We had been experiencing some unusually still and cloudless days earlier this week so we shifted into high gear with our contractor and electrician to get our solar panels reinstalled on the roof.Here we see the 2 arrays laying flat, our contractor Todd and 2 helpers (Matt and Max) set about freeing them from the temporary base I created back in May.
There are no pics of the roof hoisting of this 10 panel array because all hands were needed to lift it up into place! Here we see Todd, Hernan (the electrician) and Max getting it all bolted down.
Matt was there too but he was under the array tightening screws at the base.
Here's an action shot of Max making his way down the line tightening the bolts and screws.
The second array was easier to re-install because the support rails were broken up into 2, 5-panel sections. Here's Matt's backside (sorry Matt!) Max, Todd and Hernan once again bolting it down and securing it against our strong winds.
We did help. Really we did! I pointed and Conn took photos. ; )
Here the guys are troubleshooting a tricky connection on the last set of 5 panels.
Then Conn and I took over erasing all trace of the lawn solar takeover. Here's the spot where they sat for 4 months. In another 3 weeks or so, the grass will recover. I am so relieved to finally have them off the lawn. They were getting very dirty from all the dust and dirt and also it was a pain to trim the grass around and under them. Also, it was good to get rid of all conduit going hither and thither.
Hernan had to come back the next day to hook the panels back up into our system. Here we see just his foot hanging off the edge of the roof. We had been charging the batteries with the generator which got old very quickly (the noise, the gas, the annoyance). It was late in the day yesterday when he made the final connection and our power meter jumped up to 100 percent. whoo-hoo! He fixed some suspicious wiring on five of the panels which he guessed was decreasing our efficiency by about 20 percent... we'll see how we make out today.
4 comments:
nice pointing!
love the dangle-foot shot:)
lights on!
Excellent! I want to do that next time I own a house. Nice lawn! Looks good for doing many consecutive cartwheels. Is it that spongey grass?
thanks for the comments everyone! the dangle foot, as you call it deb, was funny--kind of made me think of alfred hitchcock's the trouble with harry. parnell--you get to title the posts next time, why didn't i think of that? the grass can be spongey--when it's fresh cut not so much but about a week after it's cut it has it's bounce back.
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