"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it" Moliere 1622-1673

It's been a tough week but I'm running each one of life's hurdles one at a time. My mom used to say: "you have to keep moving". She is still right.


It looks like a mess of wires but the Solar Combiner Box is done..I will not win the electrical contractors beauty award for neatness in wiring, but the box is wired with good solid electrical connections and I"m happy with them...they will do the job. The photo on the far left shows the rats nest of Positive PV in, Positive PV out, Negative PV in and Negative PV out, plus the ground bus bar, the wired Lightning Arrestor. a small breaker, and the ground wire that will run to tie in to the DC Electrical Box in our cellar. The wiring is very straight forward. Negative wires go to the negative bus, positive go to the positive breaker and bus and there is a bus on the right for ground...it's like connecting the dots. The breaker and lightning arrestor are wired in for safety.




The photo to the left shows the protective cover with the solo breaker popping out. There are more slots in case I decide to put in more solar panels.






And the final shot with the weather protective cover.









I also "located" the Solar Controller in the cellar mounted on the DC Electrical Box. The Positive and Negative wires and ground will plug into this box and will crank up the amps that will run to the battery bank.





This is an inside view of the Outback FlexMax 60 Solar Controller. I like to think of it as the brains of the entire system. Tomorrow I'll drill a hole in though the cellar sill and start wiring this "bad boy" up.











And, our trench is done. Wires are inside the conduit and it's all snaked from the Combiner box to just outside the cellar. I have to leave the 18" trench open until the Building Inspector swings by. Well see what he likes and dislikes soon.