Possible Implementations
Pump Side Building Install


Phases of Project: Initial Theory | Possible Implementations | Chosen Design | Final Project | Lessons Learned | System Install | Pump Building Side Install

__ This is the pump house building.  It contains the water tanks and pumping apparatus for the park.  It also contains the inverter for the Bergey turbine.
    First we installed the transmitter to the south side of the building with the small antenna towards the east, where our receiver will be.
 
  Next we installed the electronics to send the kWh signal to our transmitter.  We piggybacked it onto the kWh meter.  Since these units are primarily signaling and low voltage, we decided a large box was unnecessary.
  We drilled through the brick to run our two wires, one is our anemometer input, the other is the kWh input.  Prior to the photo we sealed the penetration with foam sealant.
  On our Bergey turbine tower, we installed the Davis anemometer and ran the wires to the Davis transmitter.
  We lowered one of the park lights to install our repeater between the pump house and main building.  This repeater runs on solar and battery power only and does not connect to the 120v lighting.

Project Funded By:

West Texas A&M University | Texas State Energy Conservation Office | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | U.S. Department of Energy