Assembly line....

 7:13 am - Friday - December 20th - TWW - 40° F (another warm night), humidity 33%, wind 8 mph out of the east by southeast.....partially cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 67° F (another warm day).  On this date in 2014 TLE and I were having dinner at the famous Merry-Go-Round Restaurant in Lone Pine, CA......

We had one goal Thursday.....begin the assembly of the dual axis solar array I bought many weeks ago.  This array will have six 100 watt bi-facial solar panels, and will follow, and track the sun all day long, giving us more hours of maximum wattage being 'pumped' into our Bluetti AC200MAX 6,600 watt hour Bluetti AC200MAX solar charger, and enable us to use our generator less.  The first thing in the instructions is to place the heavy duty mast on the concrete pad and make sure it is level, with the correct side of the mast facing east....

The concrete pad I poured a week ago is perfectly level!

.....once it was determined I had done a good job leveling the concrete pad it was time to drill the 8 holes in the concrete for the expansion bolts that would hold the mast in place....

All 8 expansion bolt holes have been successfully drilled....time to pound in the expansion bolts

All 8 expansion bolts have been inserted in their respective holes....time to bolt the mast into place

The mast is secured!  Let the assembly begin!

.....once the mast is securely bolted to the concrete foundation it is time to begin the assembly!  The instructions were very well written, and we were able to get it about 50% assembled  before it was time to clean up for dinner.  Charles and Phyllis had arrived about 2 hours earlier, and Phyllis was preparing dinner for us....

About 50% assembled

.....we should be able to finish the assembly on Friday, and start tracking the sun then, or Saturday at the latest.  We are very excited!

We had a lovely dinner in the house full of wide ranging conversation, great food, and vino.  After dinner I took a nap, then we reconvened in the living room to watch a couple of episodes of 'Silent Witness', a BritBox series that currently has 27 seasons, and is still in production.  As with all of the other BritBox series we have watched, we love this series....we are currently in season 13, so a long, long way to go.

Thanks for stopping by!