Solarwyse Homestead Series
Your Plans. Your Place. Power to Get Started.
Making a place your own takes work, imagination and a practical starting point. Whether you’re building a home, setting up a workshop or settling onto an acreage, the Homestead Series helps bring off-grid power into the picture.
You don’t need to build the final system on day one. We’ll plan around today’s needs while considering what you might want later.
Start with What You Need
During construction, a generator, inverter and battery bank can supply selected loads while your property takes shape. Solar panels can be included from the start or planned as a later addition.
A modest battery bank may be enough at first. Choosing an inverter with room for future loads can help avoid replacing it later, provided the battery, charging and wiring arrangements support those loads.
Plenty of Options—and Help Choosing
From Victron component systems to Megarevo and Sol-Ark inverter options, there are several ways to build your system. We’ll compare the features that matter to your project, including the required output voltage and generator charging.
Already own equipment? Tell us what you have. Where it is compatible and practical, we’ll help you put it to use.
Solar Packages to Suit Your Property
Solar panels, mounting and battery capacity are selected around your site, energy needs and budget. Six- and eight-panel top-of-pole packages are among the available options.
Your quotation will identify the panels, MC4 cables, combiner, breakers and battery or inverter cables included. Remote monitoring is available with compatible equipment and connectivity.
Choose the Right Level of Installation Help
Some customers want to assemble individual components; others prefer more of the work completed in advance. We’ll help you choose an approach that suits your experience and explain what remains for your installer.
Battery connections, fixed wiring, protection and inspections must meet the equipment instructions and applicable electrical requirements. Practical confidence is useful; correctly specified wiring is essential.
What Happens Next?
Tell us what you want to run now, what may come later and any equipment you already own. We’ll explain the choices and the limits of the starting system, so you can make a decision with a clear path forward.
Room to Grow—Only If You Need It
The Homestead Series can remain a small system for as long as that suits you. Its value is in planning ahead, rather than requiring you to expand.
The inverter’s rating determines the loads it can supply at one time; usable battery storage determines how long energy is available between charges. Solar generation and generator charging must keep pace with use.
For essential equipment such as a CPAP, tell us the model and operating needs so backup arrangements can be considered explicitly.
A Comfortable Starting Point
A modest home or permanent cabin may need only a small battery bank and a suitable solar array. We’ll match the output voltage to your equipment, including water and sewage pumps, and explain what can operate together.
If your needs never increase, there is no reason to expand simply because the system can.
Build with Future Loads in Mind
A larger inverter can provide headroom without requiring a large battery purchase immediately. The starting bank must still meet the inverter’s requirements and support the loads you intend to use.
When expansion is needed, compatible storage and solar capacity can be added within the design limits. We’ll consider generator charging, site wiring and equipment locations from the beginning. Plan underground cable routes before landscaping.
When the Property Becomes a Full-Time Home
The Canadian Home Series develops the same approach into a complete everyday power plan.
Battery storage and solar generation are sized around expected daily use and the desired time between charges, with suitable generator backup for poor solar conditions.
What You’ll Supply Locally
Additional site wiring, typically TECK90 between equipment, is supplied locally. Cable lengths depend on where you place the array, inverter, batteries, generator and electrical panel.
We’ll identify the required connections and what your quotation includes. Cable sizing, terminations, protection and installation must meet the equipment instructions and applicable electrical requirements.
Let’s Talk About Your Home
Tell us about your property and the life you want to build there. We’ll help you start with what you need and plan ahead without buying everything at once.