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Solar Home Progress
Sept 2010
Finished Mounting Panels
Improved Panel Mounting (from back)
Stainless Steel Nuts, Bolts and washers to prevent corrosion.
Thanks for all the advice!!!
Stainless Washer between frame (aluminum) and bracket (Galvanized) to inhibit half-cell reaction
8 foot ground rod pounded in by hand
Wiring is Next. 200’ cable run to house
Pallet Forks make awesome saw horses/Work bench/Coffee holder
The ongoing oil/nat gas exploration
• These two strange vehicles trudging through roads and woods.
• The orange sign reads “explosives”
• The top vehicle has drilling rig which drills down 20ft to set an explosive charge
They drilled in many places
Helicopter picks up and delivers blasting equipment
I got in for some closups
Every day brings something special
Built overhead storage in shed
Pallet forks get the heavy load up to the correct level, then human power slides load from forks onto loft.
Designed to take pallets as “flooring”
No mosquitoes• I’ve been astonished by the lack of mosquitoes.
• JG tells me that Dragon flies are the natural predator for mosquitoes.
• I’ve got billions of Dragon Files
• They typically hover overhead; almost as if they are curious about what's going on. I suppose I’m being used as bait for their dinner.
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