Solar Beginners Corner

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

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Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
PV Setup - success, Want to see how it fares	Nila January 2013	21	1.2K	Photowhit January 2013
Connectors and wires	smoothisfast December 2012	11	854	BB. January 2013
A project of 12 volt	alkhaleejsolar January 2013	3	387	alkhaleejsolar January 2013
Parallel charging question	Wxboy October 2012	21	2.1K	H2SO4_guy January 2013
Home Solar System will not recharge system to 100%?	sisterevil January 2013	6	644	niel January 2013
Charge settings on a Tristar 45 mppt	oldgearhead January 2013	7	722	BB. January 2013
best battery for solar?	alkhaleejsolar December 2012	4	869	ericks January 2013
For New Readers and non-electrical folks--Jargon, Math, and General Confusion Questions	BB. December 2012	1	256	inetdog December 2012
Xantrex string sizing	Hamfast December 2012	6	652	inetdog December 2012
Clarification on battery charging 12	340driver December 2012	35	2.2K	inetdog December 2012
Caluatiing loads with watt meter	ldiorio December 2012	1	248	Cariboocoot December 2012
controller for 48V amorphous panels	green_field December 2012	5	779	Photowhit December 2012
tilted solar racking cost	christian09 December 2012	4	712	solarix December 2012
Solar/Battery Setup for Portable Video Player	dubyasquared December 2012	5	762	niel December 2012
perfect and efective way	alkhaleejsolar December 2012	3	340	BB. December 2012
Naked ground wire	konstantin.neo December 2012	8	1.5K	BB. December 2012
top up battery bank from generator	System August 2008	10	5.4K	Vic December 2012
question on inverter/charging setup 12	Nila December 2012	34	3.3K	Nila December 2012
Newbie panel question (Trina Solar TSM-230)	audiodave1 December 2012	11	1.1K	BB. December 2012
Can I use a Blue Sea 9003E 350 Amp Battery Switch as an inverter disconnect?	bebey December 2012	2	740	vtmaps December 2012
Designing my set up which is best 24v 48v	RandyH December 2012	8	1.9K	waynefromnscanada December 2012
Average Grid-tie inverter lifespan?	balee123 December 2012	1	710	BB. December 2012
Finally wired and fused!	ouello December 2012	7	599	Photowhit December 2012
Suplimental Solar charging in a mobil appllication	Bunkie314 November 2012	16	1.1K	niel December 2012
Hi, im new and i want to do this right.	Kframe December 2012	14	959	Photowhit December 2012
So...I'm Confused (what a concept) :)	t.ferguson December 2012	4	511	Desert Rat December 2012
System Upgrade	Phxsunuser December 2012	2	336	niel December 2012
Need Help With Wire Gauging	mbsimonds December 2012	11	880	inetdog December 2012
I am confused (again)	rake1 December 2012	13	869	rake1 December 2012
Newbie with lots of questions 12	Mr. Prep December 2012	32	1.7K	Volvo Farmer December 2012