New member and new build in MS

[willfish4fud]

solar stuff has been arriving last few days...never fooled with solar but tomorrows the day I guess

[willfish4fud]

have had this propane bottle rack on my mind for a while but hole saw prices are crazy so been blowing it off. picked up a large hole saw set from 3/4' to 6" at harbor freight on sale for $13.99

[willfish4fud]

was going to thru bolt but had stabilizers welded instead

[willfish4fud]

Building racks for solar panel mounts. Heated n bent 1/4" x 2" aluminum into brackets. thru bolted to 1"x2" aluminum tube

[willfish4fud]

Finished fabricating and installing mounts for solar panels

[willfish4fud]

Solar mounts install continued

[AZ_Desert_Rat]

Nice job and the install of the panels looks clean

There are a couple of different hole saw kits sold by HF, one with cheap saws and a second with pinned and lock nuts ... the latter is much better and will give less problems with the arbor.

Good job...

[willfish4fud]

Nice job and the install of the panels looks clean

There are a couple of different hole saw kits sold by HF, one with cheap saws and a second with pinned and lock nuts ... the latter is much better and will give less problems with the arbor.

Good job...

I bought the cheap set and have cut a dozen or so holes....more than I thought id get out of it....so far so good

[willfish4fud]

Solar install is complete and functioning properly. I have no experience with electrical except for past minor wiring on some boats. The instructions that come with solar equipment are very thorough and, to me, very wordy. This intimidated me for a while. I dealt with Handy Bob and referred to his blog photos a lot. He was great and had answers to several key questions that I couldn't find elsewhere. Now that its finished, it was fairly simple and straight forward. I did many trips to the store for connectors, screws, etc and spent a lot in small purchases. My next install will no doubt go much faster and somewhat cheaper. I plan to have an off grid cabin soon and feel confident I can do that system too.

[willfish4fud]

Enclosed the rack that holds batteries on trailer tongue. Laminated thin sheet metal (galvanized flashing) to 1/4" ply to help reflect some heat from new Trojan 105's

[willfish4fud]

Left Mississippi 2 weeks ago on a long fly fishing trip. Have fished n camped through AL, TN, KY, WV, MD and PA. So far the trailer has been great. I did change the bed set up and am glad I did. Have needed the room to move around. Solar setup has been perfect. Once I got to West VA I haven't needed the AC. Am currently in mountains of PA and temps are in the 40s n 50s. Pics to come