6.75×5.25m total, comprised of two structures in one. solar shed is 2.5×5.25m. barn side is 4.25×5.25m.solar equipment shed was built by me and my 81-82 y/o (at the time) dad from 4/2023 to 6/2024. barn construction began 2/2025 and was bult mostly by me with some help from my wife. wife's rabbit business partner/friend and her husband helped install the steel roof and siding. the roll-up door arrives in 4 weeks, but the actual building(s) construction is complete as of 5/2026.solar shed houses inverter & batteries with our smaller 2440w array mounted on the roof. larger 4450w array is ground mounted just south of it. power to the house is buried in conduit that runs under the barn side. shed also stores building materials and garden tools. Barn side is dedicated to wife's rabbit business.shed side is 2x4 walls, 2x6 rafters, on concrete slab foundation, OSB sheathing and composition shingle roof. barn side is pole barn construction with 4x4 posts set 1m deep in concrete, furring strips between posts for steel R-panel siding and roof. there is one 2x4 stud wall on the north, also furred for steel siding, but it is not load bearing in the traditional sense. the barn currently has a dirt floor.all built on an extreme budget using lots of repurposed & scrap materials. shed cost aboot $975 all-in. barn was more expensive, less scrap/repurposed material @ $4,150. total structure $5,175 includes every screw, wire, conduit, panel, lumber, doors, window, concrete & trench machine rental.solar system provides 85%-110% of our power, total cost: $15,200. system layout designed by me, DIY install, grid-tied, non-export, self-consumption. all pricing in CAD. Dad's still happy, healthy and doing Dad stuff with Mum @ their house.
>3 yearslooks like something a meth head built under a bridge over a weekend
The interior of the barn side:I drove 30 min into town last weekend to purchase the window, one additional stud & a 4x4 post to cut/fit a beam above the roll-up door as a header. I forgot the fucking 4x4, so i just made do with what was available. I had an old termite-eaten 4x6×8 post i was given when somone replaced their fence. I cut it down to 8.9cm×10.15cm×1.8m then shored up a split with moisture-curing polyurethane glue. I would say the beam is 90% and it wont be bearing any real load, so.... good enough.I salvaged an old kitchen sink cabinet & counter from a job so wife can have some basic water, cleaning utility and a "workbench". there is much cleanup & rearranging to be done inside the barn to finalize the rabbitry setup. we will wait to add the rest of the high-value rabbits & their housing until the roll-up arrives. we dont want to risk $1000's worth of top-tier genetics to predators.
solar shed interior. very basic. reclaimed cabinetry with reclaimed 6mm plywood top for rudimentary storage and work surface. I used cast-offs from drywall install to finish the walls.
>>2992467congratulations! i'm starting an off grid cabin in a little over a month. i'm curious about the route you went with your solar. there used to be a great /diy/ solar thread that had tons of info but of course it 404d because people want to argue about how their brand of tool is better or whatever. any advice or resources you can recommend?
>>2992474im only familiar with what I purchased and installed. obviously, I went with Sol-Ark 12k Inverter. I have had Ø problems with it. it gets good reviews, specifically mentioned it it is quieter than its budget competitor, EG4. we use 4x Pytes V5 LiFePO4 (20.48kwh) now. they are CAN bus connected for closed-loop comms. these replaced our 300ah Trojan FLA. We cycle them to 25% SOC every night. they carry us from sundown to sun-up about 60% of the time with no load reductions in our "normal use" North American household. with any light reductions we can be totally off-grid 24/7. we have 8 Qcell 305w panels on the shed and 10 Canadian Solar 445w panels ground-mounted. we have had no issues with either. the Qcells are 5 years old, I can see no real effeciency loss.entire system is grid-tied, non-export, self-consumption. our May electric bill was $78.40 for 316kwh from The Grid. in April we produced 1150kwh. as for resources? Will Prowse videos.
>>2992476thank you so much for the starting points. i'm going to be running off a honda generator while i build this thing so i'm going to be totally off grid. does that sol-ark have the ability to connect a generator to it?
>>2992478yes, Sol-Ark is a hybrid system. it can run totally off-grid, grid-tied, woth or without batteries and have a generator input in either/or setup. generator can be set up to auto-start when needed. you do want to make sure you generator can provide "clean" power, as in a smooth sine.... i say this without first-hand experience myself, as we do not currently have a generator, but i have heard it from multiple sources and I believe i read it in the Sol-Ark manual as well. in other words: check me on that.all of this is what steered me to Sol-Ark. the flexibility was king.
>>2992482yeah and I am also happy you pointed out it was quieter. the honda generator is going to be brand new and it has very clean power.
how much does onions ark pay you to make these threads
>>2992484do you have an argument against what he says or are you just upset he spent money that you don't have?
>>2992485crackhead rabbit shack doesnt exactly scream wealth
>>2992486did you see the new construction home in the background of the pictures?
>>2992485>>2992492>>2992486Anon's a fucking Bunnyhug in July. pissed off because the best wank he's ever had was while sniffing his mum's crusty gitch.all talk & no tools.
>>2992537lmao tell me more about myself, very few people can do the stuff i do
