Solar Beginners Corner

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

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New Controller, new voltage readings?	bmet May 2011	2	522	bmet May 2011
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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	456	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	576	bmet May 2011
High School Project	Giftneigung May 2011	17	1.4K	icarus May 2011
Solar Panel Input	With54 May 2011	3	476	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	851	Photowhit May 2011
Maximum Charge with limit space?	System May 2011	5	586	Cariboocoot May 2011
Maxing out 24 volt charge controller	sepsolman411 May 2011	1	804	Cariboocoot May 2011
solar panels tied in together	conntaxman April 2011	9	2.2K	niel May 2011
Heat or Dirt	Gazz April 2011	13	1.4K	Gazz May 2011
5th Wheel RV Solar/Battery/Inverter Upgrade	soleil November 2010	28	14.5K	soleil April 2011
MPPT Controller-Panel Power Question	System April 2011	4	1.2K	silvertop April 2011
Worrying about battery damage...	RandomJoe April 2011	3	645	niel April 2011
solar panel angle	bmet April 2011	8	1.3K	bmet April 2011

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