Two Horse Barn Solar System

[Bernick]

Hello all,

We are currently putting a two horse barn in our backyard and I was wondering if someone could suggest a appropriate system for my needs. Maybe even an off-grid solar all in one kit. The barn is approximately 250 yards from my house so I figured it would be cheaper to go with an off-grid solar system instead of running conduit the whole way into the back yard.

Load:
6-8 60W Lights (although I plan on going with LED's) @4-6hrs a day
x2 100W standard box fans @24hrs a day potentially
Location:
Central PA

If someone could offer some assistance that would be great.
Thanks!

[solar pete]

Hello all,

We are currently putting a two horse barn in our backyard and I was wondering if someone could suggest a appropriate system for my needs. Maybe even an off-grid solar all in one kit. The barn is approximately 250 yards from my house so I figured it would be cheaper to go with an off-grid solar system instead of running conduit the whole way into the back yard.

Load:
6-8 60W Lights (although I plan on going with LED's) @4-6hrs a day
x2 100W standard box fans @24hrs a day potentially
Location:
Central PA

If someone could offer some assistance that would be great.
Thanks!

Howdy Bernick and welcome to the solar forum with the mostest

I think you should get a price to run the grid to your barn as for the loads you are describing you are going to need to spend many thousands of dollars on a solar off-grid system (panels, inverter, cc, batteries, racking, labour etc)

So if its going to cost say (just guessing now) $2000 to get power run to your barn I think you will be way better of doing that. There are others around the place who know a lot more than me and might chime in to help you out but I think getting a price to run the grid to the barn is a no brainer, cheers.

[Mike90250]

if it costs $5,000 to run power to the barn, you will still be ahead of what solar would cost you.

You can install a bare bones system with a
$250 250-300W panel
$150 1 rack to hold it
$200 Charge controller: Morningstar SunSaver 15 Amp MPPT Solar Charge Controller (converts the 70V PV to 12V for battery)
$220 Golf cart 6V batteries (2 each)
$100 Fuses, battery box, misc wires

This simple 12V system would run a couple 12V LED lights and a small 12V computer fan, and maybe a car radio. But not the loads you initially listed

[Bernick]

Howdy Bernick and welcome to the solar forum with the mostest

I think you should get a price to run the grid to your barn as for the loads you are describing you are going to need to spend many thousands of dollars on a solar off-grid system (panels, inverter, cc, batteries, racking, labour etc)

So if its going to cost say (just guessing now) $2000 to get power run to your barn I think you will be way better of doing that. There are others around the place who know a lot more than me and might chime in to help you out but I think getting a price to run the grid to the barn is a no brainer, cheers.

Hello! I will get the run priced out and then update this post.
Thanks!

[Bernick]

if it costs $5,000 to run power to the barn, you will still be ahead of what solar would cost you.

You can install a bare bones system with a
$250 250-300W panel
$150 1 rack to hold it
$200 Charge controller: Morningstar SunSaver 15 Amp MPPT Solar Charge Controller (converts the 70V PV to 12V for battery)
$220 Golf cart 6V batteries (2 each)
$100 Fuses, battery box, misc wires

This simple 12V system would run a couple 12V LED lights and a small 12V computer fan, and maybe a car radio. But not the loads you initially listed

Sounds good!