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" Things have been pretty quiet on here on the solar home front, but that&amp;#039;s about to change. Out in the shed right now sit five boxes full of Southwest Windpower (www.windenergy.com) wind turbine and associated components, along with two kilowatts of Evergreen (www.evergreensolar) solar panels, and an inverter and charge controller from Outback Power (www.outbackpower.com). The rack for the panels is due next week (www.wattsun.com), at which point the mayhem begins.  Right now, I&amp;#039;m prepping by tying up other loose ends, so I&amp;#039;ll have five or six days free to work on the install. Next Monday, our neighbor is coming over with his Volvo mini excavator to trench for power lines and dig a huge hole for the concrete pad we&amp;#039;ll pour for the panels. The engineers at Wattsun tell me we need a hole that&amp;#039;s at least four feet square and seven feet deep, which should be adequate to support our 200-square foot sail\u2026 um, I mean panel array.  I&amp;#039;ll post again when action commences. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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