Why is this off-grid family using as much power as possible?

This family living at this Lancashire farm have installed a wind turbine. Find out why they need to try to keep the turbine generating and how they have disconnected from the grid and now use solar. Jonathan the owner is passionate about Victron Energy and uses Node-Red to configure many relays and heaters.

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00:00 Introduction
00:51 Power usage on site
01:19 Wind turbine installation
01:49 Government scheme
02:10 Grid connection
02:48 Solar
03:44 Going off-grid
04:58 What is installed
05:53 Wind makes them money
06:09 Node-RED
06:49 Generator
07:43 Going back to the grid?

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[Ilnostroamicosole-Casa-offgrid]

congratulations for the fantastic project, but keeping the batteries always at 85% SOC is not good for the battery balance.
Since, as you know, lifepo4 balancing is activated in the final part of the charge at high voltages.

[casemodder]

i love how molly makes a short appearance and is the commentators energy on 4 paws ❤❤❤

also miss the boat-related content on his own channel.

[ploughable]

Wow, nice setup!
I used Node-Red in an IoT project in 2016 :)

[SabretoothBarnacle]

Beautiful install 👍🏻 I would be thinking about moving that chimney that shades the panels.... You never know - it might reduce that genset percentage further!

[EkoNiezalezny]

Fantastic installation. OFF GRID is something that everyone, literally everyone, should check out. Victron makes it possible to be 100% off the grid and that's beautiful. Just like changing your car from an old, smelly diesel to an electric one. Once you try it, you will never want to come back.

[andym]

Just wow! what a fantastic intallation...

[IamMotorHomeless]

So good to see Molly...
Happy New Year every one

[TheRonskiman]

Very nice tidy setup, love the system to keep that wind turbine generating. I'm also using Node red in my system, it currently controls scheduled discharge for saving sessions and peak rate periods, uploads to PV Output etc.

[angel_michael]

👏Very interesting!
👍Well done!
I want to install all these systems at my home on my own, with my own money, in Romania.

[energietechnik]

Grüße ans Victronteam und der glücklichen Familie.
Bei so einer windigen Hügellage ist Windkraft natürlich empfehlenswert und vorallem technisch auch umsetzbar, bei uns hier mit ca turbulenten 3, 5m/s ein Fass ohne Boden. Wir haben allerdings hier viel Wasserkraft in den Dörfern und leider wissen die Leute kaum wieviel Potenzial da drin steckt, gerade in Verbindung mit Victron Energy ist das ein Ziel.
Grüße Daniel

[mikeunum]

Yes Node-Red. So you guys used the extended firmware. Victron, amazing so as always.
-The Waltons? Now i feel back in time of the old US TV show.

[afos]

Well done and the freedom from the grid as well as the price rises have made your gamble pay off I think. Keep one pioneering sir, and I hope you reap the rewards!

[nordicnature]

@Burwains_Energy Your installation looks beautiful. Do you want to share what type of DC-Busbars you used in your central cabinet?

[marcobrian]

Hats of to you done
Only down side is, when something goes down.
I was in generator hire for 10yrs as customers complained about hire cost compared to buying one....I informed them....when yours goes down it's your problem and the days of blackout....with hired ones you normally up and running with in the working day.
But I really don't blame you for what you've done....cost of grid power is stupid now.

[sdfaulk]

The Victron equipment is a lot more reliable than that Land Rover he is working on. 😂

[margarita]

good install, , buy once, , cry once !!!

[networkingdude]

What is the charge controller for the wind? I understand the Victron MPPT for the solar but what about the wind? Awesome setup, i'm jealous!

[frostyfroze]

This is why I love Victron, I have one multi plus2 inverter. Once I can afford it I plan to get a second one and then upgrade my charge controller to the RS 450/100 and add a cerbo Gx, I bought the best I could afford, but good equipment is expensive equipment

[bloepje]

My next house will have a 17kW grid, with the idea to go full off-grid when experience show it is viable. Only after my house is build and I actually live there, will I be able to determine if a wind turbine is needed or feasible at all. I start of with about 44 550Wp panels.
Of course victron, because our next house exists of 2 buildings and the plans are not clear yet, and it should be easy with victron to connect 2 islands with 230V.
Yes, we need to do power hopping because our plan is in 2 stages where in the first stage we live in campers until we can move into the tiny first part, and then we can set up proper initial power and the second bigger part can be build.

[CoolMusicToMyEars]

How I would love to go Off-Grid with Victron Energy Systems but I live in an Apartment one day I will move away to a detached property with Garden facing South, my dream is to see that Energy Meter Spinning backwards Fast 👍 ❤💙