(DIY) Solar Ground Mount Installation, with Permits.

In this video, I show you how to build your own solar array ground mount system. Part two shows the entire wiring diagram and connections for an on-grid system.

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[zrkn]

Now that is some bracing that can handle the Arizona wind, very nice. I see the Chef was fully protected this time 🙂

[hallcody]

That’s pretty cool you were able to use that battery generator to cook up 2 yards. Really enjoying this solar panel video, love your work been watching you a few years, great crew you got, hi from Florida.

[frank.]

Rad, thanks for sharing. Even the pros go back to basics with the wheelbarrow. Love it

[JonnyDIY]

Awesome job 💕👍 Chef 👨‍🍳 and you got it done. Be awesome to be able to run the Air conditioning off solar completely during the warm summer months. Won't have to have that guilty feeling running the AC at those in between temperatures 🤙

[AraCarrano]

Nice kit, May your solar envelope be free from powerline shadows.

[timjones]

That’s looking like a fun project. Cool video, thanks

[tylerbarrett]

That's a pretty cool solar system mount... and here I am thinking of making a poor man's temporary carport out of pvc... maybe it would be better to use a system like the one you used here. Looks like what you use for chain link fencing...

[luckehandyman]

Cool, Great to watch, Waiting for more. Ray

[Eddiemoney]

Great video like always, looking forward to watching the next video. thanks!

[SihAza]

Recently finished a solar carport roof, which attaches on one side to the house rafters (panels slope rainwater into gutter) and to the ground on the other side, with ~12/1 slope and the panels overlapping slightly like shingles. I considered those aluminum structural fittings, which I've used before in industry (Hollaender, Diamond is another), but found them too pricey. Instead, I used 1-1/4" steel EMT 10 ft long and their fittings. If re-doing, I would use 1-1/2" or even 2" since the EMT deflected more than I liked over the 12 ft span with the panels up (60 lb ea). I added offset wire rope on the bottom of each tube to stiffen them, using fence fittings.

[therealdojj]

that's a lot of scaffolding to put up, is it just over engineered for the sake of it or is there the risk of it falling down or being blown over or an earthquake type event in the area?
thanks

[JEK]

Great to see you back at it at the Casa De Odell.
Are the solar panels subsidized by the state?

[bartramdilks]

Great series, where did you get the kit?

[earthenergyhex]

thats great!! Come and do one for me!!

[OohzyJohnDow]

Are you sure the cross braces going from back to middle front vertical pipes are correct? It seems that the other way around gives more stability to the longer vertical pipes at the back.

[jasonbroom]

I may have missed it, but what brand of solar mount is this?

[DavidDDope]

solar is the best thing since slice bread

[cheeseburger]

Make a 6 inch chute that bolts to the end of the wheel barrow for pouring the sonotubes

[Familyadventure]

Whats spacing between posts side to side and front to back please

[robertocortez]

can you just do sonotubes on the top part. Like doing a 2x6 frame around the hole to screw and level a sonotube section that goes only about 12" into the soil? Or does it have to go the full depth of the hole?