Building a One-of-a-Kind Off-Grid Solar Panel Platform: Our Remote Island Homestead | S2 Ep45
Join us as we continue building our One-of-a-Kind Solar Panel Platform on a raised ground mount with integrated storage space below. Building a solar panel platform in a remote wilderness creates its own set of challenges, especially when that one-of-a-kind build is on a private island!
Off-grid solar energy is serious business. Whatever your DIY skill level is, the primary objectives are reliability and safety. This unique solar panel platform will be both safe and practical, and will help to keep our island homestead self-sufficient for years to come.
Chapters:
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:18 – How many panels can we mount on this thing anyway?
- 04:24 – How the structure will be supported?
- 09:50 – Making sure the posts are plumb
- 14:12 – Ledgers are attached, joists and plywood decking are next
- 18:34 – How much solar power will we eventually have?
- 21:45 – How to stiffen the structure so it doesn’t wobble
- 28:41 – Additional bracing to stop lateral flex
- 29:49 – Melodi trims a post top with a chainsaw so the plywood will fit
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