Installing the 4.5 Kilowatt Photovoltaic & Solahart Water Heating Systems
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Figure 1. Roof layout was critical to allow all the equipment to fit on the roof. Figure 2. All roof truss locations were transposed to the roof surface.
Figure 3. The Solahart Water Heater base was mounted first. Figure 4. The Solahart water collecters were added after the tank was in place.
Figure 5. Due to the size of the two systems no roof area was wasted. Figure 6. Each PV panel was prepared for mounting by adding lay-in grounding lugs
Figure 7. Each "L" bracket that would be holding the rails up was fitted with pitch pads to help establish a watertight penetration on the roof. Figure 8. The pv panels were attached to the roof via a Uni-Rac rail high-profile mounting system to allow air cooling underneath the array.
Figure 9. U-shaped brackets beetween the panels secured them to the rails. Figure 10. Once the mounting system was in place the panels went up very quickly.
Figure 11. Once the panels were mounted team members made the final wiring connections. Figure 12. The pv panels and the rail were grounded together with a #10AWG braided bare copper wire.
Figure 13. A 6000 watt "Sunny Boy" inverter (large white box) is the brain of the system. Figure 14.Under Duke Power's Independent Power Provider program the home will have two meters. One for the home and one for the pv system for sell back.

Installing the Water Furnace Geothermal System
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Figure 15 & 16. The trench was 6 feet deep and circled the home to obtain 1 ton of cooling.
Figure 17. Volunteers helped unroll the pipes that will carry the geothermal transfer fluid Figure 18. Tom Trantham of Water Furnace helps crimp final connections to ensure tight connectons.
Insert image of finished indoor unit Insert image of waterlines entering pumping module