Wiring the System


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001 Ready to Put Together

001 Ready to Put Together



002 Air X 400W 48v

002 Air X 400W 48v



003 Outback GVFX3648 Inverter

003 Outback GVFX3648 Inverter



004 Outback FlexMax 80 Charge Controller

004 Outback FlexMax 80 Charge Controller



005 PV Junction Box and Grounding

005 PV Junction Box and Grounding



006 PV Array Shot 1

006 PV Array Shot 1



007 PV Array Shot 2

007 PV Array Shot 2



008 Box Ready to Wire

008 Box Ready to Wire



009

009



010 Inverter Ready to Wire

010 Inverter Ready to Wire



011 System Ready to Wire

011 System Ready to Wire



012

012



013 Outback Inverter Closeup

013 Outback Inverter Closeup



014 Custom DC Box

014 Custom DC Box



015 Inverter, Batteries Wired

015 Inverter, Batteries Wired



016 Getting Output!

016 Getting Output!

Those parallel wires will have to be added to or replaced with something larger when the system grows. This is the first start. It started putting out 5 amps at 50 volts DC into the inverter. That makes for 250 watts going back into the grid, yea!

017 Battery Box

017 Battery Box

Our focus was a grid tie system, but the Outback inverter required batteries. We still choose it because it allowed us to be flexible. Luckily, we just needed a static load to power everything, so we got 4 12V, 8AH SLA batteries and wired them in series. They cost about $85. The wooden box we had on hand.

018 Complete System

018 Complete System



019

019



020 Charge Controller Screen

020 Charge Controller Screen



021 Two Air X 400W Turbines

021 Two Air X 400W Turbines



022 Tower Base 2

022 Tower Base 2



023 Tower

023 Tower



024 Tower Base Closeup 1

024 Tower Base Closeup 1



025 Complete System 2011

025 Complete System 2011

(June 20, 2011)


026 DC Fuse Box 2011

026 DC Fuse Box 2011

(June 20, 2011)


027 Turbines 2011

027 Turbines 2011

(June 22, 2011)
Yes, the turbines are facing opposite directions. This is because the larger one only turns when the wind is really blowing, but this problem has since been fixed! See Installing the lock collars and nylon washers on YouTube. The smaller one turns with the slightest wind whether it produces or not.

028 9 blade Missouri Raider Wind Turbine

028 9 blade Missouri Raider Wind Turbine



029 PV Array 2011 Shot 1

029 PV Array 2011 Shot 1



030 PV Array 2011 Shot 2

030 PV Array 2011 Shot 2



031 Inverter and Battery Box 2011

031 Inverter and Battery Box 2011

(June 22, 2011)
The batteries have since been replaced with 12 Ah batteries from 8Ah batteries.

032 Complete System Covered 2011

032 Complete System Covered 2011