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Discussion List

Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
What fuses and wiring do I need? Closed	AlaskaJude April 2015	2	231	scrubjaysnest April 2015
Faulty MSW Inverter?	goketa April 2015	2	107	westbranch April 2015
Parallel Charge Controllers off of same Solar Array?	NVsunny April 2015	3	142	BB. April 2015
Running well pump and charge controller off panel array	LokiC2 April 2015	1	52	westbranch April 2015
New to solar.. Just inherited the system.. Advice please	Bazzo April 2015	21	500	softdown April 2015
Looking to replace inverter with..	fidodido April 2015	8	398	fidodido April 2015
Seems like a good price	Grandpa April 2015	9	330	inetdog April 2015
Simple Solar Set Up Recommendation	jped April 2015	1	114	BB. April 2015
How close of a match should new panels be with existing panels?	softdown April 2015	5	139	inetdog April 2015
Not sure what gauge wire to go with	K1ngN0thing April 2015	13	230	scrubjaysnest April 2015
Are these installer prices fair?	softdown April 2015	0	41	softdown April 2015
Questions about wire size to battery banks.	softdown April 2015	1	141	Photowhit April 2015
Solar Panel Question - Basic	rktortr April 2015	4	82	BB. April 2015
Whizbang question	Grandpa April 2015	5	95	BB. April 2015
help needed please	shawn250 April 2015	16	330	Jake48 April 2015
I'm jumping in and need to know how to speak the language.	fabricator April 2015	2	119	Photowhit April 2015
Relatively New to Solar	dbaxter78109 April 2015	5	186	Photowhit April 2015
EMF Lightning ?	verdigo April 2015	2	67	verdigo April 2015
Xantrex Prosine 1000 Inverter Startup Load	rs500 April 2015	2	111	BB. April 2015
Looking for a simple design to run a small pool pump while the sun is shining	gtojohn April 2015	9	2.6K	Dave Angelini April 2015
Where do I install the inverter?	nichtwichtig April 2015	5	694	solarix April 2015
Combiner box wiring size	just starting April 2015	4	67	Photowhit April 2015
Need help with battery bank amp setting	elesaver April 2015	2	153	elesaver April 2015
First electric bill with solar!	HX_Guy March 2015	3	266	HX_Guy April 2015
New battery SG	hemmjo March 2015	3	156	Surfpath March 2015
Charge controller LVD warning during equalization	kansas March 2015	3	212	Blackcherry04 March 2015
What type of battery should I buy (size wise)?	767mrN#13 December 2014	9	481	706jim March 2015
Possible to protect our solar bank from an EMP attack?	softdown March 2015	18	919	pyintheye March 2015
Method to slow down the charging rate to Gel batteries?	softdown March 2015	27	1.2K	softdown March 2015
I want to run this fridge on batteries (charged by solar)	K1ngN0thing March 2015	14	2.2K	unseenone March 2015