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DIY Off Grid Solar — Full System Overview (What We Did to Get Started) This video is an overview of how we set up our DIY off grid solar system for our homestead — not a deep-dive build tutorial, just the big-picture look at what we actually did, why we chose certain components, and how we pieced it all together with zero electrical background. If you're planning your own off grid setup or just curious how someone with no experience pulled this off… this is the bird’s eye view. Winter forced our hand when the generator blew a head gasket, and we realized “hope” wasn’t a sustainable power source. So we finally committed to building a solar system that could keep our RV and shed powered through cold weather without relying on gas, luck, or duct tape. 🔋 Our Power Needs & Modular Off Grid Setup Using a Power Watchdog surge protector, we tracked that our RV uses around 5–7 kWh/day, mostly at night. That led us to aim for at least 10 kWh of storage and a modular solar design we could grow over time. We ended up with: 8× 415W panels → about 15 kWh/day on average 2× self-heating server rack batteries → about 10 kWh storage 8kW inverter → enough for the RV, the shed, and charging overhead The whole point was to start solid and expand later as our homestead grows. 🛒 Where We Bought Our Solar Gear (Sungold Power) Sorting through DIY solar products is overwhelming, but Sungold Power made things simple. Their diagrams were clear, they answered the phone when I had questions, and they helped me place a modified kit order that actually ended up cheaper than the website price. If you want to check them out, here are some affiliate links, we want you to do the research and make the right purchase for you but if you go with Sungold Power, this will help us out. Main Site: https://tidd.ly/4pZl0q9 Off Grid Solar Kits: https://tidd.ly/48DuMqR Our Kit: https://tidd.ly/4a1geDR 📚 How We Learned Anything About Solar Once we knew the kit we were ordering, YouTube became our classroom. Creators like Mr. Will Prowse really helped bridge the gap between “I know nothing” and “I might actually be able to do this without burning down the shed.” We broke the whole thing into simple steps: Building the solar stand Wiring the solar panels Running PV lines to the solar shed Wiring the battery rack Setting up the breaker panel Connecting everything to the inverter Grounding the full system 🛠️ Off Grid Solar Plan — Quick Overview This overview covers what we put together: built the mount, installed eight panels, wired them in series, ran the ground wire and PV lines into the solar shed, added a 25A PV breaker, connected the inverter, energized a breaker panel with a 50A RV plug + 20A GFCI, wired two self-heating batteries in parallel through a 200A breaker, and grounded everything with an 8-ft copper rod. This video is the roadmap — the next videos will break down each part of the build. 💸 Total Cost of Our DIY Solar Build All in, we spent about $8,000 — that includes the solar kit, the mount materials, the electrical components, and the pile of tools I had to buy because I owned exactly none of the things needed to work with electrical. 🌞 What’s Next Next video, I’ll walk through how we built the solar mount and installed the panels — including the mistakes, bad ideas, and things I wish YouTube had warned me about. If you're an electrician or solar expert, your feedback is gold. I’m learning as I go, and I’d love to get this right as we expand. 👍 Like & Subscribe If you enjoy off grid DIY builds, homestead projects, solar experiments, or watching someone learn everything the hard way, hit Like, Subscribe, and tap the bell so you don’t miss the full build series. 00:00 Introduction 00:34 Planning 01:34 Choosing a Brand 01:59 Learning to Solar 02:51 The Final Plan 03:50 Final Thoughts