Solar Beginners Corner

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

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Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
100 Watt Panels: Higher Voltage or Higher Amperage?	AuricTech May 2014	2	243	AuricTech May 2014
ISO input on a system	Boburk May 2014	13	532	Boburk May 2014
New Guy! New to solar but not to most things mechanical!	Lexicon7 May 2014	6	325	Lexicon7 May 2014
4 busbar vs 2 Busbar solar panels which one to choose ? 12	drraptor May 2014	34	3.1K	drraptor May 2014
Which SMA Grid tie is the best for future expansion	South Africa May 2014	3	255	solarix May 2014
Connecting 3 140w panels in parallel	System October 2011	26	4K	Wannabesolar May 2014
Panel roof mount/rack	Arkansasoffgrid May 2014	9	408	Vic May 2014
SOC under light load vs no load	jfinet May 2014	2	240	jfinet May 2014
Tracer-2215RN MPPT charge controller specs.	nubby May 2014	5	1.6K	drraptor May 2014
Phocos CML20 controller and 200w Tenesol panels	South Africa May 2014	17	799	South Africa May 2014
Battery size calculations	drraptor May 2014	2	265	Cariboocoot May 2014
String Problem	drraptor May 2014	22	720	Cariboocoot May 2014
Amps out of panel higher than Imp---is this right?	Plowman May 2014	4	266	Cariboocoot May 2014
Solar power with grid as backup 12	South Africa May 2014	43	1.9K	South Africa May 2014
My new experiment plan	UAE_Boy May 2014	25	912	UAE_Boy May 2014
monitoring the Xantrex XW6048	leeelson May 2014	6	813	SkiDoo55 May 2014
New solar setup and AIMS inverters	Stuck May 2014	24	2.3K	Vic May 2014
24v batteries and a 12v charger	South Africa May 2014	6	406	Cariboocoot May 2014
Micro inverters, is it a viable option?	South Africa May 2014	9	774	South Africa May 2014
Morningstar’s SunSaver MPPT solar controller with TrakStar Technology™ max panels	South Africa May 2014	15	1.4K	South Africa May 2014
Protecting your system and cables	South Africa May 2014	22	1.3K	South Africa May 2014
Oxygen concentrator power requirements. 12	verdigo May 2013	32	12.9K	TypeDr May 2014
Sun Frost Refrigerator	Crystal July 2012	14	2.1K	westbranch May 2014
$6000 solar and/or wind energy system	greenenergynoob March 2014	21	1.3K	ericsolar May 2014
What to expect ?	Arkansasoffgrid May 2014	6	347	Arkansasoffgrid May 2014
Backup solar system	talob May 2014	18	774	Plowman May 2014
Proposals received - Thoughts?	HX_Guy May 2014	6	607	solarix May 2014
Transformer Explanation (not really solar)	quique May 2014	20	724	Cariboocoot May 2014
solar grid fallback system	in8inite April 2014	14	2K	South Africa May 2014
Back-of-the-Envelope PV Setup for RV	AuricTech May 2014	11	882	BB. May 2014