Solar Beginners Corner

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

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System Grounding Announcement	OffGridRory March 2011	30	7.6K	BB. March 2022
Panel Angles 1 2 Announcement	Thomas January 2012	53	14K	SethandBecca May 2021
Illustration of 8 KW (DC) GT Solar PV System Install for Residence in Urban Area 1 2...9 10 Announcement	a0128958 November 2009	279	380.6K	a0128958 August 2016
schneider 100amp/600v charge controller in 24vdc	offgridcabin2015 March 13	15	103	Graham Parkinson 12:57AM
SW 4024 dies every time I try to set the inverter to run	Richard55 March 20	8	51	Dave Angelini March 21
How can I correctly feed a 60 amp Renogy Controller Charger with eight 12 v 175 watt solar panels? 1 2	TellGRBill December 2022	32	247	TellGRBill March 17
inverter AC's	Gregaba March 14	2	54	Gregaba March 15
Combiner box	Gregaba March 13	2	36	Gregaba March 13
Connecting an electric 2 amp battery maintainer to a solar system	Tonytee March 3	7	92	Tonytee March 11
Need some help with settings after an extended grid outage on Friday	midwesteddie March 6	4	71	midwesteddie March 9
Battery Settings	JRM March 7	1	31	Ralph Day March 8
Need help diagnosing (and optimizing) solar installation	Keithjwaz February 23	4	97	Keithjwaz March 3
Question on shunt	Gregaba February 25	5	78	Gregaba March 1
Lithium batteries	Plucka March 1	1	58	littleharbor2 March 1
Victron Smart Solar MPPT 100/50 and Proper awg	JYanke January 24	10	157	JYanke February 28
Another question, this time about lightning 1 2	sub3marathonman February 2009	38	4.6K	BB. February 25
Off Grid Solar Power need to keep Generac Standby Generator Battery Charged so it will start	NorthernMI September 2020	12	1.1K	Graham Parkinson February 24
Battery s 1 2	Gregaba February 1	39	357	Gregaba February 20
Purchased a home with 2 older (different) systems installed	midwesteddie February 13	6	120	midwesteddie February 20
12volt verses 24 volt	Gregaba February 17	4	53	Gregaba February 18
How to determine proper wire size to use between Panels and MPPT Controller	rann May 2022	4	107	BB. February 18
Did I do this correctly? Magnum system to panel	kikijames February 8	17	146	kikijames February 16
Need Help With System Design	kaycee February 14	5	67	BB. February 14
Need help setting up solar electric system on our converted bus/motor home 1 2 3	TellGRBill October 2022	83	788	BB. February 7
Inverter Problems	Solarsurfer January 31	2	74	Solarsurfer February 2
L1 to L2 voltage is ~1v coming into SolarEdge inverter	kurtjx January 24	5	34	kurtjx January 25
Voltage where there shouldn't be any	Ako January 22	3	55	Vic January 22
Grid Codes for XW6848+	Luisoler January 15	1	29	Dave Angelini January 15
Portable battery + Bauer Solar Panels?	Sock January 14	3	39	BB. January 15
Off-Grid Automatic Generator Startup	LifeLong5050 September 2016	12	2K	Bee January 14
grid tie and hybrid connected	boatlagoon January 9	1	31	BB. January 11
Might have blown fuses	hillside September 2022	16	150	hillside January 1
Morningstar MPPT 45 showing false high voltage when connected to solar panels	Jaro December 2022	1	36	littleharbor2 December 2022

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