Solar Beginners Corner

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
Normal inverter power consumption	mshah December 2018	6	166	BB. December 2018
Voltage dropping too fast	roadrunnerjoe December 2018	5	863	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	101	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	498	Dee December 2018
Can you safely use a motorbike 12V GEL battery in a PV system ?	Haglun December 2018	3	373	BB. December 2018
Kw/hrs grid & Solar	stmoloud November 2018	26	376	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	942	nobadays November 2018
Equalize charge off-grid	stmoloud November 2018	10	112	stmoloud November 2018
Mppt with generator input	Meyrick November 2018	5	131	BB. November 2018
Newbie Project	DMS11X November 2018	6	211	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	994	mcgivor November 2018
4 stage battery charger with limited capacity?	nowak November 2018	7	121	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	91	stmoloud November 2018
Should I trust this solar spreadsheet?	stmoloud November 2018	4	61	stmoloud November 2018
Sizing panel arrays for FlexMax 80 Charge Controllers	richardimorse November 2018	6	481	Vic November 2018
Midnight 150	tobyhunt November 2018	6	141	halfcrazy November 2018
Generator Power Limits on Outback Inverters	richardimorse November 2018	12	731	Dave Angelini November 2018
Small Grid Tied inverter	BuildSolar November 2018	2	51	Peter_V November 2018
Renogy kit 12	brownbear November 2018	38	611	littleharbor2 November 2018
How to put a battery through a bench test	richardimorse November 2018	1	51	BB. November 2018
Confused, seeking help for small power source	Georgiachild November 2018	6	121	NANOcontrol November 2018
Charging parallel battery banks = multiply the maximum charge current by the number of strings	richardimorse November 2018	1	42	mcgivor November 2018
Hurricane hits off grid solar installation on remote beach which previously had performance issues 12	richardimorse October 2018	35	473	richardimorse November 2018