Wow! I seem to have gotten behind on these things! Mainly due to the fact that I've been crazy sick, and it's just been hard keeping up with everything, so, to make up for all that, I intend to do a GIANT POST to catch up with all of these work days!
Friday - 3/7/14: We took the day off today, not much to say here!
Monday - 3/10/14: We worked from home today. It was more of a relaxed day, just working on doing some studying, but it's so hard to remember exactly what I did this day, it feels so long ago!
Tuesday - 3/11/14: Finally have the laptop back! Sadly, it didn't come back until after Scott came home from work (I worked from home yet again). This day was pretty rough, because I was really coming down with whatever we were getting sick with, so I just spent most of the day trying to beat the cold, but I did do a little research into an off-grid solar system that can tie into a 24v battery.
Wednesday - 3/12/14: Today I spent most of the day just reviewing what I had learned. I went over the main calculations we had done to figure out how many kW we would need in a pv system for both Scott's house and the APEX building. Then, I just did a little further research into a grid-tied system for my uncle's shed. What we'd need to do us plug a solar panel into a charge controller, which we would then plug into the battery. It still seems a bit confusing, but we'll get it figured out.
Thursday - 3/13/14: Wow! Finally back in the office, and I have learned so much! First things first, I began to see if there was a charge controller that we could buy locally. Sadly, we couldn't find one. Then, after we went to check up one of Scott's job sites, we headed out to lunch. I had my first fish taco! After that, we went to a solar panel vendor that Scott's buddy had told him about. They gave us so much information, and made the whole process of setting up a pv system much less scary. Now, what I know for the off-grid solar system for Scott's shed (after a bit more research) is that we can set up a solar panel on the roof of the shed, which we will hook up to one part of a 24v charge controller. Then, what we can do is hook up a battery, in this case his lawn mower battery (which we intend to add some sort of plug to), so that it can charge by harnessing the solar energy. Next, we can hook up a light fixture so that in the winter, when it's dark, you can use just a little of the mower's battery to turn on the light to see better in the shed! And we can set this all up in one weekend! Pretty cool, huh! Also, we now know of a really cool vendor for grid-tied solar panels for when Scott decides to actually build a pv system on his house! Overall, today was a really good, productive day, and I'm brimming with excitement over building an off-grid solar installment to Scott's shed! Looking forward to this weekend!
Friday - 3/7/14: We took the day off today, not much to say here!
Monday - 3/10/14: We worked from home today. It was more of a relaxed day, just working on doing some studying, but it's so hard to remember exactly what I did this day, it feels so long ago!
Tuesday - 3/11/14: Finally have the laptop back! Sadly, it didn't come back until after Scott came home from work (I worked from home yet again). This day was pretty rough, because I was really coming down with whatever we were getting sick with, so I just spent most of the day trying to beat the cold, but I did do a little research into an off-grid solar system that can tie into a 24v battery.
Wednesday - 3/12/14: Today I spent most of the day just reviewing what I had learned. I went over the main calculations we had done to figure out how many kW we would need in a pv system for both Scott's house and the APEX building. Then, I just did a little further research into a grid-tied system for my uncle's shed. What we'd need to do us plug a solar panel into a charge controller, which we would then plug into the battery. It still seems a bit confusing, but we'll get it figured out.
Thursday - 3/13/14: Wow! Finally back in the office, and I have learned so much! First things first, I began to see if there was a charge controller that we could buy locally. Sadly, we couldn't find one. Then, after we went to check up one of Scott's job sites, we headed out to lunch. I had my first fish taco! After that, we went to a solar panel vendor that Scott's buddy had told him about. They gave us so much information, and made the whole process of setting up a pv system much less scary. Now, what I know for the off-grid solar system for Scott's shed (after a bit more research) is that we can set up a solar panel on the roof of the shed, which we will hook up to one part of a 24v charge controller. Then, what we can do is hook up a battery, in this case his lawn mower battery (which we intend to add some sort of plug to), so that it can charge by harnessing the solar energy. Next, we can hook up a light fixture so that in the winter, when it's dark, you can use just a little of the mower's battery to turn on the light to see better in the shed! And we can set this all up in one weekend! Pretty cool, huh! Also, we now know of a really cool vendor for grid-tied solar panels for when Scott decides to actually build a pv system on his house! Overall, today was a really good, productive day, and I'm brimming with excitement over building an off-grid solar installment to Scott's shed! Looking forward to this weekend!