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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
Completely want to live off battery power	SolarNoah June 2015	24	529	JoshK June 2015
SLA Batteries in series. . voltage issues	Shooter Magaven May 2015	10	1.1K	zoneblue June 2015
Midnite Disconnecting combiner fuse sizing /isolation question	new2PV June 2015	10	154	BB. June 2015
Building a Solar Generator - What Am I Doing Wrong?	solartime June 2015	6	187	solartime June 2015
Tiny House Solar	meestro June 2015	26	620	inetdog June 2015
My battery bank size	Terrang June 2015	12	290	mike95490 June 2015
AA/AAA battery charger either stand alone or compatable w/ 12v low EMF DC only system	JDark June 2015	8	186	JDark June 2015
Inverter peak continuous wattage	kansas June 2015	13	277	Stix June 2015
Solar Cottage on an Island 12	GaryO May 2015	47	952	mike95490 June 2015
system balance	johnathanmatthew June 2015	10	158	zoneblue June 2015
Solar fan in barn - revisited	Brassman May 2015	6	340	BB. June 2015
Pros and cons of 1 big battery vs several small ones?	Terrang June 2015	8	14.1K	Dave Angelini June 2015
Outback MX60 & FM60 differences	damon July 2011	6	2.6K	Dave Angelini June 2015
Real life panel output vs rating and the Schneider mppt 60-150 controller?	new2PV June 2015	4	128	new2PV June 2015
MsView and tristar mppt 45 connection problems with rs232	KE5YD May 2015	7	742	mike95490 June 2015
Single panel, want to add another.. will this one be OK	raymate June 2015	3	56	BB. June 2015
12 AWG CL2 speaker wire	raymate June 2015	2	272	raymate June 2015
New to solar have a question on panel configuration.	Stix June 2015	10	173	Stix June 2015
Basic advise on fuses	raymate June 2015	11	1.8K	raymate June 2015
Is this fuse block suitable for use in a combiner box?	Plowman May 2014	16	2.1K	raymate June 2015
What breakers are compatible with the XW PDP?	new2PV June 2015	10	204	new2PV June 2015
Wind turbine newbie.. few questions.	Terrang June 2015	6	128	inetdog June 2015
No Output power on a TriMetric SC-2030	goyakpacking June 2015	6	443	grizzzman June 2015
Capture solar for use at night.	Jayboy June 2015	12	223	SolarPowered June 2015
Online Solar dealers?	kell490 June 2015	7	161	kell490 June 2015
Path of energy?	Arkansasoffgrid June 2015	3	107	ggunn June 2015
Inverter / Charger recommendation (Off Grid)	fidodido June 2015	15	1.3K	Blackcherry04 June 2015
12v battery charge set up	Berniemtl June 2015	0	81	Berniemtl June 2015
Wiring 24v panels into 12v battery bank	Harberh June 2015	7	1.6K	BB. June 2015
At what voltage is 50% AH rating?	bc buck May 2015	5	221	South Africa June 2015