First project, getting the house off grid.
Fortunately we had the battery cells at home, old stock of a size we no longer used much and Trev no longer carries, 130Ah cells.
Decided to build a 48v system, mainly because we can reduce the number of solar regulators required .... to be explained later .....
First job was to locate a spot in my new workshop, the ex garden shed, remove the old rotted chip board because it wouldn't hold the weight, add a timber bearer to hang the inverter from the required distance from the roof, then visit scrap timber trailer located in the cabinet makers next door to the workshop remains, and select suitable replacement wall cladding. Two kitchen cupboard doors that must have been the incorrect size were selected and transported home in the mighty Prius.
Cutting them to fit was an interesting exercise, the batteries for the Ego chainsaw were in the workshop along with every other saw I possessed, both battery powered and 240v powered, the only remaining saw was an Aldi 36v chainsaw that worked when it felt like it. After a number of attempts recharging the battery and banging the thing on the ground to make it go, actual maintenance was required.
Pulled it apart, fixed the cooked brush spring and the faulty wire connection and it returned to a serviceable condition.
Cutting a precise line using a chainsaw while using the toilet pump cover as a bench, is a skill I still need to master it seems, but the 9" grinder and the new Aldi disc and belt sander seemed to do the trick to get the oversized bits down to size.
Next required light in the shed, an Aldi movement sensor solar LED shed light worked fine for locating stuff in the shed, but not quite enough to be suitable as a work light.
Digging through the future projects plastic bins turned up a movement sensor double spot light holder, still in its box, and a length of flex cord with a plug attached that was probably from a failed pump or something .... quickly assembled and two cool white LED bulbs and sufficient light was achieved.
Found some roofing screws that were long enough to hold the resized cupboard doors on the wall, fitted up the hanger bracket for the inverter, then realised I couldn't actually lift the inverter up high enough to hang it up where it needed to go ..... tried a squat scissor jack but that bwasn't stable enough, so back to the workshop to search through the the ashes to find something suitable.
Found the motorbike lifting platform, with the screw scissor lift action, brought it home and made replacement nylon bushes/rollers out of fittings and pipe I had from various attempts at getting water pumps to deliver water from the river up the top tank and the front lawn. Pulled it apart and sort of painted the bits (more runs than Bradman) reassembled and have now actually achieved the inverter mounting
Can't seems to figure out how to post a photo at the moment, but it sort of shows how agricultural the whole process turned out cause I no longer have all the handy equipment now ..... but it's getting there, even though it has taken 2 weeks to get to that point
T1 Terry
to go back through the rubble 
