You know it's going to be a good Saturday evening when you have 2 hours of Jesse Muller video! 👍😊

Concrete work, carpentry, plumbing, machinery repair and you are a licensed electrician, wow!

omg i love the narrating over the timelapse, more of that please

"Solar not the worst addiction", especially if you're not an electrician and able to add solar installation and maintenance to your resume.

Alright ,,,hanging out with Jesse today! coffees on ,, ! lov it!! Cheers!;-)!

Do you realize just how gifted you are ?

Sorry I can't remember your helpers name. But He is looking super!! He's kept at the weight reduction and it's sure is showing!! Good for Him!! 👍👍😊

I never get bored and always watch the full lengthy video. Sooooooo very educational. I love to learn. You are also a good communicator.

What a thorough explanation, perfect for us who understand best by seeing it get built. Bonus, loved to see Jesse so excited to make some solar power!

Wow, Jesse. This video just highlights the sheer amount of homework you've done to self educate yourself and carry out this huge job, which will really help your family. Can you remote view the inverter panel via an app on a tablet or ipad. Mount one on the wall in the kitchen Your system isn't that dissimilar to a PV system that KZfaq channel "Ambition Strikes" has installed in his offgrid home. Keep up the amazing work

Fascinating video Jesse, you're a smart guy. Sadly you lost me at Hardy board. 😂😂

I could tell from things he’s said over years of watching ,no borrowing do things as you can afford it ,are a wonderful example of what makes Jesse tick ,his machines are bought cheap and repaired to last for his business, over all this young man works hard studied hard and deserves all the credits for reminding us that not all of this generation are ungrateful dicks and I for one are very grateful

you don’t need a transfer switch, the EG4 can switch the entire 200A main, through it (check the documentation or call them), connect your main power to GRID connection, connect the panel to the LOAD terminals. done, entire panel is switched.. of course your limited to 50A when the grid is down, or get another EG4 in paralel. nice gagle of geese 😉 FYI, where I am the ICF insulation of the foundation has to be fireproofed (drywall or covered in some way, as its flammable). One more note, the recomendation is to keep the battery cables about the same length, due to voltage drop, it’s not always possible of course.

Such a comprehensive build. Deep respect. Best of luck in 2024.

Thank you for starting the video stating your qualifications of being a master electrician! Respect!!

Wow this video is supper awesome I love the way you explain everything in fine detail. Jesse congratulations on your videos I love all and I do watch you videos from start to finish with no skyping, I am already looking forward for the next video. Kind regards to you all Jesse.

I was a bit nervous with the unloading at the beginning. It looked sketchy. I couldn't help but thinking it was going to fall off, and your buddy would immediately yell "GOOD!" Lol. Haven't finished the video yet, but really good info so far. That system looks very cool.

Man, that's a serious installation! I'll share that with some off grid people that i know! Thx a lot! 👍👍👍

Loved background music during the over flight scene. Excellent choice! Great taste!

Very cool Jesse that you chose EG4, for dealing with signature solar in the research you did.

Fascinating video. I’m never worried about you rambling along. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your TWO hr uploads. Thanks

Real safe fusion power. Gotta love sunshine.

I have an enphase 6.8 kwh grid tied PV system and this type of setup is absolutely the next step so I can still utilize my solar generation when the grid is down Thanks for this.

That's quite an amazing house you have, JM...

You can buy hand jack furniture lifts for controlled raising of washing machines, furniture and batteries up a few inches. A pair cost about $32 to about $51 depending on quality and weight to lift and no messing about with bits of wood.

Totally liked every aspect of this video. Voice over, speeding up repetitive tasks and talking about sizing and connecting the system was on point. I got a slightly different approach starting with the solar panels and a hybrid inverter from Huawei, getting a battery later on to see first what kind of power the house draws, at which point of day.

Hands down the best most detailed install I have come across on the EG 18Kpv unit. You are awesome my friend!

