June 14: Starting the trench for the electrial.
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June 14: Working on the trench for the south array.
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June 14: Working on the long trench up to the house from the
north array.
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June 16: Laying conduit and wire down the long run.
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June 16: Another look at the long trench to the north array.
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June 16: Details of the custom wire-pulling rig.
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June 22: Just a detail of the finished pad with wire and the
trenches filled in.
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June 28: Electrical box mounting plates and boxes for the
poles. Note the big U-bolts for the post.
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July 12: Delivery of the posts.
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July 12: South post installed.
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July 12: Detail of the base of the post.
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July 13: The first motor arrives by padded wheelbarrow at the
south tower.
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July 13: Finally a good idea -- use the bobcat to lift the
180 lb motor!
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July 13: Getting the motor in place over the tower.
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July 13: Motors are in, now the
horizontal torque tubes go on, and are tightened in.
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July 13: North-South
actuator installed on the south array.
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July 13: Finishing the
installation of the actuator.
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July 13: Detail of the
horzontal torque tube on the north array. These next few photos are
mostly for Michael at Array Technologies. :-)
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July 13: Detail showing the
anti-roll pin installed.
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July 13: Detail of the top
of the N-S actuator.
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July 13: And one last
picture of both towers (look closely).
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