Finally Connecting our Solar Panel Roof after TWO YEARS

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MOUNTAIN MAPLE RANCH 🍁

5 ай бұрын

We have had this roof up for 2 years. This doubled our solar harvest.
Pigs got bedding in preparation for piglets!!

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@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

Installing Conduit to DOUBLE our SOLAR INPUT and power our animal shelter!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ac54dMScxtrXlGg.html So glad we dot this done before winter! Best upgrade to our system.

@auser591 5 ай бұрын

What the hell??? Was this even on the list? 😝

@brandons9398 5 ай бұрын

What a fantastic addition to your power generation capability. Sometimes we are pleasantly surprised when some thing works better than we anticipated. Love to see the pigs.😊

@jakobrebeki 13 күн бұрын

Free power, your so lucky. I know you worked hard to get to this point. Glad you have now got it online. Thanks for posting....

@kevintoale1053 5 ай бұрын

Everest, Glad to see you helping at your age. Learn ALL you can. You won't regret it later in your life. Keep up the good work , everyone

@karengossett1475 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely 👍 He is getting a PHD in life studies 🙏💕

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

He was pretty excited about this project. He seems to really like the electrical work

@laruedouglas7972 5 ай бұрын

@@MountainMapleRanch, that is something everyone needs.

@beachlife9419 4 ай бұрын

Super nice day for sure , looks amazing with all the snow on top

@1944chevytruck 5 ай бұрын

GREAT!... GOOD JOB!

@chrischristenson4547 5 ай бұрын

some kids never outgrow the jungle-gym. they just keep playing and having fun

@chrischristenson4547 5 ай бұрын

I do something similar around the hay ring with the cows. Goes great on the garden

@grahamhardy1358 4 ай бұрын

At this rate you can start having disco at the ranch 😂

@monicajensen859 5 ай бұрын

Love seeing the young men helping out

@hombredeacero3131 5 ай бұрын

From the little I could see of the sows I’m many piglets soon. Always great seeing the family working together and what a beautiful view at the near end of this video!

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

We are projecting next week. It will be pretty crazy for a while, but totally worth it.

@williambates6811 5 ай бұрын

How about an update in your next video release and several later on. The energy harvested from the barn roof is a bonus since the panels were a cost savings over installing a steel roof. It is time to build several animal shelters with solar panel roofs.

@robertsimmons3556 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see your happy with the effort! Good work MMR!

@LostInThe0zone 5 ай бұрын

Nice

@zevar9819 5 ай бұрын

What everybody that's telling them to change the angle is missing is, the panels ARE the roof, they're not mounted TO a deck, the panels are the top and bottom of the roof surface. The white you see as they wire the panels together is the underside OF the panel...

@roberthanna4464 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the videos. You guys are hard workers and I hope the best to you and your family...

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

@toddincabo 5 ай бұрын

👍 Nice, I would have had to do that a looong time ago, it kills me to see panels unused. Nice win!

@jeremyparrott3713 5 ай бұрын

Every spot on your property there is a view. I'd never get anything done. Also amazing work with getting the panels. Got to love when it works out better than expected.

@stormmountain2521 5 ай бұрын

I'm pulling for you and your family on this. It's a lot of work homesetting off grid. Enjoy the channel.

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated thanks so much

@cherylsmith-bell6509 5 ай бұрын

Woo hoo More power! You all baffle me with all it takes to have off grid power. Glad it is working so good!

@bohammarberg4072 5 ай бұрын

Good morning! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

@karengossett1475 5 ай бұрын

The chicken was telling you guys...Green eggs and ham 😂 🥰. I don’t understand solar energy but I understood when you said Holy Cow 😆 Good job guys!!!

@margaretwilkinson9140 5 ай бұрын

keep up the good work and stay healthy!

