The cat5 cable allows the system to take in weather and location data.
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A trench is dug from the array to the house.
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The solar panel array is then craned off of a truck into place on top of the earth screws.
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Once the array is secured to the base and wired up the latitude and longitude of the area is programmed into the system and it can be powered up.
Conduits are placed in the trench containing a hot ground neutral and a cat5 cable.
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