Day 1 started early. The first trucks started to arrive at 7:30. I took days off to supervise the work. Good think, as there are always questions and issues that come up.
First came the lay out of the site. Orientation is critical, as you want to maximize solar exposure. Most people have seen the solar panels on the roof. Well our house is facing almost exactly the WRONG direction. But that goodness we have lots of open space, so AtisSun recommended a ground mounted system (another thing that Solar City did not offer). So we get perfect orientation and no shading. That means same power, smaller array, less cost!
Then the post holes were dug for the ground mount frames. The PV array will follow the lay of the land, which turned out to be a little bit of a hassle in the end with alignment of the mounting rails.
In the foreground is the trench for the electrical cable. Their primary (machine) trencher was broke, so the backup (electrician) went to work.
Finally the mounting struts were built, braced and waiting to have concrete poured into the holes. And they waited and waited. There was an issue with the scheduling of the inspector, so no inspector until Day 2. Huge delay for this part of the work. The electrician did some work inside, but that was about all that got done.
In the foreground is the trench for the electrical cable. Their primary (machine) trencher was broke, so the backup (electrician) went to work.
