NAZ Solar Electric supplies solar equipment and system design for locations the grid doesn't reach: automatic gates, security and communications equipment, construction sites waiting on service, accessory dwelling units, and remote buildings. We have been a solar equipment distributor in Flagstaff, Arizona since 1979, and we ship nationwide.
Most of these projects start the same way. Someone gets a quote to run utility power a few hundred feet, or several thousand, and the number is larger than expected. A dedicated solar and battery system generates at the equipment instead, with no trench, no poles, and no easement. Call 800-383-0195 or talk to an engineer.
Solar Power for Gates and Remote Access Equipment
A gate at the end of a driveway, a camera at the far corner of a parcel, a keypad at a yard entrance. These sit exactly where power is hardest to run and use very little of it once they have it, which makes them the clearest case for a dedicated solar system in the whole category.
A solar gate opener setup is straightforward in principle: a panel sized to replace what the operator uses, a battery to carry it overnight and through weather, a charge controller between them, and a mount that survives the weather and stays aimed correctly. What makes it work or fail is the sizing, and the number that matters is cycles per day. A gate opening six times a day and one opening two hundred times at a commercial yard are entirely different systems, even with the same operator on the post.
Winter is the other thing to design around. Shorter days and a colder battery arrive in the same months, and a system sized to summer performance is a system that quits in January.
The same approach covers keypads, card readers, intercoms, cameras, Wi-Fi bridges and cellular equipment, sensors, tank monitors, and warning lights. Continuous small loads suit solar well, because the array only has to keep up on average rather than meet a peak.
One point of clarity: NAZ Solar Electric supplies the panels, batteries, charge controllers, and mounts that power this equipment. We don't sell gate operators, access control hardware, or cameras. Those come from your gate or security supplier, and we can tell you what it takes to keep theirs running. Talk to an application engineer today. →
Job Sites and Temporary Construction Power
A site needs power before permanent service exists. The usual answers are a temporary utility pole or a generator, and both have real costs: the pole means a utility application, a licensed installation, and a schedule you don't control, while the generator means fuel, refueling trips, maintenance, noise, and an engine running through the night to keep a camera and a light on.
Solar with battery storage handles the continuous low-level side of a site well. Security cameras, communications, site lighting, tool charging, laptops, and a small site office draw modestly and predictably, and a battery covers them overnight without an engine running. Where solar doesn't substitute is heavy intermittent draw. Welders, large compressors, and big saws pull far more on startup than their running rating suggests, and sizing a system around that's rarely economical.
The combination is usually the answer. Solar and batteries carry the base load continuously, and the generator runs only when heavy equipment does or when a long overcast stretch needs charging. Fuel consumption, engine hours, and refueling trips all drop, and the site is quiet the rest of the time.
A system built for one phase can generally be moved to the next, or to the next project, if it's specified with that in mind from the start. To be clear about scope: NAZ Solar Electric doesn't provide temporary utility service or set poles. We supply the solar and battery equipment that reduces or replaces what you would otherwise rent or run.
Solar Panels for an ADU
An accessory dwelling unit sits in an awkward spot electrically. It's a full dwelling with a kitchen, bathroom, and climate control, but it's often placed at the back of a lot where extending the main panel means trenching, and sometimes where the existing service doesn't have the capacity to support it anyway. That second constraint catches people late, and it's the one that most often pushes an ADU toward its own system.
What the ADU runs decides everything else. A unit with gas cooking, gas water heating, and a mini-split is a modest electrical load and a manageable system. Make it all-electric with a resistance water heater, an electric range, and a dryer and the requirement multiplies. If the ADU is still being designed, appliance choices made now will do more for the system cost than anything decided later.
Grid-connected with solar offsetting consumption is the simplest configuration where service is available. Adding storage keeps selected circuits alive through an outage. Fully off-grid makes sense where connecting to the main service is the expensive part, and it needs enough storage and generation to carry the unit through a run of poor weather with an occupant inside.
Remote Buildings and Property
Cabins, workshops, storage buildings, and remote offices are sized the same way as an ADU: from a load list and the number of low-sun days the system has to carry. Start with our off-grid solar kits for matched packages, and see agricultural solar power if the buildings are part of a working farm or ranch.
Running Solar, Batteries and a Generator Together
Solar and a generator aren't competing answers. They cover different problems, and a system that uses both gets more out of each.
Batteries handle everything continuous and modest with no engine running: cameras, lighting, communications, controls, tool charging, refrigeration. A generator handles the short bursts of heavy draw and the long overcast stretch where charging from the array alone falls behind. Left to run unmanaged, a generator burns fuel at low load for hours to serve a few hundred watts, which is the waste this arrangement removes.
