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Re: Advice for Panel and Interface for Simple System
I need to add--regarding LED lights/"bulbs", buy one first before you purchase 10. There is so much variability, color, how they reactive to 12 VDC power, that it is difficult to predict wh…1 · -
Re: Advice for Panel and Interface for Simple System
Note that solar electric panels do not tolerate shade at all... Shade even one cell, and you can kill 1/2 (or more) of the panel output in otherwise full sun (i.e., ideally, trim trees, no cables/rop…1 · -
Re: Advice for Panel and Interface for Simple System
McKineey, I have edited your post a bit to make it easier to follow (amps is a "rate" and "amp*hours" is an amount... Sort of like miles per hour vs miles driven). From a purely m…2 · -
Re: Advice request: Combined Heat and Power Solution for fully off-grid
In general, off grid solar folks use gensets for "dark" weather. On a very stormy/dark winter day, the solar panels can generate as little as 1%-10% of rated energy vs a sunny winter day (v…1 · -
Re: Battery and inverter safety with electric motors (elevator)
It was not uncommon to put a 5 watt power resistor across the terminals of capacitors to discharge them between application/use. Even if you discharge the capacitors between use--You still have a 50/…1 ·
