taking rhe challenge and then being willing to share your understanding with others. Well done!

God bless you lad you are truly helpful hundreds of people.👍🙏

You deserve a medal. Thanks

All the research you did is why we hire someone to install such a system! Good Vid

The way this vid was made lets me know how focused minded you are. Stellar work roof and vid. Very well made (everything)

Thanks for the video, closer to my wish list now

Congrats, nice job. Thanks for sharing!

even if a person knows all that permit stuff they won't tell you because they think we already knew it... 😁😁, but you my friend even as a beginner, took a long way to do the same... i really appreciated it... huge respect

This is a fantastic video, filled with more practical and actionable information than I've gotten in about 10 similar videos. Great Work!!!

Nice Job ! I envy your patience ,Thanks for sharing

WOW!!!! 😮 good for you sir! This was very impressive.

I'll tell you this I have never seen such a good job done on solar panels. I hate to see the edges of the roof and I've always felt that you should use the whole roof. Listening to you talk about your experience sounds identity the way I feel. One day I'll have the guts to do what you have done. Thanks to you you've given me inspiration.

Why is there a 1k of downvotes, jesus man, this guy rocks. Content rich, no BS, filler.

Such an amazing video! Bravo, sir.

Great video! Thanks for sharing your journey with us 🎉

This is so impressive that you did this yourself, what a huge job.

You're literally a life saver.

That amount of rooftop real estate is nuts its like perfect for a large panel set up.

Impressive!!! You self taught your way through this project. Thanks for sharing

Very interesting. I designed and installed my own solar array nearly three years ago now - 14 panels at 350W. Interestingly, I couldn't fit them on the roof due to the roof design, so I designed and constructed a pergola in the garden with the panels on the top. The panels are adjustable for angle, with three possible positions, so there is a winter position (quite steep), a spring/autumn(fall) position and a summer position (quite shallow). Like you I used Solaredge optimisers and a single 5kW inverter. I'm in the UK so the rules are a little different, but overall, a very satisfying project with a great result.

Very cool. Good work. Very comprehensive. It's nice to see there are some smart people still left out there.

That is some very clean work

I install solar panels for work and I can personally say if you know the whole process it’s really not that hard and is probably a 3-4 day process with one man.