Iron Ridge Solar Panel Ground Mount
The Iron Ridge solar ground mount system is the first I’ve ever installed. It went well:
The Iron Ridge solar ground mount system is the first I’ve ever installed. It went well:
Making great power! And my grilling faux pax. It turns out that the battery ended up having a bad cell. After addressing the grill fire, I continue with the Outback Power components:
Any day that can make power from the sun can be called a good day. Today was a good day. Ra would be proud. Mare helped me get the rest of the “West” array installed, 12 panels in all. Her help really makes a difference (two people can often make…
Yep, I worked on Independence Day. Tomorrow I will not work. This is where it starts to get exciting (for me, anyway). Need to pick up a few items from Home Depot so I can get these producing some power!
Anybody wanna help me put up 21 foot 3″ iron pipe over our heads? No? I didn’t think so. Guess I’ll do it myself, then. I was told this pipe weighs 8 pounds per foot. At 21 feet, that’s 168 pounds per pipe. I find that difficult to believe, but…
Building a solar array is typically not all that complicated or hard, but the rocky ground presented some unique challenges. It is a huge relief to be over this hurdle. Mare snuck up on me with the camera as I was finishing up with the last of the solar ground…
Now that I have a “telephone pole“, it’s time to install wireless internet. A call to Ray at the Sylacauga Utilities Commission is in order. He tells me that we are #8 in the queue and that it will be well into the following week before they can do the…
Though I have an interest in putting up a wind turbine and the tower would provide for mounting an antenna for internet wireless, that is just way too much money and time for now. Besides, the 7,320 watt array may be more than sufficient to provide power, even with clouds…
Well, I’ve got a strategy on the array pole concrete. I bought a mixer that can be used for some other projects I have planned and will just mix on site. I attempted to have gravel delivered (part of it for the concrete, the rest put down on the driveways)….
Since a solar array needs to be where the sun shines, any work done on it in an Alabama June will be hot! Mare suggests we setup our canopy. I comply, but find that I move around quite a bit and it tends to get in the way. Today, the…