

Gordon spent about four days helping Dave (the designer and installer) put the system in, as well as another 4-5 days lining the walls where the internal controls are mounted, and building a box to house the 24 batteries. One day the whole shed (to become our office) will be lined.

First big test was to do a load of washing in our antique, $100, washing machine that uses gross amounts of power and water. We tried it in the afternoon when the batteries were near fully charged - it didn't even take any power from the batteries, just some of what was coming from the panels on the roof, with some left over to go into the batteries. Wow!
The generator will retire now, until we get at least three days of no sun, when it will be needed to charge the batteries - maybe. Not sure just how many days the system can go without reaching a critical level, could be up to five.
All the bare ground is from the levelling for the house and new shed sites. The two steel pegs in the foreground with the yellow tape on them mark the western end of the house (one day).
[photos by Dave Keenan - system designer and installer - contact me for his details]
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