2/27-3/3 – Installation
- Drilled holes in roof for 3rd panel. Inserted bolts and sealed holes
- Mounted angle brackets to panels
- Mounted solar panels to bolts in roof.
- Inserted and sealed the watertight feed-throughs for PV wires
- Secured PV wires to roof with mounting squares
- Wired panels to charge controller through conduit
- Completed wiring between charge controller, batteries, and inverter, except for missing battery-inverter fuse
- Mounted inverter and charge controller
- Grounded inverter and charge controller
- Secured batteries in their box
- Wired inverter to junction box via SJOOW cord and plug
- Fed wire through conduit, connected to junction box, and fed conduit through trailer floor (and sealed hole)
2/28/17 Meeting with Dr. Bazzi:
- Follow the 100 A 60C rating because our Fuse L will never reach 90C. No bigger than 100 A because the nominal current from the D.C. side is around 80A.
- We need a crimp because solder wont bond well with aluminum connector that we purchased OR return aluminum connector and replace it with