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All the wiring indoors, consisting of the pv fused disconnect, the MX-60 charge controller, the fused controller disconnect, and the two pv shunts for the FlexNet DC Monitor have all been installed. We are still waiting on the replacement Mate to come back from Outback, and we are waiting for one pole mount pv rack. [...]
Our Outback MX-60 came in today, just in time for the installation of the six Sanyo 195 watt solar panels being installed tomorrow. We already have a MX-60 on the five Mitsubishi 110 watt panel array. Friday our new, updated Mate controller will arrive. This allows us to monitor and control our two MX-60 charge [...]
Today we are picking up two 10′ sections of telephone poles for the posts for the new solar array. The phone company removed a pole that was broken at the base, and gave us the rest of the pole, cut in 10′ pieces. We will dig a hole 4′ deep, drop in the post, and [...]
The Pole Mount for our new solar panels just arrived. The UPS driver took one look at the panels that were laid out, and commented as he handed me the boxes, “Toys for boys?”. Oh Yeh!
The pole mount is from Iron Ridge, and will hold up to eight panels, but only six panels of [...]
Our new Photo Voltaic Solar Panels arrived this week while we were in Ft. Benning, Georgia. We were there attending our Son’s graduation from Infantry Training.
The six Panels are 195 watt Sanyo Hybrid panels. These panels have a amorphous layer over top the mono crystalline layer, and work well in cloudy and overcast weather [...]