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This is a tour with details of an off-grid solar power installation I worked on a few years ago. I go over a system diagram, show the system itself, and then talk about the safety features including breakers/fuses, lightning arrestors, and bonding equipment to ground.

This system includes 2100watts of solar panels, a 10kW diesel generator, two Outback FM-80 charge controllers, two Outback inverters, an Outback Mate, a Xantrex TMA-500 battery status monitor, and 6 4volt, 1104amphour Surrette/Rolls lead acid deep cycle batteries.

Thanks to Ottawa Solar Power (http://ottawasolarpower.com) for allowing me to use this installation in this off-grid solar power video.

For more on solar power, see:
http://rimstar.org/renewnrg/solarpwr.htm

- http://rimstar.org

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Check out a one-minute animated video that shows how a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity.

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Combined solar power panels. 3 harbor freight 15watt amorphous, 8 Sunforce 15watt amorphous, 4 Siemens mono crystalline 55watt, 1 Sharp 80 watt poly crystalline, 2 Kyocera 80watt combined. Amorphous on separate 7 amp charge controllers. 12 AGM, 3 gel maintenance free batteries. 2 copper bars, 2 copper plates as bus connections. Mounted amp meter volt meter from bus plates. Mounted controllers and 1500 watt sine inverter volt meter amp meter gauges.

45 Watt Solar Panel Kit from;
http://www.harborfreight.com/

Sunforce 50048 60-Watt Solar Charging Kit from;
http://www.amazon.com

UB12350 Universal 12 Volt 35AH Battery batteries from;
http://www.batteriesasap.com/

Gauges from;
http://www.altestore.com/store/
http://bluesea.com/

Power Bright 1500 Watt Pure Sine Inverter & Battery cables from;

http://www.invertersrus.com/

Ultra-Conductive Copper (Alloy 101) bars from;
http://www.mcmaster.com/

Ground Mounting Rails, 1-1/4″ X 1-1/4″ 6ft 12 Ga from
http://store.wastewatersupplies.com/index.html

Hardware nots bolts, copper plates from;
http://www.mclendons.com/

Kyocera Sharp & Siemens Panels from ebay.

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Animation of how solar electricity works

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http://www.greenpowerscience.com/SOLARPANEL124.php
This is a rollable 124 watt solar panel that has a built in adhesive for roof mounting application. The adhesive is designed to mount to roof pans or metal sheets that can then be placed on your roof.

This design allows for reasonable shipping of higher wattage PV Photovoltaic Solar Panels.

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http://greenpowerscience.com/SOLARGLUE.php
This is a good option for anyone wanting to experiment with DIY solar panels but do not want to use hot solder. This works good if you have a good clean connection and you are willing to sacrifice about 5% of the solar cells over all watt output.

You can actually make smaller panels this way increasing the wattage per square meter and saving on glass dimensions. This option works perfectly for joining together broken cells and making artistic designs with solar scraps that really produce power. This option is also perfect for solar model builders as this makes the panel one semi-rigid piece.

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A great tutorial which describes how solar energy works.

To find out more about how you can go solar with no money down, and start saving on electricity from day one, contact us toll free at 855-SOL-UNIV (855-765-8648).

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Just adding some components to play around with off-grid concepts.
We have 550w of solar currently. See my other videos.

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http://www.CoolFlatRoof.com/ib-solar-roof.php – Thin film, peel + stick, Solar PV panels: Easy and Quick installation.

http://www.coolflatroof.com/solar-power-guide.php – Learn how to design and install solar PV panel on residential and commercial buildings.

Roof – integrated Solar Flat Roof from IB Roofs

Building-integrated solar flat roofs are cool, green and have the lowest cost/watt to install, and virtually no maintenance cost. IB makes Lifetime residential flat roofing and now they together with Uni-solar have the only real BI-PV solar flat roof system for your home or business.
Find out more at http://www.CoolFlatRoof.com

Benefits of thin-film solar and Roof integrated IB Solar-Wise PV systems include better than average light capture in cloudy conditions, minimum roof penetrations, no shading from adjacent panels, and combined 30% federal tax credit for both the Solar and the roofing system. Your roof integrated solar array will be the most cost effective installation for any flat roof.

Solar Roofing Prices:

1) these and similar solar panels (such as UniSolar thin film solar panels) are installed over a PVC flat roof – use our roofing calculator ( http://www.coolflatroof.com/roofing-calculator.php ) to estimate the cost to install a new PVC flat roofing system, as well as roofing cost for other flat roof materials.

2) Solar Prices – the cost of your solar system will be very different depending on who you work with – in general, you should look @ about $7.50 per Watt, for a solar system of at least 3 KW size – use this solar calculator ( http://www.solar-calculator.org/ ) to estimate your solar system prices, as well as monthly payment if you finance your solar system – eg, get a home equity loan or a small mortgage.

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Back encapsulation is the best option in my opinion. The advantage is, no need for expensive silicone encapsulants. The back encapsulation prevents much of the resin from UV exposure. These are dew safe water tight 100%

The humidity is as bad as it can get where we live. If they do not get wet here, they are safe anywhere.

Buster was about 3 years old when he wandered in the veterinarian’s office in early 1995 while our dog Sweetie was getting her yearly shots. We took him home:-)
16 great years.
If not for the rare lymp cancer that started 5 months ago, he would have lived a few more years. He passed away while I was filming the foggy camera section of this video.

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