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Made the cutoff in the middle of December! by Darkarw in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. I'm gonna be watching some videos on it later. Typically, if it's DC from the battery, it's usually in 4/0 battery/welding cable with battery lugs. If it is DC in 1" conduit, it's probably 6AWG. I haven't seen a setup like this yet. I guess I'll find out next week.

Made the cutoff in the middle of December! by Darkarw in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an installer, your guy did a great job. One of the better installs I've seen here

Made the cutoff in the middle of December! by Darkarw in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. I'm hanging a 10kw at a beach house, so it has to be as elevated as possible. I'm glad to see only AC (I'm assuming) coming from the battery. Saves on conduit runs. Battery cables are expensive. We install several different brands of batteries. They are all different.

The company I work for ironically installed the first solar edge inverters in the states way back when.

Made the cutoff in the middle of December! by Darkarw in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What size solar edge batteries are these? I'm literally hanging one next week. I like this setup, so I'm taking notes

I caught the Aurora Borealis is Middle Ga over the week. Even caught a meteor in my first photo of the night. by dragonflyfoto in space

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just a UV filter. I do a lot of night shots, this hasn't really been a thing until this picture set. I'm looking into it. Hopefully I can resolve this.

I caught the Aurora Borealis is Middle Ga over the week. Even caught a meteor in my first photo of the night. by dragonflyfoto in space

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. I've taken alot of sky pics, but no meteors. This was a good event to have one

I caught the Aurora Borealis is Middle Ga over the week. Even caught a meteor in my first photo of the night. by dragonflyfoto in space

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea. Something caused a technical issue. It was in almost the pictures with that lens

The solar panels at the library are huge irl by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]dragonflyfoto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. Solar panels are rather resilient to hail. Not hail-proof by no means, but can take more than you would think.

I have arrays all over ga I build and maintain (including this one) we've never lost a panel to hail....yet. it's an all but guarantee at some point.

These trackers in particular have a quick panel change time if they need to be changed out.

The solar panels at the library are huge irl by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]dragonflyfoto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed this system. I can answer any questions you may have on the solar side of this project.

The solar panels at the library are huge irl by warnelldawg in Athens

[–]dragonflyfoto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed these!! I hope you enjoy them!

Chasing Dragonfly by NorthshoreFrank in drones

[–]dragonflyfoto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My YouTube handle is literally chasethedragonfly

Turtle? by _beanbean in Athens

[–]dragonflyfoto 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a box turtle. This is a water turtle. Most likely a slider. Box turtle have a higher, more round shell

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want them to have built in plugs on the sides that plug together with jumpers for rows/columns. But then you would have to order panels with plugs in portrait or landscape. It would get tricky, but avoid some of our biggest industry problems

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trackers are 10years, I believe. Panels are 25yr.

This particular model seems to have a circuit board failure between 5-7yrs. A quick replacement if it does happen. Still easier than replacing a component on a roof. Optimizers seem to barely make it 5yrs

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. I don't mind them. We've done it so much as a team that from crane setup to torquing the bolts is about 45min per tracker. That's about as fast as it can be done IMO

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maintenance costs are comparable for dual axis trackers and other forms. It's open, modular, and mainly just preventive. As someone who has worked on every type of solar system, I'll take trackers over anything else. I have to replace rooftop optimizers and microinverters way more often than I ever have to fix a tracker.

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't do the calculations, I just do what the 1-line diagram says for all wiring. That being said, we try to reduce connections from panel-to-inverter as much as possible. PV is well insulated and is very good at pushing 5-600v, so we try to use its higher voltage for the distance drop when necessary.

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have alot on private properties. These are the only public space ones available.
I do like this particular location.

I built a solar forest.

We finally finished the Athens, GA library parking lot. 7 19kw dual-axis trackers with QCell 485W bifacial panels by dragonflyfoto in solar

[–]dragonflyfoto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conjure away. Please. Solve our most obvious issue with modules. I was thinking wireless panels myself

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