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The recent Chicken Coop Conversion Project needed solar panels.
I didn't have any extras laying around so I used some panels which were taken from the other garage's power scheme.
The "other garage" is my lab, but it's winter-time where I now find myself a tad short on energy!
In between the two garages is a 40-foot bus where a security system is installed (to monitor the chickens when in the yard). Although there already was solar panels on the roof before they were used for the chicken coop, they were extra solar panels that were not needed most of the year. However in the winter they are a necessity to make up for the lack of winter sun.
Along came winter.
Since creating a new in-ground replacement solar array was out of the question (due to the frozen ground), it was decided to clad the top of the bus with solar panels ";-( .
Here we go again.
This time I will make the roof-top solar arrays better than ever. No longer will they be stationary solar panels, these arrays will be adjustable.
The first phase of the new solar array is installed. It is one of four arrays that will cover the roof-top and the rear-door overhang.
At the time of this writing, there are actually 8 panels installed (2 48v arrays comprised of 4 solar panels each)
The Solar Panel Awnings are down because there were two sets of steel braces which were custom-cut to fix the panels to the sun's orientation (one size for winter and one for the other months). However I inadvertently used the steel for winter on another project. The awnings will have to wait till Spring to go back up.
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Today's Date is Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 13:06:00 EST
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