@jeffbute8431 5 ай бұрын

All solar wiring below roof and or inside buildings has to be in approved raceways

@jeffbute8431 5 ай бұрын

Metal

@michaelmartineau1373 5 ай бұрын

Awesome job guys you can never have to much power

@karenriggle5435 5 ай бұрын

I would think that your son and the summer time would be a lot more than in the wintertime. With the angle they have, you could put a grid of sea channel up there. We have ours on sea channel and it set up so it catches the best. Amount of sunlight in the winter too My son invented a row of brushes on a piece of sea channel. That works on pulleys and a hand winch and goes up-and-down. The solar panels to get the snow off in the winter time works great

@terrancesnyder9323 5 ай бұрын

Good morning to you all

@VMc828 5 ай бұрын

❤🙏🙂

@debbievogt9881 5 ай бұрын

If you really really wanted to you could change the roofs angle, correct. Might be worth it. Guess the added height in the back could be utilized as storage

@kpdvw 5 ай бұрын

to optimize the solar panel to sun angle, get some angle iron or pipe structure on the high end and a just them up....!

@glenharper3136 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video.

@normangallant9879 5 ай бұрын

Wow.Lots of power

@virtualfather 5 ай бұрын

So can your batteries take all the power your panels can generate? Everest your so lucky to have a father that share with all his skills. It will allow you to safe so much money not having to hire someone. With a broad skill set you can easily travel and live in different places because you will be able to get a job. My father taught me a lot and anywhere I went I could get a job in a day or two. And if you learn from your mother so you will be able to feed yourself quality food. College is ok but the cost is extreme these days. I know plumbers and electricians that 200000 to 300000 dollars a year, which is more than a few people I know with college degrees that make half as much.

@MountainMapleRanch 4 ай бұрын

Our Battery bank is a bit small still (around 16KWHr) so they fill up fairly quick. I monitor the level and run our well pump and things like that (large power draw) during that time to use the excess. We are hoping to upgrade our battery this summer to 50KWHr but they are pricey so we will have to see.

@markhudspeth8503 5 ай бұрын

Cell phone booster might be need in the shop? With all the siding. Looking great❤

@kevinwiley9696 5 ай бұрын

Mark, Is there a chance you can raise the panels up to have a better angle? 2-3 inches could make a big difference. Especially in the dead of winter.

@MountainMapleRanch 4 ай бұрын

no, the panels are the roof of this structure (which was the point) so they are set. They are at a 4/12 pitch, so around 18 deg. At the time, the panels cost around $1500 compared to a steel roof (steel, OSB, underlayment, etc) at around $2500 and we got “bonus” power. It was never intended as an “ideal” panel install, but rather a roof with the bonus power and at a cost savings. This is a link to a really early video where we started building it and explain the idea. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5iajdOQ07SsmY0.html

@randomhobbies5796 5 ай бұрын

I imagine when i get my land in west Virginia or south Carolina I'll have me a whole solar system and never pay electrical bill ever again

@jeffbute8431 5 ай бұрын

Let's see 12 volt DC battery shorted out will destroy a metal wrench in a second but solar panel wiring running at 300 plus voltdc is a non hazard?

@trainchasersatwork 5 ай бұрын

😃👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨

@laruedouglas7972 5 ай бұрын

I should just say that was eggciting.😅

@seanverdier1940 5 ай бұрын

Why no windmill it’s always windy. Just curious? For power with no sun

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

The wind is not strong enough to work. We definitely looked into it.

@richardgreen5602 5 ай бұрын

Why is your other boy standing watching the whole process from far away?????

@MountainMapleRanch 5 ай бұрын

He has autism lower functioning, he does help where he can but on this project we had him enjoy the animals and being in our space:) Also, worry about how he would react to the pigs.

@chucklogan9611 5 ай бұрын

That’s to bad you can’t get the proper angle on your Solar panels to get the full potential out of them? Why does your lower Solar array only produce 2,000 if it is rated for 4800? I would think that for the money you have spent on all the Solar panels you would have them properly positioned for each Season