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Not really. It's a small town of 3k, all lots are 1 acre min and must have permanent structures. We originally wanted to build a barnominum, but could not get a variance for a metal building. They wanted living structure to have at least 80% brick stucco or concrete, no wood or metal. We got a...

Hey there 12V. We are currently living in a 3400sq ft home so we are down sizing. so in comparison it is a small home. 1800 sq ft is the min size for the town we are moving to. We would have preferred smaller. Lol I guess everything is bigger in Texas

Cool. That does simply things. I will talk to my builder and electrition. Do you think 125Amp is enough to run the house and barn? Thanks again

Good morning, How do I get the solar power back to the house? Will I need a Transfer switch? I have 2 100amp Transfer switches available or I can get larger if needed. I modified my layout. Does it look about right? Another thought I had was to run the Power from the Inverters from the...

Hello Texican, hope all is well with you in the new year. Looks like we are finally going to start on our build of our home and barn. I decided to follow your advice and ended up getting another EG4, to make it 4 to have more total capacity and 1 system. Do you think having 4 EG4’s 6500w be...

Is your system tied to the grid?

That sounds like what I want to do. I need to download the manual and give it look over. Thanks again

Thank you. I was also thinking of having a small mini split for the bedroom for potential SHTF situation when no grid power is available. I know that will make wife happy if that were to ever happen like 2021. I think if I have all 4 EG4's I should easily go full off grid mode and have grid...

The HVAC in the house will be a 3.5 ton and the barn will have an apartment area about 1500sqft that will have a 18,000BTU mini split but will be used sparingly. Within the apartment I plan to have a 200 sqft food storage room where I wanted to have the 110v 9,000 BTU mini-split as a...

Hello Texican, Are you from Texas? Yes, both the house and the barn will have grid power. I may order another EG4 in the future, but it is just out of my budget at the moment. I made a diagram of the Layout for the electrical. Please take a look and see if I am going about it correctly...

Ok new to solar, but I do know about a little about electricity, generators, inverters and batteries. Ok here are my thoughts and plans. Need to know if I am on the right track or is my thinking way off. I am in the process of building a small 1800 sq ft home with a barn. barn and home will...

Thanks guys, I was thinking of having the array up at least 5" at its lowest point. If I used these I would raise them front to back and try and make a shaded area for vehicles or some other way of utilizing the shade. I know I would definitely need bracing between the arrays in front and...

Great, Thank you for the info. I decided to go with 40 Panels to max out 2 EG4's with 16 panels each and a 3rd EG4 with 8 panels. I just hope they all come in undamaged. 1 more question: Not sure if I should start a new thread or continue this one. What is the most cost-effective way to...

Wow, 103 panels, that is awesome. Thanks for the info, makes me feel better. Do you have an off grid or grid tied system?

bi-fecials -bi-fecials - bi-fecials - bi-fecials Maybe this will help. LOL

Thanks again, and No this will be a ground mount system with no shade. Thank you 400bird, thanks for the explanation, I thought it would be helpful, but now I can put 2 and 2 together and see that when shade is an issue, optimizers help by making some power vs no power.

Thank you all for your comments, I am in northern Mexico close to south texas, The system I am planning on getting is the combo that Signature Solar Off grid 13KW with 2 EG4's and I am substituting the Bi-facial Panels. What Optimizers would I be able to use? I talked to SolarEdge and they...

Great Video. I will stick with the Bi-Facial Panels. I am getting them as part of Singular Solars Off-Grid kit. So they will ship for free. Main concern for my question was heat causing lower output, but that concern was answered by BentleyJ. Thanks again to all I am sure I will have more...

Thanks OzSolar, These will be a ground mount application. Been thinking of adding the ability to tilt the array. But tilting a 36 panel array will take some effort. Looking at a slip post with holes for specific angles and using a bottle jack to lift. I do not know Cunningham's law, please...

Shipped to South Texas

Hello everyone, My question is the following: I there a benefit in Using Bi-Facial solar panels in a hot sunny climate? I am located in northern mexico / south texas. I was all set with getting 36 of these from Signatur Solar...

Oh LOL Picture a Commercial building, 80' x 50' with 18' eve. Inside 50' x 50' Living Area (2 story) and 30' x 50' shop/garage. You ask Why? Low property tax due to its just a garage/work shop. Makes for a concealed home that will not attract attention. plus lots of roof area for...

New word? SHTF? Sh!T Hits The Fan

Hello all, New to this forum and looking forward to learning. I have a customer in Mexico that installs solar systems. I told him I was looking into setting up a system for my new home build and suggested these panels. https://www.axitecsolar.com/en/solarmodul/axipremium-xxl-hc Does anyone...

Hello everyone, Oscar here, I have been a fan of the channel for a while and am in the process of building a barnaminium and I want to add a solar system as a backup for SHTF/Hurricane protection when power goes away. I have a little experience with auto 12 v DC systems and a little with 120v...