I'm SO bad at CAD.

Using FreeCAD makes it worse...

I'm learning again.

Anyway... I wanted to try a few layouts for solar panels for building the big ground mount:

https://files.sovbit.host/media/0689df5847a8d3376892da29622d7c0fdc1ef1958f4bc4471d90966aa1eca9f2/b7351338ead2c4da12e99cca7c095b01c7f15b34fe6aa70985823ea850f1b08c.webp

I've decided on the portrait layout. It's near 30ft wide. As opposed to the over 60ft for the landscape layout, and that is too long for the space and work for the strings to the MPPT controlers' voltage limit. You must never exceed the voltage limit on the controller. Being that it gets cold, the voltage rises enough here in Maine to necessitate not running up against that limit in the summer.

I'm working on modeling the actual ground mount, though I'll likely have to finish it next week since I'll be out in the wilds the next few days.

More info in the Solar Sovereignty simplex group:

https://smp12.simplex.im/g#EyopPz7gbIXw2fUJLhCCfTinUpBCzZ0oyhiwF9cs_IY

#solar #solarsovereignty #offgrid #diy #saynotohegrid #decentralize #maine #cad #freecad #modeling