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Homemade solar panel rack

Two very busy days and the solar panels now have a new home, and from the voltage meter we will have allot more power. Due to the house getting a new roof  I had the to move the panel which where on the roof. Now with the help of my two little helpers the panel can be pointed into the sun as it cuts across the sky.

Here it is before we load it up with the panels, testing to see if it will turn with some weight on it , we still need to slide it up to the top of the post.

Now we are ready to wire it up and slide it to the top of the post.

All wired up and putting out 49 volts DC back to the battery pack.

All ready for more of those sunny Alberta days.

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8 Responses to “Homemade solar panel rack”

  1. no imageSassy Mama Bear (Who am I?) Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    The helpers look like they love the idea, wish we could have done this all too before our kids are grown, but that is happening very fast. Oldest is now working.

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  2. no imageKaren Zemek (Who am I?) Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    You must be very excited to get this up. Hope it works for you!

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  3. no imageTony Cathey (Who am I?) Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 3:45 am

    That would be awesome to do. If you don’t mind me asking, how much would a setup like that cost?

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  4. no imageKathy (Who am I?) Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    That is totally and absolutely cool! I’d love to do this someday.

    Would you be interested in a link exchange with my newest blog? It sure could use a little link-love to get up and running and your blog seems to be a somewhat similar niche.

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  5. no imageLarry (Who am I?) Says:
    September 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    My total cost of our off grid power system to date is around $15,000.00.

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  6. no imageMarvin D Wilson (Who am I?) Says:
    September 24th, 2008 at 3:03 am

    So wait - you did all this with the ehlp of only those two little (precious) girls?

    You da man, Bro!

    Loved this post - we need more of this kind of responsible activty in this world.

    Marvin
    Blogs at Free Spirit: http://inspiritandtruths.blogspot.com/
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  8. no imageJennifer @ Quiverfull Family (Who am I?) Says:
    October 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Thanks for joining the Homesteading Carnival this week! Please stop by and let your readers know you’ve been included!

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