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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
Best option to minimize wear and tear on large 10Kwatt generator used to power 100 watts of lights	beamguy August 2016	11	261	jonr August 2016
Moving my family- I need some thoughts on solar to keep food when grid goes down 12	inthejungle July 2016	45	652	Dave Angelini August 2016
Getting 21 volts out of two 24 volt panels...	softdown August 2016	7	111	Photowhit August 2016
what size backup generator	bleedingblue August 2016	5	91	bleedingblue August 2016
Zener in 3.5w solar panel causing 2V voltage drop in blocking diode	EvertonP August 2016	2	92	Johann August 2016
Electric Fencer Power	mryimmers August 2016	6	61	mryimmers August 2016
Electricity to my Ice-cream van from 12v alternator by using mppt charger Closed	dagga August 2016	2	41	BB. August 2016
first timer	Sarah August 2016	16	152	Sarah August 2016
How to charge bank w generator	vicario August 2016	4	552	2manytoyz August 2016
low amp output from panels	elesaver August 2016	19	1.1K	elesaver August 2016
Is battery bank cycling when input from panels is more than output inverter is using?	CVN-71 August 2016	5	61	Dave Angelini August 2016
How bad is it to draw more power than the inverter is rated for?	BajaPartTimer August 2016	11	8.6K	Marc Kurth August 2016
Thin-Lite or another company?	inthejungle August 2016	1	31	Dave Angelini August 2016
Connecting broken panel in series	ismailkaya August 2016	1	13	BB. August 2016
How much power SHOULD you get ?	Skippy November 2015	28	594	Johann August 2016
Order Of Connect & Disconnect ?	xyzHollyxyz August 2016	3	1	westbranch August 2016
Another new guy with questions	Ponea July 2016	4	31	vtmaps August 2016
SG values version 2.1 :-)	elesaver July 2016	15	141	elesaver August 2016
PV frame ground wire touching composite shingle roof?	echoth August 2016	1	173	BB. August 2016
48v to 12v step down converter?	midijeep July 2016	20	4.7K	vince August 2016
Circuit Breaker Questions	BB. August 2016	2	1	westbranch August 2016
Help With Wiring Plan	onenationundergoat July 2016	10	101	onenationundergoat August 2016
Help! My SW4048 is deceiving itself	TMorrison July 2016	3	51	Dave Angelini July 2016
Conversation with battery distributor	elesaver July 2016	3	61	animatt July 2016
Solar on 2x4 Roof Trusses	KoolKev July 2016	11	2.2K	KoolKev July 2016
Just a few Photos - New Install	mfriedman July 2016	5	151	Skippy July 2016
What size fuses	cliff1959 July 2016	2	41	cliff1959 July 2016
Looking for advice	Storm July 2016	5	71	BB. July 2016
PV Array Sellection	asadiftikhar July 2016	3	91	littleharbor2 July 2016
Will a 100w panel charge a 48v battery?	cliff1959 July 2016	4	3.2K	BB. July 2016