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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
Need help choosing an inverter for 3kw (no grid tie)	scubaet July 2017	10	212	Photowhit July 2017
Graphs from eGauge show odd power consumption.	major July 2017	24	412	Solray July 2017
Venting question from rookie - small system in cabin	GXB2000 July 2017	17	819	mike95490 July 2017
Pics, Movies, or links for personnal sites and blogs (no commercial) 1234 Closed	niel August 2008	114	92K	BB. July 2017
Connecting solar panels please help	rayjoh July 2017	3	44	littleharbor2 July 2017
Found Solar Part Thingy	DazedandConfused July 2017	4	81	BB. July 2017
New System Fuse/Breakers & Parallel or Series	SolarFail July 2017	3	114	Estragon July 2017
Cleaning solar panels effectively	aminaelis July 2017	14	291	Lumisol July 2017
Please help see if this system is okay 123	Nila May 2017	80	1.3K	Nila July 2017
Questions about how to properly size my RV solar system	SoCalKarl July 2017	4	85	Horsefly July 2017
Adding Panels to New RV	TaoJones July 2017	19	149	Solray July 2017
Different panel	peterjack July 2017	5	60	myocardia July 2017
Newbie Question: Bypassing charge controller on Renogy Solar Panel	threplogle June 2017	8	1.1K	mike_s July 2017
Too many solar watts for battery bank?	rrroae July 2017	5	967	jonr July 2017
Drink cooler as a battery box?	garynappi July 2017	1	322	mike95490 July 2017
Array Spacing To Avoid Shadowing	djohnyvonne July 2017	8	1.5K	djohnyvonne July 2017
A dual axis solar tracker or mppt charge controller?	Clarkdale44 July 2017	7	383	Thom July 2017
Batteries discharging at night with no load on	christo1985 July 2017	16	3K	christo1985 July 2017
Are these good panels to start with?	TexOil July 2017	6	193	TexOil July 2017
Using batteries the first time	KWalters June 2017	11	201	mike95490 July 2017
Wire help please	Chris11 June 2017	11	102	myocardia July 2017
Newbie choices	garynappi June 2017	6	121	garynappi June 2017
Help - to set up solar powered water pump to fill water storage butts on an allotment for communual	allotmentman1 June 2017	5	110	allotmentman1 June 2017
Advice on wiring schematic (24 panels, 2 charge controllers, one inverter)	Tmp4000 June 2017	5	348	Tmp4000 June 2017
Choosing the right plan with APS	Misha_1971 January 2015	13	1.6K	sjslms June 2017
What controller and all to use	solar_dummy June 2017	17	345	Lumisol June 2017
Has anyone used these solar security lights before?	Roscooo June 2017	2	51	littleharbor2 June 2017
48 cell 110 watt solar panel question	Skip June 2017	7	128	Solray June 2017
Charge controller interface	Lumisol June 2017	8	145	Lumisol June 2017
Off griding my cooler	LeftyRight August 2012	8	1.3K	Estragon June 2017