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
Solar System Switches	Pete4049 May 2018	2	61	mcgivor May 2018
Portable Solar System	DDiamond April 2018	6	251	DDiamond May 2018
Large charge controller costs	schmek May 2018	3	101	schmek May 2018
Cost of off grid systems	Seminoob April 2018	20	331	peakbagger May 2018
alternative method for connecting the AC out Terminals on my inverter	Nabiru3 April 2018	3	93	BB. April 2018
PV wires in conduit	Pete4049 April 2018	1	71	Raj174 April 2018
Angle of the dangle	oldmako October 2017	14	231	Estragon April 2018
Whirlpool, 110V, 6.5 amp refridgerator	zilchll April 2018	6	1.2K	706jim April 2018
Inverters	schmek April 2018	21	372	schmek April 2018
few questions about solar (a newbie)	Nabiru3 April 2018	11	231	Nabiru3 April 2018
Load amps vs battery charging amps	mountainman April 2018	6	111	BB. April 2018
n00b needs help with solar panel kit – inverter shutting off	strawmann April 2018	4	71	BB. April 2018
PV to Inverter fuses & or breakers	Pete4049 April 2018	2	31	BB. April 2018
Does 24V Batteries Exist?	hmong2017 April 2018	6	2.4K	Estragon April 2018
Charge controller settings	screw April 2018	1	61	Estragon April 2018
What is FLOAT CHARGING on Controller?	hmong2017 April 2018	5	10.1K	Photowhit April 2018
Pwm with mixed 12v nominal panels on trailer	jimbuck April 2018	21	773	jimbuck April 2018
Solar Energy Survey - University of Colorado, Boulder	hunterc19 April 2018	3	71	mike95490 April 2018
Panel strings	mountainman April 2018	8	181	mountainman April 2018
Off grid system basic principles	schmek April 2018	13	243	Photowhit April 2018
6 batteries in parallel is bad	snokid April 2018	13	1.5K	snokid April 2018
Simple solar light setup	sunshinelover April 2018	7	131	BB. April 2018
Homemade Automatic Choke for Generator.	JBish130 October 2016	8	8.9K	MarkAllen April 2018
Solar Question for charging boat batteries	Tigerhorn April 2018	2	91	mcgivor April 2018
Need help with Off-Grid Batteries, Inverters and Panels	AmazonWiz April 2016	9	412	littleharbor2 April 2018
Absorb voltage between controllers. Ts45, Ps-30	jimbuck April 2018	16	181	jimbuck April 2018
newbie mppt controller sizing question	snokid April 2018	4	84	mcgivor April 2018
Help sorting this out!	moonbow April 2018	6	192	mcgivor April 2018
Wiring more then 4 batteries in parallel?	ollyomm April 2018	6	420	mike95490 April 2018
From Solar off-grid to Solar (main)+ grid – From generator back-up to grid as back-up (ME-ARC)	mburelle November 2017	4	91	mburelle April 2018