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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 diagnosing (and optimizing) solar installation	Keithjwaz February 2023	4	122	Keithjwaz March 2023
Question on shunt	Gregaba February 2023	5	200	Gregaba March 2023
Lithium batteries	Plucka March 2023	1	72	littleharbor2 March 2023
Victron Smart Solar MPPT 100/50 and Proper awg	JYanke January 2023	10	920	JYanke February 2023
Another question, this time about lightning 12	sub3marathonman February 2009	38	4.9K	BB. February 2023
Off Grid Solar Power need to keep Generac Standby Generator Battery Charged so it will start	NorthernMI September 2020	12	2.2K	Graham Parkinson February 2023
Battery s 12	Gregaba February 2023	39	552	Gregaba February 2023
Purchased a home with 2 older (different) systems installed	midwesteddie February 2023	6	176	midwesteddie February 2023
12volt verses 24 volt	Gregaba February 2023	4	161	Gregaba February 2023
How to determine proper wire size to use between Panels and MPPT Controller	rann May 2022	4	3.5K	BB. February 2023
Did I do this correctly? Magnum system to panel	kikijames February 2023	17	690	kikijames February 2023
Need Help With System Design	kaycee February 2023	5	126	BB. February 2023
Inverter Problems	Solarsurfer January 2023	2	72	Solarsurfer February 2023
L1 to L2 voltage is ~1v coming into SolarEdge inverter	kurtjx January 2023	5	489	kurtjx January 2023
Voltage where there shouldn't be any	Ako January 2023	3	83	Vic January 2023
Grid Codes for XW6848+	Luisoler January 2023	1	44	Dave Angelini January 2023
Portable battery + Bauer Solar Panels?	Sock January 2023	3	90	BB. January 2023
Off-Grid Automatic Generator Startup	LifeLong5050 September 2016	12	2.8K	Bee January 2023
grid tie and hybrid connected	boatlagoon January 2023	1	41	BB. January 2023
Might have blown fuses	hillside September 2022	16	266	hillside January 2023
Morningstar MPPT 45 showing false high voltage when connected to solar panels	Jaro December 2022	1	33	littleharbor2 December 2022
Absolyte GP Battery Bank	NevadAdobe December 2022	7	142	BB. December 2022
uses of dead cell battery	solarking May 2017	20	909	oilpond December 2022
DC to DC charger	5082451819 November 2022	3	96	5082451819 November 2022
Please Help	InclusiveDesigns November 2022	2	71	Dave Angelini November 2022
Water turbine	SethandBecca November 2022	1	62	Rance November 2022
Wire connection question	bgu1982 November 2022	11	146	Photowhit November 2022
Help, please	DebbieK October 2022	12	187	DebbieK November 2022
User Lightning: Earth Grounding off grid power system & EV charger fails to charge w/o grounding	System November 2022	12	443	BB. November 2022
stop pump from running if voltage drops below certain amount	sunstarter November 2022	0	11	sunstarter November 2022