Solar Realism

This was most daunting part of build the setup was to get all the power connections operating correctly. As it turns out, it took me like 10 minutes to set it up! The diagram will give you an idea of how it works!

This is how I set up the solar server on a small balcony

A wooden strip/shelf with the solar controller and a small shelf for the raspberry pi

I strapped in the raspberry pi with a cable organiser velcro.

Connecting the battery to the Solar Charge Controller

Temporary setup for the solar panel, once I have more sense of the sun coverage, and the voltage draw I’ll fix up a more permanent solution