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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
New to solar.. Just inherited the system.. Advice please	Bazzo April 2015	21	480	softdown April 2015
Looking to replace inverter with..	fidodido April 2015	8	390	fidodido April 2015
Seems like a good price	Grandpa April 2015	9	322	inetdog April 2015
Simple Solar Set Up Recommendation	jped April 2015	1	116	BB. April 2015
How close of a match should new panels be with existing panels?	softdown April 2015	5	135	inetdog April 2015
Not sure what gauge wire to go with	K1ngN0thing April 2015	13	225	scrubjaysnest April 2015
Are these installer prices fair?	softdown April 2015	0	42	softdown April 2015
Questions about wire size to battery banks.	softdown April 2015	1	140	Photowhit April 2015
Solar Panel Question - Basic	rktortr April 2015	4	83	BB. April 2015
Whizbang question	Grandpa April 2015	5	96	BB. April 2015
help needed please	shawn250 April 2015	16	307	Jake48 April 2015
I'm jumping in and need to know how to speak the language.	fabricator April 2015	2	115	Photowhit April 2015
Relatively New to Solar	dbaxter78109 April 2015	5	183	Photowhit April 2015
EMF Lightning ?	verdigo April 2015	2	71	verdigo April 2015
Xantrex Prosine 1000 Inverter Startup Load	rs500 April 2015	2	112	BB. April 2015
Looking for a simple design to run a small pool pump while the sun is shining	gtojohn April 2015	9	2.5K	Dave Angelini April 2015
Where do I install the inverter?	nichtwichtig April 2015	5	689	solarix April 2015
Combiner box wiring size	just starting April 2015	4	62	Photowhit April 2015
Need help with battery bank amp setting	elesaver April 2015	2	149	elesaver April 2015
First electric bill with solar!	HX_Guy March 2015	3	270	HX_Guy April 2015
New battery SG	hemmjo March 2015	3	158	Surfpath March 2015
Charge controller LVD warning during equalization	kansas March 2015	3	210	Blackcherry04 March 2015
What type of battery should I buy (size wise)?	767mrN#13 December 2014	9	474	706jim March 2015
Possible to protect our solar bank from an EMP attack?	softdown March 2015	18	887	pyintheye March 2015
Method to slow down the charging rate to Gel batteries?	softdown March 2015	27	1.1K	softdown March 2015
I want to run this fridge on batteries (charged by solar)	K1ngN0thing March 2015	14	2.2K	unseenone March 2015
Float Voltage Climbing	Alaska Man March 2015	8	155	Alaska Man March 2015
Want to ask the questions from another angle ito charging and cabling	South Africa March 2015	11	159	BB. March 2015
battery cutoff set points	Shawn-H March 2015	6	128	Shawn-H March 2015
Solar charging series or parallel for MPPT to 12v battery	gqroot March 2015	4	271	gqroot March 2015