Powering Our Off-Grid Paradise: DIY 10KW Solar Panels Installation!

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Powering Our Off-Grid Paradise: DIY 10KW of Solar Panels Installation!
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@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 10 ай бұрын

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@ModernMountainLiving 10 ай бұрын

Wish that Honor System was more wide spread across the Country. Gotta Love it.

@dorothyallen3614 10 ай бұрын

Great job family, I hope this will give you all the power you need for the winter months ❤

@lindonyhap2494 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for this knowledge

@lorenmeyer5290 10 ай бұрын

Solar panels look very nice and neat! Great job!

@peterdement 10 ай бұрын

Consider emergency wind braces from panel back side struts to post.

@Just_An_Idea_For_Consideration 10 ай бұрын

LOVE videos on SOLAR power!!! More on this topic please

@genewileyopa 10 ай бұрын

I enjoy watching the solar system set up videos. Interesting. Thanks for sharing

@karenjacquin280 10 ай бұрын

Good Morning to you, Jules, and Seth.

@LadysFarm 10 ай бұрын

That would be cool to have off grid life ❤

@wesbutler8289 9 ай бұрын

Whew, something else checked off the list! Good job!

@OffgridwithJayandJen 10 ай бұрын

Awesome upgrades guys.....hope they generator sits a lot this winter. 😊

@keithgreen5438 9 ай бұрын

Looks amazing! You guys are so talented. Your whole place is fantastic. I've enjoyed the journey watching everything come together and the transformation of everything you've built. Oh, and you're such a nice and likeable family. 😁

@wingshonda2799 10 ай бұрын

Would love to have a complete breakdown of the solar farm. love your videos.

@donalddecker909 9 ай бұрын

Terrific

@manTili-dd6kf 10 ай бұрын

Very good work, I hope you and your family always enjoy the best moments with your family

@timf6916 10 ай бұрын

Good job

@loucinci3922 10 ай бұрын

Awesome job. Another super solar video. You make it look so easy. I would like to see a soda/soup can placed on the panel to see if it casts a shadow. No shadow = pointed directly at the sun. Thanks for sharing

@onionknight2239 9 ай бұрын

Way cool 👍

@ryanzanow8221 10 ай бұрын

I love how many demo ranch shirts you have!! I’ve been noticing them through out many of your videos that I’ve watched. Also, amazing videos! Thank you so much for documenting all of this!!

@jpguitarcustom 9 ай бұрын

I even start my guitar business using my off grid system I'm making a guitar right now using my solar set up I never thought that it would be possible thanks to you guys you gave me an idea of building my solar set up for my guitar business

@harvmac69 9 ай бұрын

Nice job on the array! Someday I want to visit your church! Sounds great! (Coming from the East coast so...)

@pippaseaspirit4415 10 ай бұрын

The sight of that gorgeous sourdough loaf brought on some real cravings!

@johnkirby6547 10 ай бұрын

Great job Marty 👏, looks good and will help alot. Take note on cloudy days how much output wattage you get and that will tell you what you can or can't run on extended cloudy days..

@jpguitarcustom 9 ай бұрын

You guys inspired me to build my off grid set up solar power and push me to do all things that I thought I can't make it, but I made it, even if stlill in a lower level of my plans but it is still going upwards. Thank you very much guys😊

@MySwatteam 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see you get to 30 panels. That's what I finally did. Also moved to solar-asistant raspberry PI for data and graphs FYI..❤

@reneeupdike2220 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will be going to the Farm Stand. Yes, the honor system is very big up here! I love it!!!

@randywilson9611 9 ай бұрын

Good video good to see y'all

@MechsWorld 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the solar update and for the ride through the country. Love the true self check out and we are so far from that any where on the planet so sad world we live in.

@PANORAMICTRIP 9 ай бұрын

Selam sehat selalu Pak Martin, saya dari Indonesia selalu nonton chanel ini

@gardeningfishingjimw9364 10 ай бұрын

Great improvement on the 'new' solar system Marty. The figures do make sense as well and also take into account the older panels wouldn't be running now at full efficiency. I am jealous as that is similar to what I want here!! :)

@randolphroark1463 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoy having a Christian and family sharing with us. We are in SW Louisiana. P.s. we had snow here just five years back. About one inch.

