About Us and our Invention

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A) 2010-2014 WORK

This is the first self-contained, compact, powerful, expandable solar electric generation unit. This inventor entered the solar industry in 2010. By 2014 he was marketing other solar systems locally and regionally. This inventor realized that no compact, self-contained, portable, affordable, and powerful solar electric units available. There was a need for one. In 2014, he began development of such a unit, His first unit was too weak and too expensive. It was also permanently attached to a trailer. The panels and batteries required to build this inventor’s concept did not exist. This inventor didn’t come up with the total solution to his concept out of the blue. It took him over 9 years to solve all the issues he had to solve to build the unit he envisioned. Some of the major problems he faced and solutions included: 

1. Existing panels in 2014: At the time, solar panels were single facial panels, small and weak. The silicon cells at this time were only about 18% efficient, so existing single facial solar panels wouldn’t work because they would make his unit too big and bulky. This inventor started looking for a more robust panel until he found a supplier to build one. The supplier asked the inventor for specs on 12-23-2018. On 6-26-2019, this inventor received the world’s first commercial, bifacial solar panels. These panels were approximately 22% efficient and make electricity on both the front and back side of the panel making this unit much more compact.   
2. Existing batteries in 2014: Batteries were either too weak or too expensive to meet this inventor’s specifications. On November 30, 2022, this inventor spoke with a large battery manufacturer, and they built what he needed.  on 12-19-2022, this inventor received the first pallet of these specially manufactured batteries. 
3. Existing panel mounting frames in 2014: Frames at this time were too expensive to keep the inventor's price point, so he designed, engineered, and developed the present frame that cost less than 20% of the then existing frames. 
4. Existing mounting brackets for solar panels in 2014: Solar panel mounting brackets did not exist for timber frames, and other panel mounting systems were too complicated and expensive. On 6-27-2019, he was negotiating with mounting bracket manufacturers and engineers to make what he envisioned. Their ideas were much too complicated and expensive. That night, the inventor dreamed about the simple, durable, inexpensive wood frame mounting bracket he had in mind, and at 2:00 am on 6-28-2019, he went to his workshop and made a proof-of-concept of his dream. This inventor then developed the final version of his current simple, durable, inexpensive mounting bracket. 
5. Frame anchors: Frame anchors did not exist for this inventor's frame. On 6-4-2023, in Van Buren, Missouri, a tornado blew a display unit across a parking lot, damaging it. This inventor immediately developed strong, simple, inexpensive frame anchors for his units.   
6. Wiring and Electronics: Electronics were not durable enough for our units. Wiring to his specifications did not exist, and what was available was hard to get. A lightning strike near a display unit in Ruston, Louisiana, in February 2023 fried the charge controller and some wiring, so a more durable charge controller was located. The existing wiring was too weak and did not meet our specifications, so he developed and made his own wiring. 

The 2014 unit was permanently attached to a trailer and it was too weak and too expensive to market. The components this inventor needed to build his concept did not exist then. In December 2018, the inventor began to solve the issues and build several prototypes. By 2022, he had the major obstacles resolved and by early 2023, a proof-of-concept and prototype was being tested. 

B) 2022 PROTOTYPE: 

In December 2018, this inventor had asked an overseas solar panel manufacturer to build a stronger panel so he could design a more powerful, but compact unit. On Dec 23, 2018, the solar panel manufacturer agreed to build these and asked the inventor for more details. By Dec of 2022, the supplier had developed a commercial-grade solar panel to meet the inventors needs. Nothing like it existed at the time. The inventor decided to move forward with designing the unit he envisioned. 

1) Hand Drawn Design of Prototype: 

During 2021 and 2022, a design was developed to be cost-effective and expandable to build 100,000-watt and larger solar farm installations. During this process, the inventor realized this would also be the perfect design basis for the present smaller units. So, over 20 hand drawings of the current unit were made. 

2) Computer-Generated Design of Prototype: 

With the hand-drawn design settled, this inventor began working with computer-generated models. Eventually, in Oct of 2022, he ended up with a computer illustration of the first model of the present unit. 

