Over the weekend I installed some solar panels on my roof. Carlo helped me on Saturday and Simon on Sunday. By the end of the afternoon, we were able to plug it all in, and make the meter spin backwards! http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7034/275899207_khdXt-Ti.jpg http://kohler.smugmug.com/gallery/4670014_qPksV/ 2008-04-06T15:19:45Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />Simon screwing down the last PV panel</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275899207_khdXt" title="Simon screwing down the last PV panel"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7034/275899207_khdXt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Simon screwing down the last PV panel" title="Simon screwing down the last PV panel" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:56:07Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7034/275899207_khdXt-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 13:06:57 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7037.JPG</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275899421_jmBo8" title="DSCF7037.JPG"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7037/275899421_jmBo8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7037.JPG" title="DSCF7037.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:52:16Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7037/275899421_jmBo8-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 13:07:11 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7038.JPG</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275900193_TDNNM" title="DSCF7038.JPG"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7038/275900193_TDNNM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7038.JPG" title="DSCF7038.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:55:32Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7038/275900193_TDNNM-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 13:07:22 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7040.JPG</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275900593_bw6Yx" title="DSCF7040.JPG"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7040/275900593_bw6Yx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7040.JPG" title="DSCF7040.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:51:18Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7040/275900593_bw6Yx-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 13:07:37 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7043.JPG</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275901323_RQoGb" title="DSCF7043.JPG"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7043/275901323_RQoGb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7043.JPG" title="DSCF7043.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:51:36Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7043/275901323_RQoGb-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 15:14:48 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7047.JPG</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275902134_6JGjT" title="DSCF7047.JPG"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7047/275902134_6JGjT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7047.JPG" title="DSCF7047.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:53:21Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7047/275902134_6JGjT-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 15:30:17 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />I used pressure plates from a commercial curtain wall glazing system to clamp the panels onto 2*4 wooden studs.</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275902910_Aft7D" title="I used pressure plates from a commercial curtain wall glazing system to clamp the panels onto 2*4 wooden studs."><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7049/275902910_Aft7D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I used pressure plates from a commercial curtain wall glazing system to clamp the panels onto 2*4 wooden studs." title="I used pressure plates from a commercial curtain wall glazing system to clamp the panels onto 2*4 wooden studs." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:51:53Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7049/275902910_Aft7D-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 15:30:42 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />Currently I have about 1 kW installed, but as you can see, there is space for another kW on the east facing roof.</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275903679_vpUjY" title="Currently I have about 1 kW installed, but as you can see, there is space for another kW on the east facing roof."><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7051/275903679_vpUjY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Currently I have about 1 kW installed, but as you can see, there is space for another kW on the east facing roof." title="Currently I have about 1 kW installed, but as you can see, there is space for another kW on the east facing roof." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:50:35Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7051/275903679_vpUjY-Th.jpg 2008-04-06 15:31:03 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding a ...</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275913256_c2sLj" title="Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding a ..."><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/meter5/275913256_c2sLj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding a ..." title="Here you see my meter, first it is spinning in the normal direction. I had a 1500 Watt space heater plugged in. Half way through the space heater is turned off, and the inverter is feeding a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:46:04Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/meter5/275913256_c2sLj-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com">Christian Kohler</a><br />DSCF7046.AVI</p><p><a href="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/4670014_qPksV#275922454_yex2y" title="DSCF7046.AVI"><img src="http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7046/275922454_yex2y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="DSCF7046.AVI" title="DSCF7046.AVI" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-07T18:43:30Z Christian Kohler http://kohler.smugmug.com http://kohler.smugmug.com/Other/PV-Installation/DSCF7046/275922454_yex2y-640.mp4