Solar Beginners Corner

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

Discussion List

Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
Can different panels be mixed together?	REPO May 2011	5	2.1K	BB. May 2011
Decision time: series vs parallel	bstory May 2011	7	1.7K	niel May 2011
Share the pain	rbtrrer May 2011	15	1K	rbtrrer May 2011
Another newbie signing on for the first time!	Fire Instructor May 2011	9	675	niel May 2011
Solar design help needed for a newbie	System May 2011	6	673	solar_dave May 2011
adding water - battery performance	abrockca May 2011	23	2.2K	abrockca May 2011
New Controller, new voltage readings?	bmet May 2011	2	515	bmet May 2011
Is this a ground problem?	wingshadow May 2011	19	1.5K	wingshadow May 2011
Newbie needs help with backup solar power system design	tombronx May 2011	16	2.3K	BB. May 2011
How to hardwire a DC battery charger?	Dumbdumbhead May 2011	15	3.6K	icarus May 2011
Best option Kyocera 135 Junction Box or MC4 Cable?	Truth Machine February 2011	26	5.3K	JESSICA May 2011
How-to properly size battery interconnect cables?	Dumbdumbhead May 2011	22	8.7K	mike95490 May 2011
Another newbie	BoFuller May 2011	4	450	icarus May 2011
Inverters	System May 2011	8	1.1K	System2 May 2011
Off grid component location and sizing	sunenergy March 2011	16	2K	sunenergy May 2011
Anyone familiar with SunSaver Charge Controllers?	bmet May 2011	3	568	bmet May 2011
High School Project	Giftneigung May 2011	17	1.3K	icarus May 2011
Solar Panel Input	With54 May 2011	3	469	With54 May 2011
Terminology question; does #10 cable mean 10 AWG cable?	Dumbdumbhead May 2011	3	5.5K	dwh May 2011
How to fish MC4 through a RV gelcoat roof?	Dumbdumbhead May 2011	7	1.7K	Dumbdumbhead May 2011
Watt hours and battery basics	System May 2011	4	1.7K	System2 May 2011
Solar Backup for CPAP Machine.	System July 2008	21	5.5K	mike95490 May 2011
what thickness glass and metal are used in commnercial panels?	rollandelliott May 2011	5	3.9K	2manytoyz May 2011
Adding Outback FM60 to Xantrex system	deacon May 2011	8	1.1K	deacon May 2011
Solar array sizing	azrc May 2011	3	861	niel May 2011
Saying hello!	ronc89021 May 2011	13	1.1K	ronc89021 May 2011
Which charge controller	Lightnin Rick April 2011	13	1.5K	54d18 May 2011
How do I use this Solar Panel?	System May 2011	6	847	Photowhit May 2011
Maximum Charge with limit space?	System May 2011	5	580	Cariboocoot May 2011
Maxing out 24 volt charge controller	sepsolman411 May 2011	1	795	Cariboocoot May 2011