DIY Home Battery Backup - Simple Solar Generator for your House!

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A DIY solar generator is a simple way of powering your house during power outages. Batteries can provide an easy and simple diy solution for your home power backup needs. All you need are 3 components to make a simple diy solar generator kit for your house. They are a battery, an inverter, and a source to charge the battery.
Batteries can either be charged using a 12v charger or using solar power. By using sun light solar panels provide an uninterupted source of power, especially in a power outage. In recent times we are facing multiple disasters both man made and natural disasters at an alarming rate. During these times the first thing we lose is power for the house. This is why it is important to plan a home battery backup system in advance to prepare for unexpected power failure. Depending on the size of your home power backup system, you can run anything from lights to induction cookers and air conditioners.
This video explains how to make a simple diy home battery backup system. To generate your own power during times of power cuts you can add solar panels to the setup to make a simple DIY solar generator. This in turn can be used to charge your home battery backup system during day time. You can then use the power stored in the batteries to power your house at night time.
So by adding solar panels to your home battery backup system you are essentially making a solar generator. Standard generators that run on fossil fuel are noisy and produce toxic fumes. Diy solar generators are basically silent as the power is converted using electronics in the inverter. Solar power generators are capable to run almost all your home appliances and is the best form of power backup for the whole house.
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@UmpTSquat 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice video breakdown of a simple battery backup system.

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@billbaumea3420 Жыл бұрын

Thank’s👍

@diysustainableliving2774 Жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

@AnuraPrasanna 2 жыл бұрын

Good Explanation 👍

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@simeonojo1566 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your help 👍 to help the off grid solar community please i need an help from you how to use diode in connection with supper capactore in one of your project

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Yes... What is it that you need to know?

@davuthhaem2096 11 ай бұрын

Hi bro, Thanks for your video. I live in a rural area where I need solar system. I'm saving some money to buy it. In my house I have 2 lights, 1 fan, 1 TV, 1 audio . But when we have family gathering about 3 times a year we will use 4 lights, 3 fans, 1 TV, 1 audio. I have a few questions: 1. Two 100ah flooded lead acid batteries is enough? 2. Should I buy 1000 or 2000w inverter? 3. Should I buy 10 or 20 or 30ah charge controller MPTT? 4.Can I connect new battery with old battery ?

@diysustainableliving2774 11 ай бұрын

Hi, First thing I hope you live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine. From 200ah lead acid batteries you can get 100ah of usable power daily. That is 12 × 100 = 1.2Kwh a day. So 3 fans will be 150wh. You could use that for 8hrs continuously. 4 lights and tv and audio will also come to another 150wh. And after use you should be able to recharge it over the next day. For that you will need 200w × 6hrs = 1.2kwh on a clear sunny day. This is just for 8hrs function of the 3 fans at night. I hope you understand how I am calculating this. As I am assuming that you will need this power mainly at night with 4hrs for the TV and lights and 10 - 12 hrs for the fans you will need 2.4kwh of stored battery power and a setup that can handle the charging of that. Id say you need 300ah of 12v battery 2000w inverter and 400w of panel for the heavy use days. You will need more than a 30ah MPPT for this. It is always better to calculate your setup for the heavy use days so that you will have the power when needed.

@davuthhaem2096 11 ай бұрын

@@diysustainableliving2774 Thank you so much for your quick response and advice. I will learn and think about it more.

@diysustainableliving2774 11 ай бұрын

Great!... Another tip. When purchasing things online make sure you read the reviews and verify the product before making the purchases. A 30a MPPT scc might just be a simple PWM scc. And inverters advertised as pure sinewave might be modified sinewave and the continuous power rating is usually half of the advertised power. So do your research well.

@garytrawinski1843 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the video. But, what is with the hand thing. It is very annoying.

@diysustainableliving2774 Жыл бұрын

That adds to the narative! :)

@tedtalens9197 2 жыл бұрын

hello sir, is it safe to parallel solar panel with different wattage? cause I heard them saying it's not a good idea to do so, it should be the same wattage others say. ca you elaborate, thanks

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

You can parallel different wattage panels provided the voltage is same. Eg 50w 100w and up to 150w panels are all around 18v at max power point. There wont be an issue in paralleling these. But you cannot parallel 150w panel with 270w and higher wattage as their voltages are 30v or higher. That is why you should be careful when choosing the panels you need to parallel.

@joelmp3 2 жыл бұрын

Hello :) What's the exactly buck converter output's voltage regulated at?. In my case my buck output is 12.3v and doesn't turn on the inverter. What voltage do you recomend? Greetings :)

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Why have you set it at 12.3v? At that voltage it wont charge a lead acid battery! For 12v lead acid battery you should set it at 14.4v. In my case Im connecting my LiFePO4 battery bank in parallel to the lead acid battery. So to prevent overcharging both I set mine at 14.2v.

@joelmp3 2 жыл бұрын

Bcs my modem and monitor works at that voltage, and work great directly. Now i will finish my fridge with supercap project☺️👍thank you!!

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Great... I think those will work at around 14v aswell. By just adding a small battery you can increase the stability of you system in case a cloud passes over :)

@divyanshsingh8980 2 жыл бұрын

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@charlesgwinn9832 2 жыл бұрын

Hi guy dig your videos,,,I watch some Will Prowse vids every now and then but Imo he s become too much of a salesman. But in one video he also proved running stuff with buck converter plus auto transfer switch.but you showed how to use solar plus super caps to get past initial surge. I have 2 questions 1. Can super caps be solar charged up and how long? 2. Since 5000btu window ac draws 500 to 550 watts steady state,then given 5 to 7 150 watt panels in parallel with pure sun and a large enough super cap module,is it possible to (similar to your mini fridge video 8mos ago) run a 5k btu in same fashion. I've mused the idea for some time using auto xfer switches but super caps would allow truly off grid ac,daytime only,if one could simultaneously solar re charge them in case of passing cloud or momentary obstruction..PLEASE IF IT POSSIBLE TEST AND MAKE VIDEO, Could possibly save a lot of people on high summer bills if only on sunny days. I don't have the time or money to aquire equipment and conduct such experiment,,,,if you make lots of $$$$ don't forget me lol

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

Well... supercapacitors are good for the initial surge but they cant store a lot of energy for the given volume compared to batteries. They slowly discharge over time due to small internal leaks. They can release a lot of energy in a short ammount of time (in milliseconds). You can run the above system you mentioned with a good size supercap bank and more that 550w of panels but just by putting a small battery in it you can significantly increase its stability.

@makefarming7237 2 жыл бұрын

nice bro... how much that batter where can i buy... thanks...

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

That big deepcycle battery cost me around 115 USD. It depends on where you live. You will have to search what batteries are available in your country. Cost wise deepcycle lead acid batteries are cheap but if your budget permits it would be better to go with LiFePO4 batteries as they have more advantages compared to lead acid batteries.

@makefarming7237 2 жыл бұрын

@@diysustainableliving2774 im from srilanka bro....

@diysustainableliving2774 2 жыл бұрын

@@makefarming7237 Well I got it at Browns battery mart in december last year. Now I think its not available there. You can contact them and see for prices and availability. Another place you can try is A plus ECO in Athurugiriya. The prices here are going up every day. What about LiFePO4 cells? I think the channel TechRat has some contacts to import them from china. They are better for solar than lead acid batteries!