3) Prototype Construction: Using the model, the specially developed commercial solar panels, in Oct-Dec of 2022, several prototypes were constructed, discarded, improved, and rebuilt. 

4) Final Prototype Testing: The final prototype of the present unit was built in December of 2022 and then tested on January 6th through January 9th, 2023. A production model was then built on Jan 14th, 2023. The production model was tested from January 14th through January 18th, 2023. The prototype and the production model exceeded expectations. In February 2023, a production shop was outfitted to manufacture the units. 

C) SPECIFICATIONS:

1. Durable, cost-effective frame:  

Treated timber; 30-year weaher; bug and tornado resistant and rebar in legs. To design a durable and cost-effective frame, the inventor's research showed that the unit should be built from pressure-treated 4x4s and 2x4s since these materials would cost less than 20% of the existing materials in the industry and would be just as durable and sturdy if engineered and constructed as designed. This frame could also be anchored by driving 2” long pieces of rebar at a 45-degree angle through each leg into the ground. The structure was designed to fit into the bed of a pickup truck for easy transportation. 

2. Expandable: 

The frame is also designed to be economically expandable into larger solar arrays for solar farms. Each two-panel unit can be set precisely 7 feet 1.5 inches apart to easily expand 2 unit to 3 units. In this manner, by adding only 3 purlings and two solar panels to the "empty" space between the two stand-alone units, the system may be quickly and economically expanded to build any size solar farm economically. 

3 . Powerful, compact, bifacial, commercial Solar Panels: 

These are commercial 550-watt bifacial panels developed and manufactured at this inventor’s recommendation. These panels are not available in the US. These powerful and compact commercial 550-watt bifacial panels have uniquely helped this unit to be more compact and powerful than any other unit currently existing in the US. 

4 . Simple, strong, and inexpensive Panel brackets for wood frames: 

No panel brackets existed in the solar industry to mount panels on wood frames. So this inventor designed and built panel brackets to work with his wooden frames. This inventor had researched the whole industry, talked with several panel bracket manufacturers, and could not find suitable brackets for what he needed. The brackets he built cost less than 20% of other brackets on the market. The proof-of-concept bracket for his wooden frame was welded together by this inventor at 2 am when the idea had occurred to him in his sleep. The final panel end bracket consists of one 3” hanger bolt, a 1” PVC pipe spacer cut into a 1 ¼ in length, one 1½ in fender washer, one ½ in lock washer, and one ½ in hold down nut; all metal is stainless steel. The final panel mid-brackets are the same parts as the end bracket but exclude the PVC spacer.  

5 . Electronics – inverter and charge controller: 

During 2022 and 2023, this inventor tried several combinations of inverters; charge controllers;  batteries, and wiring configurations. His research showed that to be powerful, portable, and useful to most household, farm, and commercial applications and to be able to power an efficient tiny home, bungalow, shop, barn, well or RV; the unit would need to be a 24-volt solar unit, a 4000-watt inverter and a 100-amp charge controller with 800-amp hours of batteries for storage of electricity. 

6 . Wiring: The inventor tried several combinations of wires and wire ends and wiring configurations. He eventually settled on the present wire configuration: 24V; electronics shielded; modification of inverter for weather and bugs; heavy-duty, all copper custom made wires and ends to fit his components. 

7 . Batteries: For this unit to be affordable and powerful, compact with long life as the inventor intended, settled on a 24-volt system. He used four of the 200-amp hour, deep cycle lead acid batteries he had made. Such a battery did not exist in the US befoe this time. On 11-30-2022, this inventor spoke to one of the largest battery producers in the world. They agreed to build this battery for this inventor’s project. On 12-19-2022, the first pallet of these batteries arrived in Missouri. 

D) Production – tools, equipment, dolly, trucks, trailers, and production line: 

In early 2023, after final solar electric production model testing, the inventor designed and built a four-station assembly line and a specialized dolly to move the units through the stations. Tools, trucks, and equipment were obtained; trailers were outfitted, and the production line was set up. Several “final” versions of the solar frame, dolly, and production line were built and tested before the current ones were acceptable. 

E) Display units and market evaluation: In 2023, display units were set to test public reaction to the unit and response to and demand for our units was evaluated. Response and demand have been very positive.