I'll tell you the truth I don't know jack about solar an this fascinates me thanks I love your channel

Hi Jesse, Great video, my man! I hope you see my comment. It's always great to connect with others that have the passion and skills to complete just about any project that is put in front of them. I want to pick your brain on the solar backfeed breaker. I've made a couple shorts on that topic. From lots of research and debates a 70amp backfeed breaker is allowed on a 225A max bus rating when a 200amp main breaker is being used. It's the 120% rule in play there. The 125% rule is sizing the inverters required breaker. Here is how to calculate the max backfeed breaker that is allowed in a panel. 225A x 1.20 = 270A Subtract the 200a breaker. Leaving you with 70A. I hope that is helpful for anyone looking for that info. Keep up the great work on the channel. I know how much work it takes to do all this work and make videos. Mad respect.

1:05:11 one of the best instructional videos on installation of the 18K unit. I am in the beginnings of putting up panels and eventually tying into the grid. I have been researching for about six months and came to the same conclusion that you have on the inverter. Purchased two batteries along with 30 bifacial panels. It’s hard to find People whether you talk to or see online that think out of box like you do. My next step is to find the master electrician and see if he will work with me on doing the exact same thing you were doing.

The best solar panel setup I saw installed here in IL. Was a 4 panel verticaly on a 30ft steel light pole and plate that motor rotates on bearings in a frame on a concrete base. The panels are tilt motor driven to point directly at the sun and allows snow to sluffed off or not collect period in a slant position with lightning protection. 👉👉Plus it saves alot of real estate on smaller properties.🤔🤔👉👉One problem if your not aware of you must run the same gauge wire (as the ones for your battery cables or greater) from your SP's to the charger or you'll loose wattage and the longer the distance the larger the gauge must get. There's a math equation for running DC wire over distances. Something Edison completely missed back in the day.

I meant to make this comment awhile back, but it's just as relevant now as it was before. Your helper, whether he's a friend and/or paid employee, is a great, diligent worker and comes across as a top notch fellow to boot. Sorry, I haven't caught his name, but kudos nonetheless 👍👍👍

Hi mate, I’m an electrician in Australia and totally enjoyed your video. That’s one mad system, great work. 😁

I'm jealous over this video. I live in an apartment and the landlord won't give us a solar system. This was one of your best videos. Really enjoyed it

Knowing that this was insanely vetted before you ever spent a penny tells me its quality. Certainly going to be preparing some plans down the line to install a battery less version of this as i already have a 21kw generator. Really interesting video and well explained dude, love that a company has finally aligned with you, youve earned it

“We need a tool.” Intelligent man knows his limitations!

The American power distribution always amazes me as an Australian. Most homes appear to have two live feeds totaling 240Vac with a neutral sitting between providing two 120Vac supplies. The standard domestic supply into an Australian home is a single phase 240Vac, but many older supplies are twin phase like USA but totaling 480Vac. Many newer supplies are 3 phase, 415Vac between phases and 240Vac between each phase and neutral. My supply is 3 phase with 80 amps / phase. The main difference is we only need small cable sizes to supply large amounts of power. My supply comes into my main switch board in 16mm cable, and all my power circuits are run in 2.5mm cable. Lighting circuits are run in 1mm cable. These are all square mm sizes, which given the cost of copper is a huge cost saving.

I just realized we're getting 3 lifetomes of work from one person congrats sir i learn from watching, so thank you for showing a lot of the stuff you do! Must be trying to cover every scenario of life to stay ahead i cant imagine how old are you to have all this experince

Tip on the crimper, put lug in crimper and pump handle so it starts to put pressure on the lug. Then insert wire, now lug stays put. So one hand holds wire into the lug, other hand pumps handle. Great video. Please put a cover on the outlet next to the invertor, my OCD is pegged.

Excited to see the future solar builds and love the focus on resiliency. Consider the reflectivity of the ground for your bifacials, should pick up 8-9% more production with a higher albido, assuming you throw them on your single-axis trackers. It doesn’t have to be expensive, white quartz gravel or similar can make a big difference vs dark ground cover. Just a thought.

