Northgate 75KWh Solar

Delivery Day: 12/18/2008

Boom Lift Materials to Roof

Material Layout

Roll of Solar Cell Material

Tools of the Trade

Material Layout

Material Layout

Material Adhesion

Solar Electric Junction Boxes

Northgate 75KWh Solar

December 29, 2008

Preparing the Inverter Foundation

Inverter Foundation

Available Hook Up

Junction Boxes Mounted

Junction Box Up Close

Placing the Inverter

Inside the Inverter

Inside the Inverter

Northgate 75KWh Solar

January 9, 2009

Inverter Complete

Northgate 75KWh Solar

January 22, 2009

Most of the Cells are Wired

One of Several Fuse Boxes

Looking across the Cells

Northgate 75KWh Solar

February 1, 2009

Aerial View

Aerial View

Power Production Cycle

Solar Cells

PG&E

Inverter

Northgate

Quick Defenitions

Inverter – Converts DC current into 110v AC KWh – Killowatt hour = 1000 watts for 1 hour Thin Film Solar – new flexible technology Grid – common term for the electric company Base Load – Minimum idle power (power used

when no one is home) At 11:00am on April 2, the meter was activated

and energy credits begin. The switch is on!