Almost There!

Brian has been making a big final push to get our windmill up and functional before the colder weather really sinks its teeth in (we have already had several chilly days as it is).

A while ago, he built the support to help hold up the tower when it is lowered, then in the past week he has been finishing up stringing wires through all the conduits. First, McKay helped him string wires through the tower itself.

Can you tell a storm was moving in?

Even Hannah got to help for a bit by holding the spool at the base.

This this past weekend, he got the turbine and blades installed and hooked up.

Finally, today, he had Brandon help him pull wires through the conduit from the tower to the house -- they gave their arm muscles a good workout!

The electric company came by this afternoon and had one concern about the disconnect (they were going to have to check on what the specific regulations are), but other than that, told us everything looked great. Hopefully it will be up and blowin' in the wind soon! I'm still so amazed by what he has accomplished with this project!