Sharpie443
Newbie level 2
Hello new to the Forum but i need some help. I know enough about electronics to rewire a tractor and do some small hobby projects but this one is a bit more complicated them i'm use to. I'm not even sure what i want to do is possible.
I'm building a greenhouse and I had an idea to make it a lot more useful to me. I've seen people do amazing things with solar power including a guy on YouTube make a solar power bulldozer. So i thought it might be possible to make a heated greenhouse. i only need to keep the temperature above 32 degrees in the winter and 50 degrees in the spring. This would be a huge advantage for my hobby farm. I live in northern Ohio AKA the land of ice and snow. If i could hook up a heater and thermostat to keep the temperature in a small 16'x8' greenhouse above freezing all year long i could start plants early and keep some year round.
I figure i will need an inverter, charge controller, 3-4 12vt car batteries, and two big solar panels maybe 275 wat. I'll point one east and one west at an angle so at least one will be getting sun all day so long as i knock the snow off of them.
So is this something that would even work? i know nothing about calculating power usage so I don't even know if a solar panel can put out enough power to keep a heater going. I'm willing to put $1400 down on this if I can get a heated green house but i don't even know if solar panels are capable of providing that kind of power.
Thanks.
I'm building a greenhouse and I had an idea to make it a lot more useful to me. I've seen people do amazing things with solar power including a guy on YouTube make a solar power bulldozer. So i thought it might be possible to make a heated greenhouse. i only need to keep the temperature above 32 degrees in the winter and 50 degrees in the spring. This would be a huge advantage for my hobby farm. I live in northern Ohio AKA the land of ice and snow. If i could hook up a heater and thermostat to keep the temperature in a small 16'x8' greenhouse above freezing all year long i could start plants early and keep some year round.
I figure i will need an inverter, charge controller, 3-4 12vt car batteries, and two big solar panels maybe 275 wat. I'll point one east and one west at an angle so at least one will be getting sun all day so long as i knock the snow off of them.
So is this something that would even work? i know nothing about calculating power usage so I don't even know if a solar panel can put out enough power to keep a heater going. I'm willing to put $1400 down on this if I can get a heated green house but i don't even know if solar panels are capable of providing that kind of power.
Thanks.