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

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Discussion List

Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
Solar panels to battery charge.	cptmiker December 2018	9	262	BB. December 2018
Normal inverter power consumption	mshah December 2018	6	161	BB. December 2018
Voltage dropping too fast	roadrunnerjoe December 2018	5	864	BB. December 2018
Is it fine to solder ferrules to wire?	MontyYoung December 2018	9	3.3K	BB. December 2018
Emergency Lighting and Data Power in an Off Grid System	richardimorse December 2018	4	106	richardimorse December 2018
Parallel two low amp cables to make one big	stmoloud December 2018	17	7.7K	stmoloud December 2018
Off-grid rural Upstate NY needs help ASAP for minimal heat	Dee November 2018	28	506	Dee December 2018
Can you safely use a motorbike 12V GEL battery in a PV system ?	Haglun December 2018	3	376	BB. December 2018
Kw/hrs grid & Solar	stmoloud November 2018	26	385	stmoloud December 2018
Class C Motor Home	cyperpc November 2018	9	141	ScoobyMike December 2018
Two battery sources, one DC circuit	stmoloud November 2018	9	123	stmoloud December 2018
Battery Selection - System Sizing 12	nobadays November 2018	40	941	nobadays November 2018
Equalize charge off-grid	stmoloud November 2018	10	120	stmoloud November 2018
Mppt with generator input	Meyrick November 2018	5	132	BB. November 2018
Newbie Project	DMS11X November 2018	6	212	stmoloud November 2018
Remote monitoring and administration	cdrichards2 November 2018	8	141	KMac November 2018
Panel differences?	DMS11X November 2018	4	121	BB. November 2018
Off Grid which generator to chose 10 kVA to 15kVA	richardimorse November 2018	19	1K	mcgivor November 2018
4 stage battery charger with limited capacity?	nowak November 2018	7	126	mcgivor November 2018
buffer battery size	NMNeil November 2018	5	122	bill von novak November 2018
Measure DC usage for future solar setup	stmoloud November 2018	11	92	stmoloud November 2018
Should I trust this solar spreadsheet?	stmoloud November 2018	4	62	stmoloud November 2018
Sizing panel arrays for FlexMax 80 Charge Controllers	richardimorse November 2018	6	483	Vic November 2018
Midnight 150	tobyhunt November 2018	6	143	halfcrazy November 2018
Generator Power Limits on Outback Inverters	richardimorse November 2018	12	732	Dave Angelini November 2018
Small Grid Tied inverter	BuildSolar November 2018	2	52	Peter_V November 2018
Renogy kit 12	brownbear November 2018	38	613	littleharbor2 November 2018
How to put a battery through a bench test	richardimorse November 2018	1	52	BB. November 2018
Confused, seeking help for small power source	Georgiachild November 2018	6	128	NANOcontrol November 2018
Charging parallel battery banks = multiply the maximum charge current by the number of strings	richardimorse November 2018	1	41	mcgivor November 2018