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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
Connecting 2 different types of battery banks	Terrang July 2015	3	106	Terrang July 2015
Profile	gactrx July 2015	2	41	gactrx July 2015
bad inverter or bad me...?	audiodave1 June 2015	10	239	audiodave1 July 2015
I thought I was pretty smart on solar.... Problems keep coming need advice...	Stix June 2015	30	943	Stix June 2015
MS View - Windows 7 - SS MPPT 15L - is my computer "seeing" my charge controller?	Apples June 2015	0	55	Apples June 2015
Power Factor on inverter output	alkit June 2015	4	252	SolarPowered June 2015
Help with wire size for 12v solar	turfy77 June 2015	4	588	Cariboocoot June 2015
Completely want to live off battery power	SolarNoah June 2015	24	542	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	166	BB. June 2015
Building a Solar Generator - What Am I Doing Wrong?	solartime June 2015	6	190	solartime June 2015
Tiny House Solar	meestro June 2015	26	681	inetdog June 2015
My battery bank size	Terrang June 2015	12	305	mike95490 June 2015
AA/AAA battery charger either stand alone or compatable w/ 12v low EMF DC only system	JDark June 2015	8	189	JDark June 2015
Inverter peak continuous wattage	kansas June 2015	13	311	Stix June 2015
Solar Cottage on an Island 12	GaryO May 2015	47	1.1K	mike95490 June 2015
system balance	johnathanmatthew June 2015	10	165	zoneblue June 2015
Solar fan in barn - revisited	Brassman May 2015	6	355	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	2.7K	Dave Angelini June 2015
Real life panel output vs rating and the Schneider mppt 60-150 controller?	new2PV June 2015	4	133	new2PV June 2015
MsView and tristar mppt 45 connection problems with rs232	KE5YD May 2015	7	753	mike95490 June 2015
Single panel, want to add another.. will this one be OK	raymate June 2015	3	61	BB. June 2015
12 AWG CL2 speaker wire	raymate June 2015	2	275	raymate June 2015
New to solar have a question on panel configuration.	Stix June 2015	10	183	Stix June 2015
Basic advise on fuses	raymate June 2015	11	1.9K	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	217	new2PV June 2015
Wind turbine newbie.. few questions.	Terrang June 2015	6	131	inetdog June 2015
No Output power on a TriMetric SC-2030	goyakpacking June 2015	6	449	grizzzman June 2015