Week 19 (2/26/17-3/4/17)

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