Solar Beginners Corner

New to solar? Then this is the place to start. Basic solar, wind, battery, inverter stuff.

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Illustration of 8 KW (DC) GT Solar PV System Install for Residence in Urban Area 1 2...9 10 Announcement	a0128958 November 2009	279	375.1K	a0128958 August 2016
Panel Angles 1 2 Announcement	Thomas January 2012	39	12.9K	fauss May 2016
Off Grid which generator to chose 10 kVA to 15kVA	richardimorse 8:34AM	8	43	richardimorse 8:33PM
buffer battery size	NMNeil 2:47PM	1	14	Estragon 4:24PM
Off-grid rural Upstate NY needs help ASAP for minimal heat	Dee November 14	14	110	Estragon November 17
Off grid backyard trailer solar 1 2 3	tucsonjwt November 2	79	400	BB. November 17
Measure DC usage for future solar setup	stmoloud November 15	11	67	stmoloud November 16
Should I trust this solar spreadsheet?	stmoloud November 14	4	43	stmoloud November 15
Sizing panel arrays for FlexMax 80 Charge Controllers	richardimorse November 13	6	53	Vic November 15
Midnight 150	tobyhunt November 4	6	86	halfcrazy November 14
Generator Power Limits on Outback Inverters	richardimorse November 7	12	127	Dave Angelini November 14
Heating water with pvc pipe	Plucka November 14	3	49	Estragon November 14
Small Grid Tied inverter	BuildSolar November 7	2	45	Peter_V November 14
Newbie Project	DMS11X November 14	1	35	BB. November 14
Kw/hrs grid & Solar	stmoloud November 9	25	215	stmoloud November 14
Renogy kit 1 2	brownbear November 6	38	306	littleharbor2 November 13
How to put a battery through a bench test	richardimorse November 8	1	37	BB. November 8
Confused, seeking help for small power source	Georgiachild November 2	6	88	NANOcontrol November 7
Charging parallel battery banks = multiply the maximum charge current by the number of strings	richardimorse November 7	1	27	mcgivor November 7
Hurricane hits off grid solar installation on remote beach which previously had performance issues 1 2	richardimorse October 18	35	262	richardimorse November 7
New Solar Invertor owner, error, help? :(	CDM November 4	5	64	CDM November 4
Remote monitoring and administration	cdrichards2 November 2	7	80	Dave Angelini November 3
MPPT and VOC limits	solardad November 2	13	99	Estragon November 3
Which Battery too I swap out in a battery bank	richardimorse October 25	17	161	richardimorse November 2
Anyone know how many watts on the roof of a Nissan 3500 HT	Birdog October 26	2	51	Birdog November 2
Inverter low voltage at 12.6 Volts?	stmoloud October 29	17	88	BB. October 31
Heating option 1 2	parbob1 October 21	32	339	Dave Angelini October 30
Microinverter to 220V-120V step down transformer to AC wall socket possible?	meridiansolar October 2011	25	4K	bill von novak October 29
Morningstar MPPT-45 charging problem after firmware update	Jaro October 29	2	50	BB. October 29
kWh required to keep batteries charged?	lasitter October 26	13	114	BB. October 28
Using a 18v solar panel on a 12v system	bigslo October 26	3	72	oil pan 4 October 27
Do I need a disconnect/switch on each parallel string (3 strings in parallel)?	tchss777 October 26	11	71	tchss777 October 27

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