Solar Beginners Corner

New to solar? Then this is the place to start. Basic solar, wind, battery, inverter stuff.

Discussion List

Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
EMF Lightning ?	verdigo April 2015	2	67	verdigo April 2015
Xantrex Prosine 1000 Inverter Startup Load	rs500 April 2015	2	110	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	673	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	266	HX_Guy April 2015
New battery SG	hemmjo March 2015	3	154	Surfpath March 2015
Charge controller LVD warning during equalization	kansas March 2015	3	207	Blackcherry04 March 2015
What type of battery should I buy (size wise)?	767mrN#13 December 2014	9	471	706jim March 2015
Possible to protect our solar bank from an EMP attack?	softdown March 2015	18	853	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	153	Alaska Man March 2015
Want to ask the questions from another angle ito charging and cabling	South Africa March 2015	11	153	BB. March 2015
battery cutoff set points	Shawn-H March 2015	6	123	Shawn-H March 2015
Solar charging series or parallel for MPPT to 12v battery	gqroot March 2015	4	259	gqroot March 2015
Need some advice on a frankenstein off grid system I might purchase	gtojohn March 2015	11	352	mike95490 March 2015
Time to recharge?	lasitter March 2015	4	135	lasitter March 2015
Inverter breaker/ fuse question	kansas March 2015	8	855	mulia March 2015
Using the in-built wall outlets	K1ngN0thing March 2015	3	195	techntrek March 2015
Setting Classic 150 AH capacity	hemmjo March 2015	6	91	SolarMusher March 2015
Trace Batteries	hemmjo March 2015	3	1.9K	hemmjo March 2015
Fuse size	Grandpa March 2015	6	388	BB. March 2015
Max Amp Charge Setting for Crown Batteries W/ Morningstar TriStar MPPT-60	KJ7YM March 2015	1	71	BB. March 2015
24V hydro wind solar system - need help	zyzio February 2015	5	196	Coz bell 93 March 2015
Lease question	rgcosta March 2015	14	229	KenZ71 March 2015
Battery absorb time issues.	Shawn-H March 2015	7	194	Alaska Man March 2015
Need help in assembling solar panel system	mulia February 2015	18	809	mulia March 2015
SRP (Arizona POCO) hits solar customers with $50/month fee. APS next?	HX_Guy February 2015	18	863	Alaska Man March 2015