@Mr.S7R4WM4N 10 ай бұрын

I bet that sourdough is amazing!

@obiwankanebo 9 ай бұрын

halo pak Martin dan keluarga. 😊 semangat dan semoga selalu sehat 💪

@karlfrederick5731 10 ай бұрын

Thumbs up for the whole Solar setup detail... and bonus thumbs up for the Honor System Store. You must feel like living in heaven.

@Pembroke. 9 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving everyone from your friends in Canada 🦃🦃🎃🎃🥂🥂🍾🍾

@donavanbangs 10 ай бұрын

cool

@nurwidi3157 9 ай бұрын

Nice

@alharunroni 9 ай бұрын

Still watching ❤

@Mowikan 3 ай бұрын

In Europe you also have to put ground on your solar panel rack. Nice setup by the way.

@ProyekAkhirPekan 9 ай бұрын

Saya dari Indonesia. Tapi mulai menonton channel ini sejak membangun rumah off grid. Bukan waktu masih di Indonesia dl. Hope you still understand Indonesian language.

@55commander 9 ай бұрын

I just found your channel and I am enjoying it. Before the Rural Electrification Act most of Boundary County didn't have power, real off grid! My Grandparents owned the Store, Motor Lodge and Dance Hall at Naples until 1947. The lighting came from a Delco System wind mill & gas engine generators that charged a battery bank. For refrigeration Grand Dad had a large underground icehouse supplied from Blue Lake, he had ice well into October. My father and his two brothers pumped (gravity fed) most of the gasoline for customers.

@hardiyant 10 ай бұрын

Saya menonton dari Indonesia

@ADV1 9 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the next video overviewing the full Solar set up! I'd love to know what the panel/panel model number you're using inside the solar shed (That the inverters feed into) before it heads to the house...

@Al-of6jw 9 ай бұрын

Indonesia here!

@forgetn 10 ай бұрын

Totally agree about the food. I lived in Singapore for a decade, and was an oft visitor to Indonesia. But I must say the people too were brilliant. Almost as nice as the Thai I miss the whole region

@owencamo2 9 ай бұрын

U know u have someone special when she laughs at your jokes like that.

@ayhan8928 10 ай бұрын

you very very good man🥰

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

Thanks 😁

@SELMATOROS 9 ай бұрын

I am from Alabama....but live in Nigeria now. Love the channel.

@MrAbro42 10 ай бұрын

Love your videos. Thanks for sharing. Like all places, California has good parts and bad parts. I know we're depicted in the news as a bad place but certain parts are very conservative and tight knit communities. Where I am at for example, everyone pretty much knows each other and it is a relatively small community. Look forward to your next video.

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

For sure. I grew up there and all my family still lives there. Visit often. There are always exceptions to the rule.

@fxproogo7393 10 ай бұрын

Greeting from Indonesia. Someday please visit us again.

@Soufiane-zg4yf 10 ай бұрын

I think you have to separate panels to not having a much resistance to winds

@avalonhomestead9077 10 ай бұрын

Nice to finish up a project. One more thing off the list.

@ModernMountainLiving 10 ай бұрын

The list just gets longer. Been there, wait I AM there now.

@thebbehabstra216 10 ай бұрын

I’m following your channel since a long time from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I don’t have to explain to you the Dutch-Indonisian connection. Indonesian food is still more or less Dutch national food and very well appriciated in The Netherlands. So well that most house holds/families preserve their own traditional Indonisian recepies allong with in the Dutch language incorporated “malasian/ Bahasa Indonesië” words as ajam, nasi, rendang, babi pangang, sambal, goreng etc. All the best!

