The Photographic Tour of the GTAC: The ROOF
Notice in the aerial photos that the array is divided into seven sections, or feeder circuits. Each of these has its own set of disconnection switches on the roof, so we can isolate any one of the seven sections, or even certain subsections of any one of the seven sections. These disconnection switches are shown below. Click on the picture to see what's inside.
The picture below shows the "nerve center" of our rooftop data acquisition system (DAS), including the Hoffman box housing the electronics, the irradiance measuring instruments (pyranometers, the two round white things just below and left of center), and the wind measuring instrument (an anemometer, the black plastic cups at the end of the arm). Note also the rows of white boxes in between the sections of solar panels. Those little white boxes are the source circuit protectors and combiners which contain surge arrestors and fuses and allow for easy connection of the individual strings of PV modules to the main current-carrying cables.
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