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5 Mar ’12
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Yes, his page linked below.
http://stores.ebay.c.....lar?_rdc=1
Here are some pictures from this morning. I got up early to put the Unistrut on before work. They are loose and not fully braced, but I need them on there sort of loose when I start putting the panels on. This thing is going to be big.
15 Feb ’12
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does that whole thing pivot backwards as well?
5 Mar ’12
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It can, but may be slightly limited by some of the longer bolts on the back of the mount. I hope to find out how far back in tilts tonight so I can try and mount the last 2 panels.
Lesson learned -- work out the bracing and panel spacing/holes before hand. Some of my panels didn't come with mounting holes on the back and I drilled them -- between the holes maybe being 1/8" off, the strut being slight out of whack, etc., led to a very hard install experience. Because I have less panels on one side of the tilt vs. another I can't tilt it backwards by myself. Hopefully a buddy will come over tonight to help me lift it.
Also, don't work on a 95+ degree day in direct sunlight. I was dying.
I have the 3 strings of 3 panels on the bottom temporarily wired up so I can get power today -- they were disconnected all day yesterday.
15 Feb ’12
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man, that thing is gonna be huge! looks good
15 Feb ’12
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you think wind is going to be a issue with it at all?
5 Mar ’12
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2 buddies from work came by last night and helped me finish putting on the other 2 panels and some of the extra bracing. I really wouldn't have been able to get that far without them -- there was no way I would be able to tilt the array back by myself when it wasn't balanced with an equal number of panels. It is well balanced now but I still need to construct a "leg" that connects the bottom of the array to the pole and allows it to adjust the tilt. I think this will help with any wind or storm conditions, plus the additions I want to make, mentioned below.
I am going to reinforce the bracing with some round poles -- they are bowing slightly when it is this flat. hard to explain in words -- I will take pictures when I am able to put them up.
All 4 arrays are wired up now -- theoretically they should be able to produce 2,880 watts. We'll see how they do. I didn't take pictures of the wiring -- it is bootleg. I need to order some longer cables to get it all wired nicely and routed along the bracing.
5 Mar ’12
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And a screenshot of power being generated. ~1900 watts isn't bad for 10 AM and it being cloudy/windy. Our battery bank is down to 74% in the picture so it will be interested to see how fast we can charge it.
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