Solar is complete

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Finally got everything done with solar....so time to dump some pics.

Site prep was challenging.... hillside....

The racking is Sinclair sky-rack 2.0 seasonal adjust. They spec'd a 7' deep hole 24" in diameter. Had to make an auger extension for that.

Panels are Canadian solar 540w bifacial

Inverters are hoymiles hms-2000. Each inverter connects 4 panels

Site prep:

 

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Auger extension and racking delivery

 

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Test fitting 4 panels. This was Tuesday this week. Needed to see how/where I am gonna mount the inverters.....to see what if any extended cables I need to connect the panels.

Good news is that none were needed.

 

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Spent most of the day yesterday working on the wiring of the inverters.

The premade trunk lines from hoymiles is good for inverter to inverter.....but can only run 3 inverters per trunk. (8a inverter output....10ga wire)

So then it becomes a lengthy run back to the collector box. So I bought a spool of wire for those home-runs

 

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So by the time I got all the inverters mounted and wired....I flipped the switch for those 4 panels at about 3:00.

Then I started setting up the DTU to communicate. I was worried about it's range. But so far the DTU seems to communicate well....even at ~300' away and through an exterior wall. Sub 1g does seem to have good range.

By about 4:00 it was all set up and logging. 4-panels making power

 

[fatjay]

Looking good. What are you going to power? Is it grid tie or battery? How many inverters total?

 

[tradosaurus]

Good job! Were you able to get any subsidies from the government (fed and state)?
Can you sell power back to your provider?
total cost for installation?

 

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Last night I mounted the rest of the panels. Had to wait on some extra hands to get off work to assist.

All 30 panels are mounted...but only 28 are hooked up.

I had 2 panels that were actually from a different batch/pallet and the mc4 leads are super short. So I have extender cables on the way

 

[fatjay]

Are you going to have 5 people on each crank hand cranking them to adjust the angle?