001 Ready to Put Together
003 Outback GVFX3648 Inverter
004 Outback FlexMax 80 Charge Controller
005 PV Junction Box and Grounding
010 Inverter Ready to Wire
013 Outback Inverter Closeup
015 Inverter, Batteries Wired
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
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.
020 Charge Controller Screen
021 Two Air X 400W Turbines
025 Complete System 2011
(June 20, 2011)
026 DC Fuse Box 2011
(June 20, 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
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