NAZ Solar Electric supplies the equipment that ties the two together: automatic transfer switches, automatic generator start modules, and the wiring adapters between them. We do not sell generators. One compatibility note that matters before you buy anything: automatic generator start is inverter-specific, so whether a particular generator can be started automatically depends on the inverter architecture and on the generator's own start circuit. Confirm that pairing before ordering rather than after.
How We Size These Systems
Every system on this page is sized from a load list rather than a panel count, because there's no typical installation. A gate operator and a camera is a different exercise from a site trailer with tool chargers and a refrigerator, and the same array would be wrong for both.
Two numbers do most of the work: total energy used between charging periods, which sets the battery, and the largest startup surge, which sets the inverter. Send what you can of the following:
The equipment
- Model numbers and data plate photos
- Voltage, AC or DC
- Running watts or amps
- Startup surge, if listed
- How many of each
- Cycles per day, for gates
How it gets used
- Hours per day, day or night
- Days of autonomy needed
- Location, for winter sun
- Generator on site, if any
- Space for panels
- Whether it has to move
Our solar application engineers will work through it and produce an equipment list. Design assistance is provided for systems purchased from NAZ Solar Electric. A photo of the data plate on whatever you're powering gets us most of the way on the electrical side.
Get Help Designing Your System
What We Supply
Frequently Asked Questions
Can solar power an automatic gate?
Yes, and it's one of the most common uses for a small standalone system. A panel, battery, charge controller, and outdoor mount will run a gate operator indefinitely without trenching power to the entrance. Size it from cycles per day and from winter conditions rather than summer, since shorter days and colder batteries arrive together.
Do you sell solar gate openers?
We sell the solar side: panels, batteries, charge controllers, and mounts. The gate operator itself comes from a gate hardware supplier. Tell us which operator you've or plan to buy and we can work out what it takes to keep it running.
How do I get temporary power to a job site?
The usual routes are a temporary utility pole, a generator, or solar with battery storage. A pole means a utility application and a schedule you don't control. A generator means fuel and refueling trips. Solar with batteries covers continuous modest loads quietly and without an engine, and pairs with a generator for heavy equipment. NAZ Solar Electric supplies the solar and battery side; we don't provide temporary utility service or set poles.
Can solar replace a generator on a construction site?
For the continuous side of a site, often yes: cameras, lighting, communications, tool charging, and a site office. For welders, large compressors, and big saws, generally no, because startup surge on that equipment makes the system uneconomical. The realistic result is a generator that runs when heavy equipment does rather than around the clock.
Can a system be moved between job sites?
Yes, if it's specified for that from the start. How easily depends on array size, battery weight, and how the equipment is enclosed and mounted. Tell us up front that it has to move and the design will account for it.
Can solar power an ADU?
Yes, and how large a system depends almost entirely on the appliances. Gas cooking and water heating with a mini-split is a modest load. All-electric with a resistance water heater, electric range, and dryer is several times that. If the ADU is still in design, appliance choices will affect system cost more than anything decided later.
Does an ADU solar system need batteries?
Not if it's grid-connected and the goal is offsetting consumption. Batteries are needed for an off-grid ADU, and add value on a grid-connected one if you want selected circuits to stay live through an outage.
Can solar power remote cameras and communications equipment?
Yes. Cameras, Wi-Fi bridges, cellular equipment, sensors, and telemetry draw small continuous amounts, which suits a standalone solar system well. We supply the power system rather than the cameras or radios themselves.
Can a solar system start my generator automatically?
With the right equipment, yes. We supply automatic transfer switches, automatic generator start modules, and the wiring adapters. Auto start is inverter-specific, so whether a particular generator works depends on the inverter architecture and the generator's start circuit. Confirm that pairing before ordering.
Does NAZ Solar Electric install these systems?
No. NAZ Solar Electric is a solar equipment distributor and system design resource. We supply the equipment and the engineering behind it and support the installing contractor through commissioning. If you don't have one lined up, let us know where you're. We may have installers who work in your area.
Are You the Installer?
Electricians, gate and fence installers, and general contractors source equipment from NAZ Solar Electric for their own projects. Our Partner Program offers wholesale benefits and a dedicated point of contact, and our engineers can work with you on system design and commissioning rather than relaying through your customer.
Apply for the Partner Program
·
Talk to an engineer about a project
Tell Us What Needs Power
A gate, a camera, a job site, an ADU, or a building at the far end of the property. Our engineers will work through the loads and put together an equipment list sized for the location and the season.
Get Help Designing Your System
Request a Quote
Or call 800-383-0195
A photo of the data plate on whatever you're powering saves a round trip.