@angelanovianadebruijn1273 9 ай бұрын

Greetings from prigen near malang

@hermanwidjaja7393 9 ай бұрын

Hi Martin, sy dari Indonesia, penonton setia channel Anda

@wangsamulja 9 ай бұрын

Hi Pak Martin & Bu Julie, wah masih ingat juga dengan Indonesia dan nasi goreng. Hope you guys still remember us, hope oneday we can meet up at Indonesia or USA. Edy & Mar.

@hightechfarmers 10 ай бұрын

Here's hoping the added input will keep you flush on power through the winter without the need for the generator.

@xzibit8614 9 ай бұрын

For cloudy days - adding 8 more batteries would help you stretch it

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

It is cloudy almost all winter.

@user-hg2tk3xj9y 5 ай бұрын

Just built a 2kw system with a bunch of 2x4 and some chain, two panels on each frame and 3 of those for 6 365w panels, can lay em flat in 3 mins if a bad storm is coming but they are solid up to a tornado I gather hehe

@kendallsproat 10 ай бұрын

I’m in Napa Valley California, we have a bunch of honor farms. I don’t think they could work in the city’s though

@anthosuprianto1843 9 ай бұрын

Hallo Martin....saya dari indonesia dan saya adalah follower anda.

@macmcq8590 10 ай бұрын

Would it be possible for you to explain how many times you have upgraded each of the components for your solar system since you started i.e. solar panels, inverters, charge controllers, batteries, stands, etc? And what your total cost to date is? Any idea of how many man hours you have spent on the system? How do you dispose of the displaced items?

@omsonny21 10 ай бұрын

Im from Indonesia... and I still watching your video, Sir...

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

You rock!

@hendriksartoni 9 ай бұрын

❤ from Indonesia

@Soufiane-zg4yf 10 ай бұрын

👍 from 🇲🇦 Morocco

@sweetsuccesstrading5097 5 ай бұрын

Just Found your Channel. If you have to redo the Panels in the Future, Consider a Fruit Tree Picking Ladder. They work Great on almost Any Topography. They are a Tripod Style Ladder.

@wiliammbi 9 ай бұрын

❤

@selador11 10 ай бұрын

You guys have sure come a long way from two tents... 😁

@brendafarrow3117 9 ай бұрын

We use mini splits for heat & ac with 6k + we have a any gas 20k generator with a transfer switch . When batteries get low the genarac, generator starts charges battery’s then auto off . Ecoflo has a small generator that’s does same with electric start

@beetleclemens3727 9 ай бұрын

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🔥 Happy Halloween

@Zaraqkhan1 10 ай бұрын

i also installed 4.5kw hybrid inverter with 3600 watts panel, 6 solar panels of 600 watts each but i am not satisfied with their performance , we have plenty of sun here in Pakistan hardly any cloudy weather like you guys do have. but at 4:45pm day time it fails to produce enough power to keep inverter turned on

@glenhenton1327 10 ай бұрын

Marty, what would be the wind resistance issue of the panels? I know here in West TN we would have to think about the gusty winds that we get at times. Thanks, just curious.

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

You would definitely need a more robust mounting system is a high wind area. Thankfully we don’t get much wind. Having our whole cut out of the forest keeps us pretty protected too.

@karellodewijks4971 10 ай бұрын

👍👍😊😊

@user-ti3kd8qr6s 4 ай бұрын

Mantap sekali pak martin

@radekcernik6119 10 ай бұрын

2 different types of panels can causes problem and lower output power, also when your panels warm up as today, because we can see you only in T-shirt so "name" or rated power slowely decrease based on decreased effectivity. PV have the best effectivity as cold as they are, but also as lower temperature outside, as lower expected sunshine. Because of this PV works perfect in spase (no atmosphere restriction and freez from space vacuum).

@ModernMountainLiving 10 ай бұрын

So the answer is keep your solar panels out of the sun. Problem solved.

