Steca charge controller

I replaced my old solar charge controller. I bought a great Steca Solarix PRS 2020. It can support up to 20 amps.

Mucho sol 2

Today I finished installing the four remaining solar panels on the roof of the house. Everything went well except for the fact that I hadn't carefully checked the size of the new luxor panels. They are one centimeter wider than the kyocera ones so I had to do some extra work to make them fit in the frame (which I built with the kyocera measures in mind *sigh*)

I took several pictures. The inverters are still not in their definitive placement. They are in the shed for the time being. I'll move them to an appropriate place next week.

Solar panels to light up my life :p

Two soladin 600 inverters at work.

Mucho sol

The solar panels I ordered last week arrived Tuesday after lunch time. I only had a little time to open the huge cardboard box to check that everything was right. Solar panels' upper layer is made of glass, it is extremely resistant, but it is still glass after all and needs handling with care.

I took a couple of pictures of the contents of the box. Next weekend I'll put them on the roof and will take several pictures too.

Huge cardboard box.

Contents of the box, including some cables.

Here comes the sun.

I know it took a while until I could place the solar panels in the right location but I've been busy all summer long.

I bought four solar panels at the end of July and they arrived at the beginning of August. First, I made a provisional installation to see if they worked correctly and they did, but they could not take advantage of direct sunlight all day long.

I started building the frame to hold eight big solar panels and I did all the work to put it on the roof of the house. Today I have finally "uploaded" the four initial solar panels and connected the cables. They have been producing good electricity all the afternoon. "Good" as in both "environmental friendly" and " for free", or "gratis".

If the results are good, I'm gonna get four more for Christmas. They are really cheap now so it is the right time to do it.

Here are some pics:

Always the sun

I'm double enjoying this nice sunny weather ;)