Great detailed video ! Well done to further PV understanding for others. I have had a simple PV roof system for 3 years without battery but using electric hot water as storage. Live in Sydney Australia so lots of sun (generally) Note- 20% of all houses in Australia have PV - highest take up in the world. Looking forward to the next chapter.

I have so much I would like to comment about but suffice it to say, this post was exactly where I'm going on my ranch and you definitely covered all or most of the "What If's"! excellent job Jesse and thanks for posting this project!

nothing like rediscovering "Sound Powered Phones". Great work Jesse! I appreciate the information on batteries!!! Looking forward to setting something up at my house.

SWEET! Today i gave myself treat day... cos mostly watching diet. So Hot dogs haagen dazs and a Jesse Muller long form video saturday night. Thanks man 😃

Power for days. I like that you don't have to worry about power outages. 😀

Great video Jesse. You can do anything Brother. Thanks for sharing.

Trucks bring some very nice things sometimes!

We have 32 365 watt panels on our house with a total capacity of 11,000 watts and today the system has generated a little over 46 kwh ! I love your videos and considering getting those batteries and an inverter because right now we are only grid tied !

Awesome build! We have been talking about concrete and geo-thermal field 4 a long time. Your videos have given us real data. Thx.

Thanks Jesse, I would love to do this. I’ve been thinking about it for several years. l want to have a system to power my house if we loose power for several hours or days. The way the world is getting l would like a setup so I can live without the power company. I may have had that but I got sick in 2001. Am not physically or mentally able to do the work you do anymore. I’ve live a good life, worked hard all of it, now 81. I still dream and ENJOY watching you do the things similar to what I used to do. I built my own house and did everything with my wife’s help, paid $1000 for labor to someone else. Like you l don’t pay for anything that I can do. I appreciate you taking the time to explain each step. Enjoy watching

I have that same battery connected to my Sol-Ark 15K. I ended up having to buy my own cable and those ends and a giant ass crimper to make it all work. It was a bunch of work, but it's humming along nicely! I am using the batteries for my TOU offset, not UPS. With power being .60 per kW from 4PM-9PM, that battery is paying for itself quick :)

That was very interesting, and I think I'm getting more interested in a solar array. Great show. I'm working on lithium conversation on my RV so this was very interesting. Thanks

Tremendous! Looking forward to the solar trailer and shop build!

Thank you for the idea of the simple "transfer switch" using that interlock sliding metal piece!! I've looked at the prices of transfer switches and didn't like the price! I think I'll use the metal slide to hook up a generator. I'll also tag the "critical" breakers since I'll be doing the switching to the generator manually anyways.

Wish that I could find an electrician with your knowledge and enthusiasm here on the west coast. The typical homeowner has little knowledge of these systems so are ripe for being taken advantage of and get sold way overpriced systems. Because, California. 🙄 Nice work and nice commentary Jesse. Thanks

An alternative to using the zip tie to keep the wires from fraying out is to strip the insulation back but don't strip the last 1/8" or so. Now cut the insulation on the last 1/8" and only pull it off of the wire to where you placed the zip tie. Once the wire is in the terminal, cut the little bit of insulation off.

That beats the crap out of my 600ah 2500w setup for my sump pump :)

It’s great that you are picking up a new income stream. Your vlogs have been amazing over the years and it looks like they will only get better. Great pivot from the home building that you have been doing lately. Good luck with your new solar habit!

As always, for me, really enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting.

Best start calling you "Scotty" this house is starting to feel like the starship" Enterprise".Great job Jesse.

Capt Kleeman mentioned your solar trailer. Jesse inspiring other get er done guys. Kleeman is a hoot but awesome you are a lifeline for his venture into solar. that setup looked complicated when you were setting it up, but once you break it down into its components, wasnt that bad. once you get solar panel arrays up and running, be cool to see the final outcome

Great video, Jesse. Yes, watched it in it's entirety. It sounds like you did your homework and I will be checking for updates, changes etc. I hope to be installing one on my own ICF build this year. Thanks for the work you put into this one.

