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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
Building a Solar Generator - What Am I Doing Wrong?	solartime June 2015	6	185	solartime June 2015
Tiny House Solar	meestro June 2015	26	616	inetdog June 2015
My battery bank size	Terrang June 2015	12	287	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	274	Stix June 2015
Solar Cottage on an Island 12	GaryO May 2015	47	943	mike95490 June 2015
system balance	johnathanmatthew June 2015	10	156	zoneblue June 2015
Solar fan in barn - revisited	Brassman May 2015	6	339	BB. June 2015
Pros and cons of 1 big battery vs several small ones?	Terrang June 2015	8	14K	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	127	new2PV June 2015
MsView and tristar mppt 45 connection problems with rs232	KE5YD May 2015	7	740	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	271	raymate June 2015
New to solar have a question on panel configuration.	Stix June 2015	10	169	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	203	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	222	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
If you're NOT DIY ...	lasitter May 2015	12	313	Dave Angelini June 2015
Portable Solar 'Generator'	jhrusky May 2015	23	538	BB. May 2015
Newbie question about inverter	SteveT May 2015	4	159	Photowhit May 2015