I'm a retired educator (teacher/principal) who moved from Northern California to Payson, Arizona in September, 2010.
This blog will chronicle my adventures as I explore a different ecosystem and build my new home.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Solar Voltaic

Roland and Terry arrived on Thursday to start putting the solar panels on the roof.


Below are two of the solar panels.....we have 24. They each are capable of producing 240 watts of electricity.


The City of Payson came out to inspect the installation and make sure all the wiring was done correctly.


Roland was very happy that they got things lined up just right. From then on things just "snapped" into place.


They worked on Friday to finish the job.


Done! Arizona Public Service (APS) from Phoenix also has to inspect the panels before we can turn them on.....we may have to wait 6 weeks for that to happen.


The elk were playing in our yard last night......bummer........you don't want elk in your yard. They took out three of our new trees. They had a million trees to choose from and they had to pick our new ones.

Every morning a neighbor and his three dogs walk by our house. This morning a coyote was following them. This particular coyote likes to follow dogs and the neighbor has nicknamed him "Rascal." This morning Cooper joined in on the fun. Randy didn't let this go on for too long and called Cooper to him.....thank goodness he came! The coyote continued to watch the group.

2 comments:

  1. The panels look wonderful! Glad to have them installed. Sorry that you have to wait 6 more weeks to turn them on. But building does take patience which you both have shown so much of this year.
    Did you see the elk in the yard or just there "tracks"?
    Love ya!

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  2. Just tracks and poop and broken trees.

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