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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
What is FLOAT CHARGING on Controller?	hmong2017 April 2018	5	10.3K	Photowhit April 2018
Pwm with mixed 12v nominal panels on trailer	jimbuck April 2018	21	808	jimbuck April 2018
Solar Energy Survey - University of Colorado, Boulder	hunterc19 April 2018	3	74	mike95490 April 2018
Panel strings	mountainman April 2018	8	181	mountainman April 2018
Off grid system basic principles	schmek April 2018	13	261	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	133	BB. April 2018
Homemade Automatic Choke for Generator.	JBish130 October 2016	8	9.4K	MarkAllen April 2018
Solar Question for charging boat batteries	Tigerhorn April 2018	2	92	mcgivor April 2018
Need help with Off-Grid Batteries, Inverters and Panels	AmazonWiz April 2016	9	472	littleharbor2 April 2018
Absorb voltage between controllers. Ts45, Ps-30	jimbuck April 2018	16	201	jimbuck April 2018
newbie mppt controller sizing question	snokid April 2018	4	83	mcgivor April 2018
Help sorting this out!	moonbow April 2018	6	203	mcgivor April 2018
Wiring more then 4 batteries in parallel?	ollyomm April 2018	6	423	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	92	mburelle April 2018
"Inlet High" Voltage on Inverter	GreenPowerManiac March 2018	9	125	GreenPowerManiac April 2018
Charging too fast, how much is too much?	wayneworkman2012 March 2018	2	92	Estragon April 2018
Newbie solar system voltage question and sizing	learaviator March 2018	4	101	learaviator March 2018
1470w Poly or 1100w Mono Panels	gjlsan March 2018	6	141	myocardia March 2018
Question?	natejasper March 2018	2	62	BB. March 2018
Off grid generator??	Arkansasoffgrid August 2013	26	5K	mike95490 March 2018
what kind of wire to extend from Solar Panel to Controller?	hmong2017 March 2018	8	1.1K	BB. March 2018
Yes, another beginner with obvious questions... confusing battery and trying to figure out setup	Tempogen March 2018	6	231	Ski66 March 2018
Need a check setting up my first PV system	nigelknoy March 2018	4	151	nigelknoy March 2018
Building an Off-Grid house in Alaska, now what?	aksala March 2018	5	172	aksala March 2018
How to best wire multiple charge controllers to batteries	Christine March 2018	23	1.2K	MichaelK March 2018
Forklift batteries setting charger	osvaldo3 March 2018	6	343	osvaldo3 March 2018
Small system questions	dgc2018 March 2018	2	72	Estragon March 2018
Need some basic advise on panel urgently	WandaFletcher March 2018	12	214	mryimmers March 2018
Determine what I need to run a system	Theodore March 2018	2	41	Estragon March 2018