DIY Home Solar Power Wrap-Up

Buying Time

I have come to the end of my Home DIY guerilla solar power project.  All the panels are installed and operating so here is an overview of the whole project.

There are two separate panel installations.  The first is a pole mounted tracker that follows the sun throughout the day.

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The two panels on the tracker are rated at 250 Watts.  Each panel is connected to an Enphase M215 micro inverter converting the DC power directly to 220V AC power that is fed right into the circuit breaker box on the house.

panelsUp on the roof I have four additional 250 watt panels.  Each one is also connected to an Enphase M215 micro inverter.

The panels face west rather than south but that works out pretty good for me.

I built the mounting racks myself using parts from Home Depot.  See…

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