Jesse, I sure wished I had half the skills you have, great video

Great video Jessie...really enjoy these types... just packed full of all types of information.

Your place is really looking great

GOOD! 😂 Amazingly interesting video Jesse. Well presented, well narrated and I learned a ton of stuff today! Enjoying the long ones…..

the drone footage with the snow looks so cool👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I had no idea grid by itself would backfeed the panel like that..that is super helpful to know..even if just for temporary

Excellent video Jesse thank you .

Sorry to comment twice. But this video was so good. I installed my own 14.8 / 37 panel / 14kW battery install. I would have loved a video like this to give me an idea of what all I was looking at. You did so many things on camera I had to struggle through and sort out on my own. Just sent this to 3 friends who are about to start their own DIY PV journey. Well done sir!!!

Used Solar panels are a great investment. Super setup.

CT = Current Transformer Worked three years at a transformer company in controls the first year. Designing last two.

Thanks for the great step by step video, i recommend ferrules on all 6 awg and smaller cables

Very interesting and easy to understand, I really like the system display, it clearly shows everything that is going on, very good and any questions I thought of as I was watching the video were answered in the talk through, I wasnt left guessing about anything :)

Oh, that is awsome ! TAKE CARE !!!

So much good work here !!

It's awesome to see you get so excited about this project. You are right, it's really addicting once you get going. I started out about five years ago with a Sol-Ark 8K for many of the same reasons as you. These all-in-one units are super versatile. At the time it was really the only inverter of that caliber on the market and it's been fantastic. I built out 20 kWh of storage using LiFePO4 cells in server rack style batteries, with another 10 kWh coming online soon. I also have two custom built dual axis trackers (software and hardware) that work excellent. Excited to see your videos building out your arrays!

Fascinating, thanks!

Great video Jesse Very interesting

Very helpful for me, I can see you are doing your research. Thank you for helping me understand the over all workings of these systems, I did not think I would have a need for off grid power but now this may be just what I am looking for.

The video started bad you learned much during the install. Good job.

Sweet work as always !!!

You can put 25 kW in your garage and 25 kW in your house. Then put them together and it's all legal what you're doing incredible. Thank you it was interesting

i don't even plan on doing solar system any time soon but as always very good video. the longer the better. its obvious this video will interest all the solar users. great narration showcasing all your research.

A great explanation of solar, batteries, and grid connect options. As an adopter of solar almost 20 years ago - it is amazing how the technology has progressed. After 20 years experience and watching the new developments, a few quick clues for those interested. Get the BIGGEST panel/inverter system you can afford - it will pay back. Consider the biggest battery you can afford, matched to your historical usage. IF GOING OFF GRID - consider backup power for occasional use AND have an energy management plan for low power generation periods. Consider integration of EVs into the system. New technology is now appearing. Make your house and appliances energy efficient. It pays in the long run. NOTE - Check the warrantied OVER INPUT for the inverter - SOME inverters can accept EXCESS power (discussed at about 1hr 29min). My inverter is OK for 100% over.

This is the exact setup I'm planning for my solar system. I already have a generator and transfer switch so I don't have to worry about that but I definitely don't want to have ANYTHING to do with the local power company. It's illegal to "disconnect" from the grid once your home is connected so I'll keep it connected, I just won't consume any of their power. I'm installing my whole system in a 20' insulated container with a heat pump to manage the low temps during winter. This way all my equipment is in a "shed" and won't take up space in my attached garage and I'll run the service to the generator side of my transfer switch to a new "main" panel. I will have to move all my loads over to the new panel unfortunately.

Another to get the inverter working fully is to make your panel a split bus panel and run the top part as the “grid” and the bottom as “load”. You can add a bypass with an interlocked breaker pair.

