The time finally arrived. I've got all my supplies, the utility building is done enough for now. I can't put it off any longer. Winter is coming and I need power in the house to commission the heating system.
The pv system consists of 60 385w panels, mounted across 2 roofs. One at 180deg, the other at 160. The roofs are 12:12 standing seam. I utilized S5! clamps and racking from a Canadian company called "fastrack".
Power from the each roof enter the building into their own combiner boxes, then exit the building into imo disconnects before power is sent 250ft down hill to the utility building. imo disconnects are placed before entry into the building. Inside 60kwh of gsl lithium and 2x lux 12k and 1 old Schneider xw+ (so I can keep my existing Ac coupled arrays)will be stored. There's still loads of electrical work to do, but I can get to that when the arrays are finished.
I'm 5 days in to the roof install and have one roof racked and 10 of 30 panels mounted and wired. With any luck I'll have the other 20 up by the end of next weekend.
This is definitely not my happy place, but I'm making steady progress. The pump jack scaffolding really is making the install possible. To assist with getting the panels up to the scaffold stage, I made a make-shift crane out of my sxs winch. There was no way I could lift the panels up the ladder safely.
I'll try to keep this updated as I move along.
The pv system consists of 60 385w panels, mounted across 2 roofs. One at 180deg, the other at 160. The roofs are 12:12 standing seam. I utilized S5! clamps and racking from a Canadian company called "fastrack".
Power from the each roof enter the building into their own combiner boxes, then exit the building into imo disconnects before power is sent 250ft down hill to the utility building. imo disconnects are placed before entry into the building. Inside 60kwh of gsl lithium and 2x lux 12k and 1 old Schneider xw+ (so I can keep my existing Ac coupled arrays)will be stored. There's still loads of electrical work to do, but I can get to that when the arrays are finished.
I'm 5 days in to the roof install and have one roof racked and 10 of 30 panels mounted and wired. With any luck I'll have the other 20 up by the end of next weekend.
This is definitely not my happy place, but I'm making steady progress. The pump jack scaffolding really is making the install possible. To assist with getting the panels up to the scaffold stage, I made a make-shift crane out of my sxs winch. There was no way I could lift the panels up the ladder safely.
I'll try to keep this updated as I move along.
