by Dave | Aug 20, 2018 | Construction, News From The Edge, Off Grid Living, Solar Power
It’s that time again, and this time we can adjust all our newly installed adjustable solar racks.
It has taken a while but we are very pleased with them and the increase in efficiency is already paying off.
by Dave | Sep 4, 2017 | News From The Edge, Off Grid Living, Solar Power, Sustainable Living
We have one of our new adjustable Solar Racks in place now supporting some of the new panels. This will allow us to adjust our Solar Panels for maximum efficiency based on the time of year and the angle of the sun.
We also now have a set dates for adjusting the panels. These are based on the Summer/Winter Solstice times and the adjust-ability of our Solar Racks
by Dave | Jul 31, 2017 | News From The Edge, Off Grid Living, Solar Power
Lately the stored power in our Solar Batteries has not been performing well.
The power stored for overnight use had not been good since we got here, but lately had become an issue as we would come very close to running out of power overnight.
by Dave | Mar 14, 2016 | Construction, News From The Edge, Solar Power
Today we started making the new solar racks for our existing(new) system. These racks will replace the current racking system – an off the shelf – flat racking system.
The new solar racks will be based on the racks used for our existing(old) solar system. These are hand-made, custom built, adjustable racks that fit nicely on a flat or sloping roof.
by Shionagh | Feb 17, 2016 | News From The Edge, Solar Power
Many people who are looking to make the move off-grid often wonder about the appliances they can run with solar powered battery storage.
This is our experience…..
by Dave | Dec 17, 2015 | News From The Edge, Solar Power
We picked up some new “used” Solar Panels today as part of the upgrading of our current solar system.
We knew we needed more generation power, and were planning on picking up at least another 10 250W panels(2.5kW)…..
by Dave | Nov 17, 2015 | News From The Edge, Solar Power
Our “old” solar system has been in place for 15+ years, and I am still learning new things about it as time goes by. This is not helped by the lack of documentation and information on the system.
It’s seems previous owners just assumed it just worked.
by Dave | Oct 24, 2015 | News From The Edge, Solar Power
In recent days with some cloudy weather, and increasing load on both the old and new solar systems, we have had only a small amount of power left in battery storage in the mornings.
Time to do something about that…
by Dave | Oct 10, 2015 | News From The Edge, Solar Power
We have a second solar panel/battery system we purchased to give us additional power, and it required a new home once we arrived to protect the Switchboard, Inverter, Controller and Batteries.
So we built a box to house it all.
by Dave | Sep 28, 2015 | Construction, News From The Edge
After clearing, rejuvenating and re-planting some of the terrace gardens in the previous weeks, we continued to work on the other(larger) terrace gardens.
This included adding a ‘pond’ as a water habitat in one of the gardens.
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