Christmas in Timber Town

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Hardware made easy (sort of)


Finally after several months of building, failures, testing, rebuilding and success, all of the SSRs are now completed and ready for use! Going through prototyping until final assembly was an almost grueling process to be sure. Countless checks and rechecking had to be done in an assemblyline-like procedure and was necessary to be sure of reliability and safety. A few repairs were needed to fix problems but it wasn't a major headache like the Grinchs. A lot of care had to be used to prevent the mixing of DC and AC voltages with the rain and snow of winter. The process will begin again after Christmas to build the other half of the SSRs for a total of 32. Shown above is the final product known as the SSR. Each has a designation (A1 to P1) and next year's (A2 to P2). The containers are mostly waterproof and some sealant was applied where needed around the cables.