What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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OK sagor, out with it, how many watts out of the panels, what kind of controller, what kind of batteries, what kind of inverter, hows it all hoked up?
Ya just can't show something like that, with out some of the details... come on man, out with it!!!
Ya just can't show something like that, with out some of the details... come on man, out with it!!!
What he said!!OK sagor, out with it, how many watts out of the panels, what kind of controller, what kind of batteries, what kind of inverter, hows it all hoked up?
Ya just can't show something like that, with out some of the details... come on man, out with it!!!
Ok, ok...OK sagor, out with it, how many watts out of the panels, what kind of controller, what kind of batteries, what kind of inverter, hows it all hoked up?
Ya just can't show something like that, with out some of the details... come on man, out with it!!!
I have just under 10kW of panels, in two banks, feeding two 5kW inverters (Fronius) sync'ed to the power grid. Panels face SW-SSW at close to a 45 degree angle (very close to my latitude, which is optimal)
I have a 20 year contract with the Hydro people to feed them all my power. No batteries, no backups. It is strictly I'm paid cash every month for what I generate. I make more than double per kWh ($$) selling than I have to spend on my own consumption (I have two separate meters). Of course winter is a bitch, lucky to generate much at all. Even snow on just one panel can cut overall efficiency over 50%. Once March/April rolls around, I can generate up to around 60kWh on a good day. In a given year, I generate a total of close to 11MWh.
Still paying off the capital cost of this, it has a 7-10 year payback.
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Thanks for the explanation - I noticed those panels and wondered too.
Jeepers - 14F degrees here today with just a little Lake Effect. Below 0 tonight.
Getting too late in the season for this!
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Just spent about 5 hours spreading road mix gravel around the barn and on the access road to the barn... Got a real feel for using the float.
The dogs helped....
And the barn cat supervised...
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The dogs helped....
And the barn cat supervised...
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I bet you'd be surprised.I don't think the dog will fit through that small door flap....
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He was in hot pursuit of the cat.... Didn't work out.
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Finally got a chance to take my tractor off of the trailer. Me and my BIL spent the weekend at our property in Miss cutting some dead pines, planting new trees and playing with the tractor. Cleaned up a few roads that had tree's fall over during the recent bad weather that passed through. We only have 1 food plot so far (still waiting on the dozer guy to free up) so we hooked up the Woods discs and played around chopping it. Ran the bush hog down most of the roads and also cut the power line. It was a lot of hard work but also enjoyable.
Few pics of BIL getting some seat time.
Food plot is done
Power line after cutting
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Few pics of BIL getting some seat time.
Food plot is done
Power line after cutting
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Ever forget to put the ROPS down before driving into the barn? I've done that a few times.Just spent about 5 hours spreading road mix gravel around the barn and on the access road to the barn... Got a real feel for using the float.
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WOW you can sell everything back to the power company!!
Dayum thats a sweet deal, though I think there would be enough bled off to charger and a bank of batteries,,, you know just in case. Sounds like a pro set up for sure, I read about that but dont have the nutz or money to sink in to a system
Dayum thats a sweet deal, though I think there would be enough bled off to charger and a bank of batteries,,, you know just in case. Sounds like a pro set up for sure, I read about that but dont have the nutz or money to sink in to a system
Not yet, I make sure to put something in the way of driving in each time I back it out, so far that has kept me from doing it... knock on wood.
Price to sell back to the power people is much better (2x to 2.5x the price than buying) than adding other "stuff", and much better than feeding power to myself. As for "just in case", I have a 7.5kW automatic start generator, integrated to my house, to handle those power outages (propane powered - can run at least 2-3 weeks). It is all automatic start and switch-over. It powers the furnace, pellet stove in garage, water pump, microwave, fridge and freezer. Most important, it also powers the satellite TV system, so I can do something while in the dark....WOW you can sell everything back to the power company!!
Dayum thats a sweet deal, though I think there would be enough bled off to charger and a bank of batteries,,, you know just in case. Sounds like a pro set up for sure, I read about that but dont have the nutz or money to sink in to a system
Of course, the entire solar "business" is insured, including liability in case something goes wrong....(tax deductible of course)
As for cost, with a government backed contract for 20 years, any bank will lend the money to you if there is a 7-10 year payback.
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Moved some firewood the easy way. Black Locust is a little stinky, but some of the best firewood we have around here.
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tunaslayer,
That picture belongs in a Kubota brochure. Very nice.
Question, what if any ballast is on the back of your tractor?
That picture belongs in a Kubota brochure. Very nice.
Question, what if any ballast is on the back of your tractor?