October 2023 continued

          More walls needed to have their screw holes filled, sanded down, and then the primer coat of paint applied around the edges with a brush and also over the bumpiest bits ready for the first coat with the paint roller. Below you can see the various stages of progress.

Josh was working on the solar set up. He bought a large metal box and set it up under the house, and put the inverter etc in it.

Lots of fancy pretty coloured wires and switches. It is all designed to meet Australian safety standards.

This is the inverter set up inside the house, you can see the blue box attached to the wall and some associated plugs and wires. On the ground are the batteries which we had set up on a rolling stand.

Lots of special tools and equipment that Josh used for the solar installation.

Josh also bought a large metal box to move the batteries into, and this was placed under the verandah.

Here is a close up of all the wires that join the batteries into one system.

I'm not very good at explaining all this electricity stuff as I only understand some of it,

Below you can see the larger blue box, which is the inverter, has been taken from out of the house and put into the big metal box under the house.

The door on this box closes up to keep everything safe.

Josh cut a hole in the box for cooling air flow and installed metal mesh to keep the creatures out.

Next installment - I see some wooden doors and I want to paint them black!