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Interesting... I'm currently considering a garden room/log cabin thing and hadn't thought about solar. I assumed I'd run a cable in but that will be a pain to get a suitable trench dug.
https://www.selectsolar.co.uk/cat/194/solar-power-kits-for-buildings-and-projects has a bunch of kits at various sizes. No idea how good they are. I suppose it depends what kind of load you want. If it is just run a PC and access point then something small is probably fine. They include an inverter but probably more efficient to run things off DC (eg 12V car adaptor to USB-C for a laptop rather than going to 240V and back down).
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I don't have experience but I believe Tesla power walls still rule the roost here in terms of capabilities, storage capacity (per £) and just looking really cool.
Apparently they're really struggling to keep up with demand at the moment though so you might want to start that conversation now if that's the direction you're going...
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Converting to what? Workshop? Accommodation? Year round use?
The biggest problem with off-grid solar is you get orders of magnitude less energy during winter and even bright summer overcast days, so you either need massive batteries, massive panels or an alternative way to charge them.
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Has anyone had solar and more importantly associated batteries installed recently?
We are converting an outbuilding, and one issue we are running into is getting electric to it could be an expensive job, so pondering the alternative of solar panels and batteries. There is not going to be anything pulling a lot of electric in there, so wondering if I can do it "off grid".