Tips for off grid install

[W&KO]

- We’ve brought a block of land o Tassie
- shed will be up first to live in than followed by house
- we do have a network pole with tranny next to the entrance gate, and would be a 50m run to the shed


Will go out to the market for quotes….what do I need to know or consider pull together a scope before talking to companies.

12m x 8m roof space that is north facing
Not much angle on the roof, probably should have went to a gable roof instead of skillion


I’m thinking
- max solar on roof
- Tesla power wall

It’ll just be the two of us most of the time, house is just a 2 bedroom, gas cooktop and fireplace

Back up power, two option I guess, generator or grid power.

[austastar]

Hi,
May be cheaper to ground mount the panels. My son did this in the Huon Valley and the supplier used a system, pre approved engineering wise, that saves a lot of council red tape.
Cheers

[W&KO]

Hi,
May be cheaper to ground mount the panels. My son did this in the Huon Valley and the supplier used a system, pre approved engineering wise, that saves a lot of council red tape.
Cheers

Didn’t think of ground mounting…..but we only have 2.5acres, didn’t think the wife is going to be happy loosing real estate for gardens and fruits trees.

Although also didn’t think the council would be involved.

[austastar]

Hi,
Council will wind rate the shed roof for mounting solar hardware. Well Huon Council wanted to, others may vary.
Which council for your block?
Cheers

[W&KO]

Hi,
Council will wind rate the shed roof for mounting solar hardware. Well Huon Council wanted to, others may vary.
Which council for your block?
Cheers

Break of Day…..St Helens

[NavyDiver]

- We’ve brought a block of land o Tassie
- shed will be up first to live in than followed by house
- we do have a network pole with tranny next to the entrance gate, and would be a 50m run to the shed


Will go out to the market for quotes….what do I need to know or consider pull together a scope before talking to companies.

12m x 8m roof space that is north facing
Not much angle on the roof, probably should have went to a gable roof instead of skillion


I’m thinking
- max solar on roof
- Tesla power wall

It’ll just be the two of us most of the time, house is just a 2 bedroom, gas cooktop and fireplace

Back up power, two option I guess, generator or grid power.

This might seem silly yet VTG may give you an option for cheaper larger battery? Vehicle To Grid v2g Charging - EVSE Australia (https://evse.com.au/vehicle-to-grid-v2g-charging/)

Not all EVs do it! Which Electric Cars Have Bidirectional Charging (V2L, V2G, V2H)?Which Electric Cars Have Bidirectional Charging (V2L, V2G, V2H)? | Zecar | Resources | Lists (https://zecar.com/resources/which-electric-cars-have-bidirectional-charging)

Listened to a pod cast on this today, I think he mentioned a Kia EV9?

[DoubleChevron]

This might seem silly yet VTG may give you an option for cheaper larger battery? Vehicle To Grid v2g Charging - EVSE Australia (https://evse.com.au/vehicle-to-grid-v2g-charging/)

Not all EVs do it! Which Electric Cars Have Bidirectional Charging (V2L, V2G, V2H)?

Which Electric Cars Have Bidirectional Charging (V2L, V2G, V2H)? | Zecar | Resources | Lists (https://zecar.com/resources/which-electric-cars-have-bidirectional-charging)

Listened to a pod cast on this today, I think he mentioned a Kia EV9?

You can access the power grid within 50meters of the shed? Wouldn't it be a couple of hours work for a trenching machine to run down to the power pole and access real power that is backed by the grid ?

My wifes friend has been building a house a bit out of town, I've been saying to my wife since the day she mentioned it "how are they going to heat the house ... how are they going to do *anything" they are used to off grid. There lifestyle is centrally heated ducted gas heating."

in ballarat this leaves you with horendously expensive lpg gas heating, or wood fires. wood fires in a large 4+ bedroom house will leave you will one warm room, and possibly the chill taken of some of the other rooms. its a million miles from a ducted centrally heated house. If there was power, you could put in a big heat pump reverse cycle ducted system.

personally I doubt they will ever shift into the house. either that or they will pay whatever the cost is to run power poles and transformers to get power to the house.

[Don 130]

We're seriously thinking going off grid. Hooking up to the grid (300 metres down the paddock) would cost about 50K but an off grid system which can provide ducted air in the house and 15 amps in the sheds costs about $70K with no bills down the track (For a few years anyway)

Don.