@BrainFuelNetwork 10 ай бұрын

Martin I agree. Nasi Goreng is food for the soul but what pushes me over the edge is Soto Betawi…

@russellwatters5891 9 ай бұрын

Your solar array is growing larger and larger. Soon, your neighbors will be hitting you up for juice...lol 😂😅 I haven't seen an honor store in the last 40 years, that's a breathe of fresh air. Love what ya'll are doing 😊

@fjwagnerdds 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't use bifacial panels, they really boost your output on cloudy days when needed the most

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

The cost difference was not worth it for me.

@TheCookofthehouse 9 ай бұрын

Hi Martin, In fact I am not in Indonesia but couldn´t resist to tell you that here from Portugal, I've been following you regularly. I also would like to tell you that in Portugal you would eat a fantastic rice, probably even better than the far east kind which I also love for having lived in Macau during 6 years. I'm happy to have found your chanel. Best regards, I Just love your videos. Thanks, Mário

@ourlostculture8513 10 ай бұрын

Hey

@bimowicaksono3779 5 ай бұрын

interesting solar panel configuration, I noticed that the panels are mix of polycrystalline and monocrystalline solar panels, is indeed an interesting one. While both types of panels can generate solar energy, monocrystalline panels are generally considered to be more efficient than polycrystalline panels. This means they can convert a higher percentage of sunlight into electricity under the same conditions

@thomastimothy777 10 ай бұрын

This guy and his “whooshing” noises 🤯😫🫠

@liammcgothigan2094 10 ай бұрын

Hello their martin &family

@aryafitra2026 9 ай бұрын

Pakde martinnnnn ❤

@ServiceTrek Ай бұрын

Hi Martin ... I noticed you changed your original ground mount design from using the hinges on the 2x6 to the steel pole. How do you like the change? I'm just setting up my ground mount and have been looking at some ideas.

@anuragchandra8283 9 ай бұрын

Hey Martin great video BTW I have a question about your inverter, can you pls tell if you have a low frequency for high frequency inverter? Thanks.

@iohann.bab.7042 6 ай бұрын

Your setup is great but i think you need to protect your panels from hi winds.

@BrianKrahmer 9 ай бұрын

i actually see over the rated wattage on my panels, by up to about 6%, but i have the advantage of currently living in a cold climate at 9000', both improving efficiency

@Whitetooth1030 3 ай бұрын

How much amps that provide you ?

@surahman2974 10 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for you to come back to Indonesia after the house is 100% finished, it must have been very tiring to build the house, so I'm going back to Indonesia for a holiday

@donlatimer5114 9 ай бұрын

Marty , have you ever consider a vertical wind turbine to supplement your Solar array , i’m not talking about the propeller type , I was thinking about the fin type turbines , I would put them on a three legged platform that was maybe 4 to 6 feet off the ground, so that the snow could not inhibit the movement of the turbine , turbines work 24 / 7 as long as there is wind 15 to 20 miles an hour or more to generate electricity .. they work day or night , rain or snow don’t seem to bother them ..

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

Yes. But I don’t think we get enough wind here.

@putinscat1208 4 ай бұрын

Would having a natural gas tank still be off-grid? Cause I would have a good sized one filled up as a backup and to cook with.

@LadysFarm 10 ай бұрын

😬 tall ladder 😬

@pudjahastomo7925 8 ай бұрын

Salam dari Indonesia 🇲🇨

@shobry123 9 ай бұрын

Hi martin, indonesian here

@henrialbinus3967 9 ай бұрын

Hi guys, just letting you know we are Dutch/Indonesian, yes missing all their good food.

@jonimiller1954 9 ай бұрын

AFAIK putting 2 different panels of different outputs in series will pull back the output of the higher rated panels to those of the lower rated panels. Hence not full output

@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving 9 ай бұрын

They are only different by 5 watts.

@keithw8286 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Martin, great series. Do you have numbers for your worse 3 months of the year? i am trying to size an array, in my location, to provide a minimum during winter. like you i dont want to be running a generator every day, although obviously, when needs must. My demands will be less than yours, i just wanted a ballpark, for example im going with i need 3x the rated max PV to maintain during winter. Of course i will be over producing between March and Sept, but i am ok with that. Anyway, your place is looking great, best of luck, Keith