{"id":796,"date":"2025-02-18T22:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/18\/using-solar-panels-as-a-roof-8kw-solar-array-follow-up-utilizing-the-sun-to-be-off-grid\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:50:41","slug":"using-solar-panels-as-a-roof-8kw-solar-array-follow-up-utilizing-the-sun-to-be-off-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/18\/using-solar-panels-as-a-roof-8kw-solar-array-follow-up-utilizing-the-sun-to-be-off-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Using solar panels as a roof, 8kw solar array (follow up) utilizing the sun to be off grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzvVWJT2Em0?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A bit more detail on how I built my solar array as a roof.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<br \/>Affiliate links :<\/p>\n<p>This is the inverter I use now. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-18kpv-hybrid-inverter-all-in-one-solar-inverter-eg4-18kpv-12lv\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-18kpv-hybrid-inverter-all-in-one-solar-inverter-eg4-18kpv-12lv\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br<\/a> \/><br \/>These are the panels I would recommend using for a similar build.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/aptos-400w-bifacial-solar-panels-black-up-to-500w-with-bifacial-gain-dna-108-bf10\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/aptos-400w-bifacial-solar-panels-black-up-to-500w-with-bifacial-gain-dna-108-bf10\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br<\/a> \/><\/p>\n<p>My favorite bus bars for a medium to large system <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/12-stud-busbar\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/12-stud-busbar\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br<\/a> \/><br \/>These are the eg4 rack batteries I use from signature solar. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-battery-48v-100ah\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo<br<\/a> \/>  <\/p>\n<p>This is the link to my bms I\u2019m using in one of my packs. Really like it. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/overkillsolar.com\/product\/bms-100a-16s-lifepo4-12\/?myboi=187486013<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/overkillsolar.com\/product\/bms-100a-16s-lifepo4-12\/?myboi=187486013<br<\/a> \/><\/p>\n<p>This is where I got the heavy gauge wire for my system. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01M35S1J2\/ref=\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01M35S1J2\/ref=<\/a>cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_JBQMTQ3TV4ZXYJ70BQAB?linkCode=ml1&#038;tag=gavinstone-20<\/p>\n<p> Some links on this youtube channel may be affiliate links. this is a DIY channel and the content is for educational purposes only,  and is subject to change. Electricity is dangerous. Be careful. Also, don&#8217;t eat yellow snow.<\/p>\n<p>As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit more detail on how I built my solar array as a roof. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026Affiliate links : This is the inverter I use now. https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/eg4-18kpv-hybrid-inverter-all-in-one-solar-inverter-eg4-18kpv-12lv\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPoThese are the panels I would recommend using for a similar build. https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/aptos-400w-bifacial-solar-panels-black-up-to-500w-with-bifacial-gain-dna-108-bf10\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPo My favorite bus bars for a medium to large system https:\/\/signaturesolar.com\/12-stud-busbar\/?ref=mpmddlkx6M9tPoThese are the eg4 rack batteries I use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}