Best video on the internet on this system. Thanks man I appreciate it

Well done. Iit's the best explanation I've seen of how that inverter works. I'm excited to see you assemble those solar arrays. Thanks for sharing.

Great Video, I really appreciate you taken your time to record and explain evertthing. Thanks again Scat

Awesome Jesse thanks for sharing

Was capitavated to the whole video!!

I would build a small ICF powerhouse out where the main beaker box is and put all the batteries and inverters there, this way you can have everything automatic, and this way you can have your whole compound on solar. It also will make it safer with children in the house, my father always said about me as a child, curiosity killed the cat, more than once did I try to disassemble electrical plugs, light switches and appliances with my trusty butter knife, that double as my screwdriver.

Thanks Mr Muller , a nother awesome video

I am doing something similar but am using a G4254B1200GEN split bus panel with manual interlock. It makes it much easier to reconfigure your critical backup loads without using a separate sub panel. It also allows you to energize both busses from grid power if your inverter takes a crap.

Well solar certainly can be very addictive all of the new things the changes that are constantly happening the things to learn and the ability to be independent you're going to love it I was really interesting to see the other equipment that you had dabbled with and intend to reunite throughout your properties. I did the same started out with smaller components and quickly realized I needed to go bigger quicker

Thanks for this very good practical power testing and best regards from Germany

Very intresting video, planning on building my own homestead soon and looking at solar and battery solutions. There sure is alot to learn!? Thank you for sharing the video. Thumbs up from Sweden 🇸🇪

Glad to see you do solar. I am a electrician also, my daughter and I put up 57kw of solar ground mounts so far with another 14kw going in later this spring. With the tax rebates, and self labor and having the tools the job is not too bad. I took my house off grid completely, full electric powered house with 2 ev vehicles also.

Jessy Great explanations about your reasoning for the decisions in your setup. The Kit you are using also looks robust and should last you a long time. I have a few points you may want to consider. I live in Portugal so we get a lot of sun days, but also a high number of brown-outs (short power cuts when the grid gets overloaded). So we have the entire house as the critical load side of our inverter. That means the house draws from our batteries constantly (a two battery 48V total 20kwh bank). The grid can turn on and off as much as it likes and our house is not impacted at all. We us the interlock breaker here as a bypass only if the inverter has an issue, to be able to have grid power and work on the inverter and or batteries, otherwise grid power is via the inverter full time. That means I only have to use the manual switch in our consumer unit if the inverter dies or throws a error and I need a service tech to assist with. Point 2. here in Portugal we have to register with our power supplier to be able to export power, they change your meter to a bidirectional meter (otherwise you can not push power to them and if you try, bad things happen). The meter here not only allows power to be exported from the house, but also has a grid controlled safety breaker in it, that allows our grid supplier to isolate our house when they have techs on the line. If the power company throws the isolator we can not export until they turn us back on. Also here we do not get any contracted options to sell or off set power, we simply push power to the grid and they take it off us for FREE! Its annoying but is the reality here. The advantage why we do that is solar panel efficiency and life span. Solar panels take in sun energy regardless of whether or not your inverter or MPPT charge controller can use it. So if the MPPT throttles back your panels, they stop converting the sun into electricity and start converting the energy into heat, heat erodes the panels components and shortens their life. So while we dump energy to the grid for free at times, we keep our panels running at 100% energy generation meaning they stay cooler and have less issues over time. The second reason to be grid connected in our scenario, is that on days when sun is low or nothing, we can still buy energy. In our case we are on a split tariff (25cens per kw during the day and 14 cents per kw at night). so we set our inverter charger up to know when the batteries are below X% at midnight and to start buying power only when the tariff is at the lowest cost to us. The last thing I'll stay to you. is ground mount arrays are great, as cleaning is easy. In your scenario I'd also consider vertical panels (which cost a bit more) due to snow coverage you will get. buy having 1 array on a wall that will not hold snow, you'll still be able to generate power on days that your ground mount or tracking arrays, get covered by snow fall. I hope this gives you some food for thought, take care D