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
Water turbine	SethandBecca November 2022	1	69	Rance November 2022
Wire connection question	bgu1982 November 2022	11	127	Photowhit November 2022
Help, please	DebbieK October 2022	12	162	DebbieK November 2022
User Lightning: Earth Grounding off grid power system & EV charger fails to charge w/o grounding	System November 2022	12	328	BB. November 2022
stop pump from running if voltage drops below certain amount	sunstarter November 2022	0	17	sunstarter November 2022
Earth Grounding Battery Bank	Zakarume July 2015	6	1.9K	BB. November 2022
Lithium ion batteries	Pewloz October 2022	1	84	BB. October 2022
MPPT for 60W modules	Romes1 October 2022	5	94	NANOcontrol October 2022
nmc batteries to replace first lead acid expired	spacebass October 2022	0	37	spacebass October 2022
Xantrex 250 DC disconnect question- will the 250 amp work with MS Classic controller?	showme February 2022	8	635	littleharbor2 October 2022
Which solar array will recharge my batteries more efficienetly?	sparkey October 2022	6	90	BB. October 2022
Mixing different panels in parallel	einarnot October 2022	7	131	BB. October 2022
ex absorb msg on flex max 80 charge contoller	offgridcabin2015 October 2022	2	47	offgridcabin2015 October 2022
48V off-grid with AC blend?	Steve_Fractals September 2022	5	227	JRHill October 2022
EPEVER Tracer 6420 and 540W panels	maikel September 2022	9	179	littleharbor2 October 2022
3rd time the charm? final plan for cabin power	minisolar September 2022	4	139	minisolar September 2022
Wiring incorrect?	wolkcreekii September 2022	2	82	Photowhit September 2022
XW 6848 PRO sell mode activation 12	kshughes April 2020	33	2.2K	perezj3 September 2022
Inverter fan noise	hillside August 2022	6	168	Gin83 September 2022
SBS 190F x 16 for 48V and Sol-Ark 5K	AndySad September 2022	0	26	AndySad September 2022
Not measuring/getting full wattage	photonboy September 2022	9	170	RCinFLA September 2022
PWM shows higher voltage reading	boyet888 September 2022	2	72	Photowhit September 2022
Main breaker from combiner and upgrades	garynappi August 2022	2	67	garynappi September 2022
small system for charging phones and other small items?	Ron_in_NC August 2022	4	54	garynappi August 2022
Getting the Trace Xantrex power panel together- slowly but surely	showme August 2022	9	156	showme August 2022
sealed, gel and lead acid setting on charge controller	wast July 2018	8	3K	DaveinMaine August 2022
Grid tie in micro inverter WVC1200 220V wiring instructions	JeanLafete August 2022	4	509	JeanLafete August 2022
Trace SW5548- Question about wiring AC side of the inverter	showme August 2022	2	9	showme August 2022
what would happen ?	Spacedinvader August 2022	1	27	BB. August 2022
Any advice on attaching the big wires to the BMS board	spacebass August 2022	7	371	spacebass August 2022