Northgate 75KWh Solar Delivery Day: 12/18/2008
Boom Lift Materials to Roof
Material Layout
Roll of Solar Cell Material
Tools of the Trade
Material Layout
Material Adhesion
Solar Electric Junction Boxes
Northgate 75KWh Solar December 29, 2008
Preparing the Inverter Foundation
Inverter Foundation
Available Hook Up
Junction Boxes Mounted
Junction Box Up Close
Placing the Inverter
Inside the Inverter
Northgate 75KWh Solar January 9, 2009
Inverter Complete
Northgate 75KWh Solar January 22, 2009
Most of the Cells are Wired
One of Several Fuse Boxes
Looking across the Cells
Northgate 75KWh Solar February 1, 2009
Aerial View
Power Production Cycle Solar Cells PG&E InverterInverter Northgate
Quick Defenitions Inverter – Converts DC current into 110v AC KWh – Killowatt hour = 1000 watts for 1 hour Thin Film Solar – new flexible technology Grid – common term for the electric company Base Load – Minimum idle power (power used when no one is home) At 11:00am on April 2, the meter was activated and energy credits begin. The switch is on!