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Using compressed nitrogen to blow the concrete dust out of the holes.

Dry fitting tower base pieces.

Using Epcon A7 acrylic adhesive to bond 1" all-thread galvanized steel rods to the concrete block. 12" of embeddment.

Excess adhesive indicates that the hole is filled.

Putting some nice clean holes in the tilt over base.

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Test raising empty tower.

Using the anemometer boom to get both booms perpendicular to each other.

Connectors for quick wiring of the turbine.

Day started at 5:30AM and at sunset it is time to start getting down the mountain.

Lots of empty towers. That will be fixed over the next few days.

I forgot to bring proper screws for the wind turbine. So this is the 4 hour drive to the hardware store solution.

One turbine together and ready to fly.

Anna has cool safety glasses.

The Chinese jack failed partway up. So we used an ATV to pull it up.

The Rohn 25G needed guy wires. Since we weren't going to pour deadmen, we innovated. The wire rope was wrapped around a big rock and then additional rocks were "glued" on with some concrete.

Putting an alternator and blades on a Bergey Excel using the gin pole. Windy work.

Anna took a bunch of good photos of the wild flowers. They were very muted colors and very pretty.

We ran out of time to finish the mechanical work on the enclosure before it had to ship. So metal work was conducted on top of the mountain with a cordless drill and grinder. All of the gray spray paint is a zinc rich paint called "cold galvanize". It prevents rusting.

With all hands of deck, the solar panel was installed. The wind made that quite the workout.

Jim building the shelf brackets for the job box. 1.5" thick foam goes on all sides.

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72 volt turbine.

24 volt turbine.

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The tower raising jack blew an o-ring. We couldn't feed oil to it faster than it would leak out. The gravel is improvised kitty litter to soak up all of the spilled hydraulic oil.

Box is insulated and peliters are all installed. Time to put some batteries and electronics in it!

The top of the job box makes a great place to store tools while working.

The lower electronics panel is mostly power electronics, power distribution, and control relays.

The 72 volt turbine and wind sensors come into this box. Inside are a sensor input module, turbine frequency pickup, barometer, and turbine stop switch. The arm to the right will eventually hold a temperature and relative humidity sensor. All cables are taped or clamped to the tower to prevent them from being whipped around by the wind.

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Which direction is the wind coming from?

Buttoned up and ready to be left alone.

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Solar panel, wireless bridge, and web camera.

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