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Tour our 3 Off-Grid Solar Systems with 12V Battery and Inverter | Lake City, Colorado

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Creator's Key Takeaways

I highly recommend um not sponsored but Wendy Nation uh did a great job working with me and educating me and helping me get the products that I need

I am definitely not an electrician nor am I an expert when it comes to any of this stuff uh I work in medicine

Props to windy Nation you guys are great

the system's working great it's 100% charged we have lights we've got power We've Got Juice

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Inventory all electrical devices and calculate daily watt-hour usage to size your system

✓Switch to LED light bulbs to reduce energy consumption

✓Use MPPT charge controllers for 10-30% efficiency gain

✓Fuse between panels, charge controller, battery bank, and inverter

✓Design battery bank to provide at least two to three days of power without sun

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

How to wire panels in series vs parallel — Series increases voltage, parallel increases amperage; choose based on equipment and wire size

How to prevent battery imbalance — Use balanced wiring as shown by Windy Nation to keep all batteries at same voltage

How to size system for energy needs — Calculate daily watt-hour usage, add 20-25% for losses, and design solar array to meet that

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow to design and install an off-grid solar system for cabins

QWhat is the difference between series and parallel wiring for solar panels

QHow to size solar panels and batteries for energy needs

QHow to maintain and monitor an off-grid solar system

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YouTube Video Description↓

We tour through our 3 different off-grid solar systems in Lake City, Colorado. We show you the anatomy of our off-grid solar systems, wiring in series/parallel for our solar array, charge controller setup, battery bank wiring for balanced charging, and wire sizing for inverter. These systems supply power for our off-grid cabins as well as our mine tour, the Hard Tack Mine! Come check out our off-grid Lake City Adventures! Check out the rest of our videos for other Lake City (and Disney) adventures! Here are some of the companies we referenced in the video (this is a non-sponsored video) windynation.com hardtackmine.com