jumping350 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 So took the weekend to clear out the garage, minimize stuff and see how this would all work out! Started with running the strips along the roof beams Then I tacked the wires leading back to the panel roughly in place The panel for now can sit at the back until I mount it properly but all hooked up for now So onto testing and for a contrasting shot here is a picture inside the garage with the door shut (you can just about see the lights on the panel) Flick of a switch and boom!! clear view of tools Pretty pleased with light output (still have 4 more strips to put up!) ..I will test it out fitting my plenum spacer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 ^^ That's pretty friggin' awesome if you ask me mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonk Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 ^^ That's pretty friggin' awesome if you ask me mate. Very impressive indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Very impressive work... Now you just need one of these (not the car ). You wouldn't get much change from £3000, and there's already a 12 month waiting list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Thanks guys pretty chuffed with myself and spent the evening in the garage tinkering with the zed (the mrs was happy!) gangzoom what the hell is that is it a Tesla charging point? if so I may need a Tesla then otherwise its useless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys pretty chuffed with myself and spent the evening in the garage tinkering with the zed (the mrs was happy!) This is truly amazing dude, massive man/intrernet points for you! Could you give a rough breakdown in total costs? (if you don't mind!) and do you have to be particularly clever to do it? Really interested in doing this myself but I've found the whole thing really daunting Edited May 18, 2015 by AliveBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 gangzoom what the hell is that is it a Tesla charging point? if so I may need a Tesla then otherwise its useless It's a 'powerwall' essentially a 10kWh battery pack for 'storing' energy generated from solar panels. Up to 9 be 'linked' up to make a 90kWh storage unit. There's an 'industry' version that can be scaled to MegaWatt size!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Ive seen something similar gangzoom they are pretty cool and if you tie it into your home grid the electricity company will buy the excess electric you produce back off you, but as you mentioned a costly initial outlay!! Thanks guys pretty chuffed with myself and spent the evening in the garage tinkering with the zed (the mrs was happy!) This is truly amazing dude, massive man/intrernet points for you! Could you give a rough breakdown in total costs? (if you don't mind!) and do you have to be particularly clever to do it? Really interested in doing this myself but I've found the whole thing really daunting Thanks mate, all in it cost me just under £100 the most expensive bits would be the battery and solar panels but if you keep glued to ebay there are a lot of bargains. Dont need to be that clever as long as you buy right bits and handy with a wire stripper its pretty straight forward (now I know it anyway) Ive fused everything just to be extra careful but most of the things have in built fuses anyway so pretty safe. Main bits you will need are: Leisure Battery 20w+ solar panel/s light switches (optional) Wattmeter (optional, but I like to know whats going on) Solar Controller Battery Terminals Loads of wiring Led strip lights Power inverter (if you want a plug) I had a lot of 8gauge wire hanging about so got away with that as that can be quite expensive but obviously the better the wiring the better the whole system. If you want to go for it, let me know and I can hand out some pointers. Up until now though ive not found anything for the garage that comes close in terms of being able to have good light and use of a socket without spending loads or creating noise/fumes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Good setup have a 5 metre led strip in our shed (mains powered) works a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 LOL - now there is absolutely NO reason for you to keep procrastinating over your supercharger install*. Chop chop *unless you've already done it and I missed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Great work, cool setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) LOL - now there is absolutely NO reason for you to keep procrastinating over your supercharger install*. Chop chop *unless you've already done it and I missed it No not yet! I will now! in fact I have just ordered the last batch of bits for the install so that's it! im done no more purchases everything is accounted for so onto install now! I would also like to point out that I must be the forum member who has owned a supercharger the longest without installing it Just checked...one year last week Edited May 18, 2015 by jumping350 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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