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
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	104	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	485	Dee December 2018
Can you safely use a motorbike 12V GEL battery in a PV system ?	Haglun December 2018	3	371	BB. December 2018
Kw/hrs grid & Solar	stmoloud November 2018	26	352	stmoloud December 2018
Class C Motor Home	cyperpc November 2018	9	143	ScoobyMike December 2018
Two battery sources, one DC circuit	stmoloud November 2018	9	118	stmoloud December 2018
Battery Selection - System Sizing 12	nobadays November 2018	40	921	nobadays November 2018
Equalize charge off-grid	stmoloud November 2018	10	111	stmoloud November 2018
Mppt with generator input	Meyrick November 2018	5	132	BB. November 2018
Newbie Project	DMS11X November 2018	6	211	stmoloud November 2018
Remote monitoring and administration	cdrichards2 November 2018	8	142	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	986	mcgivor November 2018
4 stage battery charger with limited capacity?	nowak November 2018	7	123	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	100	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	481	Vic November 2018
Midnight 150	tobyhunt November 2018	6	146	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	51	Peter_V November 2018
Renogy kit 12	brownbear November 2018	38	614	littleharbor2 November 2018
How to put a battery through a bench test	richardimorse November 2018	1	53	BB. November 2018
Confused, seeking help for small power source	Georgiachild November 2018	6	122	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	462	richardimorse November 2018
New Solar Invertor owner, error, help? :(	CDM November 2018	5	474	CDM November 2018
MPPT and VOC limits	solardad November 2018	13	1.8K	Estragon November 2018