Amen to that... Here they want a permit to put a pet door in... cha ching... that will be 25 thank you very much
You need to make it into a faraday shed, so you will be bullet-proof if the grid goes down! Will it be tied into the grid if there are blackouts? In CA people with solar also had blackouts, which really made me think! Cool shed Will!It is a 6x10 Tuff Shed. Total cost was 2,500 bucks. It will have air conditioning to keep my LiFePO4 battery collection nice and happy. I will install a MASSIVE 48v 5kw system in it (this one). It will serve as a backup system for my house if the grid were to fail for prolonged duration. And as a super cool man cave:
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This is how I designed it to fit into my back yard and to match the color scheme of my house:
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I will have the front door facing north, and the south facing roof covered in solar panels. This MPP unit has 2x mppt's, so I will have 2x separate arrays on my property. Will talk about the solar panel array in another post.
The hardest part of this system is temperature regulation. It will be 110 degrees plus here in vegas. Luckily, we have lots of sunshine to run air conditioners off of solar power. If I can regulate the temperature of this shed with a couple of small ground mounted arrays, I will consider it a success.
What I love about sheds is that you can store/charge dangerous chemistries of batteries inside of them without the stress of having your house burned down. I do not use combustible batteries for solar (as many of you know haha) but I have some long range fpv drones I will be building in the following months. I have caught those batteries on fire too many times! And I am scared of them. I will charge them only in this shed.
I will also add lights, security cameras and so much more. I can't wait!
Let me know what you think or if I should add something
Yup... when I heard this I about fell over... I thought it was a SNL skit...
Sounds like more than enough wind to me!!
Are you sure they're not far left??
I personally choose to avoid left vs right debates. It's an imposed polarization that just avoids objectively discussing real issues. Nearly all camps have humans, and thus corruption.
I couldn't agree more. It is all about divide and conquer. I TRY to stay out of politics all together. I have my opinions though and mostly keep them to myself. I live in a town with mostly far-left beliefs and political persuasions. Everyone I have ever heard who discusses "climate change" (actually climate manipulation), is far-left. OK, I'm out with the politics...would love to see an update on Will's shed, but he's probably been really busy with writing his new book and all. ;-)I personally choose to avoid left vs right debates. It's an imposed polarization that just avoids objectively discussing real issues. Nearly all camps have humans, and thus corruption.
@JeepHammer I could not confirm Rick Perry saying that. Do you have a link to a quote? I could confirm that some viewed him as a threat to solar, though their claims end up being emotionally exaggerated too, making it hard to objectively view.
Will, I'd love to see an update on your shed. Pretty cool. I admire your sunny location. I don't admire the heat waves you have to contend with... or the black widows, scorpions, rattle snakes, and things with long scientific names that I can never remember. You'll need to update us on critter invasions as well as how your energy inputs and outputs are working out.
Oh boy...they're already doing it with Geoengineering and weather manipulation, using chaf, aluminum, etc.You folks do know that there was serious conversation about installing solar reflectors either earth based or in space to reflect damaging sun back into space. I would think all the solar panels might be helping keep the earth cool....
No wind in TEXAS!!!!! That idiuot has never been to West Texas! And there are tons of windmills in White Deer Texas and in the panhandle.
