Electric solar panel installation

[Burnham]

Several years ago (4 to be exact, so that was in one of Butch's earlier TreeHouse versions) I posted pics of the installation of an antenna and solar panel for a temporary com radio system repeater. I put it in a 70 foot Douglas fir. Ha...temporary.

 

Now the com geeks say that the original panel is undersized for the job and they called on me to remove the small panel and replace it with one 4 times larger.

 

The original panel and brackets weighed 25-30 lbs. The new one is 3 times heavier and much more awkward to work with.

 

I decided to rig a high lead and carriage to get the old one down and the new one up. I controlled the lowering task with a rescue 8 in the tree. I rigged a 2:1 haul system for the groundies to pull the biggun up to me.

 

Here's some pictures. First removing the old unit, then placeing the new one.

[Burnham]

Some more.

[Burnham]

Me! Pleased with how slick it went.

[Lee Winger]

Nice job Burn a bit different from the norm..

[Andy Collins]

Yep, second that Burn, nice to see they're keeping you busy!!

[Steve Bullman]

you get all the nice work B!

[kingficer]

Its great guideline for solar panel installation .. it's look dangerous for beginners. And in that case I suggest one group which providing training on solar panel installation...

 

I hope it is also helpful to others...

 

Thank You...

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Interesting post. How does the panel have protection from lightning strikes?