How to hook up Solar Panels (with battery bank) – simple ‘detailed’ instructions – DIY solar system
shows how to hook up solar panels (with a battery bank). simple instructions. home solar power station. very easy to put together. all you need is 1 or more batteries, an inverter, charge controller and a solar panel or panels. the following is for a 12 volt system. use one 'deep cycle' battery for every 2 to 6 amps your panels generate. (batteries like to be charged at this rate). a 12 volt 1 amp panel generates about 15 watts. you can use any solar panels. if you can't get the smaller panels then buy one larger one. (Kyocera sells an inexpensive 7-8 amp solar panel (135 watter)). that would go perfect with 2 deep cycle batteries. the six panels in the video are from harbor freight tools. i bought 2 three panel sets. they sell the panels in sets of three or individually. coleman sells similar panels. the batteries are from walmart. they are 'deep cycle' batteries. the charge controller is from fry's electronics. the inverter is from harbor freight tools. this system will provide all the 'free' power you will need to run tons of things around your house. i've posted 6 videos showing all sorts of things running on this system (computers, tvs, stereos, lights, power tools, appliances, and more). all can be found on my youtube channel homepage. great little system to start with. try 'powering up' one room in your house. you now have a solar assisted house. as one example; this could easily run a light, laptop computer, fan and small tv for several hours every day. also great in an emergency, power outage, remote and rural off-grid living.
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Probably the most straightforward video I’ve seen on the subject. Thanks!
i agree
WOW the simplest and most easy to follow video yet
Thanks for that I liked it. I can go to all the other guys for the tech
bull but come back here to make it in common sense
thanks. my goal was to show how easy it really is to set these systems up
…and to take the ‘mystery’ out of it.
Hi, I want to setup a solar power system just for my computer, can you give
the details of the things needed? I mean numbers, how big is the battery,
how many watts and everything needed to run a computer. Thanks
i just bought 2… 40 watt solar panels they both came with charge
controller…and i am using 4 batteries connecting them parallel …do i
have to use both charge controllers if so how do i connect them both to 4
batteries…
Thank you! I will be using this info to make my own for my off grid bus!
What kind of life span can you expect to see considering the batteries are
in a climate controlled environment?
A good quality deep cycle AGM battery should be good for 5 to 10 years,
depending on how deeply you discharge the battery, and how often you
discharge it. The less power you demand from the battery, the longer it
will last.
Thank you very much for such a great video! You make it look so simple.
Thank you!!!!!
hiya Desert please tell me if i am drawing 4000watts 24/7 from my inverters
how many 12volt deep cycle batteries would i need and how many total watts
of solar panels i need to make sure my batteries never run out of
power.Thanks
That’s a big power draw. You’d need dozens of batteries. At this level, you
would benefit from the services of a professional, rather than trying to
DIY.
Is it the same principal for all methods of charging I.e solar, wind, water
wheel, bicycle generator ?
Cheers 👍🏻
yes, would be.
don’t know what panels you have but you can get them at the size you have
at 100w. that’s just one panel.
If only every YouTube instructor had your foresight and attention to
detail.
3 min simple and usefull of my YT video so far, thank you kindly
how many times can it charge single laptop ?
Can we directly charge a cellphone without using batteries i mean only with
the panel or the panel + controller.?
Or one of those automotive cigar lighter plugs that convert 12 V to 5 V for
the device in question. Most phones can be charged from 5 V. You would also
need the proper cables. You could get by without an inverter.
The charge controller is there to protect the battery bank. You’d still
need a dc to Ac inverter for sell phone charger.
They have simple little solar kits on eBay advertising that. But for a
system like this you need all the components he showed.
The only other way is having the solar panels go through a grid tie
converter directly to your home power and plug it in ur home wall socket
good video and very simple way you explained everything , Thanks
On the average, how long would it take to amortize the cost of a 15 watt
system?
Great video, thanks for showing how simple this can be done and the exact
things needed.
can we use power for appliance during charging?
can we use the solar power after our battery is fully charged?
Thanks every one…
Yes if u have enough amp hours in your battery bank
+GAURAV GUPTA hi there. yes and yes.
nice and simple, thanks! I’ll need to go get a charge controller now.