The Black Cat Now Has Solar Power
Still a few bugs to workout but we are now on 100% solar power from our Solar Trailer Power Generator with batteries on the Mountain.
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| Black Cat “Sable” on her Solar Trailer Power Generator |
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| Sable Investigating the Solar Panels |
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| As you can tell today we are socked in |
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| 100 KW Solar Panels Producing 70 KW on a cloudy day |
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| Two 50 Volt Storage Batteries |
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| DC Controls in the center - Yellow DC/AC Inverts on each side |
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| Distribution Panel and Conduit to House |
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| Ditch to House |
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| Trailer and Ditch to House |
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| Ditch to House |
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| Ditch to House |
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| Ditch to House |
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| Ditch to House |
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| Power Transfer Switch (up solar down generator) |
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| Generator we have been using for four years, now backup |
For a while we will leave the propane generator in place as backup. Later it will move to the trailer to charge the batteries in bad weather and also be available for backup if solar system goes down.
Issue remaining to resolve, Arc Fault Breakers and LED dimmers, on some of our lights, are not compatible with the solar system. Electrician is figuring out how to resolve that. Works fine on the generator. Therefore, for now no lighting on dimmers, which is most of the second floor, are functioning. We will figure that out, live, trial and error, and learn as we go. This is a first.
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