Self sufficient grow room
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kayadude
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Yeah...
Darkoh69
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Thats not so bad. Im a little worried the price is guna drop out if laws change when we have our referendum late next year. How 'illegal' is black market weed over there? Is is a tax thing or licensing or misuse of drugs act?
Darkoh69
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Hahah yeah bro. I rekon its just easier to put enough aside to pay the power bill
kayadude
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24/7 365 days a year LED solar/hydro/wind use your bbrains get of the couch get in the shed not on the bong..bahaha....
kayadude
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I like building things though ...
Darkoh69
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Build it my bro
Are u saying u got solar power and are growing
Or you saying u want to grow off the grid
kayadude
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Nooo..you could save the world ...like Flash Gordon...abolish hunger
kayadude
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Like to build it in CAD quote & build...it can be done right ?
Lucky Luke
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Of cause it can be done. People live on solar now. Some business's are even 100% Solar.
Renfro
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Of course it can be done, for money.
Renfro
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To do a solar setup, work backwards. Start by planning the most energy efficient grow possible, then you will have a list of electrical loads that require power. May wanna sort into critical and less critical loads so you can shed the less critical stuff in times of low power. Once you have the load list you can begin sorting out how you intend to satisfy those loads.
Math will be key here as load calculations will determine the success of your setup.
For power storage I suggest having at least 30% more capacity than required to get through a night. Even that figure is extremely low. Lets say you have a full charge and through a night you use 60% of that. Then the next day is cloudy and rainy so you only get a little charge bringing you up from 40% reserve to 60% reserve. The next night you use that 60% and the next day is cloudy again. A third of the way throug the next night you are either on a generator or down for lack of power.
Math will be key here as load calculations will determine the success of your setup.
For power storage I suggest having at least 30% more capacity than required to get through a night. Even that figure is extremely low. Lets say you have a full charge and through a night you use 60% of that. Then the next day is cloudy and rainy so you only get a little charge bringing you up from 40% reserve to 60% reserve. The next night you use that 60% and the next day is cloudy again. A third of the way throug the next night you are either on a generator or down for lack of power.
Lucky Luke
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Is he at home though and can still feed off the grid? He would need less battery storage or can upgrade that as he goes. The storage systems are very good but they are expensive. The Tesla is around 7k per.
Renfro
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Yeah but something tells me this will be more of a scrap UPS inverter and used car batteries type setup.
Renfro
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When using grid tie, the POCO is basically your battery. When you generate excess power (more than you use) it feeds into the grid through a separate meter and you get paid wholesale rate for selling them those kWh. Now when you pull power from the POCO then they charge you retail rate, so you pay about 3x more than they paid you. Pretty sweet deal for them. It's called net metering.
That's nowadays mostly
..not if u got a deal or contract signed when solar first got popular
Those ppl are getting paid during summer credits and sometimes in winter the bill is only just noticeable
Renfro
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Yeah in the US it's all net metering. The power company gets to make money off your infrastructure lol. Pretty gay if you ask me. I plan to setup solar on my 40x60 grow building but all the power generated will be used in real time so no need to worry about getting screwed. Now later down the road when I am retired and no longer growing, long after the solar has paid for itself, even with cell output degraded to say 50% I will still make a LOT more power than I would use in my home so I would get that net metering check to help pay for other bills
