Over the past couple of weeks, I got the Solar Arrays wired and the system hooked up and wired into the overall electrical system. Last year I ordered a 5.28 kWh system with 2 each 48v SimplPhi 3.8KWh Lithium Batteries rated at 150 Amp Hours.
In theory I should be able to pull a continuous 15 Amps over the 10 hours of darkness.
In addition, I have also erected a small wind turbine that is only rated at 160W (at 48V) but has the advantage of running in darkenss/heavily clouded conditions.
Well, the windmill is an initial failure. When I got it wired and installed, whenever I put it into “Run” mode the circuit breaker promptly tripped. We lowered the windmill and took off the head, expecting to find the connections were shorting to the metal pole. The connections were mostly fine, but the short was somewhere in the powerhead. I’m currently waiting for an RMA to send the powerhead back for examination/fixing.
We got a load of gravel put down, will probably get another couple of loads when we get the house built.
We also got a load of topsoil. I got a cubic yard or so to fill up the two raised garden beds.
Over the next week I will get the plants (corn, zucchini, and onions) moved into the beds. I will wrap some more of the fencing around the beds to prevent some of the local wildlife from nibbling. Speaking of local wildlife:
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Coming along great and quickly!