Going Off-Grid With 30 Solar Panels! Installing Panels. Part 2!!
Hey folks, WOW we are living in really exciting times. Getting off-grid is surely one of the most exciting things one can do. Politicians and their lies no longer mean much if one becomes totally off-grid and self sustaining and with this latest addition we are well on the way to achieving that....
Progress is imminent, these guys have been working on this system for around a week now and should be complete in two or three days now.
As far as views go how nice is this one with the Palm Tree in the backdrop?
Here we have a frontal view of the guys installing the cross beams. The landlady just recently had an argument with these installers about this structure not been sufficient enough. We get really high strong winds in this area and she certainly has a point, if in a storm this uplifts and blows away that will be hundreds of thousands of rands literally 'blown away' add extra supports they have!
As many of you that follow me know, I live in Pretoria South Africa, which is not a subtropical region by any means. As can be seen by all the glorious vegetation in these pics, it truly is bliss, paradise extraordinaire. I truly am so blessed to live here.
With this new addition we literally can survive on this property without leaving to go anywhere indefinitely all we may still need are a few cows, sheep and chickens :) As for the Sun. certainly no shortage of that to power these 30x280 watt panels.. Sunny South Africa truly is that, SUNNY!
On the right we have the main house, as can be seen here, Thatch. The reason this Solar System was not installed on the Thatch was due to a plethora of reasons mainly too heavy for this many panels on the roof!
The guys hard at work with their tools, 2 ladders up and down and securing the cross beams, next to check all the main foundations for integrity and start installing the Solar Panels.
Finally today they have started installing the panels on the steel structure. This should take these guys another day and from there the Electricians to do all the wiring, install the batteries and inverter and finalize this installation!
Check out my first Solar post here: https://steemit.com/solar/@craigcryptoking/going-off-grid-with-30-solar-panels-part-1
I will be making another post or two with the final trimmings all connected up and operational coming soon be sure to stay tuned for that. I will also be taking pics of the batteries, inverter and whatever else electronics this system will be utilizing!
This chap carrying the 280 watt panels to be installed on the steel structure. Already around 30% installed!
The last pic of the underside of this system. Here these need to be fully installed, connected and wired up and then coupled to the main board. This system will be running at least 4 buildings on the premises all the lights and electronics with the exception of the stoves and geysers, for now those will still be on grid!
Exciting right? Sun-Power certainly rocks! Trust you have an amazing week further!
Cheer$;)