Introduction to the Solar Container Videos
This is the first video in the solar container series Which I shot at the early stages of planning. As the project progressed my plans changed substantially. The overall goal is to build a high-capacity three phase system to power my shop completely. I intend to remain grid-connected but I don’t expect to gain anything from exporting power. My shop is in the Pacific Northwest where power is relatively cheap. I’ll jump through the hoops with the power company, but I realize the power I could sell them is available when they don’t need it.
My plans changed–I originally wanted to go straight to three phase power with enough storage and generation to run my shop for several days if the grid went down. That’s still the ultimate goal, but I’m doing an off grid version first, then upgrading to a system capable of running a whole house, with 120/240VAC 180 degree split phase. And then finally to a system capable of powering a commercial or light industrial building, with 120/208VAC 120 degree wye-connected three phase power. I’m using the same equipment for each phase (in both senses of the term): EG4 18K PV hybrid inverters and EG4 wall-mount batteries.
The system is housed in a 40 foot high-cube container positioned close to my shop. The solar installation will be a combination of custom-made (by me) tilting racks mounted on the edge of the container, and ground mount racks. In this video the container has been positioned, I’ve scraped off the stickers, pressure washed it, and sanded the rusty spots in preparation for paint
Here’s the intro video. The quality is poor–shooting good video is one more thing for me to learn. I promise it will get better: https://youtu.be/YTs7cdoyNbw