// WICH Studio Compound — Primary Power Generation

Solar
Utility
Annex

Compound Power Hub — Attached to The Fortress

Primary power generation for the entire compound
Solar array — charge controllers — inverter banks
Main battery banks — compound-wide storage
Multi-fuel generator with automatic transfer switch
Wind turbine supplement — cloudy weather generation
Electronics workshop — on-site repair and fabrication

Grid Independent Solar Primary Battery Storage Generator ATS Wind Supplement Workshop

Power Sources3

SolarPrimary

BatteryCharged

GeneratorStandby

GridNone

Primary

// Photovoltaic Generation — Roof + Ground Mount

Solar Array

Large ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar arrays form the compound's primary power source. All solar production flows through charge controllers before entering the battery bank.

Large solar panel array — roof and ground mount
Oriented for maximum Smoky Mountain solar capture
Charge controllers — regulate panel output to battery bank
Inverter banks — convert DC storage to AC distribution
Monitoring system — live panel output tracking
Tilt-optimized mounting — seasonal angle adjustment

Solar is the backbone of compound power. When the sun is out, the compound generates first and stores the surplus.

// Generation Flow

// Solar → charge controllers → battery bank → inverters → distribution

Solar reliabilityPrimary source

Array coverageRoof + ground

Storage

// Compound-Wide Storage — Emergency Reserve

Battery Bank

The main battery banks in the SUA provide compound-wide power storage — buffering solar and wind generation, sustaining operations through the night, and providing emergency reserve when primary generation is interrupted.

Main battery banks — compound-wide primary storage
Sized for extended overnight and multi-day reserve
Battery management system — cell balancing and protection
Temperature-controlled enclosure — optimal cell longevity
State-of-charge monitoring — visible from Brain Room dashboard
Station secondary battery system — independent local reserve
UPS systems on all critical electronics — switchover bridge

The Station carries its own secondary battery system independently — two layers of storage ensure the broadcast never drops due to a power switchover.

// Storage Tiers

Tier	Location	Role
Primary	SUA — main bank	Compound-wide
Secondary	The Station	Broadcast reserve
Tertiary	UPS — all buildings	Switchover bridge

Storage redundancy depth3 tiers

Backup

// Multi-Fuel — Automatic Transfer Switch

Generator

A multi-fuel generator provides emergency power and long-duration operation when solar and battery reserves cannot sustain compound needs. The Automatic Transfer Switch handles cutover without manual intervention.

Multi-fuel capability — flexibility across fuel types
Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) — seamless cutover
Long-duration operation capability
Generator controls housed in SUA
Remote start and monitoring from Brain Room

// Fuel Storage

Protected fuel tanks — fireproof vault storage
Underground tank option for long-term reserve
Fuel rotation protocol — freshness maintained
Monitored from Brain Room dashboard

The generator is the last line of power defense. ATS means it engages automatically — no human intervention needed during an emergency.

Supplement

// Cloudy Weather Generation — Solar Complement

Wind Turbine

A small wind turbine supplements solar generation during overcast conditions — the Smoky Mountain climate's frequent cloud cover makes wind an important complement to solar. Wind and solar generation are rarely both zero simultaneously, improving compound-wide generation reliability.

Small wind turbine — supplemental generation
Fills solar gaps during cloudy weather
Tied into SUA battery charging system
Additional mounting points on Fortress roof — optional expansion
Output monitored from Brain Room dashboard

Wind + Solar combined uptimeHigh reliability

Distribution

// Compound-Wide Electrical Distribution

Power Distribution

The SUA is the compound's electrical hub — all generation feeds in, and distribution runs out to every building via buried conduit. The Fortress Brain Room monitors the full distribution picture in real time.

// Distribution Runs

The Fortress — primary building, attached to SUA

The Station — underground buried conduit

Bath House — compound grid feed

Ember Nest — compound grid connection

// Electrical Systems in SUA

Solar inverter systems — DC to AC conversion
Charge controllers — all generation sources
Main battery banks
Generator controls and ATS panel
Main electrical distribution panels
Surge protection — whole-compound entry point
Monitoring and telemetry — feeds Brain Room dashboard

Workshop

// On-Site Electronics Repair and Fabrication

Electronics Workshop

The SUA includes a dedicated electronics workshop for maintaining, repairing, and fabricating compound systems on-site. When equipment fails, repair happens here — no shipping out, no waiting.

Electronics repair workstation — component-level repair
Soldering and rework station
Test equipment — meters, oscilloscope, signal generators
Spare parts inventory — critical components stocked
Cable fabrication — custom runs made on-site
EMP-hardened spare devices — stored in Faraday bags

An on-site workshop means compound systems can be repaired and maintained without outside help. In an extended emergency, this capability is irreplaceable.