Monday, September 24, 2007

Wiring the House

We were so glad to be able to help Phil and Elin wire their house for their solar-power system. This allows them to use lights, computers, fridge, freezer, and other things that will allow them to live simply, and be able to focus on their work as missionaries.
We had to solder together the wiring-harness for their house and then install conduit to hold it in. Here we are putting up the central harness that will bring power to all the lights.

Once all the wiring was in place, we had to connect them to the voltage regulator, fuse-disconnect box, and the batteries.
Here we're running the main cable up to the solar panels which are on the roof.

Team effort.

I had to hang it all the way up over the main beam to the top of the palm roof.

I just buried the ground-plate. It's pretty important to have good lightning protection, especially with a solar powered system that uses DC electricity.


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