We run on 100% Solar Energy here at our homestead @mountainjewel!

Thanks to @jackdub & @offgrid-online for the encouragement to finally make this post!! It's been one on our minds for a while!

I took some time today to vlog about our solar setup. Starting with the 8 solar panels, I walk you through our solar system:

• What we use it for.
• Panels (8 275 W Helios Panels)
• Breaker Box (Midnight Brand)
• Charge Controller (Midnight Classic)
• Batteries (Trojan 12v Deep Cycle)
• Inverter (Aims Power 5000w)

And our review of each of the items we chose to fulfill those roles.

We're quite happy with our choices and have MORE than enough energy to serve our small needs on the homestead.

We are 100% solar powered here and lived our first 2 YEARS without any electricity so we are now even more grateful for the abundant energy that we have!

Also, this vlog was made by a solar relative-newbie (who successfully researched and setup this system) so know that if you know close to nothing about solar systems or tech, that doesn't limit you from setting up something on your own.

I joked in the video that I had to read the setup guide 50 times, but in reality it was probably closer to 100! Setting up a solar system can be difficult if you've never done it before, but, again, it's not too hard!

I also didn't mention in the video that we do run all of the power tools we use on the homestead with this system. We have abundant energy! I misspoke and called our freezer a fridge, but know that we run our freezer, all power tools, blender, lights, charge and run all electronics, batteries, a small portable clothes washer (we got one @jackdub! thanks for the tip!!), fans, pumps, and basically all appliances that we want from the system!

I think our 8 panel, 4 12v battery, ~3000 watt system is definitely enough energy for a family/homestead of our size!

This is an entry into @offgrid-online's Show us your alternative energy setup contest! I will do a proper blog at some point with fancy photos detailing each aspect of the setup, but for now, here is @mountainjewel's vlog of our PV system by Wren!