Solar Beginners Corner

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

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Best way to configure?	sprintman June 2011	2	358	niel June 2011
"No Need to Derate" What does it really mean?	bmet June 2011	3	1.2K	n3qik June 2011
advice?	System June 2011	8	743	techntrek June 2011
Tristar 45 (non MPPT) charger	rabbit_39 June 2011	6	1.1K	mike95490 June 2011
Dock power	System June 2011	2	420	niel June 2011
Real-Time, "Live" Portable Setup? Panel & Inverter Only?	Light June 2011	13	1.9K	rabbit_39 June 2011
Charging?	System June 2011	9	797	bluewickedburner June 2011
soc	petertearai June 2011	6	673	Cariboocoot June 2011
help with my connections	solaris3000 June 2011	5	563	The Only Sarge June 2011
No tracker for me.	bluewickedburner June 2011	4	523	bluewickedburner June 2011
Am I getting the straight scoop?	sprintman June 2011	10	847	BB. June 2011
OCP Following Combiner	czars June 2011	1	506	BB. June 2011
New Configuration	solaris3000 June 2011	12	957	solaris3000 June 2011
24v solar panel to 12v battery	System June 2011	2	6.3K	Cariboocoot June 2011
Junction boxes and inverters	ryan1 June 2011	10	826	waynefromnscanada June 2011
Certifications/training	rabbit_39 June 2011	1	295	The Only Sarge June 2011
80kWp off-grid	rabbit_39 June 2011	3	416	rabbit_39 June 2011
Battery charger size for 2 x T105	sunenergy June 2011	5	4.3K	sunenergy June 2011
Wiring sizes, disadvantage to larger?	bluewickedburner June 2011	6	910	niel June 2011
Maximizing a solar day?	rgk1 June 2011	9	1.4K	nsaspook June 2011
batteries not charging through charge controller	lotek June 2011	4	1.5K	lotek June 2011
48V to 12V converter?	Seven June 2011	6	2.1K	BB. June 2011
MC4 Cable Size Help	Elmer T May 2011	7	5.3K	ggunn June 2011
BP Solarex MST 50 MV	bpoint May 2011	19	4.9K	bpoint June 2011
Small loads (power wise) but high use	rabbit_39 June 2011	14	1.3K	stephendv June 2011
first time startup	lotek June 2011	7	526	lotek June 2011
Absolute Newbie question about batteries	System June 2011	7	569	mike95490 June 2011
New to solar	System June 2011	2	391	solar_dave June 2011
XW6048 programing	System June 2011	3	490	System2 June 2011
Inverters in parallel?	bluewickedburner June 2011	4	615	bluewickedburner June 2011

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